Sunny Jim Callaghan elected Britain's 69th prime minister
James Sunny Jim Callaghan won the Labour leadership in a third ballot defeating Michael Foot 176 to 137 to become Britain's 69th prime minister. At 64 he faces high inflation 18 percent and unemployment near 1.25 million as he prepares a televised address after Wilson steps down. Callaghan’s rise follows Wilson’s 13 year Labor era and the pound’s weakness amid ongoing economic decline.
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London
UPI
James
Sunny Jim” Callaghan
Britain
Callaghan
Michael Foot
Labor Party
Wilson
Buckingham Palace
Egypt closes ports to Soviet navy amid Libya base fears
Sadat announced cancellation of Soviet rights to use Port Said Alexandria and Matruh ports after abrogating the 15 year friendship treaty. He warned Moscow could base troops in Libya revealing arms purchases and shifts toward France and the United States. Also reports a fire at Skidmore College dormitory kills one coed and injures many.
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Paris
Anwar el-Sadat
Egypt
Moscow
Libya
Muammar el- Qaddafi
Soviet Union
Sadat
Qaddafi
Mediterranean
Port Said
Alexandria
Matruh
Cairo
France
United States
Congress
Lebanon
Suleiman Franjieh
Franjieh
Maurice Couve de Murville
Beirut
Syria
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
UPI
Skidmore College
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
Jordan
PLO
Wilmarth Hall
Skidmore
Sarelas focused on Claremont police reform before departure
As Louis C. Sarelas prepares to leave Claremont NH for Bennington VT to become town manager, he concentrates on revamping a 26 member police force scarred by a corruption probe and leadership vacancies. He notes differing views on his tenure, defends his bid on a municipal car, and dismisses ties to police investigations.
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Louis C. Sarelas
Claremont
N.H
Bennington
Sarelas
Bennington Selectmen
Harold Saunders
Michigan
Savelas
Lavelas
Police Commission
Vermont Bicentennial Steamtrain planning underway in Bennington
Bennington leaders plan the Vermont Bicentennial Steamtrain Excursion with daily service Burlington to Bennington starting Aug 16. Officials aim to complete a to do list within a month, as state and regional grants total over two million support rail repairs.
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Bennington
Vermont Development and Community Affairs
Donald Webster
Stearns Jenkins
Tony Egan
Bellows Falls
Burlington
Vermont
Rutland
New England Regional Commission
Jenkins
Vermont Public Service Board
Nercom
Wisconsin New York primaries linked to national answers
Inside column notes tomorrow’s state primaries in Wisconsin and New York may shed light on national trends while Teamsters resume road action. Local Leo Club fundraising supports Guatemalan relief and ski-area development hinges on Forest Service hearings. A Vermont vignette by Gerald Raftery appears, plus Maine black fly notes from Vermont supply leftovers.
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Wisconsin
New York
Leo Club
Forest Service
Gerald Raftery
Vermont
John Gould
Maine
Hoosick Falls
MAU
Carr
Cavaliers
Thailand election ousts Kukrit Pramoj in push to center
In nationwide vote for all 279 seats, Centrist Democrat led by Seni Pramoj wins big as Kukrit loses his Bangkok district after ordering U.S. troops out. Democrats take 101 seats, Chat Thai 45, Social Action 39. leftist gains limited. coalition likely by mid-April.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Kukrit Pramoj
Democrat Party
Kukrit
Democrats
Chat Thai
Social Action
Prince Sihanouk resigns as Cambodia's chief of state
Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as Cambodia's chief of state, stepping down after a farewell speech. Deputy PM Khieu Samphan accepts the move, promising an $8,000 annual pension and a statue in Phnom Penh. He plans to live in Phnom Penh with his wife Monique, with no new chief of state named under the January constitution.
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Egan
Steamtrain
Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Norodom Sihanouk
Sihanouk
Revolutionary Army of Democratic
Khieu Samphan
Phnom Penh
Phnom
Peking
Khmer Rouge
Monique
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Eric Amadon
White Creek
Petu
Sunny Jim’ Callaghan
N.Y. Times News Service
India
Skidmore Coed
Jody Smith
Harrisburg
Saratoga Hospital
Joanne Handler
Rosanne M. Miller
Newton Center
Mass
Susan Miller
Wayne, N.J
Karen Lichtman
Poughkeepsie Area
Turkey
By John Leaning
Russ Garland
Seni Pramoj
U.S
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