Carter message backed Sadat commando move
Egypt's state agency says President Carter sent a message praising Anwar Sadat's plan to dispatch a commando force to Cyprus to free hostages held by two Palestinian gunmen. The Cyprus embassy will close and diplomats will return home as Egypt severs ties. Sadat lashed out at Cyprus President Kyprianou during a funeral for 15 commandos and two gunmen aboard a hijacked DC-8.
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Egypt
Middle East
Carter
Anwar) Sadat
Cyprus
Washington
State Department
Ist
Antis Sotiriades
Nicosia
Costas Maliotis
Spyros Kyprianou
Sadat
Larnaca
Kyprianou
Weather and births and licenses in Marion area notices
Weather data shows highs and lows with wind NW at 16 mph and sun times. Birth announcements include Mercy Feb 22 at Marion and St. Luke's births. out of town birth listed in West Union. Marriage licenses include multiple Cedar Rapids and surrounding area couples. Public notices note matches and a false alarm, with historical Alamo siege date referenced.
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West Union
Joseph Moellers
Moellers
Robert M.L. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Clair Moellers
Fort Atkinson
Air cleaner overall yet many counties miss standards
A majority of Americans live in counties not meeting federal air standards despite overall improvements. EPA data show 606 counties fail photochemical oxidants, 424 fail particulates, 190 fail carbon monoxide, 108 fail sulfur dioxide, and eight fail nitrogen dioxide. States must submit revised plans by January 1979 to meet targets by 1982.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Douglas Castle
Castle
United States
Shorter boot camp for soldiers sailors
The Marine Corps cuts basic training from 11 to nine weeks while Navy recruits lose nine days from eight weeks. The Army trims two days from seven weeks, and the Air Force keeps a six week course. Defense trimming costs frees instructors for combat units.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Navy
Army
Air Force
Defense Department
Masks Turned On D Estaing And Ferre In Lyon Bank Heist
In Lyon France two men wearing masks resembling President Valery Giscard d Estaing and singer Leo Ferre held up a branch bank and fled with about 13300 dollars.
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Lyon
France
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Leo Ferre
Brown proclaims prostate cancer limits duties as chief
Gen. George Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has prostate cancer and is undergoing radiation as doctors assess spread. He will be hospitalized two to three weeks and plans to retire in late June after four years as the top U S military officer.
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Washington
George Brown
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Defense Department
Thomas Ross
Brown
Chinese lure defectors offer gold bounties to defectors
Chinese communist newspapers in Hong Kong report bounties up to 4 million dollars in gold for Nationalist Chinese defectors who bring jet fighters and warships. Taiwan offers rewards for defectors with weapons samples or information. Last July a pilot received 800000 dollars in gold for defecting with military data. Nationalists say past efforts have failed.
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Hong Kong
Taiwan
Mili
PLO Aids Catholics in Northern Ireland With Weapons
A security source says Roman Catholic guerrillas in Northern Ireland received weapons from the Palestine Liberation Organization including six M-60 machine guns and explosives. The information was provided to the Associated Press.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Palestine Liberation Organization
Associated Press
Hostage Surprises Police by Grabbing Gun in Bank Robbery
Springfield Ohio hostage Robert Herrmann seized a .38 pistol from abductor Byron Ball after a 30 hour siege. Ball, 40, a prison escapee wanted for prior bank robberies in New Jersey and Ohio, was arrested and Herrmann freed his sons Rob and Mike during the getaway exchange. The move surpassed police plans as an FBI agent and Lt. Roger Evans watched desde the back seat. Ball was jailed in Montgomery County pending charges.
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Springfield
Ohio
Robert Herrmann
Roger Evans
Herrmann
Evans
FBI
Byron R. Ball
New Jersey
Montgomery County
Ball
West Manchester
Rob
Mike
Indiana Line
Judge strikes down Skokie anti Nazi laws
Federal Judge Bernard M Decker ruled three Skokie ordinances banning Nazi uniforms restricting offensive material and mandating heavy insurance unconstitutional The decision uplifts the National Socialist Party of America led by Frank Collin as they plan a march in Skokie 70 000 residents near WWII survivor communities The ACLU brought the suit and the march was scheduled for April 20 Adolf Hitler birth anniversary.
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Chicago
Skokie
U.S. District Court
Bernard M. Decker
National Socialist Party of America
Frank Collin
Adolf Hitler
Decker
American Civil Liberties Union
Japanese cardinal dies in Osaka at 75
Yoshigoro Taguchi, Japan's only Roman Catholic cardinal, died in Osaka today of a kidney ailment at age 75. His death leaves Japan with no active cardinals in the College of Cardinals.
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Osaka
Japan
Yoshigoro Taguchi
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