Word: regional
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...office in the capitol. Once there, he, too, declared a state of emergency. Earlier in the week, he had proclaimed Snowmobile Week in the state, but the races at Traverse City had to be canceled: 20-ft. drifts covered the track. Other forms of transportation in the region did no better. Dozens of airports were closed, including those in Indianapolis, Columbus and Detroit. Chicago's O'Hare Airport, the world's busiest, shut down for only the fourth time in its 23-year history...
...Northeast many of the reports have been triggered by glowing appearances of Jupiter, the largest and brightest planet in the region's night sky. Another spur to UFO sightings may have been the news that the Administration tried, unsuccessfully, to get NASA to open a UFO investigation. Had Jimmy Carter fallen under the Close Encounters spell? Not at all. The White House, weary of having to deal with its own heavy load of UFO mail, was just trying to pass the buck...
...Lake Placid has been enormous. Winter unemployment in Essex County often runs as high as 20% of the work force. This year more than 200 people from the area are employed in Olympic construction, which has, according to Project Manager Ramon Lopez, brought $1.6 million in wages into the region since last spring. Northern New York companies have also benefited, winning 32 of the 38 contracts totaling $25,212,370 awarded by competitive bidding...
...case before the moot court will concern the legality of a hypothetical secession of a region from a state...
...meantime, the Shah of Iran visited Sadat in an effort to find a way to invite King Hussein's participation. The Shah also favors the creation of an autonomous West Bank-Gaza region under Jordanian sovereignty. He then flew to Riyadh for talks with Saudi Arabian leaders. The Saudis share the Shah's desire for a settlement, though they have a longstanding suspicion of the Iranians and are privately uneasy about the possibility of an Iranian-Israeli-Egyptian axis emerging after an eventual peace settlement...