North Carolina debates anti pornography bill to close stores
Raleigh AP report on a new measure by the Coalition for Decency led by Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green and Sen. I Beverly Lake Jr to empower civil actions to shutter adult book shops and X rated film venues. Co chairs include Henderson Belk and Rev J Malloy Owen.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Jimmy Green
U.S
Jesse Helms
Charlotte
Henderson Belk
Beverly Lake Jr
Wake
R.D. Beard
Cumberland
Lake
Coalition For Decency
J. Malloy Owen
Christians For Morality
Belk and
Helms
Robert Morgan
D-N.c
Green
Beard
Fayetteville
Carter Restores Funding To Some Water Projects
President Carter restores funding for about half of the water and dam projects under review while withholding or delaying the rest. He bases decisions on Congress and state input, with final formal announcements due Monday. Supporters vow to appeal, noting two large projects survive: Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway and Central Arizona Project.
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Carter
Washington
Wes Watkins
D-Okla
Congress
Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway
Central Arizona
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Cliff Finch
Mississippi
George S. McGovern
D.D
Con
University students glance over dorm roof as study break
Two University of Pennsylvania students perched on a fourth floor dorm roof in Philadelphia during a sunny Friday afternoon to study outside. The scene captures a moment of risk alongside a casual academic moment.
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
NBC Cancels 1977 Nighttime Emmy Awards
NBC cancels the 1977 nighttime Emmy ceremony in Burbank citing a boycott by stars led by Mary Tyler Moore Valerie Harper and Edward Asner over a dispute between the National Academy and Hollywood chapter. NBC will televise daytime Emmys May 12 while the night show is scrapped.
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NBC
Burbank, Calif
Mary Tyler Moore
Valerie Harper
Edward Asner
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hollwood Chapter
National Academy
Robert T. Howard
Howard
Hollywood
Emmys
Los Angeles
Academy
New York
Killer Weds State's Witness in Oklahoma
In Newkirk Oklahoma Richard L Hager 28 marries Connie Vaughn 21 the state witness who led to his murder conviction for the 1998 killing of Anthony Corley 19. Judge Lowell Doggett set June 27 for Hager's execution after the marriage.
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Richard Lawrence Hager
Connie Vaughn
Ife
Lowell Doggett
Doggett
Hager
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Oklahoma
Anthony Corley
Miss Vaughn
Corley
Spain sets June 15 for first free elections in 41 years
Premier Adolfo Suarez announced June 15 as Spain's first free parliamentary vote in 41 years with 350 seats and 207 senators to be elected. The Communist party listed candidates including Dolores Ibarruri La Pasionaria as upheaval follows legalization. protests and labor unrest marked by work stoppages and clashes in Madrid as security forces responded.
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Madrid
Spain
Adolfo Suarez
Francisco Franco
Franco
Suarez
Adm
Pascual Pero Junquera
Pero Junquera
Gabriel Pita da Veiga
Juan Carlos
Communist Party
Santiago Carrillo
Communist Party Central Committee
Dolores Ibarruri
Soviet Union
Ibarruri
la Pasionaria
Russian Sea Captain Arraigned On U.S. Fishing Limit Violations
A Russian captain Aleksandr Gupalov was arraigned in Boston on charges of exceeding the new 200 mile U S fishing limit with the trawler Taras Shevchenko. The ship was seized with 397 tons of fish including 10 tons of herring and six tons of squid. He faces possible prison and fines if convicted.
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U.S
Boston
United States
Aleksandr Gupalov
Gupalov
Lawrence Cohen
Gopalov
Taras Shevchenko
Coast Guard
Natucket Island
Hake
James Gabriel
Justice Dept
Gabriel
Antanas Schnechkus
Arab group protests Young remark at United Nations
Twenty Arab U.N. delegations expressed surprise at Andrew Young's comparison of Arab hatred of Jews to Ku Klux Klan hatred of blacks. The letter, released after a meeting with UAE envoy Ali Humaidan, calls for a fruitful dialogue while noting Zionism differs from Judaism.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
U.S
Andrew Young
Young
State Dept
Amin Helmy II
Arab League U.N
Ali Humaidan
United Arab Emirates
Humaidan
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Weather
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Bride
Richard Hager
Ponte
Inco
Europa Press
Mexico
Jose Lopez Portillo
Aldofo Suarez
Palestine
Helmy
Libya
U.N. Security Council
Richard Cohen
Jewish Organization
United
Jordan
Israel
America
United Nations
Associated Press
South Africa
R.F. Botha
William Bowdler
Cape Town
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