Martha Coleman details strange calls linked to Jordan shooting
Martha Coleman, the sole witness to Vernon Jordan's shooting, recounts a motel clerk’s claim that Jordan received three strange calls from a woman the night of May 29. She defends her privacy amid public scrutiny and notes threats to her safety as a civil rights worker.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
UPI
Martha Coleman
Vernon Jordan
Jordan
National Urban League
Coleman
Marriott Inn
Marriott
Carter defends hike in defense spending
President Carter defends his plan to raise military spending in a Seattle speech to mayors. He criticizes political doubletalk and ideological nonsense tied to tax cuts and rolling back government programs. Kennedy plans a $12 billion anti recession program creating 820000 jobs and challenges Carter on debates.
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Carter
Seattle
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Sen
Edward Kennedy
White House
Kennedy
Anaheim
Calif
Henry Stanley born on this date in 1841
British explorer Sir Henry Stanley is born on this date in 1841. The renowned explorer later gained fame for expeditions in Africa and the search for David Livingstone.
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Sir Henry Stanley
Bus in Arkansas crash had braking and likely transmission issues
A Jasper Arkansas bus tour crashed after leaving a winding road killing 20. Investigators say the bus had 70 percent braking power and transmission trouble. Driver James Jefferson Thigpen may have suffered heart trouble and hypoglycemia.
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Jasper
Ark
Arkansas
James Jefferson Thigpen
Tom Calderwood
National Transportation Safety Board
New Rabies Vaccine Approved Cuts Shots to Five
The FDA announced a new rabies vaccine produced from human cell cultures that requires only five injections delivered as arm shots. It replaces the duck egg vaccine which needs 23 injections and is less effective. Dr. Jerry Winkler of the CDC in Atlanta projected the medicine cost at least 370 dollars for the five doses.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
Jerry Winkler
Federal Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Carter motorcade rocks thrower chaos in Miami visit
President Carter said he did not notice rocks and bottles tossed at his motorcade in Liberty City amid race riots. Mayor Maurice Ferre warned the scene could foil aid hopes as police cleared the area after spectators disrupted the visit.
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Miami
Carter
Dade Metro
Douglas Hughes
Liberty City
Maurice Ferre
Jimmy Carter
Ferre
Supreme Court backs open space land restrictions for towns
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that municipalities may limit development to protect open space, affecting Tiburon California and similar towns nationwide. The court also allowed cross-examination of a defendant's pre arrest silence, granted unemployment benefits while in the military, and upheld certain reservation tax rules while limiting vehicle taxes on Indian owned vehicles.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Tiburon
Calif
Washington State
OPEC weighs production cuts as pricing dispute lingers
In Algiers the OPEC panel tentatively agreed to cut output toward 26.5 million barrels daily while price talks stall. Saudi Arabia balks without a price accord. Iraq seeks $32 a barrel, Iran and others face varied adjustments, and Kuwait cautions no basis for agreement yet.
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Algeria
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Saudi Arabia
Humberto Calderon Berti
Ali Akbar Moinfar
OPEC
13-Nation
Kuwait
Ali Khalifah al-Sabah
Iraq
Iran
Infant dies as Baja quake devastates rural homes
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck northeast Baja California causing 100 injuries and 100 homes damaged. A 21 month old girl, Elizabeth Torres Nunez, was killed when her Hidalgo home roof collapsed. Reporter Edmundo Mendoza notes most injuries were minor to moderate.
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Mexicali
Mexico
UPI
Baja California
Elizabeth Torres Nunez
Hidalgo
U.s.-Mexico
San Diego
Edmundo Mendoza
la Voz
Vaccination Series Price for Duck Egg Variety
The article notes a duck egg vaccination program priced at 325 dollars for a sequence of 23 shots. It lists the series cost and the per series nature of the immunization effort.
Sohio Hikes Ohio Gasoline by 11 Cents a Gallon
Standard Oil of Ohio raises Ohio prices by 11 cents per gallon effective 12:01 a.m. amid DOE price-change fears on Alaska North Slope crude. Sohio argues regulatory shifts will retroactively affect costs even as nationwide supply looms with surpluses.
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Cleveland
UPI
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Sohio
Charles King
Department of Energy
North Slope
DOE
Saccharin ban blocked awaiting Carter signature
A bill to delay saccharin removal from the market until June 30 1981 awaits President Carter's signature after Senate approval by voice vote. The FDA proposed banning saccharin as a general food additive in 1977 due to animal cancer findings, and a Senate report estimates a 15 month removal period pending review.
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Carter
Senate
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Senate Committee On Labor and Human Resources
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