Monahans Sandhills Legends and Scenic Desert Oaks
The Monahans Sandhills near Monahans house a 40,000 acre shin oak forest with trees up to 30 inches tall and 90 foot roots, wind shifts reveal stone metates, and the dunes hide Pleistocene bones. Legends endure of buried gold and Big Foot Wallace’s tethered horse, while the dunes draw nearly 160,000 visitors yearly for camping, jeep rides, and nature walks. The Sandhills Museum at the state park showcases botanical, archaeological, and historical exhibits and the landscape offers an unusual forest setting amid desert dunes.
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Mexico
North America
Monahans Sandhills State Park
Amazon Valley
Monahans
Sandhills
Wallace
Frijole
Booby trap bombs turn up in Africa
The Associated Press reports bombs linked to an international plot to kill Israelis surfaced in Africa after searches. Envelopes containing bombs were found in Kinshasa embassy post boxes and earlier in Paris London Brussels Geneva Vienna Tel Aviv Montreal and New York. One diplomat was killed in London. Police in Israel tightened security and arrested suspected militants including Amihai Paglin and a Jewish Defense League member. The campaign includes leaflets from Black September and targets across Europe and the Middle East. Israel seeks unified action with the United Nations as regional tensions rise with Arab states and Lebanon.
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Associated Press
Africa
North America
Europe
Kinshasa
Zaire
Belgium Congo
Paris
London
Brussels
Geneva
Vienna
Tel Aviv
Montreal
New York
Israel
Amihai Paglin
Irgun
Jewish Defense League
Amsterdam
Ami Shanchori
Munich
Yigal Allon
Jerusalem
Allon
Abba Eban
United Nations
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
General Assembly
Mohammed Hassan el Zayyat
Egypt
Pierre Harmel
Zayyat
Belgium
Middle East
Mahmoud Riad
Arab League
Cairo
Beirut
Lebanon
Riad
United Nations debates Bangladesh bid amid China veto threat
A U N committee recommended General Assembly debate on Bangladesh’s U N membership despite China opposing. Huang Hua warned of a second veto if raised in the Security Council. The steering committee also moved to discuss terrorism measures and Korea unification amid East West tensions.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
General Assembly
Bangladesh
U. N
China
Security Council
Huang Hua
Council
Huang
Yugoslavia
Korea
Waldheim
Assembly
Lier
Munich
United Nations
Soviet Union
U.N. Commission For the Unification and Rehabilitation of
U. S
Tragedy Ties Utroska Family Flight and Death
A Clinton Iowa family burial marks a weekend trip ending in tragedy after David Utroska 30 dies by his own hand amid a Lake Michigan plane crash that killed his wife Sandra 30 and children Kimberly 41 Kenneth 10 and Kandice 6. A pistol and note found near Utroska point to guilt and loss.
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Clinton
Iowa
Utroska
David Utroska
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Meigs Field
Utraska
Davenport
Sandra
Kimberly
Kenneth
Kandice
Clinton Memorial Park
First aid can save many lightning victims says Rice researcher
Rice University space scientist Dr. Arthur A. Few Jr. says first aid could save at least half of lightning strike victims. He describes inducted current as an electric shock like treatment that can halt heart and lung action, and advises lying on the ground in a thunderstorm. He notes common risks include trees, open water, tractors, and golf courses.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Texas coal upswing spurs new Gulf Coast mines and studies
Texas coal industry rebounds after oil and gas competition with three large strip mines planned or under construction along the Gulf Coastal Plain. UT Bureau of Economic Geology reviews lignite deposits, reserves, and environmental effects, exploring in situ burning and gasification while promoting reclamation to curb environmental impact.
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Austin
Texas
Oil and Gas
Texas Gulf Coastal Plain
University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
UT Bureau
State Geological Survey of Texas
Bureau
Wl.l. Fisher
UT Bureau of Economic Geology
Fisher
C.G. Groat
Groat
UT Department of Geological Sciences
Mines in South Vietnam waterways widen war flow
U S forces said American planes placed mines in northern South Vietnam rivers and canals to slow supplies to North Vietnamese units. The claim marks the first reported mining of internal South Vietnamese waterways and is part of broader air operations around the DMZ and coast.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Quang Tri Province
Laos
South China Sea
Quang Tri City
Dmz
North Vietnam
101St US
Tonkin Gulf
Thanh Hoa
Vinh
Radio Hanoi
Phu Ly
Nam Ha
Quang Ngai
da Nang
Duc Pho
Mo Duc
Ba To
Uganda prison beatings shock Western detainees
AP correspondent Andrew Torchia recalls Makindye prison where Ugandan soldiers beat a detainee with a rawhide whip as a crowd watched. He notes widespread abuse of 13 Western detainees including Britons Swedes Americans and Canadians and details harsh conditions and ongoing arrests amid Amin era turmoil.
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Andrew Torchia
England
Uganda
Torchia
Kenya
Associated Press
London
Makindye
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Ed Utroska
Lincoln Park Zoo
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Mae Bentley
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Frank Mankiewicz
Sen
George McGovern
Washington
Texas Coal
U.S. Mines
S. Vietnam
Kampala
Tanzania
Idi Amin
Amin
Central Police
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