Peres Named Labor Party Choice After Allon Withdrawal
Defense Minister Shimon Peres emerged as Labor’s likely prime minister after Foreign Minister Yigal Allon withdrew. Rabin’s resignation over a currency case opened the path, with Peres expected to be confirmed by the party and potentially serve as interim premier if elections proceed as planned.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Shimon Peres
Labor Party
Peres
Yigal Allon
Yitzhak Rabin
Moshe Dayan
Labor
Central Committee
Allen
Defense Ministry
Foreign Ministry
Abba Eban
Rabin
Washington, D.C
David Ben-Gurion
Golda Meir
Steelworkers Union Okays New Contract
Officials of the United Steelworkers Union reluctantly approved a new three year contract. The package includes an 80 cent an hour wage increase, a pension plan, fringe benefits and job security measures. The deal, unlikely to trigger a nationwide walkout, covers talks extending into 1980 with ratification not required for locals.
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Washington
United Steelworkers Union
J. Bruce Johnston
U.S. Steel Corp
Johnston
Spain Legalizes Communist Party After Long Ban
Spain legalizes the Communist party for the first time since Franco's era as the Interior Ministry registers the party. Santiago Carrillo, exiled leader, comments from Paris on a move toward democracy while Basque protests and hunger strikes unfold in northern Spain.
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Madrid
Spain
Communist Party
Interior Ministry
Spanish Supreme Court
Adolfo Suarez
Santiago Carrillo
Carrillo
France
Paris
Vitoria
San Sebastian
Guipuzcoa
Veterans hospitals and how to contact admins and offices
The reader asks for the top head of all veterans hospitals and contact details. The answer points to the Administrator of Veterans Affairs in Washington, DC, with local numbers Guilford County 886 4478 and Winston Salem 887 1202, and notes three VA hospitals in Salisbury Durham and Fayetteville. It also mentions mildew prevention guidance and a museum contact for an ice wagon hobby.
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Veterans’ Hospitals
Veterans’ Service Office
Guilford County
Veterans Administration
Winston Salem
Veterans
Salisbury
N.C
Durham
Fayetteville
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Washington, D.C
High Point
M.P. A
Department of Motor Vehicles
Collector
Grundy Center
Iowa
Antique Trader
Dubuque
Jack Flynn
Central Carolinas Industries, Inc
Central Ice & Coal Co
Flynn
Janesville
Wisconsin
Main St
Three Killed in Kodak Bank Hold Up
A bank manager Kyle Beeler a Sevier County magistrate Earl Underwood and teller Linda Davis were shot to death during a bank holdup at the Kodak Citizens National Bank branch. Harriet Swaggerty was wounded while another teller was in critical condition. Federal state and county authorities hunted for a 1963 Cadillac with North Carolina plates.
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Kodak, Tenn
Kodak
Citizens National Bank of
Sevierville
Jack Whaley
FBI
Knoxville
North Carolina
Harold Swanson
Kyle Beeler
Louisiana Election Fraud Denial in Runoff Case
Rep. Richard Tenry denied voting fraud in the October 2 Democratic runoff for Louisiana 1st Congressional District. The pretrial testimony covered claims by St. Bernard Parish election officials who testified seeing him vote where not registered. Tenry questioned motives of witnesses amid ongoing legal and congressional scrutiny.
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Chalmette
Richard A. Tenry
Congress
Louisiana
Tenry
James A. Moreau
New Orleans
House Administration Committee
St. Bernard Parish
Tonry
Rick Tonry
Gibson Tucker
Moreau
Tucker
Plaquemines Parish
Humphrey Praises Carter on Global Human Rights Policy
Senator Hubert Humphrey defends President Carter's human rights emphasis as aligning with American ideals of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. He says critics include only dictators and that the United States should state its ideology rather than retreat from leadership.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Carter
Humphrey
Minnesota
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Moscow
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Allon
Steelworkers Union
Union
I.W. Abel
Ed Sadlowski
Abel
Lloyd McBride
St. Louis
Sadlowski
McBride
Supreme Court
Suarez
Francisco Franco
Matthew Parton
Hyde Park
Boston Hospital
Philadelphia
Center City
Gulf Oil
Women’s News
FAR North Life
Sinai
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