Soviet backed forces widen grip in Angola
Soviet backed forces have widened control in northern Angola driving pro West rivals from two bases Toto airbase 93 miles south of the Zaire border and Ambriz on the Atlantic coast 80 miles north of Luanda according to Radio Luanda. The offensive led by Cuban troops with heavy Soviet artillery marks the first major push since the OAU Addis Ababa summit collapsed and signals weakened National Front positions in the north.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Angola
Radio
Radio Luanda
Popular Movement For the Liberation of
Popular Movement
Toto
Zaire
National Front For the Liberation of Angola
Luanda
Panel sends cyclamate issue back to FDA over cancer risk
A U S panel finds evidence insufficient to label cyclamate as a cancer causer while stopping short of exoneration. The group cites weak animal tests and says more sensitive studies are needed, with Abbott urging quicker consumer access and FDA seeking a clear health verdict.
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U.S
FDA
Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
Arnold Brown
Mayo Medical School
Rochester
Abbott
Richard Kasperson
Alexander Schmidt
The
Cancer Institute
Nixon Freeway Renamed Marina Freeway In California
California Senate Transportation Committee unanimously approves legislation to rename the Richard M Nixon Freeway on Highway 90 from Marina Del Rey to Anaheim. The freeway previously honored Richard M Nixon after its 1971 designation.
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Sacramento
Calif
Archibald Cox Named Massachusetts Judicial Needs Chair
Archibald Cox, former Watergate prosecutor, was named by Governor Dukakis to chair a 20 member Select Committee on Judicial Needs in Massachusetts. He called the task enormous and urged court reforms to ease congestion. Cox said returning to government service after Watergate was challenging but affirming that the system works.
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UPI
Archibald Cox
Richard Nixon
Massachusetts
Harvard
Michael Dukakis
Cox
United States
Bayh Scrambles for Poor in Manchester Housing Project
United Press International reports Sen Birch Bayh first 1976 candidate to campaign in Manchester public housing for the poor. He decries President Ford veto of a 45 billion HEW appropriation as heartless, warning cuts will harm elderly programs including medical research hot meals and hospital care. Also noted are Sen Henry Jackson’s Boston beer reception and Udall naming local activist William Carmen as Massachusetts co chair for grassroots organization.
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United Press International
Manchester
N.H
Birch Bayh
Bayh
Ford
White House
Boston
Henry
Jackson
Massachusetts
Brockton
Quincy
Providence
R.I
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
Newton
William Carmen
Udall
Rock likened to heroin by Calif choirmaster
Adam Knieste a 58 year old choirmaster organist and music therapist based in San Rafael California warns rock and roll is more deadly than heroin and just as addictive after studying its effect on teens over the past decade He says rock is a dangerous drug for youths and claims a test of 250 high schoolers listening to rock showed all were sick He blames rock for hostility fatigue and high blood pressure and cites Jimi Hendrix and Elvis Presley as purveyors of the gospel of the wrong note.
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San Rafael
Calif
UPI
Adam Knieste
Knieste
Krneste
Jimi Hendrix
Elvis Presley
Banker's wife slain after ransom is paid
Edwina Marter, 36, was found shot dead near a Gulfport area in Mississippi after her husband, bank executive Charles Marter, paid a $25,000 ransom. Richard Gerald Jordan, 29, of Hattiesburg was arrested, charged, and arraigned. authorities say the weapon remains unfound and a preliminary hearing has not been set.
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Gulfport, Miss
UPI
Charles Marter
FBI
Richard Gerald Jordan
Hattiesburg
Miss
Edwina Marter
Gaston Hewes
Necaise
Donald Sullivan
Jackson, Miss
New Two Dollar Bills Feature Jefferson On Bicentennial Note
DES MOINES Iowa UPI Thomas Jefferson appears on the new two dollar bills issued by the U S Treasury on April 13 Jefferson birthday A Trumbull painting The Signing of the Declaration of Independence is on the back The notes are meant to be used rather than hoarded and will save the treasury four to seven million dollars annually depending on circulation The signature of U S Treasurer Francine Irving Neff appears on the bill which she called gorgeous and noted it could remain in use indefinitely
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Des Moines
Iowa
UPI
Thomas Jefferson
U.S. Treasury
Jefferson
Trumbull
U.S
Francine Irving Neff
No-warning IRA bombing kills four in Belfast shop
Belfast police say a no warning blast at Gallagher's Do It Yourself Store killed four, including two men and two women, and injured 21, with debris and glass showering downtown. A security spokesman said timing may have failed, not a deliberate surprise attack, and the IRA is named as responsible.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Gallagher
The
Gallagh
Er’s
Weicker Says Ford Moves Too Far Right in 1976 Rift
Sen. Lowell P. Weicker charged President Ford is swinging right to shore up his bid for the Republican nomination. He announced re election plans at a Tuesday news conference and hinted he would not back Ronald Reagan if Reagan secures the nomination. Weicker cited Ford’s veto of a picketing rights bill as political. He criticized Reagan’s budget plan as simplistic and said he would not attend the GOP convention, choosing August in Connecticut instead. He noted possible Democratic challengers Gloria Schaffer Christopher Dodd and Donald Irwin.
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Hartford
Conn
UPI
Lowell P. Weicker
Ford
Weicker
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Senate Watergate Committee
Robert Steele
Bennington Banner Subscriber Rates and Delivery Note
The Bennington Banner lists home delivery options and subscription pricing for Vermont within a 50 mile radius. Rates show 3 months for $9.00 and 6 months for $18.00, with daily publication excluding Sundays and holidays. The notice cites mailing address and advertising representatives.
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Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen, Inc
Vermont
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