Soviets in good shape to survive nuke attack
The Joint Chiefs of Staff say Soviet programs could allow most urban Russians to survive a nuclear exchange with enough warning for civil defense. Public remarks by service chiefs, given to Sen. Proxmire, note Moscow seeks military advantage but has not achieved it. The chiefs warn Russia uses war as policy and sees success possible even in nuclear conflict.
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Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
United States
Joint Chiefs of Staff
William Proxmire
D-Wis
U.S
U.S.S.R
Brown
Russia
Deadly new drug scare warns of Lance tear gas powder
UPI reports law enforcement nationwide warned about Lance a white powder sold as heroin or cocaine but tainted with tear gas. Authorities say it targets drug users and officers, with reports of brain damage from odor or taste and a Texas girl’s illness.
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UPI
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Mexico
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U.S
Temple
Tex
Colorado
Washington
Oregon
Punxsutawney Phil Set to Reveal Groundhog Day Weather
Citizens await Punxsutawney Phil in Punxsutawney Pennsylvania as the nation eyes the yearly Groundhog Day omen. The piece notes that last year Phil delivered unfavorable news per UPI photo caption.
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Punxsutawney, Pa
Phil
UPI
HEW chief Califano vows full push for school desegregation
Washington AP UP I The new secretary of Health Education and Welfare Joseph Califano pledges the Carter administration will use all power available to desegregate schools from kindergarten to college. He urged HEW workers to be relentless, saying every inch yielded harms minority students and promises to follow through with firm, persistent action. He cited his Great Society background and emphasized equal educational opportunity as a national priority.
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UPI
Joseph Califano
Califano
HEW
Lyndon B. Johnson
Elton John Loretta Lynn Stevie Wonder Johnny Cash Win Big
In Santa Monica the fourth annual American Music Awards honored Elton John Stevie Wonder and Loretta Lynn as double winners. Johnny Cash received a distinguished merit award from Gov. Leonard Blanton for his career contributions. Lynn won top country female vocalist and joined the best country group with Conway Twitty.
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Daredevil Knievel suffers injuries in shark jump practice
Chicago stuntman Evel Knievel crashed during shark tank practice at the International Amphitheatre. He fractured his right forearm and left collar bone, with minor calf bleeding, as the televised jump was canceled. Cameraman Thomas Geren sustained minor injuries and was treated and released.
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Michael Reese Hospital
Thomas Geren
Palatine
Geren
Longet seeks probation as custody motion looms
Aspen district judge imposes a 30 day jail term for negligent homicide in the Vladamir Sabich death. Claudine Longet says her three children may visit their father Andy Williams during her confinement. The children are Noelle 13 Christian 10 and Bobby 8.
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Colo
UPI
Claudine Longet
Andy Williams
George Lohr
Vladamir
Spider” Sabich
Miss Longet
Sabich
Noelle
Christian
Bobby
World arms sales reach record level in history
Washington based UPI reports the U S Arms Control and Disarmament Agency says world arms spending reached a record 340 billion dollars in 1975, with 334 billion in 1974. The United States sold about 4.4 billion in 1975, twice the Soviet total, amid rising Middle East military expenditure.
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UPI
United States
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Soviet Union
U.S
Middle East
Israel
Judge orders King surveillance tapes sealed in Archives
A federal judge ordered all tapes and transcripts from FBI surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. and the SCLC between 1963 and 1968 sealed in the National Archives for 50 years. The ruling follows a damage suit by Bernard Lee against the FBI. destruction was denied but copies must be surrendered within 90 days.
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Smith
Dr. King
Senate Select Committee
FBI
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Washington
Willard Hotel
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Senate Committee On Intelligence
Atlanta
New York
Shuttle Orbiter rolls toward Edwards for first flight
California residents saw the Space Shuttle Orbiter rolled from Rockwell International in Palmdale through back streets to Edwards Air Force Base. At Edwards the craft will undergo ground testing before its maiden flight later this year, photographed by UPI.
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Rockwell International Space Division
Palmdale
Edwards Air Force Base
UPI
Freddie Prinze Mourned by Celebrities at Hollywood Funeral
The television star Freddie Prinze was eulogized by mourners including Lucille Ball and Johnny Carson as tears marked the service in Hollywood. Jack Albertson spoke of immortality through reruns while Prinze’s will directs most of his estate to his mother and a trust for his infant son, leaving nothing to his widow or father.
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Gabriel Kaplan
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Mary Preutzel
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