Cambodians return to homes after regime collapse
Cambodians begin returning to villages north of Phnom Penh as SPK reports thousands of families travel by buffalo carts from Mimot Koret Molu andStung in Kampong Cham province. A rebel unit assists the homeward movement amid global warnings and evolving regional conflict dynamics.
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Phnom Penh
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Stung
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Births Summary from Mercy St Luke's and other area hospitals
Birth notices from Mercy St Luke's St. Luke's Ankeny Rochester Cordova St. Paul and Cedar Rapids include a daughter at Mercy and St Luke's on Jan 8, a son at Ankeny Jan 7, a son at Rochester Jan 6, a daughter at Cordova Jan 2, and a daughter at St. Paul Jan 5. The notices also list numerous parental and grandparent names and addresses. Sheriff's log entries show alarms and medical emergencies across Cedar Rapids area on Monday with times from 9:38 am to 10:54 pm.
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Ankeny
Donald M. Mussman
Mussman
Roger Turnbull
Westwood Drive
Rochester
Mann
Daniel Bender
Donald Hartman
James Millers
Ave
Marion
Edwin Hartmans
Springville
Hartmans
St. Paul
Minn
Gary Andren
Andren
Maxine Moore
Oakland Road
Sixth Ave
34Th St
A Ave
Edgewood Road
Collins Road
16Th Ave
Fifth Ave
Navy weighs aircraft carrier choice amid budget push
The Navy tries last minute to sway President Carter on ship type for Congress. Carter favors a cheaper oil burning CVV costing about 143 million less than a Kennedy class or a nuclear carrier, while the Navy argues for greater combat capability and higher cost options.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Administration
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
Navy
Pentagon
Gacy faces possible death penalty for seven murders
Chicago prosecutors plan to seek the electric chair for John Wayne Gacy after a Cook County grand jury indicted him for seven murders. Investigators found remains of 26 youths under his Des Plaines home and one body beneath his garage.
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Chicago
John Wayne Gacy
Bernard Carey
Cook County
Gacy
Des Plaines
Turkish train crash near Ankara claims thirty lives
A commuter train rear ended a stationary train near Ankara, killing 30 people and injuring about 100. Officials said two crowded cars were crushed and one car caught fire, with many bodies badly burned. The oncoming engineer could not stop in time. This followed another fatal Ankara wreck five days earlier and a separate Turkey-wide spike with a head on collision near the city.
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Ankara
Turkey
USDA to withhold bacon cancer risk test results
Washington AP report says the Agriculture Department will keep early results from a bacon testing program secret citing FOIA exemptions. The agency also has authority to pull bacon off the market if deemed dangerous and had tentatively denied AP requests for the data pending a final legal review.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Associated Press
Rail clerks and Norfolk & Western end four day rail halt
The Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks and Norfolk and Western Railway announced a settlement ending the four day U S rail shutdown last September. The agreement requires no union vote for ratification and takes effect immediately according to union officials.
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Clerks’ Union
National Railway Labor Conference
Washington
Norfolk & Western Railway
U.S
Brotherhood of Railway
Pier Luigi Nervi Dies at 87 World-Renowned Architect
Roman architect Pier Luigi Nervi died at age 87. An Italian native of Sondrio, he designed major structures including Rome's Sports Palace UNESCO Paris headquarters the San Francisco Cathedral and the Vatican audience hall later renamed Pope Paul VI Hall.
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Pier Luigi Nervi
Nervi
Sondrio
Italy
Unesco
Paris
San Francisco
Vatican
John Paul II
Pope Paul VI
Oil workers weigh strike as Carter wage rules loom
Denver Reuters report says about 60 000 refinery workers delay a national strike while union leaders seek White House guidance on applying Carter era wage guidelines. A F Grospiron says talks with anti inflation officials continue and a Denver meeting is possible. The walkout remains a real threat though no strike is set.
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Denver
Carter
A.F. Grospiron
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Oil Strike Talks Face Wage Rise Headlines
The Associated Press reports oil workers at Gulf and ARCO refineries in Port Arthur Texas stayed out as Amoco offered a 73 cent per hour raise in year one plus a wage reopener in year two. Average wage is $8.82 per hour and the increase equals about 8.3 percent. If the union accepts less than 6 percent in year two the contract would meet a 7 percent guideline.
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Gulf and Arco
Port Arthur
Texas
Amoco
Assassination trial opens amid security at courthouse
Jury selection begins in the Letelier murder case as three anti Castro Cubans face trial. Bomb dogs patrol the federal building while lawyers argue motions to suppress FBI seized evidence from a leased building. Metal detectors X ray and briefcase searches mark the high security setup after death threats to the judge and prosecutors.
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Washington
Orlando Letelier
FBI
U.S
Whale killings spark 1978 industry debate
United Press International reports that in 1978 whalers killed about 23,000 whales for products including fertilizer, dog food, margarine, and soap, drawing attention to impacts on whale populations and related industries.
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