Carter seeks to block new U.N. action on Palestinians
Haaretz reports President Carter pledged to try to postpone or veto a Security Council debate on the Palestinian issue. Israeli officials fear U.S. policy may soften toward Palestinians as tensions over autonomy, Lebanon raids, and 242 continue. Ghali backs UN route but not PLO as a separate party.
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China Catholics appoint bishop in Beijing first time in 15 years
The state supported breakaway Catholic Church in China has appointed Monsignor Michael Fu Teishan, 47, as bishop of Beijing. Fu, pastor of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, leads the capital’s sole Catholic church as Beijing reestablishes a formal bishop role after the 1949 split from the Vatican.
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34 Dead Feared After Bus Plunge Into River
A bus carrying sleeping passengers missed a turn and plunged into the Saraswati River 90 miles south of Bombay. Navy divers searched for victims as authorities feared 34 might be dead and six survived.
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Klan marchers near Montgomery face potential troop clash
About eighty rain soaked Ku Klux Klan members reached the march halfway from Selma toward Montgomery amid warnings of possible National Guard intervention. U.S. Judge Robert Warner declined to order Montgomery to permit a parade through the city to conclude the 50 mile event. The group halted for the day at Lowndesboro after a day of taunts and rain.
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Milwaukee Road plans major track abandonment and layoffs
Trustees filed requests to abandon two thirds of the Milwaukee Road track with a core system from Louisville to Miles City. About 2,000 to 2,500 workers could lose their jobs, though a $50 million labor protection program is proposed. The plan envisions the core network and multiple spurs with western lines abandoned.
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Wisconsin may require elder doctor competency tests
Wisconsin may become the first state to require written and oral competency tests for aging physicians, possibly at age 60 65 or 70. The Medical Examining Board will study the proposal next week seeking legal advice.
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FBI accuses Sam Jaffe of being foreign agent
The FBI filed court papers naming Sam Jaffe, former ABC Moscow correspondent, as an agent of a foreign intelligence agency. Jaffe denied the claim in court papers and by phone, saying the FBI referred to the KGB. The affidavit was filed in federal court on July 2.
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Possible Capri recalls spark safety defects nationwide
The Transportation Department announced potential safety defects in 1971 74 and 1976 78 Capri models, risking a recall of about 420000 imported by Ford. NHTSA will hold a public meeting on September 18 to review Ford’s input. Defects cited include front seat backs 1971 74 models headlight switches 1971 72 models and floor mounted gear shift levers with manual transmissions in 1971 74 and 1976 78 models.
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Giant magnet set for cross country highway move
Argonne National Laboratory officials plan to haul a 105 ton high resolution spectrometer magnet, 12 by 18 by 144 feet, from Illinois to the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in Berkeley, California. Project director Dr Klaus Jaeger calls it the biggest load ever moved by highway and says the exact route for the fall trip is not yet fixed.
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Argonne
Missing Italian banker Sindona faces possible firing squad
An anonymous caller to ANSA New York said missing financier Michele Sindona would be executed at dawn Saturday. Sindona, indicted for causing the Franklin National Bank collapse, disappeared while free on 3 million dollar bail as his lawyer said the family received a letter indicating he is held for "proletarian justice."
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Somoza Holdings Seized in Nicaragua Expropriation
Nicaragua's revolutionary government says it has expropriated 85 companies and up to half a million acres of farmland tied to ex-President Anastasio Somoza and associates. Officials estimate the seized assets at over 100 million dollars, potentially up to 500 million.
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Russians Return Torpedo After Guam Incident
After urgent diplomacy, Russia agreed to return a U S Navy practice torpedo captured by a Soviet intelligence trawler off Guam. The event, described as unprecedented, followed a U S submarine exercise west of Guam where a Mark 37 torpedo with a dummy warhead was fired.
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