Angolan court sentences mercenaries amid civil war end
American Daniel Gearhart and three British mercenaries receive death sentences from Angola's People’s Revolutionary Tribunal for mercenarism in the civil war. Several other foreigners are jailed up to 30 years. all death penalties require presidential confirmation.
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Luanda
Angola
Daniel Gearhart
People’s Revolutionary Tribunal
Costas Georgia
Col. Callan
Andrew McKenzie
John Derek Barker
Agostinho Neto
Michael Wiseman
John Marchand
Grillo
John Lawlor
Colin Evans
Cecil Fortuin
John Nammock
Acker
Malcolm McIntyre
Ernesto da Silva
Gearhart
Barker
Brekke Endorsed by Minnesota Republicans in Humprey Bid
Gerald W. Brekke a Gustavus Adolphus College education chief won endorsement from Minnesota Independent Republican Convention to challenge Hubert Humphrey in the Senate race. GOP leaders note Humphrey’s strong past showings and low campaign priority, while Brekke plans a lean $50,000 bid to keep Humphrey busy.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Gerald W. Brekke
Minnesota
C Up
Gustavus Adolphus College
GOP
Rudy Boschwitz
Humphrey
Elizabeth Ray
Washington, D.C
Boschwitz
Miss Ray
Senate
Brekke
Democratic Farmer- Labor
Reagan narrows lead as delegates shift in GOP race
Reagan gains momentum by winning 46 delegates in Montana Idaho and New Mexico while Ford loses ground to within 25 committed delegates of the nomination. Carter solidifies Democratic tally at 1 539 as Ford prepares for Kansas City and Reagan weighs a possible veep bid.
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Reagan
Associated Press
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Republican National Committee
Minnesota
Montana
Idaho
New Mexico
Wyoming
California
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Plains
Puerto Rico
GOP
Washington
Carter
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Jeremiah Milbank
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Marshfield
Wis
Defense
Melvin Laird
U.S. News & World Report
Asheville
N.C
Milwaukee
New York
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Chicago
Beltrami County Tackles Rising Child Abuse Reports
Beltrami County faces rising child abuse referrals as state law requires doctors nurses educators and police to report suspected cases. Welfare director Lloyd Johnson and social worker Ron Lucken note increased awareness and referrals since the 1975 law while stressing the department aims to preserve families and use court action only in severe cases.
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Beltrami
Lloyd Johnson
Welfare Department Social Services
Welfare Department
Johnson
Ron Lucken
Lucken
Beltrami County
Lake level report shows slight decline
Winds from the west to northwest reach 10 to 20 mph today then ease to about 10 mph tonight. Normal lake level is 1340 with today’s measurement at 1339.64.
Portugal picks Ramalho Eanes as president in first free vote
General Antonio Ramalho Eanes, who halted a leftist coup last fall, won Portugal's first free presidential election in 50 years by about 61 percent. He pledged that conditions now exist for Portugal to build a democracy.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Antonio Ramalho Eanes
Amin and Renard seek release of hostages in Entebbe hijack
Ugandan President Idi Amin and French Ambassador Pierre Renard opened talks with Palestinian militants holding about 250 hostages aboard an Air France jetliner grounded at Entebbe airport after it was hijacked from Tel Aviv to Paris. The plane remained on the ground with limited fuel.
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Kampala
Uganda
Idi Amin
Pierre Renard
Air France
Tel Aviv
Paris
Entebbe
Ford urges allies to curb welfare spending to curb inflation
President Ford tells economic conference in San Juan that America and its chief industrial partners should slow social welfare spending to avoid reviving inflation and triggering a new global recession. Officials would not disclose reactions from Britain Canada France Italy Japan and West Germany.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Ford
Erica
Britain
Canada
France
Italy
Japan
West Germany
Bear cub bites two and is destroyed near Washish
A 3 month old, 15 pound black bear cub captured near Washish bit two Bemidji DNR employees and was killed over the weekend after health officials feared rabies. Tests later showed no rabies.
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Washish
Bemidji
Department of Natural Resources
State Health Department
John Washburn
Roger Lueth
Comp Zoo
John Fletcher
Fletcher
Byron Dyrland
Como Zoo
Dyrland
Pamela Carlson
Miss Carlson
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Jersey City
N.J
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Sacramento
Calif
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Eckles
Koa
Arne Forseth
Minnie Gullicksrud
U.S
Educa
Carolyn Ring
Richfield
Kansas City
Kansas
Bemidji Area
Health Department
David Winegar
Winegar
Lueth
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