Carter energy package advances in Senate
President Carter's energy package, already approved by the House, gains Senate momentum. A floor vote backed steps against gas cars, while a Senate committee narrowly rejected removing natural gas production controls. The Vietnam veterans amnesty issue was rejected by the House, and abortion funding disagreements persist between chambers as a conference panel made little progress.
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Begin marks new Jewish year begins in Israel
Prime Minister Menahem Begin vows no new war in the coming 12 months as the Jewish year 1738 opens with Rosh ha-Shana observances across Israel. About one million Israelis observe the holiday while security alerts tighten at frontiers with Egypt Syria Jordan and Lebanon. Begin and Foreign Ministry officials reiterate hopes for peace and Palestinian participation in talks, despite opposition to PLO inclusion.
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Lebanon
Jerusalem
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PLO
Moshe Dayan
United States
Carter
Cyrus Vance
Coffee table books and royal horse roles in focus
The piece profiles coffee table books as large illustrated, pricey gifts and surveys subjects from royal stables to Irish conflict. It notes The Royal Office of Master of the Horse and works by Leon and Jill Uris, plus wine journals and industrial history albums.
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Leon Uris
Jil Uris
United States
America
Hanna to testify in Park influence buying probe
Rep. Richard Hanna, longtime California Democrat and unindicted co conspirator in the Park case, is subpoenaed to testify before the House ethics committee. Park faces 36 felonies including bribery for alleged efforts to sway congressmen, including Hanna, to favor Korean business and foreign policy interests. Hanna, 63, moved to Arkansas last year and has denied wrongdoing while stating he will appear as ordered.
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U S seeks cooperation from Seoul in Park questioning
Seoul offered to let American investigators question Tongsun Park but refused to compel his return to the United States. Foreign Minister Park Tong-jin said Korea will cooperate within its laws and sovereignty and honor Park's free will. He noted cooperation could include Jaworski interrogating Park in Seoul within Korea's basic stand.
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South Korea
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Carter
Seoul
UPI
United States
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Tongsin Park
House
Leon Jaworski
Korea
Appeals court reopens Kent State case findings
A federal appeals court in Cincinnati orders a retrial in the $46 million Kent State shootings case involving Ohio Gov. Rhodes and others after ruling a juror was threatened during the original trial. The decision keeps Kent State unrest alive, as protesters call for a national monument and gym plans move forward despite legal action.
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James A. Rhodes
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
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Rhodes
Robert White
Guardsmen
Don J. Young
National Guard
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Balloonists abort Atlantic crossing amid storm and shark encounter
Balloonists Ben Abruzzo and Maxie Anderson failed to cross the Atlantic in the Double Eagle after heavy ice and a Monday distress call. They ditched near Iceland about 800 miles from Europe, were rescued by a U S Navy helicopter, and reported a basking shark approached their gondola as they landed. Both men survived in good condition and ruled out future attempts.
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Denmark Strait
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Maine
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Germany
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Keflavik
North Atlantic
Robert Lowell dies at 60 in New York taxi
Robert Lowell, Pulitzer prize winning poet and noted social activist, died of a heart attack in a New York taxicab at age 60. He had faced prison for draft refusal in World War II and later spurned a White House arts festival invitation, shaping a life marked by controversy and profound poetry.
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Ohio
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Missouri flood claims seven in Kansas City area
Flash flooding from creeks fed by heavy rain sent 20 foot surges through Kansas City as seven people died. Rescue crews using over 160 boats saved others trapped on poles and in cars while the Blue River was forecast to crest at 40 feet. Fire officials reported a gas explosion near the Country Club Plaza gutted three buildings and damaged three more as gas was shut off.
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