Linda Blair Indicted on Drug Charges in Florida Case
Linda Blair 20, star of The Exorcist, indicted by a federal grand jury in Jacksonville on two counts delivering cocaine and one count conspiracy to distribute. A source says she will likely be jailed in Jacksonville once located, ending Connecticut protection.
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Jacksonville, Fla
UPI
Linda Blair
Connecticut
Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida Times- Union
Heiress Louise Vanderbilt Gets 10 Day Eviction Stay
Louise Vanderbilt, heiress, was granted a 10 day stay of eviction from her Providence apartment by the Rhode Island Supreme Court after a Newport Superior Court eviction order. She had paid March rent five days late as tensions over the historic turn of the century house continued. The landlord warned he might remove her today, calling the situation gross and unbelievable.
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Providence
R.I
Louise Vanderbilt
Spann forfeit bonds over harmonica incident
Gloria Spann and Walter Spann forfeited $20 bonds to avoid further publicity after a restaurant harmonica incident in Americus. They were arrested February 25 at the McWaffle restaurant. Gloria Spann faced disorderly conduct charges. others were charged with failing to leave when told by police.
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Americus, Ga
Carter
Gloria Spann
Lawton LeSueur
Americus Recorders Court
Walter Spann
Spanns
Amin calls for holy war against Zionism in Uganda
Ugandan President Idi Amin, backed by Arab troops and Libyan aid, urged a holy war against Zionism in a speech broadcast from Radio Kampala. He claimed Ugandan forces will join to “free the holy land” as Tanzania advances toward Kampala. Arab troops and Libyan materiel have bolstered Amin amid the conflict with Tanzanian forces.
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Kampala
Amin
Libya
Muammar Khadafy
Sabato Plans Film Adaptation of His Father Novel
Mario Sabato son of Ernesto Sabato announced plans to film part of his father's book. The project titled Report on the Blind adapts Sabato's On Heroes and Tombs into a movie, signaling a major Argentine literary adaptation.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
UPI
Mario Sabato
Ernesto Sabato
Sabato
Surgeon General warns children vulnerable to sugary ads
Washington AP Surgeon General Julius Richmond told a hearing on proposed FTC limits on children’s food ads that youngsters are especially vulnerable due to sweet cravings and limited ability to judge advertising. He cited early experiences shaping later dietary patterns and noted sugar contributes to dental cavities, a leading chronic issue for American children.
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Washington
Julius Richmond
Richmond
Federal Trade Commission
Donald Kennedy
Food and Drug Administration
If only Cedar Rapids had an eating place
This ad-like passage extols a Cedar Rapids dining option named Bishops with fast self service plus table service, offering varied freshly prepared food, salads, desserts, soups, and sandwiches. It promises friendly waitresses, coffee refills, no tipping, reasonable prices, and locations downtown and at Lindale Mall.
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Cedar Rapids
Bishops
Lindale Mall
Carter warehouse worker denies loan deception role
Billy Carter’s former bonded warehouseman, Jimmy Hayes, denies telling The Washington Post he aided President Carter’s brother in falsifying loan records. Hayes insists he gave hypothetical answers on tape, while Post editor Bradlee asserts the tape exists. Senate leaders call for a special prosecutor into the warehouse finances as Justice Department probes continue.
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Atlanta
Billy Carter
National Bank of Georgia
Carter
Jimmy Hayes
Washington Post
President Carter
Hayes
the Post
Benjamin Bradlee
Bainbridge, Ga
Senate
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Justice Department
Bert Lance
Presi
Carter ally tied to peanut warehouse loan scheme
The article describes Lance a Carter family friend and former federal budget director resigning in 1977 amid a federal grand jury probe in Atlanta into his banking practices. Hayes claims he assisted Billy Carter in falsifying records to inflate peanut on hand while the warehouse securitized a line of credit from 3 to 9 million dollars used to buy peanuts during harvests. After Jimmy Carter's election the loan was retired and the facility placed in a blind trust then leased to Gold Kist.
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Lance
Carter
NBG
Atlanta
Hayes
Billy Carter
Sup
Jimmy Carter
Gold Kist
Emergency actions on 27 private dams prompt safety orders
The Army Corps of Engineers ordered emergency actions on 27 private dams after a nationwide inspection program flagged 459 unsafe structures. Inspections cover 2,119 of 43,500 non federal dams with aims to review about 9,000 by 1981, driven by the Barnes Lake Dam collapse in 1977 that killed 39 people.
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Washington
Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
Barnes Lake
Toccoa
Ed Greene
General Accounting Office
Congress
Truman Urges Public to Fight Health Costs With Exercise
The message highlights President Truman promoting brisk walking and regular exercise as a key to lowering health care costs. It stresses collaboration among citizens, hospitals, doctors, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa to keep care affordable and urges active personal fitness to improve health.
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Freeman Cary
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