Prosecution tests case in Garwood desertion trial
The Marine Corps rested its case in a hearing on whether Marine Pfc. Robert Garwood will be court martialed for desertion and collaboration with the enemy in Vietnam. The session lasted five minutes and left open the possibility of later written statements, with the defense set to begin January 29.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
UPI
Marine Corps
Robert Garwood
Vietnam
Garwood
Adams
Ind
Danang
Hanoi
Emergency heating aid funds may be used freely
The Social Security Administration told recipients of federal emergency heating checks that they may spend the money as they wish if not needed for heating bills. The notes, up to 250 dollars for about 3.9 million recipients, include many in nursing homes or renting where heating costs are not direct.
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Washington
UPI
Social Security Administration
William Driver
Driver
Baby rescued after Pittsburgh hostage siege ends
Doctors performed a Caesarean section Friday to save a baby carried by 22-year-old Arlene Ware who was wounded during a 38 hour siege. Ware's attacker Samuel Andrews 27 called himself a prophet and died by suicide after killing her two children. The baby weighed under two pounds and was in critical condition.
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Pittsburgh
Arlene Ware
Ms. Ware
Samuel Andrews
Mohammed
Carter calls for sweeping cuts to government regulations
President Carter urged a drastic reduction of regulatory waste at the White House Conference on Regulatory Reform. He cited deregulatory steps in airlines and moves toward trucking railroads and health industries, saying many rules unfairly burden citizens and stifle competition. Alfred Kahn supported trimming licensure and codes to fight inflation. North Carolina deregulated watchmaking. Fort Worth allows phone permit requests.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
White House Conference On Regulatory Reform
Alfred Kahn
Civil Aeronautics Board
Kahn
North Carolina
Fort Worth
Texas
Leftist rebels seize Panamanian Embassy in San Salvador
About 50 members of the Feb 28 Popular Leagues stormed the Panamanian Embassy in eastern San Salvador and took Panamanian Ambassador David Pere and Costa Rican Ambassador Alejandro Alvarado hostage along with at least three other diplomats. They demand the release of seven comrades arrested after a forceful farm takeover raid that killed 12 and wounded eight. This marks a second embassy occupation in San Salvador by leftist groups, following a prior 13 day occupation last August.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
UPI
David Pere
Alejandro Alvarado
Popular Leagues
Popular Revolutionary Bloc
Costa Rica Expels Six Communists Tied to Banana Strike
Costa Rica expels six foreign nationals from Cuba, the Soviet Union, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia amid a 22 day strike by 15,000 Standard Fruit Co. workers. Public Security Minister says immigration violations justified expulsions not tied to embassies. Government links moves to the strike and considers expelling up to ten more.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
UPI
U.S
Switzerland
Central America
Juan Jose Echeverria
Rodrigo Carazo
Standard Fruit Co
Honda to Build U.S. Plant Near Marysville Ohio
Honda plans a 200 million 260 acre assembly site near Marysville six miles from the city to produce 10 000 cars monthly employing about 2000 workers. Construction could start by year end with parts initially shipped from Japan and later sourced in Ohio.
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Marysville
Ohio
Honda
Here
U.S
United States
Ford Motor Co
Los Angeles
West Germany
Volkswagen
Pennsylvania
Kiyoshi Kawashima
Honda Motorcycle
Ohio City
Kawashima
Tokyo
Gardena
Calif
Honda Motor Co
Fred Mackerodt
Japan
New Stanton
Detroit
General Motors Corp
Dealers urge purchases to conserve fuel in 1980 model year
UPI reports William Doenges of the National Automobile Dealers Association said dealers will push a public service message via newspapers radio and TV urging consumers to buy 1980 cars to save oil. He notes 1980 models offer 51 percent better mileage and could cut imports from Iran if four quarters of older cars are replaced.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Miami
International Longshoremens’ Association
ILA
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
U.S
William Hoeveler
George Barrone
United States
Barrone
William Boyle
Fort Lauderdale
ILA International
Boyle
Fred Field
Hoeveler
Field
William Doenges
National Automobile Dealers Association
Doenges
Bartlesville
Oklo
Public Service
Iran
Castro reshuffles aides to tighten control in Cuba
Fidel Castro assumes personal control of the defense interior public health and culture ministries and taps aides for economy transportation communications and industry. Raul Castro aids in interior and armed forces. new ministers include justice industry sugar agriculture education state labor safety foreign trade tourism and more.
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Mexico City
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Prensa Latina
Havana
Castro
Latin America
Raul Castro
Council of Ministers
Terior
Armed Forces
Raul
Defense
Solar powered boat begins service on West Lake in Hangzhou
A 17 foot fiberglass solar powered pleasure boat starts service in Hangzhou Zhejiang China. The noiseless pollution free craft carries five or six people and uses 3168 silicon cells to collect sun energy. It generates 120 watts and can run its motor for about three hours on clear days. The boat cruises at 3.9 mph on West Lake.
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Hangzhou
China
UPI
Xinhua
West
Zhejiang Province
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