Pro-Soviets gain ground in Angola amid civil war
Pro-Moscow MPLA expands control in Angola aided by Soviet arms and Cuban troops, undermining rival FNLA and UNITA factions. Washington debates tougher stance as Moynihan and Kissinger urge stronger U.S. reaction while many nations recognize the MPLA government in Luanda.
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Angola
U.S
National Front For the Liberation of Angola
FNLA
China
Union For the Total Independence of Angola
UNITA
South Africa
MPLA
Three certified as contenders for Bemidji police chief
Judge John Spellacy certified the top three scorers from seven contenders for Bemidji Police Chief. The trio are Sgt Ray Holter, David J. Simonder of Plymouth, and Calvin E. Lundberg of Minneapolis, moving Bemidji closer to filling the post vacated by James McDowell after a near three year vacancy.
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Byron Royer
Bemidji
Chambers
John Spellacy
Ray Holter
David J. Simonder
Plymouth
Calvin E. Lundberg
Minneapolis
Spellacy
James McDowell
Holter
Lincoln School rockets end science project with crowd
Five students from Lincoln School concluded a rocket science project launched under instructor Joe Malone. Rockets built in early November were fired individually before 50 classmates, ending with crowd enthusiasm and notes of future paperwork in Bemidji.
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Lincoln School
Joe Malone
Beirut clashes tear into downtown as civil war rages
In Beirut, Christian gunmen faced a wide Moslem assault in the hotel and commercial district. Police say over 50 killed and hundreds wounded in a brutal night described by government radio as the worst of the eight month civil war for control of Lebanon.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Mediterranean
Death in Cass Lake prompts probe into cause
Cass County authorities investigate the death of Martin Ramsrud 66 found on a sidewalk in Cass Lake last Thursday. Officials say a grand jury may be called, with officials not revealing details or comments on a heart attack finding pending a pathologist’s report. Ramsrud owned Martin's Bar and reportedly tried to break up a street fight.
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Cass Lake
Cass County
Martin Ramsrud
John Plattner
Jim Dawson
Sheriff's Department
Ramsrud
Martin
Public meeting on Mississippi River future discussed
About 60 people attended the BOR meeting examining whether 337 miles of the upper Mississippi from Lake Itasca to Anoka should join the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The session explored administration options and four study-backed futures, with public input due within 30 days.
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Mississippi River
Lake Itasca
Anoka
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
BOR
Upper Mississippi
Bemidji
Cass Lake
Iron Bridge
County Road 7
Grand Rapids
Brainerd
St. Cloud
St. Paul
Robert Martin
Lake Central Region
U.S. Boa
Martin
Secretary of the Interior
BSU
Cass Lake Indian Reservation
U.S. Department of the Interior
BOA
Research Park Drive
Ann Arbor
Mich
Senate tax cut hearings raise hopes for Christmas recess
Senate leaders hope Ford will veto and allow an override vote on extending the 1975 tax cuts. Ford vows to veto any extension without spending reductions while Treasury's Simon conveys the plan to the Finance Committee. The White House seeks a $28 billion tax cut with a $395 billion spending ceiling.
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Washington
Senate
Ford
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Ron Nelsen
Treasury
William E. Simon
Senate Finance Committee
Scott
Simon
Teacher strikes close Winona and Howard Lake schools
In southeastern Minnesota and at Howard Lake-Waverly, teachers walked out after last minute talks failed to produce a contract. Picket lines formed at 14 Winona schools with many teachers crossing only at the vocational-technical site. about 75 percent of Winona’s 380 teachers would be needed to run classes, and reopening seemed unlikely. Howard Lake-Waverly, with 68 teachers and 1,200 pupils, also faced a strike after talks in St Paul broke down. The 1971 law allows strikes when binding arbitration is refused.
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Winona
Howard Lake-Waverly
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Vocational-Technical
Supt
C. H. Hopf
Howard Lake- Waverly
St. Paul
Viola Kanatz
Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services
Fred Nus
Nus
Yard chief says hostage stand to end with all alive
Sir Robert Mark, head of Scotland Yard, declared the police aim is to save the lives of every person in the apartment where IRA gunmen hold a married couple hostage for a third day. He warned the IRA men will come out as prisoners under arrest.
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London
Scotland Yard
Robert Mark
Mark
IRA
Kissinger Pushes Moscow Trip On Nuclear Arms Pact
Secretary of State Kissinger told Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin he would delay a Moscow trip until Washington receives firm Soviet assurances that it is ready to break the nuclear arms deadlock. U.S. officials disclosed the point after Dobrynin was summoned to the State Department Monday evening.
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U.S
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
U.N. General Assembly
Africa
Angola
Moynihan
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Moscow
Soviet Union
Kissinger
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
State Department
Stevens Nomination Draws NOW Push to Withdraw
The National Organization for Women urged President Ford to withdraw John Paul Stevens nomination after he said blacks are a more disadvantaged group than women. Stevens testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee about discrimination. NOW condemned the comment as a sign of a white male power structure and urged rejection.
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National Organization For Women
Ford
Supreme Court
John Paul Stevens
Stevens
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
High Court
Karen DeCrow
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