Eanes Wins Portugal Presidency by 2 to 1 Margin
Gen Antonio Ramalho Eanes secured about 61.41 percent in Portugal's first free presidential poll in 50 years. Ultra leftist Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho trailed with 16.6 percent, while Octavio Pato and Premier Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo took 7.6 and 14.3 percent respectively. Voter turnout was 75.35 percent of 6.4 million registered. Eanes will take office July 5 and top the Socialist Soares as premier, with Soares pledging discussions with other parties before finalizing a platform.
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Associated Press
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Portugal
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Dante
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
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Octavio Pato
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Socialist Party
Mario Soares
Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo
Soares
Popular Democrats
Social Democratic Center
Pato
Carvalho
Hostages still held after Air France hijack in Entebbe
In Entebbe Uganda the hijacked Air France jet is empty though all crew and passengers are inside a transit lounge under hijackers control. Negotiations begun as diplomats seek release of about 256 hostages including 80 Israelis and nine Americans.
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Uganda
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British High Commission
Entebbe
Paris
Pierre Renard
Idi Amin
Tel Aviv-Paris
Marxist
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
France
United States
Israel
Egypt
Syria
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Kenya
Radio Israel
Amin
Syria expands Lebanon force as civil war rages
Syria sends 4000 troops and a tank column into Lebanon amid heavy fighting in Beirut. A 3500 infantry brigade crossed the northeast border, siegeing Hermal and attacking Arsal as total Syrian troops in Lebanon reach around 16500. Lebanese Arab Army claims shelling Beirut seaport and Junieh after mutinous army deserters disabled the port water plant.
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Lebanon
Syria
East
Hermal
Arsal
Beirut Radio
Junieh
Morris Woman Among 11 Killed in Belgium Train Crash
Laurie Kay Cruze 22 of Morris Minnesota was identified by her parents as the sole American victim when six of twelve train cars derailed in southern Belgium. The train carried Dutch and British vacationers from Amsterdam to Paris. Cruze had recently graduated from Moorhead State University and was in England on a speech therapy internship since March 9.
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Laurie Kay Cruze
Morris
Minn
Belgium
Verne Cruze
U.S. State Department
Laurie
Amsterdam
Paris
Supreme Court limits desegregation plan updates by districts
The Supreme Court ruled that federal courts cannot require school districts to annually revise desegregation plans to reflect population shifts. The decision affects how districts adjust busing and integration efforts and creates a new standard for court oversight in school desegregation cases.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Americans and Britons Executed in Angola Trial
American Daniel Gearhart and three British mercenaries were sentenced to death by firing squad by Angola's People's Revolutionary Tribunal for their roles in the civil war. Two additional Americans received prison terms.
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Luanda
Angola
Daniel Gearhart
People’s Revolutionary Tribunal
American woman held in Argentina faces deportation
Gwenda Loken of Minneapolis has been moved from a Buenos Aires prison to a city jail after nearly two months under subversion charges, a step the U S Embassy says signals imminent deportation.
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Argentina
Gwenda Loken
Minneapolis
Buenos Aires
U.S
Prosecutor to Review Reports on Carswell Battery Charge
In Tallahassee Florida a prosecutor will review arrest reports before deciding today whether to charge former Judge G Harrold Carswell with battery after he was arrested for meeting an undercover vice squad officer in a men s room.
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Fla
G. Harrold Carswell
Carter says Christians must disobey civil authorities when laws oppose God's
Plains Georgia Jimmy Carter the Democrats probable presidential nominee argues that Christians have a duty to defy government acts they view as contrary to divine law.
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Plains, Ga
Jimmy Carter
Miss South St. Paul crowned 1976 Miss Minnesota at Riverside Arena
Dorothy Benham, Macalaster College junior, won the Miss Minnesota title after a three way pageant with talent and swim suit awards. She earned a $1000 scholarship an $800 modeling course and a $500 fashion award. Runners up included Miss Winona Mary Nelson and Miss Ely Toni Klun. Ronda Frogley of Iowa attended the coronation. Keri Thorne passed the crown singing Let Your Love Flow.
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Riverside Arena
Dorothy Benham
South St. Paul
Dorothy
Benham
Macalaster College
St. Paul
Adelle
Johann Strauss
Rformance
Macalaster
Toni Klun
Ely
Vermillion Community College
Keri Thorne
Mayors push cut in military spending to aid cities
Chicago Mayor Daley leads a Democratic push at the U S Conference of Mayors to parity military and domestic spending. Mayors report layoffs and service cuts while Detroit Mayor Young cites defense up 9 percent and domestic spending up 1 percent through 1977.
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Richard Daley
Chicago
U.S
Daley
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Congress
Pete Wilson
San Diego
Conference Resolution Committee
Jimmy Carter
California
Gormand Brown Jr
Elliot Richa
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Detroit
Coleman Young
Pittsburgh
Peter Flaherty
Wilson
Ralph Perk
Cleve
Resolutions Committee
Foreign trade shows surplus on strong exports May surplus tops oil drop
The Commerce Department announced a May foreign trade surplus of 395.6 million dollars, the first since December, aided by record exports and a sharp but temporary drop in oil imports to 165.1 million barrels. Year to date, the deficit stands at 670.8 million, despite oil imports later rising with summer gasoline demand.
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Washington
Commerce Department
United States
American Petrolum Institute
Economic summit enters final session in Puerto Rico
President Ford urges allies to slow social welfare expansion to curb inflation and avoid recession. Talks at Dorado Beach precede the Rambouillet follow up as leaders discuss help for Italy and co ordinated policies, with Greenspan noting cautious ambition.
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Puerto Rico
Ford
America
Valery Giscard d
Estaing
U.S
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Here
Giscard
Italy
Alan Greenspan
Council of Economic Advisers
Greenspan
Britain
Canada
Japan
West Germany
Rambouillet
France
State Department
Helmut Sonnenfeldt
Watch on fireworks safety amid upcoming regulatory limits
The article notes federal safety concerns for Fourth of July fireworks and outlines Do and Don'ts from the Office of Consumer Affairs. It details proposed rules reducing explosive powder in firecrackers to 50 milligrams, banning large devices and colored sparklers, and states the rules take effect December 5, 1976 with exemptions for official displays and existing local bans.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Abe
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Consumer Affairs
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Product Safety Commission
Alfalfa Hay For Sale In Austin Area
Shortage drives demand for hay in Austin as a low cost Herald want ad promotes good alfalfa hay at 75 cents per bale. Ad canceled after two days of a planned six day run. for fast action call 433 8851 to place your ad.
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Herald
Farmer's Market
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