Toots Shor dies at 71 in New York hospital
Bernard Toots Shor, famed New York restaurateur and night life figure, dies after brief illness at NYU Medical Center. He leaves a widow and four children. Services pending. The same week the New York City Ballet votes to accept a compromise contract ending a strike that threatened winter and spring seasons.
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UPI
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Shor
New York University Medical Center
Sardi’s
Marian Volk
New York City Ballet
American Federation of Musicians
Vincent McDonnell
State Mediation Board
McDonnell
Ballet
Betty Cage
The
Government spends nearly $46 thousand to time two eggs
UPI reports Sen. William Proxmire awards the January Golden Fleece to the Agriculture Department for spending about 46 000 dollars to determine how long it takes to fry two eggs. The study measured 838 TMUs, with a TMU equal to 0.036 seconds. He quips it would take less time to cook and eat the eggs than to convert the units.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
William Proxmire
Wisconsin Democrat
Boston Police Overtime Ends Amid Desegregation School Patrol Cuts
Boston police reduce overtime and half of the 151 foot patrols from last March as part of a cost cutting plan. Motorcycle escorts for school buses in Charlestown and South Boston end, with security for Hyde Park High School and two other desegregation trouble spots also reduced. Police say the move saves about 13 million dollars annually while easing city finances.
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Boston
UPI
Joseph Jordan
Kevin H. White
Charlestown
South Boston
Hyde Park High School
Carter outlines arms control plan in first presidential interview
President Carter discusses a worldwide reduction of arms sales and vows to move quickly and aggressively to reach an agreement with the Soviet Union. The interview, his first as president, highlights his commitment to curbing global armament and opens talks with Moscow.
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UPI
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Oval Office
United Press International
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Walter Mondale
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U.S
Vance
Middle East
Israel
Arab States
United States
Inadequate European defense sparks urgent warnings
A Senate report by Sam Nunn and Dewey Bartlett warns Soviet forces in Eastern Europe could strike Central Europe with little warning and threaten NATO without weeks of notice. They say NATO would face a nuclear battlefield and U.S. lift capacity and arms supplies to allies are insufficient, risking rapid invasion via the North German Plain.
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UPI
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U.S.S.R
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U.S
Germany
North German
Iran
Israel
Jordan
United States
Smith rejects British plan for Rhodesia peace process
Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith rejected a British plan to steer Rhodesia toward black majority rule after a 45 minute meeting with British negotiator Ivor Richard. Richard urged renewed talks, warned of continued fighting, and noted Smith refused to deviate from Kissinger proposals. Richard called the decision tragic and fateful, saying peace prospects now depend on future actions by all nationalist groups.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
UPI
Ian Smith
Ivor Richard
Richard
Smith
Geneva
London
Africa
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
United States
John Vorster
Arabs strengthen peacekeeping in southern Lebanon Nabatiyeh
Beiruti reports say Arab peacekeeping troops extended positions to Nabatiyeh and Akhiyeh and boosted patrols in Beirut. Conservatives held a secret conclave near Beirut and urged liberation of Lebanese territory with Palestinian distribution among Arab states.
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Lebanon
UPI
Nabatiyeh
Akhiyeh
Zahrani
Sidon
Elias Sarkis
Selim al Hoss
Phalangist
Pierre Gemayel
Camille Chamoun
Phalangist Party
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