Safety group pushes Ford transmission case after Pinto acquittal
The Center for Auto Safety urged Wisconsin and federal authorities to prosecute Ford Motor Co and executives for reckless homicide over a transmission defect. An 18 month old died when a 1977 Thunderbird shifted from park to reverse, rolling into a 20 foot pond. Ford disputes the defect claim and blames driver error.
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Wisconsin
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Winamac
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Indiana
Ralph Nader
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Prince Charles Hosts Zimbabwe Independence Parade
Prince Charles and Zimbabwe’s president Canaan Banana ride in an open limousine as Banana receives instruments of power marking independence from Rhodesia. Grenade blasts kill two and injure about thirty as a prison riot frees over 200 inmates at Salisbury central prison.
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Prince Charles
Zimbabwe
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Banana
Rhodesia
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Salisbury
Central Prison
Energy Secretary urged to surrender Carter decision docs
A House subcommittee orders Energy Secretary Charles W. Duncan to turn over documents used by President Carter to decide on a policy. The deadline is next Thursday, as lawmakers seek clarifying records related to the administration’s energy choices.
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Charles W. Duncan
House
Carter
House Government Operations Subcommittee On Energy
Senate
House Rules Committee
Begin rejects Jerusalem split and autonomy council limits
Prime Minister Begin returns from Washington and states Israel will refuse to yield on Jerusalem integrity or allow Arabs to vote for an autonomy council. He asserts security control in occupied territories and caps on autonomy powers to prevent a Palestinian state. Talks with Carter set for April 27 to seek self government terms amid looming May 26 deadline.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Menachem Begin
Washington
Begin
Jerusalem
No sanctuary in bag says appeals court
The U S Court of Appeals ruled that police need a warrant to search luggage but not a paper bag, stating luggage is a personal sanctuary while bags lack intimate privacy. The decision, by Judge Edward A. Tamm, allows warrantless searches of a bag’s contents only in emergencies.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S
Edward A. Tamm
Refugees Report Russian Gas Attacks But No Permanent Injury
Peshawar reports Afghan refugees describe Soviet gas attacks causing crying, nausea, temporary paralysis, or fainting for hours. U S officials had suggested lethal gases, but refugees like Mohammed Sharif say no one suffered lasting physical harm.
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Pakistan
Afghanistan
U.S
Washington
Mohammed Sharif
Americans Curtail Travel to Russia After Afghanistan Intervention
Western and Soviet travel officials say U.S. tourism to Russia has fallen about thirty percent since the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan last December. They cite rising international tension and traveler doubts as the main cause, with a smaller share due to pre-Olympics slowdown before the July games.
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Moscow
Russia
Afghanistan
U.S
Six Students Consider Appeal Over School Prayer Classroom
In Guilderland New York six students vow to seek appeal after a federal judge拒 rejects their bid to use a public high school classroom for prayer sessions before classes Judge Neal McCain in Syracuse ruled such permission would violate the First Amendment separation of church and state and did not grant the request.
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U.S
Neal McCain
Syracuse
Doctor reverses pump to save patient during heart surgery
Dr Grant Parr of Hershey Medical Center turned a heart assist pump upside down to support a failing right ventricle during open heart surgery on Lavere Wolf of York. The improvised technique allowed weaning from the heart lung pump and time for the right chamber to regain strength. Parr noted right ventricle failure has been reported but treated few options exist.
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Hershey, Pa
Grant Parr
Hershey Medical Center
Lavere Wolf
York
Wolf
Parr
Hershey
Kodak blocks return of Penthouse slides in lawsuit
A New Jersey judge refused to issue a preliminary order forcing Eastman Kodak to return 524 slides from Penthouse's Pet of the Year series. Penthouse and Kodak clash over alleged lewd content and potential obscenity liability, with a ruling pending on novel legal implications.
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Eastman Kodak
Penthouse
Fair Lawn
Kodak
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