Lance defends integrity before Senate panel
Budget Director Bert Lance told the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee that he committed no wrongdoing in his banking dealings, calling himself secure and convinced the public will judge fairly. He said he faced unfounded charges, denied backdating checks, and defended his conduct as in line with the facts.
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Washington
Bert Lance
Senate Today
Georgia
Carter
Office of Management and Budget
Senate
Lance
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Calhoun First National Bank
Calhoun
National Bank of Georgia
Atlanta
Percy
Sen
Twenty Die As Air Force Plane Crashes at Manzano Base
An Air Force four engine EC135 on a training mission crashed into a mountainside on Manzano Base near Albuquerque killing all 20 aboard. The jet, based at Seymour Johnson NC, had stopped to refuel at Albuquerque before the accident. No survivors were found and authorities worked through predawn to recover bodies.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Air Force
Manzano Base
Kirtland Air Force Base
Kirtland
Walter Sprick
Federal Aviation Administration
Air Command
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Goldsboro
N.C
Nellis Air Force Base
Nevada
Manzano Mountain Range
Death toll climbs to 23 in Kansas City flood
The Kansas City flood killed 23 people including a body found in Leavenworth, with 1,000 left homeless after 12 inches of rain in 24 hours. Brush Creek and the Blue River overflowed, utilities were restored gradually, and a five member NWS team was named to review warnings. President Carter declared five Missouri counties disaster areas to aid recovery.
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Kansas City
Leavenworth
Kan
Brush Creek
Country Club Plaza
Blue River
National Weather Service
Charles Wheeler
Carter
Missouri
Beltrami County canvassing board certifies special primary results
The Beltrami County Canvassing Board certified the fifth district special primary results with no irregularities. Ernest Tell led with 178 votes, John Cronemiller 177, Milas Kaiser 84, and William Reeves 77, advancing Tell and Cronemiller to the Sept. 27 special election to fill the vacancy from Clifford Saunders. Voters numbered 13 percent of 3,892. The board included Deputy Treasurer Ilene Star Deputy Auditor Julie Thompson Auditor Jim Thoreen Clerk of Courts Buiford Quake Bemidji Mayor Doug Peterson and commissioners Fenske and Bjella.
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Beltrami County
Ernest Tell
John Cronemiller
Milas A. Kaiser
William “Bill” Reeves
Tell
Cronemiller
Ilene Star
Julie Thompson
Jim Thoreen
Buiford Quake
Bemidji
Doug Peterson
Walt Fenske
Lowell Bjella
Talks Resume Between USW and Iron Firms in Range Strike
The first talks in over a month occurred in Duluth as USW representatives met with Inland Steel and other iron producers to push a settlement on incentive wages amid a 14 500 worker strike across taconite firms. Federal mediators described the session as exploratory with further talks planned next week.
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Duluth, Minn
United Steelworkers
Inland Steel
USW
Minnesota
Donald Eaton
Pickands Mather & Co
Hibbing Taconite Co
Carter welfare plan faces wild card in jobs push
In Seattle a welfare expert criticizes President Carter’s plan as burdened by low pay and weak job transition support. Officials say the goal is cost control and incentives for public workers to seek private jobs, but labor groups warn of wage suppression and substitution risking continued dependency.
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Seattle
White House
Willie Williams
Carter
Congress
Ray Marshall
Marshall
San Francisco
Eunice Elton
Air Force pays $15000 in baby death case
Michelle Pope says the base hospital's three day holiday staffing failure led to her baby's death at delivery. The Air Force acknowledges fault and offers 15000 in restitution. Pope and her husband Army Sgt James Pope say the amount does not compensate for mental anguish or marital breakup.
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Miami
Michelle Pope
Air Force
Mexico hunts terrorists trigger nationwide alert
Mexico mobilizes 10 000 police and troops to hunt a new left wing terrorist group claiming responsibility for a wave of 23 bomb blasts injuring five and causing about 20 million dollars in damage across Mexico City Guadalajara and Oaxaca late Tuesday into early Wednesday. Police found 17 more homemade time bombs and began disarming them.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Guadalajara
Oaxaca
Moon Sighting Delays Ramadan Eid Across Pakistan
Islamic religious committees across Pakistan fail to sight the new moon ending Ramadan delaying Eid al Fitr until Friday. Millions fasted one more day and prepared for the festive holiday with shops reopening for food, sweets, and gifts.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
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Fifth District
Clifford M. Saunders
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Washington Ave
Gary Is
Rev
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Range Steel Strike
America
Inland
Warren Mooney
Robert Gomsrud
Union and Reserve Mining Co
Donald Mayne
Oglebay Norton Co
Edward Richard
Hanna Mining Co
U.S. Steel
Donald Brockway
Pittsburgh
Gomsrud
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Sam Anoda
Chicago
Ed Leonard
Virginia
Drew Egelston
Paul Brown
Cleveland
Pickands Mather
Erie Mining Co
Richard Bianco
Silver Bay
Reserve Mining Co
John Benagham
Bill Ruff
Eveleth Taconite Co
Marquette, Mich
Union
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co
Zoya
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He Carter
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