Kennedy Cougars dunk coach after big win
After a Friday win over Washington the Kennedy Cougars dumped Head Coach Greg Reed into the river for a post game dunk at Ellis boat harbor. Assistant Principal Steve Seyfer joined in, grabbing player Bill Thompson as he and others splashed into the water.
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Tanager Drive
Minneapolis Teens Expose Prostitution Ring Tied to New York
Minnesota police report that teenage prostitutes from Minneapolis were detained until age verified, while in New York identification checks were lax. A 12 year old Brooklyn girl faced 12 arrests for prostitution, and a Veronica Brunson may have died after a fall.
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Times Square
Eighth Avenue
Ford brands Eurocommunism Stalinism in disguise
Former President Gerald Ford warned at Westminster College that Eurocommunism is Stalinism in mask and urged Western leaders to unmask communist pretensions. He criticized Carter’s human rights policy while praising Truman era resolve and endorsed Senator Robert Dole as a potential 1980 nominee.
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Bob Dole
German tourist finally gets to San Francisco
Erwin Kreuz of Augsburg Germany and Prince Charles visited San Francisco after a Bangor mix up. Kreuz, a 50 year old brewery worker, received a warm city welcome, rode a cable car, visited the Cow Palace rodeo, and was presented a 10 gallon hat. He praised Bangor but admitted San Francisco failed to win him yet.
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Soviet Spy Accuses U.S. Delegate Warvariv in Moscow Probe
The U.S. diplomat Warvariv recounts a Soviet interview in which a KGB agent pressured him for information at a U.N. conference hotel room in Moscow. Novosti alleged his Nazi past, while the U.S. embassy defended him and questioned why the protest was not public earlier.
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Moscow
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Reuters
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United Way tops $1 million mark in Linn County
The 1977 United Way campaign in Linn County passed the $1 million mark on Saturday with a total of $1,004,933 in cash and pledges, about 62.4 percent of the year’s goal. General Chairman James Davidson urged final reporting from volunteers and companies with incomplete campaigns.
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Linn County
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Torpedo Sinks U S Destroyer Reuben James in 1941
On this date in 1941 the American destroyer Reuben James was torpedoed and sunk by a German U boat, over a month before the United States entered World War II.
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Reuben James
United States
Amnesty for adulterers in Franco era Spain
Madrid government under Premier Adolfo Suarez announced an amnesty for Spaniards jailed under the Franco era adultery law. Officials estimate few offenders remain in jail, likely all women, as feminists push to decriminalize adultery for gender equality.
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Spain
UPI
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