Seven industrial democracies pledge jobs focus on inflation risk
At a Downing Street summit, Carter and six other leaders vow to boost employment while keeping inflation in check. They call for expanding energy and nuclear programs, aiding the Third World, and resisting protectionism, with aims to aid youth opportunities and support IMF stability. Carter heads to Geneva for Middle East talks before NATO meetings.
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Tokyo
Insurance firms push curriculum shifts in schools over costs
School districts face soaring insurance premiums with trampolines priced up to 11000 per unit and overall rates rising 20 to 500 percent. Fremont saw a 500 percent jump to over 1 million after arson fires, prompting talks of no coverage but a high cost policy was secured to keep classes running. Hayward joined a low-risk cooperative cutting rates while state officials study alternative coverage methods.
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Hayward
Wisin Riles
Fremont
Vern Smith
Smith
Monday Weather: Clearing This Afternoon Then Fair
Forecast calls for clearing skies this afternoon with fair weather through tomorrow. Warmer days ahead, tonight's lows in the 40s to low 50s, highs today in the 60s and tomorrow in the 70s. Variable winds becoming northwest 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent today.
Subcommittee flags IRS gaps in foreign account monitoring
A House subcommittee reports the Internal Revenue Service fails to effectively monitor transactions, allowing billions of dollars moved to foreign banks to dodge U.S. laws. It notes significant enforcement shortcomings amid related disclosures. Former Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski cites the famous 18 minute gap and a Nixon era subpoena that yielded a nearly blank tablet. Philadelphia transit authority reports disruptions to bus, trolley and subway service.
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Internal Revenue Service
U.S
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
White House
Nixon
Fire guts Fremont elementary admin building in suspected arson
A two-alarm fire gutted the administration building of Conrad Noll Elementary School at 29600 Sundale Drive in Fremont yesterday afternoon. Police say the blaze may have been set to cover a burglary, with 2 other rooms entered through broken windows and records damaged. Investigators sought a suspect described as a man with cut hands and muddy shoes. Fire damage estimated at 120000 dollars on a 175000 value building.
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Conrad Noll
Sundale Drive
Dean Holt- Brafe
John Huntoon
Huntoan
Hunton
Poison Arrows in Zaire War Trail Pygmy Archers
In Kinshasa and Shaba province officials report insurgents using bows and poisoned arrows as government forces, including Mobutu aligned units and Pygmy archers, push back rebels who are said to be retreating. A captured enemy scout and a border seizure are noted as signs of ongoing combat.
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Zaire
UPN
Shaba
Angola
Sese Seko Mobutu
Fluri
Mobutu
Af Kawayongo
Independence vote nears in Africa colony under France
Residents of the last European colony in Africa cast ballots for independence as counting nears halfway. Officials report overwhelming support amid a bitter decolonization shift, while a separate note from Page 2 describes the London summit failing to reach major agreements due to persistent differences among seven democracies.
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France
Soviet Union
London
Foreign Minister Guzzetti Shot in Attack
Foreign Minister Cesar Guzzetti remains under intensive care at a police hospital, conscious and alert but in critical condition after a gunshot wound sustained in an assault by Montonero guerrillas. Page 20.
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