Mexico’s Lopez Portillo Builds Economic Muscle for Talks
Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo enters talks with President Carter in Mexico City amid boosted oil rights and a push for favorable deals on petroleum sales illegal immigration and trade barriers. U.S. price disputes on natural gas linger while Mexico cites vast reserves and aims to shape relations into the 1980s.
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Carter
Jose Lopez Portillo
Mexico
United States
Lopez Portillo
U.S
U.S. Department of Energy
Saudi Arabia
Coming Monday Columnist Warns U S Economy Is Slowing
Columnist Smith Hempstone argues the American economy, labeled the great engine, is wheezing and grinding toward a stop as signs of a deep slowdown emerge. He contends policy responses lag behind the crisis.
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Smith Hempstone
Cedar Rapids Symphony Review Set for Saturday
Saturday night Cedar Rapids Symphony concert featuring pianist Larry Graham and four local artists will be reviewed by Les Zacheis.
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Cedar Rapids Symphony
Larry Graham
Les Zacheis
UFW Striker Shot and Killed in Imperial County Lettuce Field
In Imperial California United Farm Workers striker Rufino Milangos Contreras 27 of Mexicali was shot in the head and killed while striking a lettuce field near Imperial. A field foreman was detained for questioning as District Attorney Fielding Kimball opened an investigation.
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Calif
UPI
United Farm Workers
Imperial County
Rufino Milangos Contreras
Mexicali
Mexico
Sheriff's Department
Contreras
Fielding Kimball
Mario Saikhon
Imperial
Campbell
Pakistan adopts Islamic penal code with harsh punishments
President Zia ul Haq unveils a package of Islamic tax welfare and penal measures including flogging for liquor theft amputations for robbery and stoning for adultery to be enforced immediately. The move is backed by all sects and parties amid Prophet Muhammad birthday celebrations in Islamabad. ON THIS DATE in 1977 Ford names Scranton ambassador to the United Nations.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Mohammed Zia ul-Haq
Mohammed
National Assembly
Ford
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
United Nations
Oconomowoc officer suspended for alleged guest stay
The Police and Fire Commission suspended the city's first woman officer Garilyn Cordie for eight weeks without pay over a January incident in which Cpl. Timothy Carpenter stayed overnight at her apartment. Cordie had been on paid suspension since January 16 and Carpenter sought to challenge the department rule in circuit court in Waukesha.
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Oconomowoc
Wis
UPI
Police and Fire Commission
Garilyn Cordie
Timothy Carpenter
Cordie
Carpenter
Waukesha
Police Department
John Wayne Leaves UCLA Medical Center After Surgery
Actor John Wayne was discharged from UCLA Medical Center at about 10 15 a m after a stomach cancer operation. A nurse at the station confirmed the release while hospital spokesman Al Hicks said he had not been informed.
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Los Angeles
John Wayne
Ucla Medical Center
Wayne
al Hicks
Nelson targets Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway project
Senator Gaylord Nelson said he will introduce legislation to kill the $1.8 billion Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, calling the project the biggest pork barrel boondoggle. He argued the Mississippi Alabama channel is obsolete though one third complete, in remarks prepared for Milwaukee.
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Washington
UPI
Gaylord Nelson
Dwis
Mississippi
Alabama
Nelson
Milwaukee
Hoffa Disappearance Hopes Rise From Informant Allen
Federal authorities say Charles Allen, who confessed two underworld murders and was once a Hoffa ally, is aiding the investigation into James R. Hoffa's fate. U S Attorney Peter Vaira in Philadelphia noted Allen has cooperated for months on several cases and called it helpful but not decisive.
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Nyt
James R. Hoffa
Charles Allen
Hoffa
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
United States
Peter Vaira
Philadelphia
Allen
Vaira
Billy Carter cancels Face the Nation CBS appearance
Billy Carter canceled his scheduled weekend appearance on Face the Nation to avoid questions about his finances and dealings with Libyan officials. Joan Barone said Carter’s attorney John Parks did not provide a reason. Senator Henry J. Jackson will replace him on the program.
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UPI
Billy Carter
CBS News
Joan Barone
Carter
John Parks
Barone
Parks
Billy
Henry J. Jackson
D-Wash
Egypt faults Israeli policies as peace talks stall
Egypt says Israeli policies in occupied Arab lands hinder peace negotiations with Egypt. Officials say the stance will not derail efforts to resume talks stalled since November. Acting Foreign Minister Butros Ghali urged the UN to act to halt occupation practices including settlements and reported prisoner torture.
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Egypt
UPI
Butros Ghali
U.N. Human Rights Commission
Geneva
United Nations
Amin and aides flee border fighting as Tanzania advances
Ugandan President Idi Amin and two ministers were briefly cut off during a border clash in which Tanzanian forces penetrated over 10 miles into Uganda. The Uganda radio report said 42 Tanzanian soldiers were killed and 50 seriously wounded, with Amin’s party incurring one dead and two wounded before exiting with air support.
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Kenya
UPI
Idi Amin
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