Utah Democrats push for annual 90 day legislature sessions
Utah Democrats reelected state leaders at the organizing convention in Salt Lake City and endorsed resolutions including annual 90 day legislative sessions and a pay hike to 50 dollars per day for lawmakers. They urged opposition to storing nerve gas at Tooele Army Depot and opposed the Panama Canal treaty, framing it as a communist influence move.
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Roger Bennett
Salt Lake City
UPI
Utah
Ron Swenson
Marion Peterson
Salina
David Duncan
Ogden
Beverly White
Tooele
Roger Rawson
Hooper
Army
Tooele Army Depot
Cedar City weighs options on Red Hills residents relief
Cedar City officials debated relief for Red Hills area homeowners facing shifting soil and cracked foundations. Needing guidance from city engineers and the attorney, council considered whether to remove or cover foundations and potential liability. The meeting also saw leases authorized for Utah Cable TV Inc. land use near Leigh Hills water tank and Color Country Aviation concessions at the airport with Larry Reinarz named concessionaire, FBO, and airport manager.
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Les Burbidge
Arlo Larso
Cedar City
Utah Cable TV Inc
Leigh Hills
Color Country Aviation
Larry Reinarz
Reinarz
Airport Cafe
Higher bone cancer rate found in S. Utah residents
Southern Utah residents exposed to repeated nuclear fallout from Nevada tests show a bone cancer rate markedly higher than state and national levels. A National Cancer Institute study, published in the Deseret News, notes the elevated risk persists seven years after exposure. The finding adds urgency to Utah cancer concerns.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Utah
Nevada
National Cancer Institute
Deseret News
Utah Cancer
Cancer Institute
Iran
Washington
Garfield
San Juan
Kane
Iron County
Cedar City
Bomb Strikes Rhodesia Arcade Near PM Office
A Saturday blast in a fashionable Salisbury shopping arcade near Prime Minister Ian Smith’s office caused no casualties. Police linked the attack to urban terrorism tied to the struggle for black majority rule, following a Woolworth bombing that killed 11 and injured 79 a week earlier.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
UPI
Ian Smith
Woolworth
Smith
Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwe African National Union
London melee injures 45 police during political clash
Hundreds of leftists armed with posts and bricks attacked during a National Front march in Deptford Lewisham London. Scotland Yard says 45 officers injured two stabbed two blinded by ammonia. 209 arrests amid a chaotic scene with riots police stations and a burned motorcycle.
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London
UPD
Scotland Yard
National Front Party
Deptford
Lewisham
Thames River
Socialist Workers Party
Mervyn Stockwood
National Front
Man charged in friend's shooting death
Joseph Paiment, 24, of St. George, was charged with manslaughter in the Wednesday shooting death of 19 year old Micheal Penman during a rabbit hunting trip. Paiment was arraigned, released on his own recognizance, and faces additional DUI and carrying a loaded firearm charges. preliminary hearing date not set.
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Joseph Paiment
St. George
Micheal Penman
Paiment
Robert Owens
Penman
Washington County
Larry Reeves
Utah Highway 18
Vego
Reeves
Protestants Parade in Londonderry Amid Security Push
In Londonderry thousands of Protestants marched behind bands and banners for the Apprentice Boys parade. Security officials deployed hundreds of troops and police to separate crowds after Catholics protested the sanctioned event. No incidents were reported.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Londonderry
Irish Republican Army
Elizabeth
Carter's son Chip separates from wife amid White House turmoil
Washington (UPI) President Carter clashed with his son Chip over a planned separation from his wife Caron. Chip moved out of the White House and plans to return to Plains, Georgia with their six month old son James Earl Carter IV to work the family peanut business. Carter denies expulsion, while Chip stays elsewhere in Washington for a few days.
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UPI
Carter
Chip
Caron
White House
Jody Powell
Plains
Democratic National Committee
James Earl Carter IV
Mary Hoyt
Rosalynn Carter
Billy
The
Atlanta Constitution
Hoyt
Ben Griffin
Hawkinsville, Ga
Griffin
Plains, Ga
Carter optimistic on Panama canal treaty approval
President Carter signals cautious optimism about Senate ratification of the Panama Canal treaty and may travel there for a ceremonial signing. A separate neutrality pact would guarantee U S defense rights, while terms are expected in two weeks. Carter plans to meet Budget Director Bert Lance amid a currency inquiry.
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UPI
Carter
Panama
Senate
White House
U.S
Congress
United States
America
Bert Lance
Lance
Sea Island
Jody Powell
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