Man learns mother's murder after fifty years
Clifford Doze, now grown, learned from a Buffalo Evening News front page that his mother was murdered in Tonawanda, New York, on May 18, 1927. He recalls only vague memories of his mother leaving for ice cream and never returning as his father remained silent. The case remains unsolved with no charges filed.
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Tonawanda
Marion Loveless
Clifford
Darel
Clifford Poze
California drought persists despite mild May conditions
A government report notes streams remain very deficient and drought continues in the West despite a favorable May in parts of California. Other items reference mammography benefits, law enforcement data misuse, UC Berkeley windmill project, and Ed brown Jr bill negotiations.
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California
Fragmented memory and policy echoes in a fragmented nation
A jumble of references spans fifty years and many fronts. A mother’s loss in Buffalo as a child grows into a note on Medicaid review failures and billions in federal funds. A Senate report warns of pipeline security, while a partisan clash over human rights and East-West talks colors headlines. Rhodesia and U S policy frame a tense era ahead.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
IRS audits Carter and Mondale prompt White House clarification
Washington reports that President Carter and Vice President Mondale are both facing IRS audits. A Carter aide said the agency has audited the president’s returns almost yearly, including the 1975 return with a $41,702 investment credit for a peanut shelter, while officials stressed there is no implication of impropriety and that the audits were initiated after Carter asked for clarification.
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Saiey
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Barkier
Rex Granum
Precedent
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Granum
Robert Lipshutz
Fandy
Jobin Henderson
Atlanta
Robert Perry
Americus
Henderson
Perry
Ipshutz
Harvey Hill
Lipshutz
Richard Nixon
Iil
Giammi
Uganda holds 300 Britons as hostages
Uganda’s Vice President Mustafa Adrisi ordered 300 British residents barred from leaving the country amid reports of President Idi Amin en route to London for a Commonwealth conference. Official statements say the fate of the hostages hinges on Amin’s safety and that no rescue operation will be mounted.
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Kenya
UPI
Uganda
Idi Amin
London
Mustafa Adrisi
Kampala
Adrisi
England
Ieyar
Radio
Britain
Amin
Libya
Woman bears octuplets after fertility drugs in Greece
At Hygala Hospital near Athens Greek authorities reported that a 31-year-old mother Mrs Zerbini bore octuplets four girls and four boys. Two girls and two boys died shortly after birth leaving four surviving infants in incubators weighing about 1 pound 5 ounces to 1 pound 12 ounces. The mother reportedly is physically fine but under emotional strain. Previously Mexico had eight born in 1967 with all eight dying within 14 hours.
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Athens
UPI
Sps
Hygala
Mraing Zerbini
Mexico
National anti gay movement planned nationwide expansion
Anita Bryant and Save Our Children Inc prime a nationwide push after victory against Dade County's gay rights ordinance. Bryant vows to target Washington as gay rights acts face continued legal and political fights. Critics label the campaign as intolerance and bigotry raising protests in New York Chicago and San Francisco with mass demonstrations and candlelight marches.
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UFI
Anita Bryant
Pays
Wills Bryant
Dade County
Dade
Yole
Miss Bryant
Save ‘Our Children Inc
Washington
All America
Jocesan
Frank Nolan
Eleanor Smeal
National Organization For Women
Miss Bryants
Gays champion Anita Bryant drive after Florida repeal
Homosexual groups across the nation vow defiance after Anita Bryant launches a national crusade to repeal gay rights laws. In Dade County a local ordinance was repealed by 21 points, fueling protests and plans for a Washington fundraising office to oppose federal sexual rights legislation. Reactions abroad varied with Gay Activist Alliance and others warning of battles over housing and employment protections.
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Anita Bryant
All America
Miss Bryant
Dade
Bob Brake
Save Our Children Inc
Washington
Congress
Jim Zais
Gay Activist Alliance
District of Columbia
Town Purchase Sees Church Buy Up Bridgeville Frontier
Bridgeville, population about 50 by watermarks, becomes site of Stonybrook Full Gospel Temple plan to buy 85 acres with 29 buildings along the Vari Duzen River. The aim is a senior citizens housing area with lower costs, but sewage and repairs loom large. Notable locals Sid Wallace and Martha moved in with gifts to the town fund. The pastor, Rev A M Sevens, leads this faith driven venture into a challenging project amid forested hills east of Fortuna.
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Bridgeville
Livermore
Sid Wallaces
Ken Thornbrughs
Nancy McElvogue
Stonybrook
Full Gospel
Nikes Canyon
Stonybroot
Vari Duzen
Fortuna
Stevens
Sid Wallace
Martha
Fips
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