Carter Returns From Japan After Tokyo Talks
President Carter capped a 21 hour Japan visit with a 75 minute meeting with Chinese Premier Hua Guofeng in Tokyo. The talks highlighted shared U S Chinese and Japanese opposition to Soviet expansionism in Asia and accompanied Carter’s attendance at a memorial service for former Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira. He then flew to Alaska for a brief stopover and fishing trip before heading to Sapelo Island Georgia.
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Alaska
Carter
United States
Tokyo
Hua Guofeng
Asia
Japan
Masayoshi Ohira
Sapelo Island
Georgia
Iran Nearing Hostage Issue
Iran's Revolutionary Council says a prime minister will be chosen by next week before Parliament debates the fate of 53 American hostages. Enghelab Eslami reports council members voted unanimously for Majlis to select the prime minister.
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Associated Press
Iran
Revolutionary Council
Tehran
Enghelab Eslami
Pinochet weighs new constitution to extend rule in Chile
In Santiago AP reports President Augusto Pinochet studies a proposed constitution giving a powerful presidency and five more autocratic years before elections. He would have final say on changes, while officials anticipate a national vote possibly later this year. In Los Angeles AP Fitzsimmons fights cancer while seeking reelection as Teamsters president, saying chemotherapy targets a tumor outside his lung are working.
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Santiago
Chile
Augusto Pinochet
Pinochet
Salvador Allende
LOS Angeles
Teamsters
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Lahey Clinic
Boston
Clemson Fans Turn Private Detectives in Gamecock Jest
A humorous anecdote from Anderson recounts Clemson and Carolina pride. A bumper sticker proclaims a Gamecock shot J R, while a young man and salesgirl volley dictionary quips. The piece notes Rock Deloach, a two year old Carolina fan, chanting Go Cocks with family zeal.
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Clemson
Anderson
Gamecock
J.R
Reagan’s running mate push narrows to Laxalt
Washington AP report notes Sen. Paul Laxalt emerges as a leading choice for Ronald Reagan’s vice presidency two weeks before the GOP convention. Reagan aims for a younger partner, with Lugar and Bush also in the mix as Meese Deaver and Nofziger weigh in.
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Washington
Paul Laxalt
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
George Bush
Gerald Ford
Laxalt
Detroit
Nancy
Edwin Meese
Michael Deaver
Lyn Nofziger
Meese
Nevada
California
Richard Lugar
Indiana
Laxal
South Carolina GOP delegates shown not typical South Carolinians
An AP poll of all 25 South Carolina delegates to the Republican National Convention finds a higher income profile than state norms with 14 earning over 35 000 and eight earning 25 000 to 35 000. The group is white with three women and no union ties, average age 52.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Harold Albert
Clemson University
Associated Press
Albert
Richard Rigdon
Aiken County Health System Re-design Under Consideration
The South Carolina statewide health board approved a study to move Aiken County from the East Central Georgia Health System Agency into a South Carolina HSA. A public hearing is set for April 29 to gather comments while governors must agree cross state before any redesignation.
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Aiken County
South Carolina
SCHH
Ecghsa
S.C
Georgia
Riley
Aiken
Palmetto Low Country
HSA
Charleston
Three Rivers Hsa
Columbia
Ralph Cullinan
Cullinan
U.S. Census Bureau
County cleanups under way as BFI boosts overtime work
Aiken County Administrator L C Greene says Browning Ferris Industries is cleaning up garbage in bins countywide with overtime and two new trucks. County may revert to in house disposal if service does not improve.
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Aiken County
Aiken
L.C. Greene
Browning- Ferris Industries
BFI
Carrol H. Warner
Greene
Warner
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