Adopted Child Linked to Plains Pastor Case
In Plains Georgia the adoption by the Edwards family of a non-Caucasian child is noted as a factor in church members' disapproval of the Rev. involved. The resignation was influenced by these tensions along with other unspecified factors. The report, sourced from the New York Times service, highlights the sensitivity around racial adoption within the local church community.
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Plains
B. Drummond Ayres Jr
N.Y. Times News
Edwards
Jimmy Carter
First Baptist Church
Washington
Sandra
Billy Carter
Carter
Tornadoes Hit Midwest and South Killings Reported
United Press International notes tornadoes swept the Midwest and South on Wednesday, killing a three year old boy in Mississippi and an elderly woman in Missouri while ten tornadoes were counted nationwide. The weather service issued new tornado warnings for Florida Georgia and Alabama as gusts reached near 110 mph in places. Kansas dust storms and a 35 mile wide range fire in southwest Texas were also reported amid a day of severe storms.
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United Press International
Midwest
South
Mississippi
Missouri
National Weather Service
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Burlington
Colo
Kansas
Texas
Bennington Banner Classifieds Details and Rates
The Bennington Banner lists publication details at 5 Main St Bennington Vermont with subscription rates by mail one month five dollars twenty cents three months fifteen thirty six months thirty dollars one year twelve dollars overseas and copies rates per issue language notes United Press International and New York Times News Service are cited. Delivery via home carrier and motor delivery options are described along with second class postage and pricing.
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Bennington Banner
Main St. Bennington
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times
Nationa
London Associates
Loc
Dowbie U.S
Bom
Rabin Wins Labor Nomination In Tight Israeli Vote
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin secured the Labor Party nomination for the May 17 elections by 1445 to 1404, defeating Defense Minister Shimon Peres in an unusually contested internal race. The party faces public discontent over inflation and governance amid corruption cases and ongoing economic distress. Rabin seeks to reassure independents and maintain Labor’s longstanding role in coalition government.
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Tel Aviv
Labor Party
Yitzhak Rabin
Ent
Rabin
Shimon Peres
Peres
Golda Meir
Israel
Asher Yadlin
Yadlin
Mr. Rabin
Amin admits attempted uprising in Uganda amid troop buildup
Radio Uganda reported Tanzanian forces massing near the Uganda border as Idi Amin’s troops prepared to meet any invasion. Amin claimed a coup attempt by Zionists and imperialists was crushed, while the United States called the allegations absurd. Refugees spoke of a purge against Christian tribes and plans to replace them with Sudanese recruits as unrest followed Archbishop Luwum’s death.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Radio
Uganda
Idi Amin
Amin
United States
State Department
Washington
Tanzania
Amintes
Janani Luwum
All Africa Conference of Churches
Doctors urge action on TV violence harming children
Boston pediatricians and psychiatrists cite New England Journal of Medicine findings that televised violence harms children. They urge public pressure on advertisers to influence program content, noting advertisers lack control due to upfront and scatter advertising.
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Boston
UPI
New England Journal of Medicine
Feingold
Johnson
Cosmonauts end brief Salyut 5 mission in space
Viktor Gorbatko and Yuri Glazkov completed a 17 day stay aboard Salyut 5 and prepared to return to Earth aboard Soyuz 2 as Tass reported automatic flight was restored. The crew conducted research on crystalline development in microgravity infrared cloud analysis crops in southern Ukraine and surface mapping revealing minerals in the Urals.
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Moscow
UPS
Earth
Salyut 5 Space Station
Viktor Gorbatko
Yuri Glazkov
Tass
Salyut 5
Central Asia
Gorbatko
Glazkov
Ukraine
Ural Mountains
Carter backs down on wage monitoring
President Carter assured AFL CIO President George Meany he will not force labor to accept a burdensome anti inflation program for monitoring wage increases. Meany aides said the pledge followed private assurances and a public statement from Carter.
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Miami Beach
Fla
UPI
Carter
AFL
CIO
George Meany
Meany
White House
Washington
Charles Schultze
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur Burns
Burns
Gram
Congress
Afl-Cio Executive Council
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Penny
Spaulding Cordovan
Marra
North ST
Bennington
Dick Torre
Price Chopper
Drs
Murray Feingold
Tufts-New England Medical Center
Timothy Johnson
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard
Feingold and Johnson
Johnson and Johnson
McDonald's Corp
Joseph Schlitz Co
FDIC
First Vermont Bank
Bennington's Health Food Center
North Street
Vermont
Grand Union
H. Greenberg & Son
Main Street
Walker's
BOS Vers
Charlie’'S Angels
Baretta
Farah-Fawcett
Peter Frampton
Kojak
Bionic
Donny & Marie
Bennington, VT
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