RCMP crimes spark Ottawa government scandal in Canada
In Ottawa RCMP crimes alleged include break ins theft spying and mail opening. NDP leader Edward Broadbent told Commons evidence shows crimes and criticized Solicitor General Francis Fox for prioritizing national security over law. In Ann Arbor Michigan physicist Dennis J Hegyi reports billions of stars found around a galaxy 80 million light years away suggesting future cosmic collapse could reset into a new universe in 50 billion years.
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Ottawa
UPI
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
New Democratic Party
Edward Broadbent
House of Commons
Francis Fox
RCMP
Ann Arbor, Mich
University of Michigan
Dennis J. Heggi
Earth
Government suspends xylitol gum trial over cancer concern
In Washington UPI reports the government halted a tooth decay study of 1000 schoolchildren after lab tests suggested xylitol may cause cancer. The same sweetener is in Orbit sugarless gum from Wrigley. Wrigley shares dropped sharply on the NYSE after the findings were released on Tuesday.
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Washington
UPI
Wrigley’s
William Wrigley Jr. Co
New York Stock Exchange
45 arrested in illegal gun dealing crackdown
Boston officials led by UPI describe a roundup of 45 suspected gun dealers. More than 100 federal agents and officers from Boston and Lowell arrested the suspects. Arthur A. Montuori of the ATF Massachusetts said the arrests involve dealing firearms without a license and transfer of sawed off shotguns.
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Boston
UPI
Boston and
Lowell
Arthur A. Montuori
Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Massachusetts
Westlake Fire darkens California hills near Malibu
A second blaze near Westlake Village expanded to burn over 2,000 acres of brush and gutted three houses while 900 firefighters fought to save about 300 homes. The Topanga Canyon fire, deemed incendiary or arson risk, was contained but not controlled as crews battled weak winds and ocean fog aiding suppression efforts.
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Westlake Village
Calif
Upi
Los Angeles
Malibu Beach
Topanga Canyon
Topanga
Clyde Bragdon Jr
John Gerard
Westlake
Cubans Leave Somalia as Deadline Is Met
Cuban military advisers and diplomats fly out of Somalia on a 48 hour deadline to exit. Thousands more Russians are set to depart by week’s end as President Siad Barre cuts ties with Cuba and Moscow over support for Ethiopia in the Ogaden conflict.
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Mogadishu
Somalia
UPI
Russkies
Finito
Aden
Yemen
Siad Barre
Cuba
Ethiopia
Soviet Union
Justice Dept. Limits Scope of Bakke Civil Rights Shield
The Justice Department argues that the 1964 Civil Rights Act bans racial discrimination only for minority groups that have faced past discrimination in federally funded programs. The department contends the act protects groups with historical victims rather than all minorities.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Republicans urge Carter to scrap energy bill in TV rebuttal
In a televised rebuttal, Sen. Robert Packwood and Rep. John Anderson urged President Carter to dump the energy bill, arguing the plan is not worth salvaging as conferees stall on a key rate provision and tax writers delay. They framed the message as a counter to Carter’s call for Congressional passage.
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Washington
UPI
House Senate
Carter
Congressional
GOP
Congress
Robert Packwood
Rove
John Anderson
R-Ill
Packwood
Capitol Hill
Harley O. Staggers
D-W.va
House-Senate Energy Conference
Senate
House
Energy
Firefighters Strike Delays Battle At Tilbury Power Station
Soldiers and volunteers aided workers in Tilbury east of London as striking firefighters refused calls to fight a blaze in a cable duct at the Tilbury B power station. Thick smoke sent residents fleeing while police evacuated the area. WWII era Green Goddess trucks faced the challenge of oil tanks and limited breathing protection.
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London
UPS
Tilbury
a _ police
HEW programs may extend to prisoners and minority aid
State prison officials seek federal funds to care for inmates amid overcrowding. A Correctional Association says HEW rules exclude prisoners from federal social services, noting 49 percent of inmates are minorities. It asks HEW to change regulations or laws and meets Undersecretary Gene Eidenburg. The brief also covers the Bakke affirmative action case, where the Justice Department argued Title VI allows race-conscious programs to address past discrimination.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
American Correctional Association
Association
HEW
William Leeke
Anthony Tavisono
Gene Eidenburg
Supreme Court
Allan Bakke
Department
Bakke
University of California Medical School At
Davis
Congress
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Barre
Havana
Justice Dept
JuaLicu
Lattsburgh
Rutland
Bennington
Winooski
Albans
Newport
Burlington
Bennington Banner
Telethone
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Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times
Landon Associates, Inc
H. Greenberg & Son
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Adams
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