Callan admits guilt in Angola mercenary massacre trial
Tony Callan, claiming responsibility for ordering the executions, admitted guilt at the Angolan tribunal ending the trial of 13 mercenaries. Prosecutors seek death by firing squad for all defendants as sentencing is set for next week.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
Apial
Luanda
Angola
Tony Callan
Callan
Ernesto da Silva
Costas Georgiou
da Silva
Daniel Gearhart
Kensington
Gary Acker
Sacramento
Calif
Gustavo Grillo
Jersey City
N.J
Andrew McKenzie
McKenzie
Beirut evacuation delayed amid heavy fighting along route
A convoy planned to move hundreds of foreigners including about 140 Americans from Beirut to Damascus was postponed due to heavy shelling near Sidon. The British embassy said Syrians and Lebanese leftists fought in the area as U.S. officials urged Americans to evacuate and Navy forces prepared for possible action.
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ED Cody
Associated Press
Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut
Damascus
Palestine Liberation Organization
Sidon
Elias Sarkis
Ford
Lebanon
U.S
William Maul
Meloy
Waring
Kamal Jumblatt
American University of Beirut
St Ansgar girl dies in bicycle accident
A nine year old St Ansgar girl Sandra Kay Bustamantes died when her bicycle was struck by an eastbound car driven by William A Fox of St Prd sgar. The wreck on main street occurred about 6 p m Friday. Fox faces no charges. Funeral services set at Emmanuel Lutheran Church with Schroeder and Dunn Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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ST. Ansgar
Iowa
Sandra Kay Bustamantes
Lawrence Bustamantes
Mitchell County Sheriff Dept
Sandra Kay
William A. Fox
St. Prdsgar
Ate
Michael
Ira Jenkins
Mitchell
Frank Carranza
Bancroft
Emmanuel Lutheran
American Party Names Candidate for President
Tom Anderson, 64, conservative writer and chairman, was nominated as the American Party's presidential candidate at the party's third national convention. He won on the first ballot with 160 votes from 262 delegates in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Tom Anderson
Tennessee
Anderson
Advertisement Seeks House Wrecker for Lumber
A classified ad in the low cost Herald under miscellaneous for sale sought someone to tear down a small house for lumber. The notice ran for three days with a six day run scheduled. Payment was required only for the times the ad appeared.
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Herald
Democrats push fast action on payroll and allowance reforms
Democratic leaders press for quick House action after Wayne Hays resigns as House Administration chair over health issues and payroll sex allegations. A task force will next week propose reforms, with action aimed the following week.
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Dem
Jim Adams
Associated Press
Washington
Wayne Hays
House
Thomas
Tip’ O'Neill
Hays
O'Neill
Ford Edges Reagan for Delegates in Iowa Caucus
Ford gained 10 delegates and Reagan 8 in Iowa's state convention caucusing in Des Moines. Ford totals 977 to Reagan 885 with 130 to win and 159 uncommitted delegates remaining. Reagan heads to Spokane to address delegates as Carter consolidates Democratic lead.
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Associated Press
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Iowa
Des Oines
Spokane
Wash
Mrs. Ford
Italians prepare to vote amid bitter campaign and violence
Italians vote Sunday and Monday to decide whether the Communist party will join the governing Christian Democrats in power. Nine national parties compete for 630 chamber and 315 senate seats as violence and street clashes mark the campaign, including attacks on MSI offices in Milan and fighting in Barletta.
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Rome
Communist Party
Christian Democrats
Milan
Italian Social Movement
MSI
Barletta
Officials say South Africa riots subside after bloodshed
In Johannesburg the worst racial conflict in SA history subsided as police claim calmer scenes in Soweto and Alexandra while over 100 killed and 1,000 injured. Riot police maintained order amid sporadic arson and stoning in black townships and nearby white suburbs.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Ees
Thousa
Soweto
Alexandra
Two Spring Valley Men Die in Separate Minnesota Accidents
Two elderly Spring Valley residents died in separate crashes in Minnesota. Rollin Shipton, 86, died after his car hit a farm plow being towed by a tractor at an intersection. Clarence A. Larson, 77, died when his car left Woodbine Street SE near Rochester Airport and struck a tree. The state toll for 1976 rose to 295 with other fatalities in Carver County and Minneapolis.
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Spring Valley
Minnesota
Rollin Shipton
State Patrol
Shipton
Spring Valle
Rochester Municipal
Clarence A. Larson
Olmsted County
Paul Belau
Larson
Woodbine St
Belau
Brooklyn Center
Phyllis Moller
Minneapolis
Carver County
Federal judge halts food stamp revamp authority
In Washington the Department of Agriculture is deemed to lack authority to reorganize the U S food stamp program as a federal judge blocks Ford administration plans to cut benefits for about 4 14 million families. Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick named president of the National Black Political Assembly. Foresee no violence on July 4 a city police official tells Senate investigators there is no hard intelligence of mass civil disobedience or bombings on the holiday.
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Mike Gravel
Alaska
Kenneth Gray
Miss Ray
Gray
House
Justice Department
Elizabeth Ray
D.C
Washington
Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick
National Black Political Assembly
Kirkpatrick
New York City
Senate
Public asked for FCC guidance on beep tone warning
The public is asked to provide input as the FCC weighs whether the beep tone suffices as a warning that a telephone conversation is being recorded. The commission has mandated beep tone disclosure by carriers in most cases, with certain exceptions.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
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American Party
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Howe
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Lafayette
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Missouri
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Mary Louise Smith
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