Grain Export Firms Urged to Sign Voluntary Reforms
Washington AP The Agriculture Department pressed major grain exporters to voluntarily sign one year affirmative action pledges to curb abuses in the inspection system. Executives from Continental Grain Cargill Cook Industries and Louis Dreyfus attended as Congress weighs mandatory cleanup measures. Knebel said talks aim to show progress by mid March but legislation may still be pursued.
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Washington
Congress
Agriculture Department
John A. Knebel
USDA
Continental Grain Co
New York
Cargill, Inc
Minneapolis
Cook Industries, Inc
Memphis
Louis Dryfus Corp
Bunge Corp
Federe Grand
Knebel
Yea
General Accounting Office
UNITA to Fight Guerrilla War as MPLA Advances in Angola
Reports from Lusaka say UNITA forces and civilians flee southern Angola towns Mocamedes Sa da Bandeira and Serpa Pinto as MPLA with Cuban troops overruns Silva Porto and Huambo. Tass notes MPLA has captured Macamedes and six major towns in as many days while UNITA contemplates bush warfare and appeals for Western aid.
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Lusaka
Zambia
The
National Union
UNITA
Angola
Popular Movement
MPLA
Silva Porto
Mocamedes
Sa da Bandeira
Serpa Pinto
UNIT
High Command
Kinshasa
Bueau
Ussian
State drops last five murder charges against Hargrave
Petersburg AP. The state will not prosecute the remaining five murder indictments against Lee Roy Hargrave Jr. in the 1973 deaths of six elderly patients at Petersburg General Hospital. The commonwealth says justice has been done after a 1973 case that saw Hargrave convicted only of one death and given a life sentence. The judge and defense praised the decision, noting Hargrave will not face an extended trial.
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Virginia Supreme Court
Commonwealth
Atty. J. Thompson Wyatt
Petersburg
Oliver A. Pollard
Supreme Court
Wyatt
Nargrave
Joly C. Baker
Baker
Hargrave
Miss Thomas
Robert Wyche
Martha Jane Avery
Leonard Guy Hudson
Thomas Wesley Wray
John Edward Warris
Man Killed Wife and Son Then Shot Himself in Newport News
AP reports Robert Gibbs 26, a shipyard sheetmetal worker, was described by his stepmother as “low in spirits” for over a month before he killed his pregnant wife Peggy Diane 25 and their 2-year-old Johnny, then shot himself. Neighbors recalled a quiet, shy family. Police continued investigation into the double murder suicide. The tragedy followed a planned childbirth class and a note of possible civil suits unrelated to the home killings.
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Newport News
Robert Calvin Gibbs
Helen Gibbs
Poquosan
Gibbs
Peggy Diane
Johnny
Hig
Phillip
Poquoson
Ben
Boeing Faces SEC Probe Over Alleged Illegal Payments
Washington AP reports the SEC is investigating Boeing for possible illegal payments to foreign officials, bribes, kickbacks, and improper political contributions. Boeing denies wrongdoing while seeking a protective court order. the probe also touches on related disclosures by Northrop and Lockheed. The study by the Conference Board notes widespread payoffs for foreign business, with payments not illegal if undisclosed, but disclosure failures are unlawful.
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Washington
Boeing Co
Securities and Exchange Commission
Boeing
Thas
SEC
Iis
M.T. Stamper
Stamper
U.S. District Court
Seattle
Northrop
Lockheed
American
Middle East
Far East
Africa
Conference Board
U.S
United States
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Thie
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Garnac Grain Co
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Nnebel
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House Agriculture Committee
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League of Nations
Janne de Wet
Capetown
Cunene — River
South Angola
North Theatre
Danville
Seach
Mary Jones
Pears
Hargrave and
Petersburg General Hospital
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Hubbard Warms
Lala Yates
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