Zaire seeks US military help against Angolan mercenaries
The Carter administration weighs a request from Zaire for emergency military aid as mercenaries from Angola attack three southern Katanga cities. Zaire lists spare parts for C 130 transports and helicopters, while Washington considers Cuba relations and a $32.5 million annual aid package. Mobutu's government says it is fighting the invaders.
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Washington
Carter
Zaire
Angola
State Department
Frederick Z. Brown
Katanga
Brown
United States
U.S
Cuba
Mobutu Sese Seko
Carter Administration
The
Congo
Africa
Shaba
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
Weather Snapshot Braces for Snow Flurries and Cold
Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow flurries today and tonight, turning partly cloudy Wednesday. Colder tonight and Wednesday with highs in the upper 30s to low 10s and lows from 10 to 20. Wednesday highs reach the upper 20s and low 0s.
Spring rains expected across Midwest and plains
The National Weather Service predicts precipitation will exceed median levels in the Northern Great Plains and Midwest over the next 30 days. Minnesota saw above normal rainfall last week, from one-quarter inch in parts of the north and southeast to over two inches in southern west central and northeastern areas.
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Minneapolis
Great Plains
Midwest
National Weather Service
NWS
Minnesota
Goldwaters deny link to mobsters in Arizona affair
The Associated Press reports U S Senator Barry Goldwater his brother Robert and friend Harry Rosenzweig deny ties to mob figures amid a state controversy sparked by an Investigative Reporters and Editors series. Protests outside the Arizona Republic and Phoenix Gazette followed, with lawmakers debating the allegations and the scope of the IRE investigation.
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Associated Press
U.S
Barry Goldwater
Robert
Arizona
Arizona Republic
Phoenix Gazette
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc
Don Bolles
Sen. Goldwater
Bolles
IRE
The
Arizona Republic and
Citizens For Freedom
Barry G
Republic and Gazette
Sue Dye
Tucson
Leo Corbet
Phoenix
Runaway shelter plan approved by Bemidji panel
Bemidji Planning Commission grants a special use permit for the HUB runaway shelter at 921 Minnesota Ave 4-1 amid protest led by residents including Bob Tucker. Police Chief Dave Simonder voiced strong support for the program aimed at steering youths toward family involvement.
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Bemidji Planning Commission
Minnesota
HUB Shelter
House of Community
Paul Kabat
HUB Center
Andrews
Department of Public Welfare
DPW
Minnesota Ave
Dan Donahue
Simonder
Allen Hess
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Hijacker seeks custody of his children
An armed Italian hijacker who toasted hostages with champagne arrived in Zurich aboard a Iberia Airlines jet after a five country odyssey to gain custody of his two daughters. The Boeing 727 carried 29 hostages and landed after refueling in Algeria.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Luciano Porcari
Iberia Airlines
Algeria
Ivory Coast
Abidjan
Carter plans to recruit workers for federal boards
President Carter aims to tap working men and women from assembly lines and jobs like construction and taxi driving for advisory boards. Jim King says the mission would make government more accessible and broaden participation beyond high paid executives.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Jim King
White House
King
Carter
Sanjay Gandhi Escapes Gunfire After Campaign Rally
In New Delhi Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's son Sanjay Gandhi was fired at while riding in his jeep after his first parliamentary campaign rally. He said he did not know if assailants meant to kill or frighten him as he led the Congress youth wing during the emergency.
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New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
Sanjay
Congress Party
Labor chief to update panel on Teamster pension probe
Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall plans to brief a House subcommittee behind closed doors about the government investigation into the Central States Southeast and Southwest Pension Fund. Lawmakers pressed for an open accounting of the 18 month probe into alleged organized crime links and loan practices.
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Washington
Ray Marshall
House
Teamster Pension Fund
Central States, Southeast and
Southwest Pension Fund
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Barry
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Diamond Point Park
Lake Bemidji
Bemidji Planning
Bob Tucker
Turin
Italy
France
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Gandhi
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