Spain votes for return to parliamentary democracy
Spanish voters approved the plan for free parliamentary elections next year with 72.9 percent backing, as 98.4 percent of ballots counted showed yes. The referendum, Spain’s first since Franco’s death, clears a two house legislature replacing the Cortes and sets elections by June. The vote was peaceful despite fears of ultra right disturbances.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Council of State
Antonio Maria de Oriol
Juan Carlos
Adolfo Suarez
Cortes
Franco
Suarez
Bomb blast targets defense ministry in Buenos Aires
Guerrilla forces claim responsibility for a bomb on the third floor of a defense ministry building killing at least 15 and wounding 30. Victims included diplomats, civilians, an army colonel and naval captain. a second device was defused. USA officials say no Americans among the casualties.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Defense Ministry
Navy
U.S
Associated Press
Norma Arrostito
Montonero
Miss Arrostito
Peronist
Jorge Videla
la Plata
Pryor Proposes Tight Arkansas Capital Budget
Gov. Pryor seeks a 16 million two year capital budget with 142 million for universities and major prison construction. About a third of the funds target state prison projects though limited surpluses may bar some work. No university construction funds are allocated despite administrator pressure.
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Little Rock
David Pryor
Pryor
Cummins
Pine Bluff
Gas leak blamed on explosion near Baton Rouge plant
Allied Chemical co reports a 42 mile chlorine cloud from a natural gas explosion that entered an exhaust system. The incident evacuated 10 000 people including 6 000 Southern University students. No serious injuries. Plant shutdown and decontamination ongoing as maintenance caused closure.
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Baton Rouge
Allied Chemical Co
Southern University
Suit delays phasing out Benton Unit hospital work
The Benton Unit of the State Hospital phaseout will be postponed until a lawsuit is served. A chancery court suit filed last week in Little Rock seeks to block the shutdown, arguing only the legislature may authorize such action. The case is set for trial February 4.
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Little Rock
Benton
State Hospital
Chancery Court
Glenda Jackson Sees Golden Years as Marvelous Time
Actress Glenda Jackson says aging is terrific when you keep health and faculties. She believes old age allows absolute freedom without blame and calls it a marvelous period.
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Glenda Jackson
Viva Magazine
Gilmore calls Utah execution date cruel punishment
Gary Gilmore, 36, protests a 32 day wait in a stripped down cell before his Jan 17 firing squad date. He vows to pursue every legal remedy, while his mother and opponents seek to halt the execution. He criticizes Judge Bullock after the new date is set and a habeas writ is denied.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Gilmore
Gilmore
4Th District Court
J. Robert Bullock
Provo
Nicole Barrett
Bullock
Nicole
Utah
U.S. Supreme Court
Ronald Stanger
Robert L. Moody
Fire destroys four townhouse buildings in Ontario Calif
A wind driven fire sparked by a fireplace destroyed four wood frame townhouse buildings in Ontario California and damaged about a dozen more. Some 125 residents were forced from their homes but injuries were limited to four firefighters including a man with a broken collarbone. High winds up to 45 mph spread the flames across rooftops.
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Ontario
Calif
Los Angeles
Susan Wesley
Vivian grocer vows to defy dairy board milk loss rules
Vivian Louisiana grocer Jimmy Wilson says he will ignore Dairy Stabilization Board rules on milk as loss leaders. He argues state law limits board reach and cites support from Agriculture Commissioner Gil Dozier and Charles Tapp of the Governor's Office of Consumer Protection.
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Baton Rouge, la
North Louisiana
Dairy Stabilization Board
Jimmy Wilson
Vivian
Stabilization Board
Wilson
Dairy Board
Agriculture Commissioner
Gil Dozier
Charles Tapp
Governor's Office of Consumer Protection
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