Gas lines erupt as energy fears grip nation
Chaos at gas pumps across the East Coast sparked rationing and near fights as motorists blamed oil firms and station operators. Florida to New York report shortages, long lines, pistols strapped to belts, and police summoned to verify exemption stickers while officials defend oil firms and workers amid the crisis.
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Oil Toco
Shell Oil Co
Florida
New York
Dade County
Fla
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Matasovski
Service Station Association
Jr Eye Hater
Miami
New Jersey
Joel Jacobson
Edward Patten
D-N.j
Delaware Bay
Patten
Boonville
WCBS
Oe Timalot
Serbian hijacker returned to U.S. after Shannon flight
Nikola Kavaja, 45, of Paterson New Jersey, hijacked a jetliner over Michigan then surrendered in Ireland. He was flown back to the United States under guard to Maguire Air Force Base New Jersey. Kavaja had planned to be sentenced in Chicago for conspiracy to murder Yugoslav diplomats.
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Schlesinger
High Seas
United States
Schessinger
Iters
Shannon
Ireland
UPI
Michigan
Saaan International Rt
American Lines
Maguire Afb
N.J
Nikola Kavaja
Paterson
New York
Chicago
Cenyer Deyan Rank Brashich
Shannon Airport
Dick Werrnick
Ross Saddlemire
George Eckhardt
Kavaja
Irish Special Branch
FBI
Riot Engulfs Worcester Police Station In Massia Scene
In Worcester Massachusetts a riot erupted at the Great Brook Valley Housing Project. Police reported 250 officers and 50 civilians injured as a mob hurled rocks and bottles at fire crews. A project resident was shot in the head during the violence around 8 PM Thursday.
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Worcester
Mass
UPI
Ee Ee
SS Gwat
Great Brook Valley
L. Maries
Fa SE
Where the Husbands Met Their Brides by L M Boyd
L M Boyd presents a column with assorted trivia. It notes men met wives at work 44 percent and in cars for proposals, cites Mexico City police gun fines and gun loss, credits Ben Veldinis of Dundas Ontario with growing 3,000,000 cactus plants annually, and reports London University findings that extroverts hear worse than introverts. Address requests to L M Boyd. Copyright 1979 Crown Syndicate Inc.
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Mexico City
North America
United States
Ben Veldinis
Dundas
Ontario
Canada
University of London
L. M. Boyd
Crown Syndicate, Inc
Lillian Carter on Tonight Show and Libyan affair fallout
A garbled feature notes Lillian Carter on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and references a Libyan affair affecting show business popularity. It mentions Tandy Rice and the Jackson Five, their platinum milestone, and Rosalynn Carter recalling Jimmy Carter’s 1976 call to Harriman about a SEC line.
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Lillian Carter
Carson
Dian Seneroor
Silinea Chama
Tandy Rice
Nashville, Tenn
Rice
Rosalynn Carter
U- Mat
New York
W. Averell Harriman
Jimmy
Sandinistas reject Vance peace plan in Nicaragua
Sandinista leaders refuse Secretary of State Vance six point plan and vow to fight to the end as more than 400 guerrillas cross from Costa Rica. Government fire hails on mobilized zones while a first air raid targets Somoza HQ. journalists protest the violence amid network crews exiting the country.
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Managua
Nicaragua
UPI
Vance
Nicara
OAS
Aennetate
Costa Rica
Eee
Blancas
Somoza
Anastasio Somoza
Organization of American States
U.S
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ABC News
Bill” Stewart
National Guard Board of
House Conservatives Lose Slender Vote on Canal Treaty Financing
In a 224-202 House vote, conservatives failed to block legislation to finance and finalize treaties ratified by the Senate last year. The measures authorize transferring control of the canal to Panama by 2000 with initial property transfers on October 1.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
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