Marines Seek Less Strain in Recruit Training
The Marine Corps plans to cut training hours and curb drill instructor pressure to reduce excess mental and physical stress on recruits. Officials say firmness and dignity remain central, with continued tough conditioning but fewer nose to nose confrontations by DIs. The changes follow debates sparked by past reforms and the recent fatality of Pvt. Lynn McClure during close combat training.
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D.C
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Tex
Marines Corps
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Prisoner in Azul Prison Sparks US Protests
A California farm worker’s daughter described a 12 by 15 foot cell and women guards in a harsh Azul prison. Miss Talamante’s conviction prompted U S sympathy, with about $9 000 raised and 24 congressmen and seven senators appealing for her release. She thanked supporters before flying to San Francisco, saying friends remain imprisoned.
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Azul
U.S
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San Francisco
Emergency Surgery For IRA Bomb Attack Victims
Surgeons at St Stephen's hospital and Charing Cross performed 13 emergency operations after an IRA bombing at the Olympia Ideal Home Exhibition in west London. At least eight children injured, four with loss of limbs in critical care. 15,000 attendees present. A caller claimed Irish Brigade responsibility and threatened further bombs if troops stay in Northern Ireland.
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TV’s Kiddie Characters Could Ease Dental Fears
Miami Beach AP report says Big Bird Kermit the Frog and Mr Rogers may ease anxiety in children ages 2 to 5 during dental visits. A U Conn study found reduced heart rates and stress when Sesame Street and similar programs were shown in the chair. Experimental group averaged 86.1 bpm vs 95 bpm in controls.
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International Association For Dental Research
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Sadat seeks Western aid on European tour promises
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat launches a 15 day Western tour through West Germany France Italy Austria and Yugoslavia to secure money arms and political support as Soviet ties fade. He cites ending Soviet naval refits at Alexandria and signals potential US arms sales while pressing for a Western led rescue package to ease Egypt’s 14 billion dollar debt.
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Doctor At Hospital Kidnap and Murder Suspect Could Have Been Stopped
Prince George prosecutors say Arthur Goode was not voluntarily committed to Spring Grove State Hospital and should have been confined. Goode, held in Virginia, faces charges tied to the abductions and killings of local youths after escaping the Maryland facility. Marshall accuses hospital officials of mishandling the detainer and release, while Dr. Hamilton notes confinement decisions rest with the treating physician.
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Roxboro Man Charged With Shooting Death
A 25 year old Roxboro man, James L. Brogden, is charged with murder in the early morning shooting death of Bonnie Wayne Thorpe, 28, at Gene Faison's Night Spot in Person County. He is held without bond as deputies investigate the case. A preliminary hearing is set for Thursday.
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James L. Brogden
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Gene Faison
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Thorpe
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City may pull from Social Security, saving $200 million
Mayor Beame pursues withdrawal from Social Security for 112,000 city workers, arguing $200 million annual savings and $300 higher take-home pay per employee. A Twentieth Century Fund study warns of drawbacks, including loss of future coverage and the burden of alternative benefits. SSA says plan would require new disability, survivor, retirement, and Medicare provisions.
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Social Security Administration
Twentieth Century Fund
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Congress To Debate Insurance Fishing and Campaigning Laws
Congress confronts major bills this week with Senate action on a 200 mile exclusive fishing zone and a no fault auto insurance plan. House debate centers on campaign financing rules public land oil leases and a 33.4 billion weapons and military needs package. Kis Singer to testify on possible sale of cargo aircraft to Egypt.
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California
Ford
Henry Kissinger
Senate International Relations Committee
Egypt
India uses mobile sterilization camps to curb population growth
Delhi officials describe mobile camps offering incentives to persuade individuals to accept sterilization operations. For each person convinced to undergo sterilization, a motivator earns 10 rupees and the acceptor receives 40 rupees plus potential perks. Such camps, though used since the mid 1980s, yield mixed results amid a birth rate of about 37 per thousand and roughly 2 million births annually.
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Delhi
India
Hearst Heiress Trial Ties to 1975 Bank Robbery
Law enforcement sources say Patricia Hearst rented a garage used to house a getaway car in the 1975 bank holdup. Soliah remains the only charged robber, with a female customer shot to death. Rolling Stone later published what it called the heiress travels inside story corroborated by Hearst's trial testimony.
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Butz Accuses Carter of Fat Peanuts Subsidies
Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz charged Jimmy Carter grows fat from federal peanut subsidies through cooperative divisions in a $150 million annual program. Carter, campaigning from Georgia, said he grows only Seed peanuts not subsidized and that Butz should know he does not receive subsidies.
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Sen
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Minnesota
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