Carter expected to end domestic oil price controls
President Carter indicated he will likely announce his decision to lift price controls on domestically produced crude oil early next week. He voiced readiness to remove the burden come June 1 and discussed options with congressional leaders as part of a broader energy blueprint.
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New Mexico
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Harsh Egyptian rejection of U S Israeli peace memorandum
Egypt dismissed the nine point U S Israeli Memorandum of Agreement as null and void and warned it questions America’s role in the peace process. The State Department said objections stemmed from a misreading and reaffirmed a similar offer to Egypt. Arab states, led by hardliners in Baghdad, protested a lack of severe actions against Washington and Cairo, prompting a walkout by Yasser Arafat and allies.
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Oregon House approves marijuana possession bill for patients
The Oregon House passed a measure 51 to 7 allowing cancer and glaucoma patients to possess up to five grams of marijuana for treatment. Proponents cite chemotherapy relief from nausea as the bill’s aim and compare to similar laws in five other states. The action follows debate over medical access to cannabis.
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State House
Rebels seize police HQ as Iran deploys troops in Gonbad-E-Qabous
Turkomans overran state and local police in Gonbad-E-Qabous as about 1,000 Iranian troops moved in to restore order on the fourth day of fighting after two cease fires. A Turko man sympathizer claimed a hospital was attacked and reports said troops entered the city and hit mosques to free hostages.
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Gonbad-E-Qabous
Teachers End 23 Day Walkout in City Schools
Unionized teachers in Washington accept a court order extending the expired contract and ending a 23 day strike. They begin returning to classrooms with non union staff and volunteers keeping schools staffed during the stoppage.
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Washington
No Retrial for Nurse Robaczynski in Maryland Case
Prosecutors will not retry Mary Rose Robaczynski 24 of Pasadena on murder charges tied to unhooking a patient’s life support. Three additional murder indictments are dropped on condition she never again practices nursing in any state, with agreement from her attorneys.
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UPI
William Swisher
Mary Rose Robaczynski
Pasadena
Robaczynski
Swisher
Judge Drops Several Passman Charges in Bank-Willed Case
A federal judge in Monroe Louisiana dismissed two charges against former congressman Otto Passman and instructed prosecutors to drop two more. The ruling narrows the case to conspiracy and tax evasion counts plus two charges of bribery or illegal gratuities. The charges stem from alleged bribes related to the Korean influence buying scandal involving Tongsun Park.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Otto Passman
Passman
U.S
Earl Veron
Tongsun Park
Veron
Yemenic Unification Sought After Summit Agreement
North and South Yemen leaders agree that unification is the only path to end their border hostilities. A South Yemeni official, unnamed, said the agreement emerged at a reconciliation summit in Kuwait after Abdul Fatah Ismail proposed Ali Abdullah Saleh head a united Yemen.
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South Yemen
Associated Press
Abdul Fatah Ismail
Ali Abdullah Saleh
Yemen
Births and dissolutions listed in March notices
Vital statistics report shows births at Mercy St Luke's Coggan and Cedar Rapids area with multiple couples named. Births include a son for Ronald and he Amana and daughters for Graf Lange McFadden Jones Schantz Friedman. Marriages dissolved listed for several couples. Also emergency calls and alarms noted with times across local addresses.
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Wayne Graf
First Ave
Charles Lange
E Ave
Dennis McFadden
Sprucewood Court
Thomas Jones
Walker
Larry Schantz
Middle
David Friedman
Belle Plaine
Teamsters and trucking industry deadlocked in wage talks
Negotiators for the Teamsters union and the trucking industry remain in complete disagreement after rejecting each other's revised wage proposals. The Carter administration may relax inflation guidelines to aid the talks as a possible strike looms. Federal mediators met with union officials at a suburban Virginia hotel and bargaining was set to resume.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
Carter
Virginia
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