Roundup reports waste in antipoverty program and fires blaze
A House panel criticizes the Community Services Administration for mismanagement and wasted resources in a $700 million antipoverty program. California firefighters contained the Scarface and Pondosa fires after burning over 100000 acres. Reagan comments on the Panama Canal treaty while Vance plans Rhodesia talks and Young argues for human rights accountability in Trinidad and Tobago. Aruba faces a general strike over coalition exclusion halting airport and telecoms services.
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House
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Government Operations Manpower and Housing Subcommittee
CSA
Office of Economic Opportunity
Port-Of-Spain
Trinidad
Andrew Young
Young
Eric Williams
Trinidad and Tobago
Caracas
Venezuela
U.N
Oranjestad
Aruba
Netherlands Antilles
U.S
Air Traffic Slowed by London Controllers in Pay Dispute
London air traffic controllers delayed and canceled departures at major airports as part of a five year pay dispute. They threatened a larger strike before month end, affecting flights in and out of the capital.
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London
UPS
Bright Job Market For College Grads
New York reports a rebound in bachelor degree hiring with offers up 41 percent from last year. Petroleum engineers lead with about 1512 dollars per month, computer science at 1123, humanities at 810, and accounting around 1052. Master and doctoral recruiting also rose, with chemical engineering topping masters at 1509 and doctoral pay led by chemical engineering at 1882.
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New York
College Placement Council
Bethlehem
Spanish Treasures Confiscated by Anticommunist Group
A right wing faction calling itself the Iberian Anticommunist Alliance claimed it plundered Oviedo cathedral treasures to stop them from Communist hands. They say they will return artifacts when Spain reverts to Franco era government. Valued from 5,900 to 250 million dollars, the items were seized by four intruders. Oviedo provincial officials note the objects’ artistic religious and historical value.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
Oviedo
el Pais
Francisco
Franco
Catherau
Castro Opens Door for 40 Americans to Leave Cuba
President Fidel Castro indicated about 40 American citizens living in Cuba could depart with their Cuban families, signaling a potential thaw in U.S.-Cuban ties though he rejected a U.S. push for release of seven Americans jailed on espionage and counter revolutionary charges. Senator Frank Church said Castro hopes for progress, including lifting the embargo and restoring full diplomatic relations.
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Washington
Fidel Castro
U.S
Frank Church
Idaho Democrat
Castro
United States
Church
Carter Deliberates On Panama Canal Pact Details
President Carter studies the Panama Canal agreement in depth to win support in Congress and public. He clears his schedule to review the pact, praising it as strengthening U S Panamanian partnership while ensuring canal neutrality and continued free global shipping.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Jody Powell
Ellsworth Bunker
Sol Linowitz
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
Harold Brown
Warren Christopher
David C. Jones
Air Force
Joint Chiefs
Bunker
Linowitz
United States
Panama
Panama Canal
U.S
Grisly Murders Shock Seaside Residents in Trio of Killings
Police hunt motive and killer after the stabbing deaths of a grandmother her daughter and two grandchildren in Seaside California. A house painter found the bodies in a modest apartment, with evidence of a struggle and no sign of robbery. Coroner estimates the killings occurred Wednesday. The community recalls it as the worst crime in memory.
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Seaside
Calif
Monterey Bay
Bill Gullett
Marvin ‘Thiel
Gullett
Monterey County
Harvey Hillbun
PLO Claims Israeli Tanks Turned Back in Lebanon
In Beirut the PLO alleges its guerrillas repelled three Israeli tank attacks near Yarneh just north of the border. A three hour barrage of heavy artillery and rockets preceded the tank thrusts, one enemy tank was seen ablaze, with no casualties mentioned.
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Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLOQ
PLO
Yarine
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