Babe storms Gulf triggers mass evacuations and fishing fears
Tropical storm Babe formed in the Gulf trapping fishermen off the Mississippi coast and prompting evacuations of thousands of offshore oil workers and coastal motorists in Louisiana. Officials urged Grand Isle residents to flee while Plaquemines Parish prepared for further impact as Babe moved west-northwest toward New Orleans.
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UPI
Babe
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi Coast
Louisiana
Cal Fulwiler
Gulf Coast Fishing News
Gulfport
Miss
Fulwiler
Mississippi
Wayne Guidry
Grand Isle
Guidry
Anita
Gulf
Plaquemines Parish
Boothville
Mississippi River
Nixon says he ordered Haldeman to destroy Watergate tapes
In the Frost interview Nixon reveals he instructed Haldeman to destroy most Watergate tapes in 1973 and regrets the order was not carried out. He denies guilt and contends the 18 minute gap was insignificant while criticizing the press and recounting John Mitchell's marital woes.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
White House
Haldeman
David Frost
Mr. Haldeman
Nixon-Frost
Nixon
John Mitchell
Martha
E. Howard Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
Democratic National
Watergate
Mitchell
Rain spoils last holiday of summer
Rain from Tropical Storm Babe dampened the nation’s midsection and parts of the Gulf Coast, delaying Nebraska State Fair openings in Lincoln while unrelated floods occurred in Nebraska Kansas Iowa and Missouri. Showers scattered from the Southern Plains to New England with mild daytime temps and high heat in Palm Springs.
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United Press International
Lincoln
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
National Weather Service
Plains
Rockies
States
New England
Gulf Coast
Port Arthur
Tex
Florida
Atlantic Coast
South Carolina
Babe
Gulf
Monterey
Calif
Desert
Palm Springs
Caif
Stage Set For Panama Canal Treaty Signing Gathering
Security forces and protocol experts prepare for a week of events leading to the signing of the Panama Canal treaties. Twenty four Western Hemisphere nations are invited, with the US Secret Service coordinating protection of leaders arriving Monday for the Wednesday signing in Washington.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Secret Service
State Department
Carter
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Organization of American States
Holiday schedule for Dominion-Post and Morning Reporter
The Dominion-Post marks Labor Day with no edition tomorrow and the Morning Reporter will not publish Tuesday morning. Publication resumes with the Dominion-Post on Tuesday evening and the Morning Reporter on Wednesday morning.
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Jean Moroney
Mary Schmidt
Rita Hudak
Dominion-Post
Regier
Accidents claim 570 lives in holiday weekend report
A United Press International tally said 64 people died by 2 30 p m EDT as Labor Day weekend began Friday night and runs to Monday midnight Illinois and California led with 10 fatalities each Ohio had eight Two Illinois victims were 14 year old pedestrians David Stenger and Michael Heinz Kickapoo were struck on U S 150 Howard Runge Jr Bloomington 25 died on U S 51 Vandalia Wisconsin saw a car crash Friday night near Oshkosh with a stop sign incident killing four
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United Press International
Illinois
California
Ohio
David Stenger
Michael Heinz
Kickapoo
U.S. 150
Howard Runge Jr
Bloomington
U.S. 51
Alligator attack kills boy at Florida Serpentarium
Six year old David Mark Wasson tumbled into a pit at the Miami Serpentarium where a 14 foot African crocodile seized him and dragged him underwater. Despite efforts by his father uncle and owner Bill Haast to subdue the reptile the crocodile released the boy after several minutes and his body was recovered. The father suffered a deep bite to a finger and hospital staff said the boy was dead on arrival from drowning and trauma.
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Miami
UPI
David Wasson
Dade County
Ira Guirree
Serpentarium
Bill Haast
Charles Burroughs
Wasson
Haast
John Davison
Miami- Dade General Hospital
Ten killed in truck bus collision on Vancouver Island
On the Island Highway north of Nanaimo a truck and a bus collided killing ten people and injuring seventeen with seven in serious condition. The Vancouver Island Coach Line bus was en route Campbell River to Nanaimo when it was struck by a southbound truck and another vehicle. rescuers freed passengers for about an hour. A Calgary couple alerted police by Citizens Band radio.
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Nanaimo
British Columbia
UPI
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Lantzville
Norm Medley
Vancouver Island Coach Line
Campbell River
Vancouver
Calgary
Alberta
Citizens Band
Medley
Victoria
Labor Day notes rising anti union sentiment in 1977
Labor Day 1977 marks a rebound of anti union sentiment in workplaces and on Capitol Hill with more labor law charges against employers and a new lobbying coalition of business leaders. AFL CIO officials cite job losses and weak union membership as fueling backlash while unions push for tougher federal labor law and cleaner image amid corruption concerns.
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Washington
UPI
Capitol Hill
Afl-Cio
Ie Afl-Cio
J.P. Stevens and Co
Stevens
George Mean
United Autoworkers
Doug Fraser
Labor
Labor Department
Fraser
Congress
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