New Motor Code Begins July 1 In Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania unveils a new motor vehicle code effective July 1, expanding rights of way rules. Right turns on red after a full stop, right of way for pedestrians, and new licensing categories including motorized bicycles arrive. penalties, officer training, and sign costs are outlined as PennDOT plans implementation statewide.
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Harrisburg
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Riment of General Services
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No Word On Amin Amid Ugandan Uncertainty
In Nairobi and Kampala reports say Idi Amin is missing with no sighting since Friday. Ugandan officials deny knowledge of his whereabouts while a cabinet meeting and unusual troop movements are noted in Kampala. Egypt's M Aly carries Amin's message to Sadat on Africa issues.
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Amin
Entebbe
Egypt
Middle East
M. Aly
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Israel Picks Begin as New Leader in Israel History
Israel's Yitzhak Rabin handed the prime ministership to Menahem Begin in Jerusalem. Begin plans a July 18 Washington visit with President Carter, promising asylum to 66 Vietnamese refugees rescued by an Israeli freighter. The transition aimed to show democratic will as Begin faces Histadrut leadership contests. In Salem, Oregon, Vietnam veteran Richard Albright, blind, works as a hearings officer for the state labor department with Braille tools and a warning cane.
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Yitzhak Rabin
Menahem Begin
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Carter
Begin
Rabin
South China Sea
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Histadrut
Labor Federation
Salem
Ore
Richard Albright
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Haldeman Begins Term Tomorrow
Former White House aide Harry R. Haldeman starts a 2 to 1/2 year prison term at Lompoc Federal Correctional Facility after conviction for Watergate coverup. Mitchell and Ehrlichman begin sentences. Haldeman had hinted at prison time. He faces life adjustments from a pension and a substantial book advance.
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Los Angeles
Harry Robbins
Haldeman
U.S
Richard Nixon
Here
Mitchell
Alabama
Ehrlichman
Federal
Arizona
Lompoc
J. Walter Thompson
Quadrangle
Cost Of Keeping Car Rises With Fuel And Fees
Detroit reports Hertz Corp findings that average car use rose to 9 015 miles while owning costs surged nearly threefold since 1950 driven by higher fuel, insurance, licensing and fees. Fuel jumped from 26 to 61 cents a gallon. 1976 model cost 20.1 cents per mile amid 825 billion spent on 157.3 million vehicles last year.
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Hertz Corp
Hertz
United States
Gourmet junk food fad shocks food world
Larry Feigelman of New Orleans promotes Gourmet Junk Food a mix of crisp rice and raw cashews in butterscotch sold in garbage cans. The product has become a big seller in available areas. In Philadelphia AP reports former House Speaker Herbert Fineman appealed his federal obstruction conviction filed in the Third Circuit Court. He was convicted May 20 for obstructing a probe into alleged payoffs by parents seeking school admissions and sentenced to two years in prison.
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Larry Feigelman
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Herbert Fineman
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Fineman
U.S
Watergaters Seek Pardon From Carter
Four Watergate burglars Bernard Barker Virgilio Gonzalez Eugenio Martinez and Frank Sturgis filed pardon petitions with the pardon attorney at the Justice Department. FBI review planned before a recommendation to Attorney General Griffin Bell and then President Carter. The process typically spans about 18 months amid a backlog. The White House offered no comment. Also six libraries in five states received humanities grants to support exhibitions booklets library training and program planning including Pierpont Morgan Library Grand Rapids Public Library UNC Chapel Hill and others.
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Carter
Justice Department
Bernard L. Barker
Virgilio R. Gonzalez
Eugenio R. Martinez
Frank A. Sturgis
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Atty
Griffin Bell
Miami
Democratic National Committee
Watergate
James W McCord
White House
National Endowment For the Humanities
Pierpont Morgan Library
New York City
Grand Rapids
Rome
Indiana Library Association
Indianapolis
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