Dissident Amalrik Detained After Passport Drive Request
In Moscow a dissident historian Amalrik, seeking to leave the Soviet Union for the United States, was detained after applying for a passport. He has invitations to teach in American and Dutch universities, marking his fifth police confrontation in six months. His wife holds an apartment in Moscow. his official residence is in Kaluga, 120 miles south of Moscow.
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Moscow
Soria Ue Jon
Amati
Amalfi
Soviet Union
United States
Amalrik
Kaluga
Ford Throws First Balls as Rangers Edge Twins in Extras
President Ford attended Texas Rangers home opener against Minnesota Twins and threw out the first balls. Sundberg snagged two fast pitches and several Rangers players collected autographs. The crowd of over 20,000 watched as the Rangers won 2 to 1 in 11 innings.
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Dallas
Ford
Texas Rangers
Ranger
Jim Sundberg
Sundberg
Rangers
Minnesota Twins
State Briefs Highlight Cancer Fund Drive and Chess Icon Byrne
A 1976 cancer research fund drive aims to raise 3.7 million dollars. Donald Byrne, Penn State English professor and chess master who captained the 1966 U S team in Havana, has died at 45 in Pittsburgh. Byrne, born in Brooklyn, won the 1963 U S Open and retired from competition in 1950 but stayed active in the chess world. John Eisenhower named finance committee for George Packard’s Senate bid in Johnstown.
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State College
Donald Byrne
Penn State University
Byrne
Pall Celpia
University of Pennyvania Hospital
U.S
Havana
Cuba
Bobby Fischer
Robert
Brooklyn
U.S. Chess Federation
Johnstown
John Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower
Finance Committee
George Packard
U.S. Senate
Enhower
Thomas S. Gates
Ford
Peoples Republic of China
Jer
Belgium
Packard
Fainting Spells Hit Iowa Girls Not Voodoo Or Drugs
In Mt Pleasant Iowa authorities investigated fainting spells affecting several young girls at a local school. Sheriff Kenneth Smith reported some had histories of fainting and others may have missed prescribed medications, with hundreds of parents pulling nearly a third of the pupils from class as the week ended.
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Byers
Marshall County
Kenneth ‘Smith
Byera
Lass
Corry Area Horsemen Join Bicentennial Wagon Train
Registration forms are available for Corry area residents wishing to join the Erie County Bicentennial Wagon Train in June. Riders must submit a membership application and for multi day participation a detailed questionnaire and a $2 fee. Veterinary certificate of disease free horse required. Harold R. Ott chairs the wagon train. The journey begins April 18 from St Paul to the Pennsylvania state line June 12, with encampments at Albion Fairgrounds and Mill Village. Riders may join at encampments or lunch stops. housing and meals arranged, with three meals daily and hay for the horses.
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Thoes
Erie County Bicentennial Commission
French Street
Erie
Erie County
Harold R. Ott
Extension Bureau of
Pennsylvania
Great Broke Valley Forge
St. Pat
Minneapolia
Pennsylvania Tate
Pennysylvania
Albion Fairgrounds
Mill Village
Anda
Pean
Buick
Task Force Reveals Grim Future For State Roads
A Fiscal Review Task Force led by Dr. Thomas D. Larson warns PennDOT faces a fiscal crisis that could jeopardize the state highway system. They recommend halting bond financing, shifting to maintenance, setting performance standards, and seeking statewide maintenance funding plus a public report card.
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Pennsylvania Department of ‘Transportation
Thomas D. Larson
Pennsylvania
Penndot
Larson
Transportation Advisory Committee
State Transportation Commission
LEAA crime fighters oppose move to new offices
Washington based LEAA officials protest a shuttered fire hazard move from old quarters to a new building eight blocks away. They argue the former site is safer than the crime risk near the new offices, citing local police statistics of daytime street crimes around the relocated facility. The dispute involves LEAA staff and officials from the Department’s administrative division as plans for consolidation proceed.
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Washington
Washington Rauggers
Thach Avolves
SEAA
Tyler
LEAA
Spectors
the Guardian
Bec
Estee
Vesktcal
W. Blatt
Sears W. Velde
Velde
Laoreramentalicias
Ccaletatia
Thn
Weapons Bill OK'd in House amid Navy and B 1 bomber fights
The House approved a 33.3 billion weapons bill with extra Navy ship funds and B 1 bomber support, a net increase of 724 million over Ford's request. The measure heads to the Senate where lawmakers will seek further cuts and testing restrictions, while ship funding faces sharp debate.
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Washington
House
Senate
U.S
Pacific
Ford
Armed Ices
Thrustthell
Ford Administration
Congressional
Bluefish Feeding Frenzy Hurts Five Swimmers
In Pompano Beach Florida a five mile long bluefish school nearing shore caused a feeding frenzy leaving five swimmers with cuts and gashes. A murky sea prevented clear bite attribution while lifeguards and boats aided the injured as Ushermen reeled in 300 to 400 fish.
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Pompano Beach
Fla
Fai
Christine Schulte
Toayt
Becawe
Florida
Shapp Wins Bid to Share State Pension Fund Control
Gov Milton Shapp secured a partial win as the Pennsylvania State Employer Retirement System will shift management away from Mellon Bank of Pittsburgh. The retirement board voted 4 0 with two abstentions to share duties among Mellon and five other banks and investment firms led by Alliance Capital and First Pennsylvania Bank. Mellon’s value trails its initial cost by about 200 million, with bonds comprising 90 percent of the fund.
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Harrisburg
Milton Shapp
Mellon Bank of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Mellon
Alliance Capital Management of
New York
First Pennsylvania Bank and
Loom Sayles & Co
Piladelpha Pi Delphia Investment Co
National Bank
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