Hurricane Babe swamps Louisiana coast with eight-foot tides
Hurricane Babe lashed southeast Louisiana with tides eight feet above normal, cutting power and flooding routes as Grand Isle and nearby communities faced rising waters. Civil Defense crews sheltered at Grand Isle Town Hall while evacuations left 2,300 residents elsewhere.
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New Orleans
UPI
Louisiana
Robin Crosby
Civil Defense
Grand Isle
Crosby
Babe
Mississippi River
Vermilion Bay
Ricky Cheramie
Cheramie
Terrebonne Parish
Danny DeRoche
Terrebonne Civil Defense
Tax cut urged to curb unemployment and boost jobs
Washington officials clash over how to lower unemployment by year end with Labor Secretary Marshall signaling possible public spending while Republican leaders push for permanent tax cuts. Industry leaders and AFL-CIO critique the pace of stimulus amid calls for stronger government action.
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Washington
UPI
Ray Marshall
Cbs-Tv
Face the Nation
Marshall
Republican National Committee
Senate
Howard Baker
GOP National Committee
Bill Brock
House
John Rhodes
John deButts
American Telephone and Telegraph
Edgar Speer
U.S. Steel
deButts
Speer
ABCTV
Issues and Answers
Lane Kirkland
The
Afl-Cio
Kirkland
Nbc-Tv
Meet the Press
Quake swarm hits sparsely populated Aleutian islands
A spate of quakes struck the western Aleutian Islands from Amchitka to Adak, sparking a rare swarm with no injuries or damage reported. The first quake registered 6.5, followed by 4.9, 6.5 and 6.6 magnitudes within two hours, felt at Adak 210 miles away.
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Palmer
Alaska
UPI
Aleutian
Tsunami Warning Center
Aleutians
Amchitka Island
Adak Island
Hunting Mishap Fatal to Youth in Eastern Iowa
United Press International reports two hunting accidents over the holiday weekend in eastern Iowa. Mark Kalkbrenner, 15, of Waterloo, died after a shotgun discharged while in a car holding the weapon. Delbert Brecht, 42, of Holy Cross, was wounded in a Clayton County squirrel hunt when hit by pellets fired at a nearby squirrel. he was in satisfactory condition at Xavier Hospital in Dubuque. No charges were filed.
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Waterloo
Delbert Brecht
Holy Cross
Iowa
Kalkbrenner
Allen Hospital
Brecht
Dubuque
Xavier Hospital
Clayton County
Harold Bries
Guttenburg
Millville
Bries
Lance reports of resignation swirl amid banking probe
Washington reports say Bert Lance offered to resign twice under Carter, with White House denying the claims. Lance faces Senate hearings on banking and finance policy as investigations expand to his Georgia bank aircraft flights and IRS data. Weather updates follow with highs near 80s and showers possible.
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UPI
Carter
Bert Lance
Lance
Senate
House
Robert Bloom
Donald Tarleton
Atlanta
Treasury
Michael Blumenthal
Time Magazine
White House
Jody Powell
Bert
Powell
Time
Stu
Five dead in Chinatown mass shooting at Golden Dragon
In San Francisco Chinatown a predawn attack on the Golden Dragon restaurant left five people dead and ten wounded as three masked Orientals fired about 50 shots with a shotgun submachine gun and pistol. Police say the case ties to gang violence but no motive or suspects have been identified.
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San Francisco
UPI
Chinatown
Golden Dragon
Charles Gain
Washington Street
William Alexander
Tiburon
Calif
Francine Novick
Jimmy Tam
Fong Wong
the Golden Dragon
Calvin M. Fong
Paul Wada
San Francisco General Hospital
Daniel Murphy
Police Homicide Bureau
Murphy
Mine cave-ins in South Africa kill at least 18
The Blyvooruitzicht and Hartebeestfontein mines near Johannesburg report 18 dead from Friday cave-ins with 19 miners missing at Blyvooruitzicht and 16 still missing after the Hartebeestfontein collapse. Only four rescued alive, one died en route, and 17 injured in hospital.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Blyvooruitzicht
Hartebeestfontein
Paul Forbes
Toll rises as Labor Day travel peaks nationwide
Crowded highways and back roads mark the holiday homeward rush with hundreds unable to return. National Safety Council forecasts 470 to 570 traffic deaths over Labor Day weekend. UPI tallies at least 286 by 3 a.m. EDT. California leads with 34 fatalities, followed by Ohio 21, Texas 20. Four killed in a head on Route 17 crash near Tuxedo New York and a Los Angeles man dies after pursuing a runaway van.
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United Press International
California
Ohio
Texas
New York
Georgia
Ilinois
Tuxedo
N.Y
Angela Smith
Harold
Jersey City
N.J
Tuxedo Hospital
Los Angeles
James Hall
Hall
Tyre
Turner evades injunction against suit
Iowa Attorney General Richard C Turner avoided service of a Linn County order barring further action as a state official in a Supreme Court challenge to the Panama Canal treaty. Deputy attempts at Turner's West Des Moines home failed, with Redmond criticizing Turner for not being available for service and noting potential state- taxpayer costs.
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Des Moines
UPI
Polk County
Iowa
Richard C Turner
James Redmond
Cedar Rapids
Turner
Linn County
William Eads
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
West Des Moines
Redmond
Supreme Court
Polk County Sheriff's
Chicago
Senate
Dick Clark
John Culver
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