Vote recount under way in Guatemala City election
In Guatemala City the national election results are being recounted while Col. Enrique Peralta Azurdia leads the field with 171,951 votes, Gen. Romeo Lucas Garcia follows with 169,811, and Gen. Ricardo Peralta Mendez has 118,659 as incomplete returns from the rest of the country arrive. The third place candidate claims large scale fraud and calls for a nationwide recount.
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Guatemala City
Enrique Peralta Azurdia
Romeo Lucas Garcia
Ricardo Peralta Mendez
Rhodesian settlement faces U S opposition at UN
The United States threatens to oppose a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Rhodesia’s political agreement. Washington seeks to persuade black Rhodesian leaders to modify the accord to be acceptable to Nkomo and Mugabe, amid tensions with Smith and three moderates who signed the deal.
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United Nations
United States
Security Council
U.S
U.N
State Department
Washington
London
Ian Smith
Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Smith
Mozambique
Zambia
David Owen
Andrew Young
Rhodesia
Nkomo
Mugabe
Davis Voters Weigh Withdrawal From Banks Over Apartheid
In Davis California a non binding referendum asks residents to consider phasing out city funds from banks financing South African businesses. Mayor Bob Black supports the move alongside a coalition of students clergy and residents though no money amount is specified.
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Davis. Calif
Davis
South Africa
Bob Black
Black
Captain Gets Bigger Sentence In Smuggling Case
A federal judge in Wilmington sentenced seven crewmen to 90 days in jail for a December seizure in an alleged marijuana smuggling scheme. The captain, Nabór Espanza Martinez of Chile, received three years. The judge rejected plea bargains and credited the crewmen for 87 days already served, enabling their Wednesday release.
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Wilmington
N.C
Franklin Dupree Jr
Sotiens Empemetinn
Dupree
Nabor Espanza Martinez
Chile
Fred A. Rogers III
No Contest Plea Offer in Antitrust Case
Two armored car firms Brinks Inc and Wells Fargo Armored Service Corp offered to change innocent pleas to no contest on antitrust charges. Brinks agreed to a $625000 fine with the Justice Department. Wells Fargo did not sign a plea deal. Judge Newell Edenfield set trial to begin Monday in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution
Brinks Inc
Wells Fargo Armored Service Corp
Brinks
U.S. Justice Department
Antitrust Division
The
Constitution
Wells Fargo
U.S. District Court
Company
Newell Edenfield
Farmers and urbanites urged to unite for survival
Kathleen F. O'Reilly, executive director of the Consumer Federation of America, told the National Farmers Union convention that family farmers must join with urban consumers seniors and others to secure fair returns and push for a consumer protection agency amid congressional defeat of such legislation.
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Salt Lake City
Consumer Federation of America
Kathleen F. O'Reilly
National Farmers Union
Consumer Protection Agency
House of Representatives
Southern Crescent To End Last Passenger Run
Southern Railway asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to discontinue the loss making Crescent passenger service serving New Orleans Atlanta and Washington with April 6 as the termination date. Amtrak had deferred a decision on taking over the Crescent under a $6.7 million contract including $4 million in equipment.
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Washington
Southern Railway Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Crescent
New Orleans
Atlanta
Southern
Amtrak
Ruth Stapleton Ready to Testify in Flynt Obscenity Trial
Ruth Carter Stapleton said she agreed to testify before Larry Flynt's jury on his obscenity case, detailing his religious experience. Flynt later phoned to cancel, saying the testimony might be misinterpreted and hurt her ministry or family.
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Lawrenceville
Carter
Ruth Carter Stapleton
Hustler Magazine
Larry Flynt
Flynt
Stapleton
Jimmy
Herald Fahringer
Buffalo
N.Y
Althea
Christ
Flynt Undergoes Spleen Removal After Shooting
Hustler owner Larry Flynt, shot outside a Georgia courthouse during an obscenity trial, had his spleen removed to control internal bleeding. In the four hour operation Flynt also lost parts of his intestines and remained in critical condition with Reeves, his attorney, wounded.
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Lawrenceville, Ga
Larry Flynt
Flynt
God
Carter
Gene Reeves Jr
Atlanta
Walt Fielding
Reeves
Herald Fahringer
Andrew Jaffee
Jaffee
Tahier Bagheri
Canal Pact Opponents Seek Nine Day Senate Vote
In Washington AP reports opponents of the Panama Canal treaties strike a time limit deal to force a nine day debate end on the neutrality pact. They aim to block ratification while hoping public sentiment shifts before a recess starting March 24.
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Washington
Sen
Paul Laxalt
Senate
Panama
Laxalt
Rnev
Seart Griffin
R-Mich
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
James Allen
Dala
U.S
Education Department Reconsiders Film Program
The South Carolina Department of Education will revisit its school film program after Greenville parent Douglas Cole complained that a wildlife film shown in a sixth grade oceanography class contains excessive violence. The 1972 film Say Goodbye was produced by David Wolper Associates for national TV.
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Columbia
South Carolina
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American Pharmaceutical Assoc
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PCS
PDS
Prescription Drugs, Inc
Lominick
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