Billion dollar oil profits make Libya world's richest country
Libya has transformed from extreme poverty to affluence due to oil revenues and higher taxes on foreign oil firms. The regime under Colonel Qaddafi has built housing, schools, factories, and a large merchant fleet, with a planned General People's Congress to redefine governance.
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Libya
Marvine Howe
New York Times
Tripoli
Muammar el-Qaddafi
Tion
Qaddafi
Martyrs Square
September 27 1976 Biddeford-Saco edition item
A brief 20 cent Monday notice from Biddeford Saco dated September 27 1976.
Kidnapped Jacksonville Woman Rescued After Four Days
Sheri Linda Jaffa, wife of a land developer, was found bound and blindfolded in dense woods after four days of captivity. Police say Jack McWilliams, brother of her husband’s business partner, was charged with kidnapping. McWilliams’ girlfriend Edith Burton gave investigators a map to the site, leading to the rescue near Macclenny.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Sheri Linda Jaffa
Matt Touchton
Jack McWilliams
Jaffa
Poverty Families Up Ten Percent
The 1975 poverty rate rose 10.7 percent, pushing the number of people in poverty to 25.9 million, about one in eight Americans. Officials attribute the rise to high inflation and recession, as lawmakers consider another tax cut to spur the economy.
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Washington
Joint Economic Committee of Congress
Census Bureau
Four Air Crashes Kill 35 People Across U.S.
A KC135 tanker jet crash near Alpena Michigan killed 15 airmen and injured five others. A second Johnson & Johnson Gulfstream II crash at Hot Springs Arkansas killed officials and spouses. Additional crashes near Peoria Illinois and Steamboat Springs Colorado claimed more lives. Survivors were hospitalized and air investigators began examining wreckage.
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Associated Press
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Lower Michigan
Alpena
Elmer Liske
Hubbard Lake
Liske
Johnson & Johnson
Hot Springs
Colorado
Denver
Steamboat Springs
Illinois
Illinois River
Peoria
Mich
San Antonio
Tex
Alpena Hospital
Accident Investigation Board
Neares Road
Sameuilding
Charles Pinkard
Wurtsmith
K.I. Sawyer
Cd Peninsula
Offutt Afb
Neb
Kincheloe
National Transportation Safety Board
Carter Targets Poverty Amid Ford Campaigns in West
Jimmy Carter, starting in Portland, accuses Ford of economic mismanagement after the Census reports 2.5 million more Americans below the poverty line, a 10.7 percent rise, while Ford speaks in Miami stressing conservative themes during a Southern swing.
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Ford
Jimmy Carter
Far West
Carter
Portland
Ore
America
U.S. Census Bureau
Bureau
Miami
Beach charter changes to be discussed at town meeting
Old Orchard Beach residents may review six proposed amendments at a public hearth tonight at 7 30 in Loranger School. The council aims to decide questions for the November ballot while voters will choose on November 2 whether to enact the changes. Proposals include eliminating the Public Safety Commission and shifting police and fire oversight to the town council to reduce interdepartmental confusion.
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John Young
Old Orchard Beach
Loranger School
Public Safet Commission
John Litwinetz
Public Safety Commission
Town Council
Public Safety Commit
On This Date in History September 27 1976
Highlights note the 1964 Warren Commission report on Oswald acting alone in Kennedy assassination. It marks 1825 England first locomotive to haul a passenger train. 1904 New York police arrest a woman seen smoking in a Fifth Avenue car. Five years earlier Nixon met Emperor Hirohito in Anchorage signaling US Japan talks.
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Warren Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Kennedy
England
George Stephenson
New York
Fifth Avenue
Richard Nixon
Emperor Hirohito
Japan
Anchorage
Alaska
Patriots stun champion Steelers
The New England Patriots upset the defending champion Pittsburgh Steelers as Steve Grogan led a second half rally. Grogan threw two touchdowns and ran for another score, erasing a 20-9 deficit and securing the dramatic win.
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New England Patriots
Steve Grogan
Logan Airport
Optimist jokes on building a $45,000 house for $60,000
A newspaper humor note jokes about an optimist who believes he can complete a $45,000 house project for $60,000. The gag reflects light editorial tone and everyday practical jokes within the comics and lifestyle section.
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Abu Selim
Bediya Ali
Baraka
Souks
China
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Gargarech
Wheelus Field
Netherlands
Revolu
Biddeford
Saco
Mrs. Jaffa
Dan
Rochester
Fryeburg Fair
Judy Marlane
Hastings
Patriots
Steelers
Syria
Journal
Abby
National
New England Sportselevision
Weather World
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