Smiths rights bill passes in Rhodesia with black support
Prime Minister Ian Smith pushed through a controversial bill to relax racial laws in Rhodesia, winning a two thirds majority 44 to 12. The measure ends most land ownership restrictions for blacks and marks a pivotal step toward an internal majority rule settlement, with six of sixteen black MPs voting yes and ten abstaining. Two sickbed supporters were carried in to vote, including Mines Minister Ian Dillon and backbencher Jack Christie.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
UPI
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Smith
House of Assembly
Ian Dillon
Jack Christie
Christie
Dillon
Hope wanes for seven miners in Pennsylvania mine
Ronald Adley, trapped in Kochar Coal Co. Porter Tunnel for a third night, asked for food and coffee as rescuers chipped through a 50 foot coal wall. Officials hoped to free him late today, possibly by midnight, while seven others remain unaccounted for after a flood filled the mine. Two miners are dead and three are critically injured. A seismic device was placed on a hillside to detect any tapping noises.
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Tower City
UPI
Ronald Adley
John Shutack
Shutack
Adley
Kochar Coal Co
Citizens phone Carter tomorrow
Washington shows CBS will host a two hour live radio call in with President Carter from 2 to 4 p.m. EST at the White House Oval Office. Up to 75 callers will be accepted on a first come first served basis via toll free line 900 242 1611.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
CBS Radio
Walter Cronkite
White House
Oval Office
CBS
House blocks Navy funding for new carrier amid Carter budget push
The House voted 262 to 161 to deny further funding for a $2.2 billion Nimitz-class nuclear carrier. The defeat marks a legislative win for President Carter's leaner defense budget and a setback for the Navy, which sought continued funding.
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Washington
Navy
Carter
House
Senate
Brian Faulkner dies at 56 in hunting accident near Seaforde
Brian Faulkner Ireland's last prime minister died after a fall from his horse while hunting near his Seaforde home in Ballyantry. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. Faulkner, a textile industrialist and former Northern Ireland minister, spearheaded power sharing in 1974 and later formed the Unionist party of Northern Ireland. He is survived by his widow Lucy and three children.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Brian Faulkner
Faulkner
Ballyantry
Seaforde
Unionist Party of
Uganda refugees report mass killings in purge
Refugees in Kenya describe a month long crackdown by Idi Amin's troops targeting Christians and opposition tribes. Reports estimate hundreds to thousands killed, with refugees recounting roundups and executions amid ongoing violence and deteriorating Uganda Kenya relations.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Uganda
Washington-Kampala
U.S
Idi Amin
Amin
Mayor resigns amid Alabama police gunplant scandal
In Montgomery Alabama Mayor Jim Robinson quits amid a widening probe into a police gunplant in the Bernard Whitehurst death case. Eight officers faced discipline or dismissal as investigations continue and indictments may follow. District Attorney Evans signals possible further actions.
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Ed Wright
Robinson
Emory Folmar
James Evans
Parents sentenced 99 years for child's torture death
In Athens Tennessee a sobbing mother Vanda Maddux and stoic stepfather Ronald Maddux were sentenced to 99 years and one day for the torture death of 4 year old Melisha Gibson. A nine man three woman jury found them guilty of second degree murder after days of testimony on brutal abuse including marching for hours on bleeding feet and giving hot sauce when water was begged. The defendants face no parole for 30 years and plan appeals while the judge may hear motions for a new trial May 7.
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Athens
Tenn
UPI
Melisha Gibson
Vanda
Ronald Maddux
Richard Fisher
Wanda Gibson Maddux
James Witt
Maddux
LeRoy Phillips
Witt
Fisher
Melisha
Smoke free bill eyed after hearing in Springfield
Dr Bertram Carnow testified before the House Human Resources Committee on a bill to ban smoking in public spaces. He warned sidestream smoke carries cancer causing agents and carbon monoxide. He noted many groups including pregnant women and asthmatics are hardest hit. The measure targets elevators buses theaters libraries hospital rooms and museums.
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Springfield
UPI
Bertram Carnow
House Human Resources Committee
Anne Willer
Carnow
Chicago Lung Association
Postage rates and single copy pricing notice
The notice lists mail rates with options of 1 month 3 months 6 months and prices 5.10 15.30 30.60 for subscriptions and 1 year 61.20. It states foreign mail double U.S. rate and current single copies 30c per issue, back issues over 30 days 50c per issue, and that second class postage is paid at Bennington Vermont.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times
Landon Associates, Inc
U.S
Let Color Lift Your Home This Season
Ed Maroney promotes bold color palettes for home decor with reds oranges and sienna tones. Haynes & Kane offers Mohawk Berwen Barwick Priscilla Turner and Pande Cameron carpets and rugs in large display rooms open 9 30 to 5 30 weekdays weekends 1 to 5 Sundays.
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Haynes & Kane, Inc
Mohawk
Berwen
Barwick
Pricilla Turner
Pande Cameron
Haynes & Kane
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