School bill aims to cut costs by reorganizing districts
In a Senate Education Committee hearing Sen. Jerry Anderson proposes a plan to reduce Minnesota 437 districts to 92 along county lines. The bill, criticized by rural areas, would not close schools but could trigger 1979 tax increases and address rising education costs and small high schools. Deputy Education Commissioner Joe Graba supports reorganization as populations fall, warning of rampant unchecked changes if not enacted.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Jerry Anderson
DFL
North Branch
Senate Education Committee
Anderson
Minnesota
Jerome Hughes
House
Joe Graba
Graba
Carter Boosts 1978 Budget By 19.4 Billion
President Carter proposes a 19.4 billion dollar increase to Ford s 1978 budget aiming to aid the needy spur economic growth and begin his programs He seeks hospital price ceilings education housing energy and defense shifts while scrapping food stamp child nutrition and health cutbacks and notes time to overhaul Ford s plan.
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Carter
Gerald R. Ford
Congress
Ford
Turner vows to restore lawful conduct in CIA leadership
Adm. Stansfield Turner, Carter's pick for CIA chief, pledges to rebuild the intelligence community's reputation and prioritize lawful conduct. He tells the Senate panel some secrecy is needed but urges selective publishing of public-benefit data.
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Washington
Carter
CIA
U.S
Adm
Stansfield Turner
Naval Academy
NATO
Europe
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Senate
Intelligence
How
Bedell Smith
Naval War College
Pentagon
Naval Strategy
Annapolis
Carter budget shifts aim to fix major Ford defects
Carter's budget restores $1 billion Ford cut and saves $5.1 billion by dropping 19 water projects including Central Arizona, while trimming defense by about $350 million and slowing new missiles. He keeps a path to a balanced long term deficit and extends unemployment benefits to year end before reducing to 26 weeks by March 1978.
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Carter
Congress
Bert Lance
Charles L. Schultze
Council of Economic Advisers
Central
Arizona
Hegna given up to 15 years for aggravated assault
Ricky L. Hegna 22 of Austin received a maximum 15 year sentence after a Mower County District Court jury found him guilty in January of aggravated assault and criminal sexual conduct. The charges stem from an October 10 1976 attack on a Brownsdale area woman who accepted a ride. she was beaten and later aided by a Sergeant area resident. Judge Warren Plunkett presided.
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Ricky L. Hegna
Mower
Hegna
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Hayfield
Sargeant
Chester Swenson
Albert Lea
Fred Wellman
Warren Plunkett
Ehrlichman
Lewis Fielding
Beverly Hills
Calif
Swift Trail Federal
Safford
Ariz
Fielding
E. Howard Hunt
Gordon Liddy
White House
Ellsberg
Tanzanian Paper Says Amin Killed Archbishop Luwum
A Tanzanian government newspaper reports Ugandan President Idi Amin personally shot and killed Anglican Archbishop Janani Luwum after he refused to sign a confession. The account places Luwum with ministers Erinayo Oryema and Charles Oboth-Ofumbi in an alleged plot and says bodies were dumped in Lake Victoria.
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Tanzania
Idi Amin
Janani Luwum
Kampala
Daily News
Amin
Milton Obote
Luwum
Lake Victoria
Erinayo Oryema
Charles Oboth-Ofumbi
Radio Uganda
Nakasero Lodge
Supreme Court denies Ehrlichman review of conviction
The Supreme Court refused to review John D. Ehrlichman's conspiracy and perjury convictions from the 1971 Daniel Ellsberg psychiatrist’s office break in. The ruling let stand the appellate court decision that Ehrlichman was properly convicted.
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Washington (Ap
John D. Ehrlichman
Supreme Court
Daniel Elisberg
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Washington
Ehrlichman
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Minnesota Supreme Court
David Meyers
Owen Named Britain’s Young Foreign Secretary in Historic Move
London reports David Owen 38, formerly No. 2 at the Foreign Office, promoted by Prime Minister James Callaghan to become Britain's foreign secretary the youngest since Anthony Eden in 1935. The appointment marks a notable generational shift in a key post.
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London
David Owen
Britain
Anthony Eden
James Callaghan
Owen
Foreign Office
Warnke Nomination Cleared for Arms Control Roles
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved Paul C. Warnke as director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and as chief U.S. negotiator for the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks with the Soviet Union. The panel voted 15 to 1 for Warnke to head the agency and 14 to 2 for the negotiator post.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Carter
Paul C. Warnke
U.S
Furnished first floor apartment near Sterling
Classified rental ad seeks tenants for a low cost unit near Sterling. Features include a furnished first floor with kitchenette, private bath and entrance, utilities included, and no pets. Contact Phonexxxxx. Ad ran for two days in the rentals section before a six day schedule.
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Herald
Sterling
Vance Plans June Middle East Trip for Geneva Talks
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, noting sharp East West differences, plans a June return to the Middle East to push a Geneva peace conference. He reported progress with Saudi Arabia not boosting oil prices and said Arab leaders favor peace and a possible late 1977 Geneva meeting, though core issues remain deeply divided.
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Cyrus R. Vance
Israel
Middle East
Geneva
Vance
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Carter
Henry A. Kissinger
Pesident Carter
Hafez Assad
Europe
Assad
Damascus
Trudeau Urges Close Ties During Washington Visit
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau meets President Carter in Washington during a two day visit. The talks cover fishing rights trade and energy cooperation amid Quebec separatism concerns. Carter voices support for Canadian confederation and thanks Canada for natural gas assistance.
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Carter
Trudeau
Amy
White House
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Confederation
Canada
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