Specialist Warns Of Serious Situation In Drought Era
Washington reports a Smithsonian magazine piece warning a major US drought may be overdue in the Great Plains risking famine. Henry Lansford of the National Center for Atmospheric Research notes rising population and scarce food could collide, with potential global effects and calls for oversight by health and environmental agencies.
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Great Plains
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Central Africa
Zionism as Racism Debate Shapes U N General Assembly
The United States and West European nations warned that backing the Decade against Racism could falter if Zionism became a target. Arabs split the issue into a resolution branding Zionism as racism, with Palestine Liberation Organization figures and Cuba's Miguel Alfonso Martinez as key lobbyists. The social committee approved the measure 70 to 29 amid U S objections about anti Semitism and moral authority. In other text, a separate note describes a minor hemispheric temperature drop since 1945 affecting growing seasons across northern locales.
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England
New York City Bailout Plans Discussed Amid Crisis
President Ford and Treasury officials study bailout ideas to avert New York City chaos. L William Seidman and William Simon with Ford, Gardner says analysis continues. Rockefelle r comments on fiscal trap while Beame ally James Cavanagh plans to resign December 31. Moratorium allows postponement of short term debt.
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Blue Law Clash Leads to Arrests at Dyersburg Store
Police Captain Archie Criswell faces no arrest of his son as Big K store employees including Griffin and Jim Criswell were cuffed for Sunday nongrocery sales in Dyersburg. Judge Palmer fines total 3500 for 741 Sunday sales, with potential 150 per sale thereafter, fueling a legal fight over the blue law aimed at protecting small merchants.
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Talladega
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Bobby Williamson
Beer Cheaper Than Milk in Milwaukee Area Now
Milwaukee area shoppers see beer cheaper than milk after milk price hikes. Brewers offer cheap cases at 2.99 while milk ranges 1.39 to 1.42 a gallon. The shift comes amid dairy supply costs and competition from out of state brewers.
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Summit Begins At French Chateau With Ford And Six Nations
President Ford joins Giscard d Estaing and Aldo Moro for services at Poigny la Foret near the chateau. Furniture and art from the Louvre set a grand scene as 18 leaders plan to outline paths to curb inflation unemployment and weak trade.
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Britain
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Italy
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Japan
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Ron Nelsen
Atlantic
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Prospects For Law School Graduates Remain Bleak
The Labor Department reports law graduate job prospects will stay tight for at least the next decade as graduates outpace openings. The Occupational Outlook Quarterly forecasts over 20,000 lawyer openings yearly through 1985, with graduates rising from 28,300 this year to 23,600 in 1985, signaling an oversupply and shifting career expectations.
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Labor Department
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Douglas Rettired From Supreme Court After Stroke and Illness
Justice William O. Douglas announced immediate retirement from the Supreme Court after a December stroke and a bout with flu. He had endured a lengthy rehabilitation in New York and faced limited prospects for returning to the bench. Friends and colleagues gathered as he drafted a letter to the President and prepared to leave the court for health reasons.
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Institute For Rehabilitation Medicine
New York
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Basic Reform of Lebanese System Urged
Premier Rashid Karami urged fundamental reform of Lebanon’s sectarian political system to end the civil war. He proposed replacing the 60-40 Christian majority in the National Assembly with 60-50 Muslim-Christian parity and guaranteeing civil service equality, while cabinet and security actions continued amid clashes and kidnappings.
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Rashid Karami
Camille Chamoun
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National Assembly
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Rail unions push for in house shopcraft work pattern
Rail worker unions representing boilermakers electricians firemen and car men threaten a nationwide slowdown or shutdown over subcontracting. They seek a pattern settlement with a 41 percent wage and benefit increase over three years and insist management train and maintain a pool of skilled workers to handle shopcraft tasks. The railroads resist viewing such demands as infringing on management rights. Legal remedies exhausted unless Congress acts to block a strike.
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