Networks Erred Denying Carter Prime Time Access
FCC rules ABC CBS and NBC illegally refused to sell 30 minutes of prime time to Carter’s re election committee. NAB calls ruling compulsory free speech while Media Access Project hails it as restoring the public’s right to information. CBS vows to contest. others await written opinion.
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Washington
UPI
National Association of Broadcasters
Media Access Project
Federal Communications Commission
Carter
ABC
CBS
NBC
Carter-Mondale Committee
Gerald Rafshoon
Commission
NAB
Nader clash with Garn over wife's death comment
Washington AP Sen. Jake Garn denounced Ralph Nader's claim that his first wife Hazel’s death might stem from car design as cruel. Nader pressed for stricter safety rules during a Senate banking hearing on Chrysler loan guarantees. Garn said the remark was uncivil and he and his kids suffered greatly. Proxmire let the exchange continue beyond time limits.
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Washington
Jake Garn
Ralph Nader
Garn
Nader
Senate Banking Committee
Chrysler Corp
Acci
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Trudeau resigns Liberal leadership amid party calls
Former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau resigns as Liberal Party leader and urges a leadership convention. He led Liberals after winning elections in 1968 1972 and 1974 and faced defeat in May to Joe Clark's Progressive Conservatives.
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Ottawa
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Liberal Party
Trudeau
Progressive Conservatives
Joe Clark
Lester Bowles Pearson
Anamosa approves fire station bonds
Anamosa voters approved selling 181000 dollars in bonds for a new fire station. The 319 to 105 vote backs a building at Third Street and Morley Road to replace City Hall facilities. Bids are expected around January 1 with construction starting in spring and occupancy by September 1.
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Anamosa
Third Street
Morley Road
City Hall
Navy doctor convicted after court martial for refusal
Navy Lt Steven Suits was found guilty by a military court martial in Camp Lejeune North Carolina of refusing orders to board a ship where he was assigned as a physician. He argued he completed only one year of a five year surgical residency and was not qualified to treat patients. The judge could impose immediate discharge a year of hard labor forfeiture of pay or a fine.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
Steven Suits
Suits
Thanksgiving mourning in Plymouth by Native group
Frank James of the United American Indians of New England leads a small band planning a 24 hour fast to mourn Thanksgiving in Plymouth Massachusetts. He says the act is not a protest but a mourning of past and present injustices against Native Americans. The fast begins tonight.
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Plymouth
Mass
Frank James
United American Indians of
New England
James
Deportation risk for Iranian students in US program
About 10 percent of Iranian students interviewed by the INS in the past week face deportation. Of 6,700 checked in five days under the program begun Nov. 13 to reach 50,500 students, 700 are deportable and 90 agreed to leave voluntarily.
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Washington
Immigration and Naturalization Service
United States
David Crosland
Immigration Service
Begin Defeats Two No Confidence Motions in Knesset
Prime Minister Menachem Begin won two no confidence votes in parliament over the planned expulsion of the Arab mayor of Nablus. A third motion opposing economic policies and the triple settlement expansion was defeated 66 to 40.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Menachem Begin
Nablus
Zambia government newspaper warns whites on policy
Lusaka report says a state owned paper cautions Zambia’s white community amid rising political tension. officials insist warning is for safety and unity as government shapes national discourse.
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Lusaka, Zambia
Zambia
Federal judge sends Agent Orange suits to federal court
A U.S. District Judge ruled against five Agent Orange manufacturers in moving hundreds of Vietnam veteran health lawsuits from state courts to federal court. The decision rejects the firms’ claim that VA should handle the claims, noting the case belongs in federal court. Veterans allege cancer nervous disorders and birth defects from wartime herbicide exposure.
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Westbury
N.Y
U.S
George Pratt
Chemical
Veterans Administration
Near collision probe over San Diego Stadium incident
Federal authorities investigate a near miss between Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 430 from San Francisco with 126 passengers and a small single-engine Cherokee PA30. The pilot reported missing the private plane by about 300 feet and taking evasive action seven miles northeast of Lindbergh Field at 6200 feet Sunday.
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San Diego
UPI
San Diego Stadium
Federal Aviation Administration
Pacific Southwest Airlines
San Francisco
Lindbergh Field
First US patient receives synthetic blood substitute
Jehovahs Witnesses cite biblical prohibition on transfusions yet a Minneapolis patient received about six pints of Fluosol at University of Minnesota Hospital to replace blood lost in surgery. Alpha Therapeutic Corp. says the transfusion was successful but the doctor called it too early to judge results.
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New York
Jehovah's Witnesses
U.S
University of Minnesota Hospital
Minneapolis
Bob Lee
Alpha Therapeutic Corp
Pasadena
Calif
Lee
Robert Anderson
Anderson
Thomas Drees
Alpha Therapeutic
Green Cross Corp
Osaka
Japan
Drees
United States
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
The
Com
Houston Reelects Mayor as Council Sees Historic Firsts
Houston Mayor Jim McConn wins re election amid a sharp challenge from Councilman Louis Macey. The new council includes the city's first women and first Hispanic member, with Eleanor Tinsley defeating Frank Mann and Christin Hartung defeating Don Hogan. Ben Reyes becomes the first Hispanic on the council and Black representation rises to three.
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Houston
Jim McConn
Louis Macey
McConn
Macey
McCann
Eleanor Tinsley
Frank E. Mann
Christin Hartung
Don Hogan
Ben Reyes
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