Four more blazes burn California fire region
A brush fire swept through 1000 acres in Southern California forcing evacuations near Corona while Santa Barbara faces costly losses from historic fires. Officials report 385 buildings destroyed in Santa Barbara with 234 homes gone and 26 damaged. insurance losses loom as inflation caps coverage at about half of the real cost. Firefighters deploy eight air tankers five helicopters and 800 firefighters as rivers of mudslides threaten after rains.
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United Press International
California
Corona
Santa Barbara
Tin Mine Canyon
Cleveland National Forest
Los Angeles
Citrus
David Shiffman
Common Market backs fast breeder reactor program over Carter appeal
The European Community rejected President Carter's appeal for a two year moratorium and moved forward with fast breeder reactor research. The Executive Commission urged cross country cooperation on waste disposal, aiming to have breeders commercially available in the early 1990s. Guido Brunner warned oil imports must rise to avoid a US and Russian oil race, noting 2.5 billion dollars already invested.
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Brussels
Belgium
UPI
Carter
Guido Brunner
West Germany
Common Market
Rape remark judge forced into recall race in Wisconsin
Dane County voters filed 36 343 signatures for recall of County Judge Archie E. Simonson over a rape remark. Valid signatures totaled 35 319 required 21 049. Election set for Sept 7 with Aug 10 deadline for nominating papers. Simonson, elected 1972, faces ballot unless he resigns within 10 days. He has refused to resign amid pressure from local bodies.
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Madison
Wis
UPI
Wisconsin
Dane County
Archie E. Simonson
Simonson
Beaudoin receives $50,000 in donations after family killings
Beaudoin, 32, living with his parents in Waterbury after his wife and eight relatives were killed in Prospect, saw thousands donate to help rebuild his life. By Thursday night WATR reported about 36,157 in pledges. overall gifts reached 50,000 with Pratt & Whitney staff also contributing. Foster brother Lorne Acquin faces nine murder counts. family members praise donor generosity easing funeral costs and burdens.
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Waterbury, Conn
UPI
Fred Beaudoin Jr
Prospect
Beaudoin
WATR
Lorne Acquin
Pratt & Whitney
PTA
Bryant Thomas
Sixty Kent State protesters arrested during gym plan clash
Sixty demonstrators from the May 4th Coalition were arrested early in Kent Ohio as they attempted to block the six million gym complex construction at Kent State University. Deputies and campus police carried protesters to buses amid a hostile crowd and appeals linger in court.
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Kent, Ohio
UPI
Kent State University
Portage County Common Pleas Court
Joseph Kainrad
Blanket Hill
Portage County
Ravenna
Bennington Banner Classified Telephones and delivery rates
The Bennington Banner lists contact numbers 447-7567 and 4470333 for classifieds and telephones. It notes daily publication except Sundays and legal holidays, address at 425 Main St. Bennington VT 05201, and delivery by carrier with 20 cents local and 5.60 per month by mail. It carries affiliations with United Press International and New York Times News Service and notes national advertising representation London Associates Inc.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times
National
London Associates, Inc
First pipeline oil reaches Valdez in Alaska
North Slope crude completes an 800 mile trek to Valdez ending a 98 day run with six stoppages. Oil fills storage tanks at the terminal as Alyeska reports smooth operations amid a historic, costly project linked to 30 plus deaths. A 120000 ton ARCO Juneau tanker expected to depart for Cherry Point refinery.
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Valdez, Alaska
Prudhoe Bay
Valdez
Oil Superport
Alyeksa Pipeline Service Co., Inc
Alyeska
Pipline Club
Alaska
Algeksa
Oil Company
Anchorage
Kean
Jean Syahoney
Thes
Arco Juneau
Cherry Point
Wash
Peru’s military regime sets 1980 democracy timetable
Lima based regime pledges civilian rule by 1980 if economics allow. President Morales Bermudes unveils plan for a special assembly in 1978 to draft a new constitution aimed at social democracy with broad participation, contingent on economic recovery and debt relief efforts amid looming defaults and a $300 million 1977 balance of payments gap.
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Lima
Peru
UPI
Francisco Morales Bermudes
Morales
Juan Velasco
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Robert Joaquin
United States
Russia
Brunner
Britain
France
Jay Clark
Clark
Watertown
Thomas
Cheryl Beaudoin
Paul Champagne
Fred Beaudoin
Kent State Building
11Th
Ohio District Court of Appeals
Painesville
Ohio
Thorities
U.S
Burt Bros
Box
Main Street
Bennington, VT
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