Rhodesian black leader predicts peace settlement likely
Rhodesia's Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole says Prime Minister Ian Smith's shift on black rule makes an early peaceful settlement possible. He expects to head a black-ruled Zimbabwe but rejects a five year war as unacceptable. Sithole cites talks with guerrillas and officials, calls for certain reforms, and hints at a future cease-fire negotiations.
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Rhodesia
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Army panel urges easing West Point rules and hazing review
Washington reports an Army panel proposing looser penalties for trivial lies and hazing at West Point. It also urges civilian members on an advisory committee to shape academy policy, as reforms move forward, with some changes like replacing goat numerical averages with letter grades already taking effect.
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UPI
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Military Academy
Army
Skytrain launches price war with no frill flights
UPI reports Freddie Laker begins a first come first served Skytrain shuttle between New York and London. The inaugural DC10 carried 274 from Gatwick to Kennedy, returned with a full load, and Laker forecast profit with 222 passengers per flight. Fares were $135 London to New York and $103 New York to London, currency differences cited. President Carter approved a $256 New York London fare move, while competitors offered a $109 standby fare to challenge the new service. Laker vowed rivals cannot match his all 345 seats at budget rates daily.
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UPI
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Gatwick
Washington
Carter
Civil Aeronautics Board
UPS Laker
England
Former KKK member arrested in 1963 church bombing case
Alabama Attorney General Baxley says the arrest of Robert Chambliss, 73, the first indicted in the reopened 1963 Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, is only a start toward prosecuting the case. The blast killed four teenage black girls and injured many others. Chambliss previously faced overturned dynamite convictions.
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Ala
UPI
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Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
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Stoner
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Cynthia Wesley
Jefferson County
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Bennington Banner Telephne notice details
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sunday and holidays at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont 05201. It is a subscriber to United Press International and the New York Times News Service with Landon Associates handling national advertising. Home delivery by carrier costs 20 cents per copy or 5.60 dollars per month, with motor delivery subscription rates by mail.
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Boyle trial postponed to January due to cardiac episode
MEDIA Pennsylvania UPI reports the second murder trial of former union rival Boyle is rescheduled for January 16 after doctors describe his condition as a cardiac episode. Boyle, 75, has heart problems and has spent months in hospital since Septemer court sessions.
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Upland
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Task force urges abused women to take legal action
Connecticut officials told a state advisory committee that fear and reluctance by battered women undermine protection. Prosecution and court figures show only about 1 percent of annual domestic injury cases go to trial, with many incidents unresolved as victims hesitate to press charges or testify.
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Hartford
Senate Stalemate on Carter Natural Gas Plan
Washington lawmakers stall over President Carter’s natural gas plan amid Finance Committee moves against a crude oil tax for energy conservation. Carter blames special interests as filibusters persist, while Sen. Dole mocks the wide coalition opposing deregulation. In Georgia, Lester Maddox remains in guarded recovery after a Sunday heart attack with doctors reporting stabilization but no visitors.
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UPI
Senate
Carter
Senate Finance Committee
Robert Dole
Brian
Finance Committee
Madrid police captain shot in new violence flareup
In Madrid a police captain, Florencio Herguedas Carretero, was killed by shotgun fire as he left home for work, the latest act in Spain's turbulent post-Franco transition. The slaying follows the 1975 executions of five urban guerrillas and recent attacks on a Barcelona magazine office, underscoring political violence amid fragile democracy.
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Spain
UPI
Florencio Herguedas Carretero
Homeland and Liberty
ETA
Patriotic Front
FRAP
Francisco Franco
Carretero
Barcelona
Herguedas
Laetrile Harm Debate Appears in Medical Letter
In Chicago two doctors report Laetrile associated toxic reactions linked to cancer treatment. They warn against assuming non toxicity and note potential patient deaths linked to Laetrile. The piece cites Frederick Smith Thomas Butler Stanley Cohan and Philip Schein. The AMA and FDA have branded Laetrile worthless despite state legal use spread.
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Chicago
UPI
Frederick Smith
Thomas Butler
Stanley Cohan
Philip Schein
Teens face physical abuse by parents study says
URI researcher Dr. Richard J. Gelles notes striking findings from a study of 285 freshmen showing 26 percent reported physical violence by parents in their last year at home. Seventeen year olds reported abuse as often as three year olds with 12 percent fighting back and eight percent injured in high school.
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UPI
University of Rhode Island
Richard J. Gelles
URI
Gelles
Martha Mulligan
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