Carter weighs indefinite parole for Cuban and Haitian refugees
President Carter bypasses the 1980 Refugee Act to grant indefinite parole to about 130600 Cuban and Haitian newcomers, enabling stay of roughly one year while Congress weighs status. State Department coordinator Victor Palmieri expected to announce. plan shifts resettlement costs to states and locals.
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Admiral Hayward Endorses Draft as All-Volunteer Force Slips
Adm Thomas Hayward chief of naval operations told reporters he now backs compulsory conscription after two years opposing it. He warned the all volunteer army is weakening while Congress moves toward final approval of draft registration. House Rules Committee cleared the measure with a vote possible next week.
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U.S. oil imports fall to lowest level since 1976
The American Petroleum Institute reports May gasoline demand down 5.2 percent and total petroleum deliveries off 6.5 percent from a year earlier, with crude imports dropping by about 1.04 million barrels a day. Gasoline and other product imports also retreat.
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Akron Judge Pleads Guilty and Steps Down
Summit County Probate Court Judge James V. Barbuto admitted two counts of dereliction of duty and agreed to resign from the bench and surrender his law license. He had been convicted a week earlier of two sex related felony offenses.
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Supreme Court strikes down Alabama kill em or let em go law
The court 7-2 ruled Alabama death penalty procedure violates due process by preventing juries from convicting defendants of lesser related offenses carrying lighter penalties. The ruling affects 46 inmates who might have faced lesser convictions and was joined by opinions on utility bill promotions and other cases.
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Racial unrest sweeps South Africa industrial centers
In Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage black workers shut Ford and Volkswagen plants and halted GM production as police used shotguns and tear gas. Toll rises to at least 42 dead with 250 injured in three days of violence tied to wage demands and racial strife across Cape Town’s automotive region.
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Attack Kills 22 Security Men in Southern Thailand
A Bangkok border police spokesman reports 22 government security personnel killed and 10 wounded when communist insurgents opened fire on a police outpost in Vieng Sa village Surat Thani province just before dawn using high powered weapons.
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Trains Collide Near Valencia. Five Dead and Nineteen Hurt
Two passenger trains collided near Valencia early today. Five bodies were recovered and 19 people were injured, with casualties reported after the express from Barcelona to Almeria and the Seville to Barcelona service crashed near the city of Valencia. Authorities were unsure of the cause.
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Soviet to hold July military maneuvers near Berlin
The Soviet Defense Ministry announced July 10 16 drills involving about 30 000 troops in an arc around Berlin East Germany in areas including Stendal Magdeburg Cottbus and Brandenburg The move follows talks on SALT II and comes after Soviet troops surged into Afghanistan last December and amid days of speculation a 14 year gap in maneuvers might occur.
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