White House not confirming reports on summit missile talks
At Guadeloupe talks leaders of the United States Britain France and West Germany discussed a possible new intermediate range missile. Rex Granum declined to confirm or deny the Times report while SALT supporters praised the treaty as vital to U S safety. In Nantucket the tanker Afghanistan ran aground with 46 crew and 230000 barrels of gasoline. no spill detected and no injuries reported.
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UPI
White House
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Britain
France
West Germany
Guadeloupe
Rex Granum
New York Times
Nantucket
Mass
Afghanistan
Coast Guard
Dale Gardner
Byrd Critiques Balanced Budget Amendment Idea
Senate Democratic Leader Byrd warned that a constitutional balanced budget amendment proposed by Governor Brown would straitjacket government, denying a fiscal tool to blunt recessions while supporting deficit elimination. He said the proposal could worsen economic downturns.
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Washington
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Byrd
Alexander Inaugurated Tennessee Governor Amid Prison Release Debate
Republican Lamar Alexander was officially inaugurated as Tennessee governor after seizing the office from Democrat Ray Blanton. He urged citizens to move past anger and urged unity as the state continues discussions on prisoner releases. Separately, SALT II supporters formed a committee to press the Senate, and President Carter delayed naming an inspector general at the General Services Administration despite urging from GSA head Jay Solomon.
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Nashville, Tenn
Lamar Alexander
Tennessee
Alexander
Ray Blanton
Washington
Carter
General Services Administration
Jay Solomon
Solomon
GSA
Irwin Borowski
Pol Pot forces mass near Battambang in Cambodian conflict
Reports from Bangkok indicate Pol Pot troops are massing for an attack on Battambang as Vietnamese and Cambodian rebels defend fronts elsewhere. Western analysts say resistance is stiffening and reinforcements including artillery are arriving to the provincial capital 155 miles from Phnom Penh.
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Thailand
Pol Pot
Battambang
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Phnom Penh
Hoboken blaze kills at least 14 in waterfront building
A five story Hoboken apartment fire of suspicious origin killed 14 and injured 19. Fire officials said arson is suspected due to accelerant found and rapid spread. Rescue crews searched rubble for seven missing as roof and top floors collapsed.
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N.J
Joseph Lecowitch
Hudson County Red Cross
Francis Hunsinger
Sally Suarez
St. Mary’s Hospital
Vincent Lombardi
Ray Falco
Hunsinger
Hudson River
Manhattan
Iowa pilots among six killed in Detroit jet crash
Federal investigators probe two crashes Friday night at Detroit and Grand Rapids airports. In Detroit a Massey Ferguson Lear jet carrying four Massey Ferguson executives and two pilots crashed on runway, exploding after the right wing sheared off. Two Iowans among six dead. In Grand Rapids a commuter plane skidded, flipped, and rested upside down in snow. four Upper Peninsula men died, two survivors hospitalized.
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Grand Rapids
al Hogue
Norwalk
Massey-Ferguson Inc
Craig Barrows
Des Moines
Massey-Ferguson
Kent County International
Upper Peninsula
Marquette
Lansing
Fredrick Kelsey
South Bend
Ind
Toronto
Sugo
Dwayne Nickerson
Federal Aviation Administration
James Shelton
Skandia
Shelton
Nickerson
Pidgin Shakespeare Quote In Caesar Funeral Oration
Folger Library notes a pidgin English rendering in a Shakespearean funeral oration. Anthony declares I come to plant Caesar, translating as I plant Caesar. The passage illustrates cross linguistic translation in classic texts.
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Folger Library
Washington, D.C
Anthony
Julius Caesar
Kaesar
Caesar
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