Isabel Peron and aides charged in fund misuse case
An investigating judge filed preliminary charges of misusing public funds against former president Isabel Peron and three close associates, including Juan Perons widow Jose Lopez Rega ally Raul Lastiri and Lastiri's wife Norma. The case centers on the Solidarity Crusade charity and a 700000 dollar check. Peron remains under house arrest as military authorities oversee the case.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Isabel Peron
Telam
Nino J. Garcia Moritan
Juan D. Peron
Jose Lopez Tega
Raul Lastiri
Congress
Lastiri
Norma
Arafat Tries To Bridge Assad Jumblatt Meeting
Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat travels to Damascus in a bid to avert a clash between Syrian President Hafez Assad and Kamal Jumblatt over Lebanon’s presidential election. Jumblatt demands postponement until external pressure ends while backing Ray mond Edde against Elias Sarkis.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Yasir Arafat
Hafez Assad
Kamal Jumblatt
Arafat
Damascus
Assad
Jumblatt
Syria
Elias Sarkis
State Bank
Franjieh
Edde
Kamel Assaad
Estonia as a Soviet Republic in 1970
Estonia, one of 15 major Soviet administrative divisions, covers 17 410 square miles and had a population of 1 410 000 in 1970.
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Estonia
Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
Soviet Union
Soviet aid losses leave Third World allies in lapse of support
A private study says the Soviet Union has not funded a major non Communist Third World country for 25 years and may have abandoned the foreign aid race. Egypt Chile Argentina China and Indonesia are cited as examples where aid failed to secure lasting allegiance. The report notes Egypt shifted to the United States after 1972. China and Africa seen as a mixed effort with limited success in reducing Soviet influence.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Gota
United States
Institute For International Policy
Otto Passman
D-La
Passman
Moscow
Peking
Egypt
Indonesia
Argentina
Chile
China
State Department
Congress
Third World
Russia
Proposal could end Frisco strike
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors accepted a plan to form an 11 member panel of labor and city representatives to resolve the 38 day transit strike idling about 1,900 workers. If both sides accept, workers are expected to return immediately. Labor leaders offered no immediate comment as ballots go to absentee voters starting Monday with a June 8 deadline for anti strike measures.
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San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Quentin Kopp
Subpoenas in Pentagon meat probe target misdeeds
Senate subcommittee issues 14 subpoenas as it probes Pentagon meat purchases worth 250 million annually. Hearings set to examine alleged payoffs to Army inspectors, substandard beef shipments, and coverages of contractors offering cash, trips, and favors to secure approval. Justice Department also probing.
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Washington
Senate
Pentagon
Congressional
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Learn
Subcommittee On Federal Spending and Efficiency
Army
Chiles
Subcommittee
Norfolk, Va
Naval Station
Florida
Texas
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
Justice Department
Fire Leaves Cleveland Low Income Neighborhood Homeless
In Cleveland about 150 people were left homeless when a wind driven fire destroyed roughly 30 homes in a low income neighborhood. Officials suspect arson in a vacant house as flames swept through old wooden houses, with winds up to 40 mph and low water pressure hampering firefighting efforts. No serious injuries were reported and damage was estimated at 500000 dollars.
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Cleveland
Joe Harris
Harris
Henry Bernauer
Ford aides gloom over May 18 primary
President Ford faces anxiety after four straight GOP losses as Michigan and its home-field pressure loom. Reagan seeks win to shrink Ford’s delegate lead while crossovers from Wallace supporters spark concern. Carter gains labor support in Michigan as FEC funds loom over a potential veto on election reform.
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Washington
Ford
Michigan
Ronald Reagan
Rogers Morton
Lansing
Mich
Reagan
Morton
Nebraska
West Virginia
Robert Griffin
R-Mich
Alabama
George Wallace
Indiana
Louisiana
Kansas City
Texas
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
United Auto Workers
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Carter
Omaha
James M. Paxson
Paxson
Standard Chemical Manufacturing Co
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