Rhodesia delays transfer of power to black majority
Rhodesia postpones the elections to April 20 as a biracial transition government reels from internal bickering and intensified guerrilla attacks from Mozambique and Zambia. The plan envisions a new constitution draft by December 22, a white referendum January 30, and elections April 20, with power handover soon after.
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Israeli police seek union as government resists
Tel Aviv police officers pushing to form a union face government opposition amid security concerns. Three officers were fined for giving interviews without authorization, while a disciplinary court could demote or fire union supporters.
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Israel
David Ofek
Ofek
Europe
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Yakima to repaint Christmas angels and Santa decor
Yakima city officials plan to spray paint half the red-haired blue-eyed lamppost angels black and brown and add plastic Santa figures to reflect ethnic diversity. City manager Dick Zais credits Willie White for the idea, though the plan drew media attention and varied opinions from local clergy and civil rights officials. White, who is black, hopes to extend the concept to depict other ethnic groups if affordable.
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Yakima
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John Ecker
Holy Family Catholic Church
Brooks
Highest ranking Soviet physicist leaves with exit visa to Israel
Dr. Benjamin Levich, a leading Soviet physicist and Jewish emigration advocate, has won permission to emigrate after a seven year struggle. Moscow informed him the exit visas are ready for him and his wife, despite previous state secrets objections. Levich, 61, conducted hydrodynamics research and had applied in 1972, denying involvement in defense work for 29 years.
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World Scientific Community
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Armstrong regains finger after door accident
Former astronaut Neil Armstrong leaves hospital with his left ring finger reimplanted following a freak accident at his Cincinnati home. Microsurgery is reported successful though full sensation may take up to eight months to return.
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Louisville
Neil Armstrong
Armstrong
Cincinnati
Steve Martin Ad-Libs Through Heat In Knoxville
Steve Martin collapsed from heat exhaustion during a Knoxville show before 14 000 fans forcing a 10 minute intermission. His agent reports he is fine and en route to Wichita Kansas for the next engagement. The 80 degree auditorium and heavy lights contributed to the incident. Fans did not request refunds.
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Scientists Discover Growth Factor in Breast Milk
Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Medical Center researchers report a potent protein in human breast milk that stimulates cell growth. The factor is five times stronger than blood growth factors, most concentrated at birth, and may play a role in early tissue development.
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Father found guilty in death of infant daughter throw
An all male jury in Manhattan state Supreme Court found Bernard Yarusevich guilty of second degree murder for dropping his 6 month old daughter Barbara Ann from a sixth floor window. He insisted the death was accidental despite testimony that he wanted a son. Yarusevich faces 15 years to life.
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UPI
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Judge halts fluoride in 27 Pittsburgh area suburbs
Judge John Flaherty orders a stop to fluoridation in 27 suburban communities after a cited epidemiological study links fluoride to cancer. The West View Water Authority must cease adding fluoride while the case from Citizens Committee Against Fluoridation proceeds.
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UPI
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West View Water Authority
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Citizens Committee Against
Pennsylvania
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Burk
Washington
National
Woman Safe After Abductor Shot In Five Hour Standoff
In West Bridgewater Massachusetts a hooded man Donald Johnson 43 abducted Barbara Sellstone from her Bridgewater home and held her hostage for five hours. Johnson was shot by state police as he stood by Sellstone car and was rushed to Cardinal Cushing Hospital Brockton in serious condition. Sellstone who was unharmed and released from hospital had her two children asleep in the house.
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Mass
UPI
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Barbara Sellstone
Bridgewater
Raymond Raposa
Johnson
Cardinal Cushing Hospital
Brockton
Sellstone
West Bridgewater Center
Drug publisher Thomas King Forcade shoots self in Greenwich Village
In New York, Thomas King Forcade, 33, founder of High Times, shot himself in the head in a Greenwich Village loft. Doctors at St. Vincent’s Hospital reported his brain activity was effectively gone, with his wife Gabrielle present and no suicide note found. On this date in 1973, Nixon defended himself against wrongdoing claims.
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UPI
Thomas King Forcade
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High Times
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Forcade
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Richard Nixon
Religion in Public Schools Sparks Conference Debate
The Gazette reports a Saturday religion page conference presenting varied views on religion in public schools. A Cedar Rapids based professional baseball player among several experts discusses protecting and storing expensive equipment for the upcoming summer sports season.
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