Maryland Officials Fall List Grows With Mandel Conviction
The Associated Press notes Maryland corruption cases spanning 13 years include Gov Mandel’s mail fraud conviction and past figures such as Agnew, Dale Anderson, Samuel Green Jr., and multiple General Assembly members. The account highlights a pattern of high ranking officials entangled in bribery, tax evasion, and fraud tied to public duties.
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Mandel
Associated Press
Marvin Manuel
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Dale Anderson
Agnew
Baltimore County
Samuel A. Green Jr
Gordon Boone
House of Delegates
Johnson
Boone
Agnew and Mandel
U.S
Daniel B. Brewster
South Africa Denies Nuclear Test Allegations
South Africa rejected French claims of plans to test an atomic device. President Carter said the U.S. has been assured by Pretoria that it does not intend to build a bomb. Foreign Minister Botha called the charges unbelievable, while allies urged signing the nonproliferation treaty and placing facilities under safeguards.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Carter
United States
Louis de Gulringaud
Kalanari
U.S
State Department
West Germany
Hans-Dietrich Genseher
Carter Signals Cautious Support for Panama Canal Pact
President Carter favors a possibly sea level canal option in Panama, with no current decision on expansion versus new construction. White House aides note the agreement gained Panamanian consent while pledging no canal built in another nation. Governors Finch and Carroll offer cautious backing as White House drums up state-level discussion ahead of a Senate vote and possible signing in Washington and Panama.
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Panama
Carter
White House
Jody Powell
U.S
United States
Powell
Mississippi
Kentucky
Zbigniew Brezezinski
Defense
Harold Brown
Ellsworth Bunker
Cliff Finch
Finch
Julian Carroll
Walt Duka
Duka
Washington
Senate
Diamond found in dirt bucket largest yellow canary gem found at Crater park
George Stepp of Carthage found a four carat canary yellow diamond in a bucket of soil he took from Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro Arkansas. Superintendent Jim Cannon called it flawless and worth at least $2000, the largest yellow diamond since 1972. Stepp will keep the stone after a weekend search win.
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Murfreesboro
Ark
George Stepp
Carthage
Crater of Diamonds
Jim Cannon
Crater
Stepp
Margaret Mead on Western leisure ethic at Vancouver congress
Anthropologist Margaret Mead told a World Federation of Mental Health audience in Vancouver that Western societies still prize hard work over leisure. She said weekend leisure should prepare people for Monday’s labor and noted some cultures lack a word for leisure and others, like the Balinese, define pleasure differently.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Margaret. Mead
International Congress of the World Federation of Mental Health
Miss Mead
Mead
Vance to Meet Teng During China Visit
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance was to meet Deputy Premier Teng Hsian ping in Peking on Wednesday as the two sides prepare for a response on closer relations. Vance had completed talks with Foreign Minister Huang Hua and other officials, while China pressed for U.S. ties only after severing relations with Nationalist China.
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Peking
Cyrus R. Vance
U.S
U.S Chinese
Teng Hsian-ping
Vance
Teng
China
Huang Hua
Taiwan
Huang
United States
Fis
Danville Daily Subscription Rates Listed in Register
The Danville Register outlines in house rates for daily and Sunday delivery by carrier at 85c per week and single copies at 15c each, with Sunday options 25c, and mail subscriptions available in city and suburbs.
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Danville
the Register Publishing Co., Inc
Union St
Weather summary for Virginia and North Carolina
Virginia shows variable cloudiness with a chance of showers or thundershowers. Highs in the low to mid 70s to 80s. North Carolina partly cloudy and hazy through Thursday with scattered mainly afternoon showers. Lows tonight mid 60s to upper 60s. Highs Wednesday and Thursday in the upper 70s to low 80s. Downtown log notes calm winds and light precipitation.
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Virginia
North Carolina
President Carter Admits Overdrafts by Couple
President Carter acknowledged that he and his wife have written checks without sufficient funds, noting it was not deliberate. He reiterated the need to avoid overdrafts while addressing questions about Budget Director Bert Lance and related personal-finance disclosures.
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Washington
Carter
Bert Lance
Lance
Califoun
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Vail
Colo
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