Carter consults with Ford on Panama treaty
President Carter announced terms of a new Panama Canal treaty that would place Panama in control of the canal at the century’s turn, with the United States retaining a permanent right to defend the waterway and U.S. warships access. The pact also outlines Panama taking general Canal Zone jurisdiction by December 31, 1999, and includes financial arrangements on tolls and credits, while signaling a likely Senate fight for ratification.
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UPI
Carter
Panama Canal
Panama
Senate
Jody Powell
Gerald Ford
Henry Kissinger
United States
U.S
Canal Zone
Ellsworth Bunker
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Sol Linowitz
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Linowitz
Kissinger
SVC posts first balanced budget in five years
Southern Vermont College reports its first balanced budget in five years under president Thomas A. Gee. He cut courses and staff and funded $100000 via fundraising to bridge near term gaps while shifting debt to long term. Projected enrollment sits around 335 full time equivalents with 8 full time faculty and 17 part time teachers.
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Lee Harrison
Southern Vermont College
Thomas A. Gee
Gee
SVC
James G. Donahue
Son of Sam killer's Yonkers apartment scene described
David Berkowitz lived in a ramshackle Yonkers apartment with cryptic wall messages and clippings about the Son of Sam murders and Fred Cowan. A bed lay on a mattress board amid pornographic literature. Police and reporters noted the dirty, cluttered room as investigations continued.
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Yonkers
N.Y
UPI
David Berkowitz
Sam
Fred Cowan
Cowan
Sam Things
Washington Post
David Berliner
Berkowitz
New Rochelle
New York City
Berliner
Battle Day Weather Update Aims for War-Torture?
Increasing cloudiness with a chance of showers late in the day. High in the 70s to 80s. Mostly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday.
Air France jet hijacked to Brindisi Libya and Italy
Air France Flight 120 from Paris to Cairo was hijacked and diverted to Libya then Italy. About 20 of 242 aboard were released for fuel. reports vary on injuries or fatalities, with passengers from Saudi Arabia Egypt and Syria among those freed. The plane, initially 11 minutes from Brindisi with 230 passengers and 12 crew, was stopped at Nice earlier en route to Cairo.
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Brindisi
Italy
UPI
Air France
Paris
Cairo
Libya
Rome
Nice
France
Montreal Business Outlook Amid Quebec Language Laws
Pro French language laws in Quebec anger English speakers and prompt capital flight with hundreds of millions of dollars and many companies relocating. PQ landslide victory last November sparks focus on independence referendum and future francophone dominance.
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Montreal
Quebec
Parti Quebecois
Canada
Robert Bourassa
Camille Laurin
Minor quake rattles San Fernando area in 4.4 tremor
San Fernando California felt a 4.4 magnitude quake at 7:19 p.m. lasting about 90 seconds. Fire Chief Durwood Lewis described the moment as startling though damage was minor and injuries limited to one reported case. Residents recalled the 1971 disaster that devastated Sylmar and toppled homes.
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San Fernando
Calif
UPI
Durwood Lewis
Elks Club
San Fernando Valley
Sylmar
Ventura
Los Angeles
Lewis
Privatized government scrutiny prompts accountability concerns
Montpelier memo examines Gov. Snelling's businesslike governance and a private Cost Control Council that issued 294 recommendations while keeping back-up files inaccessible to the public. The piece questions transparency and potential bias in decisions shaping state policy and personnel. It also notes Development Secretary Arthur Kriezel using private funds and hints at a system where personal wealth could influence top appointments.
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Rod Clarke Montpelier
UPI
Richard Snelling
Cost Control Council
Council
Arthur Kriezel
Kriezel
Snelling
United States
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