Lance vows to remain as budget director amid probes
Embattled Bert Lance rejected quitting as OMB director while Senate committees plan hearings on bank loans and an embezzlement claim linked to a former Calhoun bank loan officer. Senators Ribicoff and Percy urged resignation, Carter aides briefed the president, and Lance pledged to answer all charges in hearings.
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Washington
UPI
Bert Lance
Lance
Senate
OMB
Office of Management and Budget
Abraham Ribicoff
Dconn
Charles Percy
Ril
Carter
Ribicoff
Defense
Clark Clifford
House
New York
Chicago
Georgia
Ribbicoff
Senate Committee
White House
Comptroller of the Currency
Senate Banking Committee
William Proxmire
D Wis
Camp David
LaBelle
Percy
First National Bank of
Calhoun Ga
The
Atlanta Constitution
Billy Lee Campbell
Calhoun Bank
Campbell
Holland Area Schools Begin School Year With Varied Schedules
Area districts start classes this week with Holland Public Schools holding staggered first days and West Ottawa assigning early sessions for ninth graders and special programs. Holland Christian, Zeeland, Hamilton, Saugatuck and Hudsonville districts also report Wednesday openings with half day sessions for some grades and full days for others.
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Holland Area
Holland Public Schools
East Unit High School
West Unit High School
West Ottawa Elementary
West Ottawa Middle School
Holland Christian Schools
Maplewood
Rose Park
South Side
Zeeland Public
Zeeland Christian
Hamilton and
Saugatucka
Hudsonville Unity
Hudsonville Public School
St. Francis de Sales
Fennville
Seventh Day Adventist
Allegan
Canal Signing Approaches Panama Treaties With Torrijos
Panamanian leader Gen Omar Torrijos arrives for the signing ceremonies as 24 Latin American heads of state gather for the Week of Panama. The treaties would hand over the 50 mile canal by 2000 while preserving U S defense rights and increasing rents and tolls. Torrijos and President Carter will sign in a nationally televised ceremony at the OAS building near the White House after meetings with Carter and Vance at Andrews.
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Washington
UPI
Omar Torrijos
Torrijos
Carter
U.S
Panama
Organization of American States
Pan American Union
United States
OAS
White House
Cyrus Vance
Andrews Air Force Base
Chinatown Youths avenge firecracker shootings in Golden Dragon massacre
San Francisco police disclose that five people were killed and eleven wounded when ski masked attackers from the Joe Fong gang invaded the Golden Dragon restaurant to target Wah Ching members amid Independence Day violence over fireworks.
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San Francisco
UPI
Golden Dragon
Chinatown
Wah Ching
Daniel Murphy
Murphy
Joe's Boys
Joe Fong
Esco
Fong
Deuel Vocational Institution
Tracy
Calif
Joe
Riordan Roman Catholic High School
Fong Wong
Paul Wada
Denise Louie
Seattle
Farmers sought for Holland Old Fashioned Days market
Market vendors in Holland seek additional farm vendors to operate Saturday on September 16 and 17 at the mall. Local farmers may apply this week for a 3 registration with the Holland Chamber of Commerce to receive a two parking space on September 17 for selling produce. A cow milking contest with local celebrities will highlight Friday events.
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Holland
Holland Chamber of Commerce Office
Public Hearing Tackles Michigan Doctor Shortage
Allegan and Van Buren counties face a family practice physician shortage as the House Republican Task Force on Health Manpower Resources opens a public hearing. It releases a preliminary report on physician maldistribution and seeks input on state level incentives to attract physicians to underserved areas and to recruit medical students into family practice.
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Allegan
van Buren
House
Republican Task Force
Michigan
West Ottawa Board, WOEA Reach Tentative Two-Year Pact
West Ottawa Board of Education and West Ottawa Education Association reach a tentative two-year contract after a 15 hour bargaining session that was not mediated. Details await ratification with a board vote planned for Sept 14 and a WOEA ratification vote set for Sept 19 at 4 p.m.
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West Ottawa Board of Education
West Ottawa Education Association
Brad Henson
Phyllis Rasmussen
WOEA
Junior Achievement talk highlights future business leaders
Prof. J Sidney Downey outlines Junior Achievement in Holland area schools. Trainees form mini enterprises with $5 charter, $1 stock, 30 week cycle, wages and overhead, liquidation auctions, and annual reports. Profit taxes fund JA conferences. recruitment targets 150 this year. Chamber meeting Oct 10 noted.
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J Sidney Downey
Hope College
Chamber of Commerce
Motor Inn
Downey
Holland Area
Holland
Holland Christian
West Ottawa
Zeeland
National Achievement Office
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Martin Essenburg
Bob Lenger
Paul Mulder
Sentinel
Mark Copier
Bonn
West Germany
Baader Meinhof
Hanns Martin Schleyer
Schleyer
Bild Zeitung
Andreas Baader
DPA
Red Army
Baader-Meinhof
Baader
Ulriche Meinhof
Helmut Schmidt
Federation of German Industry
Federation of German Employers Associations
Daimler-Benz
Siegfried Buback
Juergen Ponto
Cologne
Burkhard Hirsch
North Rhine Westphalia
Wada
Ottawa
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