Seaman protest demand freight use of US flag ships
In Washington and Kansas City several dozen seamen backed by AFL-CIO and the Committee of U S Flag Shipping Companies demonstrated to urge the U S to enforce a maritime agreement requiring U S flag vessels to carry at least one third of bilateral trade cargoes. State Department said ambassador Stoessel protested the noncompliance. Senator Baker addresses his wife’s past drinking problem and possible presidential run.
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UPI
Afl-Cio
Committee of
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Soviet Union
State Department
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United States
Moscow
Walter Stoessel
Kansas City
Howard Baker
Tennessee Republican
New York Daily News
White House
Joy
Court upholds receivership of South Boston High School
The 1st Circuit confirms U.S. District Judge Garrity Jr. can run South Boston High through receivership, despite resistance from local officials. The panel urges the receivership end when conditions no longer justify it, after the Boston School Committee challenged its impact on educational philosophy.
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Boston
UPI
1St Circuit Court of Appeals
South Boston
U.S. District Court
W. Arthur Garrity Jr
Boston School Committee
Garrity
Glass panel shatters at John Hancock Building in Boston
A 4.5 by 11 foot pane of glass broke from the 35th floor of the John Hancock Building Tuesday night, scattering into fragments but causing no injuries. Police closed Trinity Place sidewalk to pedestrians while autos continued. The 60 story tower, the state’s tallest, opened this year after earlier window problems and earned the nickname The Plywood Tower for makeshift coverings.
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Boston
UPI
John Hancock
Trinity Place
Massachusetts
Disease count questioned as death toll grows at Legion meet
Harrisburg health officials say the illness tally may be inflated due to broad criteria, amid the death of Harold Stump, 53, of Milton, who attended the Philadelphia convention. Total cases reach 173 after three more added, including two attendees of the International Eucharistic Congress.
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UPI
American Legion
State Health Department
Health Department
Harold Stump
Milton
Philadelphia
Morton Rosen
Ax wielding North Koreans kill two in DMZ incident
About 30 North Korean guards attacked a U N Command work party in Panmunjom in the DMZ killing two U S Army officers and injuring nine other soldiers from U N and South Korea. The Pentagon noted the killings as the first deaths in the JSA.
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UPI
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U.S. Army
U.N. Command
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Korean Service Corps
United Nations Command
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Carter scores Coleman for Tights' criticism
Plains Georgia dispatch reports Jimmy Carter rebutting Transportation Secretary Coleman’s charges that he is a civil rights leader. Carter says Coleman is acting as a Ford functionary and recalls Plains jail conditions while stressing his lack of authority in early town affairs. He addresses energy policy and divestiture options, preferring horizontal divestiture if competition is lacking.
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Plains
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Transportation
William T. Coleman
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
GOP
Kansas City
Coleman
Miami Beach
Carter
Oklahoma
David Boren
Boren
Schedule for fourth session of 31st Republican National Convention
In Kansas City Missouri the fourth session of the Republican National Convention lists events in EDT. 8 p.m. Call to order and opening ceremonies. 8:15 p.m. Republican Governors Association report by Gov Arch Moore. 8:27 p.m. Speech by Rep Guy Vander Jagt. 8:42 p.m. Election of the Republican National Committee. 8:48 p.m. Speech by Sen Jacob Javits. 9 p.m. Nominations for President. 9:40 p.m. Roll call for nomination. Adjournment until 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Kansas City
UPI
Republican Governors’ Association
Arch Moore
West Virginia
Guy Vander Jagt
Michigan
National Republican Congressional Committee
Republican National Committee
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Krakatoa Explosion Elevates Ash To 50 Miles High
United Press International reports the Krakatoa volcanic eruption in the Sunda Strait on Aug 27 1883 sent ash up to 50 miles in the atmosphere and produced a shock wave audible as far as nearly 3 000 miles away with widespread global impact.
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Krakatoa
Indonesia
Sunda Strait
Bennington Banner Classified Rates and Delivery Details
Notice outlines daily publication schedule at 425 Main St Bennington VT 05201. Includes delivery options by carrier and mail, monthly and quarterly subscription costs within Vermont and surrounding areas, and contact points for classified advertising.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times Service
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen, Inc
Vermont
La Soufriere Volcano Shows Deceptive Calm Amid Rising Pressure
La Soufriere in Guadeloupe remains quiet after a Monday eruption and 1000 tremors, but scientists say pressure is building toward a potential giant explosion. Officials plan a commando style livestock rescue as evacuation zones remain in place.
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Pointe-A-Pitre
Guadeloupe
Guadaloupe
Jean- Claude Aurousseau
Aurousseau
Pierre Brousse
la Soufriere
American priest freed from Argentine detention
The Rev. James Weeks, an American priest held in Cordoba for two weeks, is returning home this week. His mother said release news arrived after a State Department warning and a Kennedy aide confirmation. Weeks, of the La Salette order based in Hartford, had been arrested August 3 with five seminarians amid a raid on a home tied to subversive material.
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Mass
UPI
James . Weeks
Argentina
James Weeks
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
U.S. State Department
Cordoba
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