Longet Goes on Trial for Slaying Sabich in Aspen
Claudine Longet, 35, walks into Pitkin County Courthouse with ex husband Andy Williams as jury selection begins for felony manslaughter charge over the 1976 shooting death of pro skier Vladimir Spider Sabich. Prosecutors ready despite evidence suppression.
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Colo
UPI
Claudine Longet
Sabich
Williams
Miss Lange
Miss Longet
Frank Tucker
Andy Williams
Pitkin County
Peaner Charles Weedman
California
Goodwin Knight
Charles Manson
Supervisors Start New Year With Light Agenda
Platte County Board of Supervisors open the year Tuesday at 9 a.m. with a small routine agenda. County Clerk Milt Langan notes a petition on forming a rural road improvement district as the main item of potential interest.
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Platte County Board of Supervisors
Milt Langan
Rhodesia talks described as useful and constructive
British envoy Ivor Richard held four hours of talks with South Africa's Prime Minister Vorster on Rhodesia and called the discussions useful and constructive. He planned a second meeting as part of a southern Africa shuttle before visiting Botswana, Mozambique and Tanzania.
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South Africa
UPI
Ivor Richard
Rhodesia
John Vorster
Richard
Ian Smith
Vorster
Southern Africa
Smith
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Tim Vorster
Pretoria
Bot
Swana
Mozambique
Tanzania
Defense
Justice
United Nations
Salisbury
Lebanon imposes press censorship amid Syrian evacuation of offices
President Elias Sarkis signed emergency Legislative Decree One imposing strict controls on the press as Syrian peacekeeping troops evacuated six newspapers and one magazine, including UPI and Newsweek offices. Editors voiced reluctant acceptance while urging cooperation for national interests. An Nahar plans to resume publishing once newsroom is returned.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Elias Sarkis
United Press International
Newsweek Magazine
Riad Taha
Lebanese Press Association
Francois Akl
An Nahar
Coffee boycott aimed at lowering prices spreads in stores
Stop and Shop in Boston and Daitch Shopwell in New York announce coffee boycott campaigns urging customers to switch to tea juice and cocoa and offer coupons while warning that coffee prices rose after Brazil frost damage. Store signs and a corporate message urge reducing coffee intake to push prices down.
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Boston
Stop & Shop Inc
Shopwell, Inc
New York
Stop & Shop
Brazil
Martin Rosengarten
Daitch Shopwell
Elinor Guggenheimer
New York City
Folger Coffee Co
United States
General Foods Corp
Seek 6.5 Million To Probe Kennedy and King Assassinations
Congressional investigators seek 6.5 million dollars for a two year inquiry into the Kennedy and King deaths. More than half funds would go to a 170 person independent staff with domestic and international travel, expert consultants, and extensive equipment and services.
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Washington
UPI
CIA
FBI
Henry B. Gonzalez
Dtex
Nebraska Winter Storm Watch Issued by NWS Omaha
The National Weather Service in Omaha issued a winter storm watch for Nebraska Tuesday as a strong low pressure system moves east from the west. Snow flurries were seen in the east during midday while most of the state was cloudy. Overnight lows ranged from 22 at Beatrice to 8 below zero at Valentine.
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United Press International
National Weather Service
Omaha
Nebraska
Beatrice
Valentine
Ford Pursues Puerto Rico Statehood Plan Before LeavingOffice
President Ford intends to recommend Congress pass Puerto Rico statehood legislation. The formal bill may not reach Capitol Hill before January 20, and if delayed, Carter or a member of Congress would need to introduce it after Ford’s departure. Ford plans to press the case in the State of the Union or a written message amid Interior Department drafting delays.
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UPI
Ford
Congress
Puerto Rico
Capital Hill
Ron Nelsen
Jimmy Carter
Vail
Colo
Nelsen
Interior Department
Carter
Toll fails to meet safety fears in New Year holiday
Final counts show 339 traffic fatalities from the New Year weekend, with California reporting 41 and Texas 20 deaths. A four-child auto crash at a Texas boatdock raised fatalities, while Chicago fires killed five, four of them children, linked to gasoline used for wall washing.
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United Press International
United Press
Texas
Goodrich
Rubin Munoz
Romer
Chicago
Bush warns of worrisome signs in U S Soviet position
CIA Director George Bush says there are worrisome signs about the U S strategic edge versus the Soviet Union and a review is ongoing with intense scrutiny. He condemns leaks of a new hard line intelligence report and says he will oppose any attempt to pressure Carter with leaked material.
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UPI
CIA
George Bush
United States
Soviet Union
Bush
CBS
Jimmy Carter
U.S
Carter
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