Heat Wave Rips Nation With Record Temps Across Regions
The U S heat wave pushes temperatures into the 90s and triple digits from coast to coast. Gila Bend tops state readings at 119 degrees while Tucson ties June 28 high. Los Angeles reaches 102 and San Francisco 97 as a tropical system nears Tucson. A forest fire near Rose Canyon Lake in the Santa Catalinas burned two acres, ruled man caused. Chicago and East Coast cities see 90 plus temperatures and severe storms.
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Rose Canyon Lake
Santa Catalina Mountains
Coronado National Forest
Tornadoes and Severe Weather Hit Midwest and West
A tornado destroyed a structure in Minden Iowa with no fatalities and a broken leg among injuries. Tornado funnels appeared in Chicago suburbs but did not touch down. Des Moines reported three scattered showers. Off Baja coast hurricanes increased rip currents as California lifeguards watched thousands of bathers seeking relief.
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Iowa
Chicago
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Baja Coast
California
Arab skyjackers declare war on France
Arab hijackers seized an Air France jet with 258 aboard from Athens to Entebbe to declare war on France. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility while Uganda President Idi Amin rushed to the scene and hostages began leaving the plane.
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UPI
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Idi Amin
Air France
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Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Paris
Palestine Liberation Organization
Pierre Renard
PLO
Amin
Kampala
Ex-police chief of Sonora linked to pot smuggling probe
Mexican former Sonora state police chief Francisco Arellano Nobleda is sought in a marijuana smuggling case that has already led to seven arrests, including Reynaldo Robles, a Pima County sheriff candidate. The ring allegedly ships five to eight tons monthly from western Pima County and Sonora.
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Mexico
Pima County
Reynaldo Robles
Gary S. Kneip
Francisco Arellano Nobleda
Robles
Arellano Nobleda
Richard C. Richards
Richards
Arellano Nobleda and Richards
TG&E rate case trimmed by $78,000 reduces bill rise
The Arizona Corporation Commission cut the Phoenix Tucson Gas and Electric Co. authorized revenue hike by 78 thousand dollars in recon sideration. The reduction lowers residential increases to about four dollars monthly, yielding only a few pennies less per month for TG&E customers.
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Arizona Corporation Commission
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Ford urges allies to slow welfare spending at summit
President Ford asks seven nation leaders at a Puerto Rico economic summit to curb social welfare spending to avoid reigniting inflation and a new global recession. Alan Greenspan says Ford warns governments overpromised gains and rising living standards risk inflation.
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Puerto Rico
Ford
America
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Dorado Beach
Here
Giscard
Italy
Alan Greenspan
Council of Economic Advisers
Greenspan
Viking 1 Mars Lander Delayed Over Landing Site Risks
Scientists seek alternate landing site for Viking 1 life hunting lander after scrubbing July 4 touchdown. Project manager James Martin cites unknowns and hazards at original A-1 area near Chryso Phoenicia. new site choices include northwest territory and others around the planet, delaying landing by days or weeks.
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UPI
Mars
Viking 1
James Martin
Northwest Territory
Plain of
Chryso Phoenicia
Herman changes life in Tucson Daily Citizen comic feature
In the Tucson Daily Citizen a comic strip begins focusing on Marla who after 13 years abandons a country club life to return to college and pursue teaching. The piece introduces a series highlighting Tucsonans who reinvent their lives and find new paths.
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Balloonist Thomas Contacts Italian Airliner During Atlantic Crossing Attempt
UPI reports balloonist Karl Thomas made radio contact with an Alitalia jet from New York to Rome, boosting ground crew morale as his solo Atlantic crossing attempt faced an eight hour communications blackout. Wallace Clayton confirmed the contact but details were unavailable. Flight officials hoped to hear Thomas’s report from Rome. The ground crew stayed hopeful, noting a beeper signal on the balloon would trigger if forced down.
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UPI
Karl Thomas
Wallace Clayton
Alitalia
Rome
Clayton
Circus animals to walk for Tucson fans
About 200 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey animals will be unloaded near the Tucson Community Center and walk from the Southern Pacific spur to the center at 2 30 p.m. Fans get a sneak preview ahead of five days of performances starting Wednesday night.
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Barnum & Bailey Circus
Tucson
Southern Pacific Railroad
Circus
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