Soviet backed Angolan faction plans new offensive
In Luanda, diplomats report the Marxist Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola plans to widen control using a stockpile of Russian arms including MIG21 fighters, T34 tanks, and surface-to-surface missiles. The 20,000-man force, aided by 5,000 Cubans and 400 Soviet advisers, confronts anti-communist groups NFLA and UNITA units across Angola.
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Proxmire Accuses Air Force VIP Jet Fleet of Waste
UPI report notes Sen. William Proxmire labels the Air Force VIP jet fleet a wasteful program. He cites a $66 million purchase and annual costs over $6 million, with 50 passenger capacity on large jets and meals, sleeping facilities, and 24 hour on call operations. Treasury Secretary William Simon is named as a frequent user.
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UPI
William Proxmire
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Proxmire
Treasury
William Simon
Traffic deaths set 14 year low in 1975 survey
A UPI survey shows 42,599 fatalities across the 50 states in 1975, down from 43,492 the year before, marking the second straight decline and the lowest total in 14 years despite travel increasing about 3 percent. Authorities cite stricter enforcement of the 55 mph limit and note a near 45,000 total with the best fatality rate per 100 million miles since WWII. Ford orders cabinet level probe into LaGuardia bombing. White House says FBI and Justice Dept will assist.
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New York
Ford
TWA
Rocky Mountain
Washington
White House
Transportation
William Coleman
Federal Aviation Administration
Justice Department
FBI
Ron Nessen
Bronze Age finds at Bandykhan site uncovered in Uzbekistan
Archaeologists led by Galina Pugachenkova report discoveries at Bandykhan in Uzbekistan including a Bronze Age settlement with stone mace oil and grain storage pots dating to 2000 BCE, a later town ruin, fortress walls showing battering, and a large necropolis with Zoroastrian burial practices.
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UPI
Uzbekistan
Tass
Galina Pugachenkova
Bandykhan
Offshore oil unlikely to boost New England economy
A 44 page Center for Energy Policy study finds Georges Bank oil and gas would not bring a regional bonanza. Even with large deposits, only about 10 percent of new jobs would go to New Englanders, and the total potential jobs are small compared with 600,000 unemployed in the region.
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Boston
UPI
Georges Bank
New
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Wounded Knee heirs seek federal grant from 1890 massacre
Senator James Abourezk proposes a $3,000 payment to each descendant of the 146 Sioux killed at Wounded Knee on December 29 1890 in what he calls a symbolic act costing under $600000. The plan follows a report from Acting Secretary Norman Augustine and signals possible Senate hearings around January 20 with historians offering differing views on how the tragedy unfolded.
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UPI
James D. Abourezk
D-S.d
Wounded Knee
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Norman Augustine
James Eastland
D-Miss
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Augustine
Survivor charged in Christmas Eve store shootings
W T Zeigler, sole survivor of the December 24 Christmas Eve killings at his Winter Garden furniture store, faces murder charges for the deaths of his wife Eunice and her parents aged 72 and 52 and a customer, Charles Mays 35. Authorities cited witness statements and evidence processed by the FBI lab. Zeigler, wounded, was moved from hospital to Florida Hospital Orlando.
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Decision delayed on JFK in laws estate sale
Providence Rhode Island UPI Gov Philip W Noel postponed state purchase of Hammersmith Farm Newport estate of JFK in laws until the new budget is reviewed further He plans a decision likely in mid February after budget analysis and comments from Press Secretary Michael J Stanton
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UPI
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Michael J. Stanton
Judge dismisses diaper rule for carriage horses
In Charleston a municipal court judge ruled that a city ordinance requiring horses to wear diapers caused unnecessary suffering. He stated that God didn't design the horse to wear diapers and dismissed the indictment against the operator of a horse drawn carriage tour.
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S.C
UPI
Hugo M. Spitz
Sald
David Fuller
Spitz
Fuller
Charleston Carriage Co
Board to teach parents to communicate with teens in LA
Los Angeles educators approve a plan to offer classes for parents through the city wide community adult school. The program stems from a Superior Court judges committee request for guidance for parents unable to manage their adolescents.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Board of Education
Superior Court
Passamaquoddy land claim upheld by appeals court
The Passamaquoddy Indian tribe won on appeal in Boston as the U S Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling recognizing their right to be compensated for land Maine took without prior federal approval. The case centers on the Indian Non-Intercourse Act and federal protection of tribal land rights.
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UPI
U.S. Court of Appeals
Maine
U.S. Attorney General
Edward T. Gignoux
U.S. District Court
Portland
Ment
Gignoux
U.S. Interior Department
Plane geese collision kills five in California
A light plane crashed after striking three geese near Stockton Metropolitan Airport en route to Walnut Creek, killing Leroy Higgins 38 Karen 31 and their children Thomas 9 Rolan 5 and Genevieve 1 of Walnut Creek. Investigators reported the crash occurred about 1 000 feet after takeoff in a freshly plowed field ten miles west of Stockton.
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Calif
UPI
Walnut Creek
Leroy Higgins
Karen
Thomas
Rolan
Genevieve
Euell Gibbons Dies Noted Naturalist at 64 in Pennsylvania
Sunbury, PA (UPI) Euell Gibbons, nationally known naturalist and author of seven books on edible wildlife, died Monday night at age 64 near Beavertown. He became ill while visiting friends and died en route to Sunbury Community Hospital. an autopsy was planned. Funeral arrangements were incomplete. Gibbons is famed for Stalking the Good Life and Stalking Far Away Places and appeared in breakfast cereal TV ads.
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Sunbury Community Hospital
Freda
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Bennington Banner publish date and service details
The Bennington Banner lists daily publication except Sundays and holidays at 425 Main St Bennington VT 05201 by The Banner Publishing Corp. It notes wire service affiliations and national advertising representatives. Home delivery and mail subscription rates are provided for a 50 mile radius and all Vermont with a 3 month rate of $9.00.
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Matthews, Shannon & Cullen, Inc
Vermont
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