American businessman's Soviet trial set for Tuesday
Francis J. Crawford, a Mobile, Alabama native and Moscow representative for International Harvester, faces trial in Moscow on currency transaction charges. Also on trial are a seamstress, her husband, and a cashier from a Beriozka store. If convicted, penalties include up to eight years for Crawford and the seamstress and cashier, with the husband possibly facing the death penalty.
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Teachers Strikes Hit Eight States Across UPI Report
The United Press International tally shows walkouts affecting 260000 students across Illinois Idaho Louisiana Indiana Michigan Washington Pennsylvania Rhode Island Tennessee New Mexico and in Chicago area colleges. Bus service and class days were disrupted as contracts lingered and teachers demanded raises.
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Defense Chief Urges House to Sustain Veto on Weapons Bill
Defense Secretary Harold Brown wrote to all House members urging passage of President Carter's veto of a 37 billion weapons bill. He said the veto targets a giant 2 billion nuclear powered aircraft carrier and that the House will vote next week. Speaker O'Neill expects veto sustained. Carter also urged privacy reforms to curb personal data collection.
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Carter Orders 20 Percent Cut in Unneeded Federal Travel
President Carter told executive heads to trim nonessential travel by 20 percent and to protect citizen privacy. A memo defined administrative travel as trips not directly tied to a federal program and urged agencies to improve cost controls and efficiency.
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French Air Controllers End 12 Day Slowdown
Air controllers announce a halt to a 12 day slowdown starting Monday ending widespread flight delays from hours to a day. They may resume slowdowns Friday to press for more staff and salary restructuring. Delays at Paris airports reached three to five hours with some North America to Europe flights held up up to 17 hours. The slowdown extends into the weekend as Europeans return from vacations.
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Pope John Paul I inauguration security tightens in Vatican
In Vatican City 7000 anti-terrorist police and sharpshooters guard dignitaries for Pope John Paul I's Sunday open air mass in St. Peter's Square. Authorities widen surveillance on Argentine President Videla and Mondale as leaders arrive. The 65 year old pontiff lightens mood with journalists, inviting coverage of the heart of the story.
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Kennedy to attend Soviet health conference this weekend
Senator Edward Kennedy will fly to the Soviet Union Sunday for an international health conference and may meet top Soviet leaders. The trip coincides with polls showing rising support for him as a 1980 presidential candidate, though he says he is not running and frames the trip around health issues.
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Bus Crash Kills 31 in Colombia Students among Dead
In Cartagena a public bus bound for Cartagena from Sincelejo veered off near the Gambote bridge and plunged 300 feet into a canyon. Police report 31 dead and 17 injured, most of them high school students from two local schools.
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Thorpe faces new incitement murder charge in UK case
In Minehead England police add incitement to murder to Jeremy Thorpe's charges. He already stands accused of conspiring to murder Norman Scott, a man who claimed a past homosexual relationship with Thorpe. Thorpe, denying guilt, will appear in magistrates court on Oct 9.
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Teachers push for more Fs on report cards
Washington AP report notes NEA survey showing teachers tightening grading standards amid fears of failing students. Richard Maxwell of Massachusetts and Robert Hicks of Fairfax weigh the emotional and cost implications of more failures and extra support. The NEA questions public willingness to fund increased remedial help as overall education spending rises by 11 billion dollars to 155 billion.
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Korea scandal charges renewed against two current lawmakers
The House Ethics Committee reaffirmed charges against California Democrat John McFall and California Democrat Edward Roybal over ties to South Korean socialite Tongsun Park. The panel cites cash and gifts Park gave to lawmakers and alleges Roybal lied to investigators.
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