Court upholds open meetings ruling on FOIA case
Arkansas Supreme Court on December 20 upheld the Open Records Act in a El Dorado case. KDMS reporter Carl Connerton was barred from a meeting with four city aldermen and the city attorney, prompting a suit that the act requires access. The court affirmed the ruling for the broadcaster and against the aldermen.
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Arkansas Supreme Court
el Dorado
U.S. Justice Department
Carl Connerton
el Dorado Broadcasting Co
KDMS
el Dora
John
Expert claims Russia built missile silos in Laos
Thai former foreign minister Thanat Khoman says intelligence reports allege Soviet missile silos in Laos high mountain area could target China or Thailand. Pentagon and State Department deny knowledge of any silos amid ongoing rumors since Laos' December communist takeover.
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Russia
Laos
Bangkok
Thailand
Soviet Union
China
Thanat Khoman
Hisalands
Thanat
National Assembly
Pentagon
State Department
Washington
Cape Town clashes prompt airlifted police reinforcements
Police reinforcements were flown into Cape Town to patrol black townships amid three days of bloodshed between militants and migrant workers. Reports say 24 killed in Guguletu and Nyanga, with 106 injured and 81 houses burned in Nyanga.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Langa
Guguletu
Nyanga
Baca
Transkei
Pretoria
Mon
Bantu Administration Board
Veterans to receive higher GI insurance dividends in 1977
The VA reports 1977 dividends totaling 403.4 million for World War I II and Korea veterans who kept GI policies. Average WWII payment rises to 104 dollars. WWI survivors average 202. Korea vets average 22. Checks begin mailing next week.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Richard L. Roudebush
Roudebush
Korea
World’s Champion Liar named at Burlington contest
Sidney Boyum of Madison wins the Burlington Liars’ Club title with a tale about a night crawler stealing a fur coat from a caterpillar. Other entries include Mel Hart’s tent camp under a mosquito net and Norbert Werbie’s smoking forest fire affecting river fish.
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Burlington, Wis
Sidney Boyum
Madison
Wis
Burlington Liars
Mel Hart
Waynesburg
Gunter to Serve as Eighth Judicial District Prosecutor
Jim Gunter will take office as Prosecuting Attorney for the Eighth Judicial District on January 1. He outlines a busy first week coordinating with Quorum Courts across Hempstead Nevada Howard Miller and Clark counties and details deputy assignments and scheduling challenges.
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Jim Gunter
Eighth Judicial District
Hempstead County
Charles Walker
Gunter
Lafayette County
Houston
Chicago
Camden
Prescott
Hempstead
Nevada
Howard
Miller
Clark
This County
Miller County
Lewisville
Roger Harrod
Clark County
Joe Fore
Nevada County
Kirk Johnson
Argo Merchant captain testifies as tanker runs aground off course
In Manhattan court Captain George Papadopoulos testifies the Liberian tanker Argo Merchant was 24.5 miles off course and steered by a faulty magnetic compass when it foundered on shoals spilling 7.5 million gallons of heavy oil. Oil spills from other tankers, including Olympic Games and Oswego Peace, are also described along with a separate blast investigation near Long Beach.
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New York
Argo
George Papadopoulos
U.S. District Court
Manhattan
Papadopoulous
Marcus Hook
Delaware
Philadelphia
Thames River
Connecticut
Coast Guard
Oswego
Thames
Amerada Hess Co
Groton
Long Beach
Calif
Family of slain woman offer life savings as reward
Lee Rigdon and his three teenage daughters post five thousand dollars as a reward after Len a Rigdon is killed in Chula Vista California. Investigators say the intruder shot Len a four times as she surprised them. A sheriff’s spokesman notes rewards have aided recent arrests in nearby cases.
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Chula Vista
Calif
Lee Rigdon
Rigdon
San Diego
Long Beach
Lena
Sherif
Jim McCain
Pine Valley
Navy
Coronado
Carter signals tax cut as likely part of economic plan
President elect Carter said a tax cut is a likely prospect in a broad stimulus package to be outlined by week’s end. He emphasized job creation remains a priority and met with Cabinet members and advisers at St Simons Island to review options on tax cuts, work programs, and government waste.
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ST. Simons Island
Carter
Hugh Carey
New York
Abraham Beare
New York City
Plains
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Agatha Christie
Hercules Poirot
Beirut
Lebanon
Phalange
Bashir Gemayel
al Ahrar
Christian National Liberal Party
Kowkabeh
Arkoub
Times
Southeast Asia
Philippines
Japan
Pacific Islands
Moscow
Kaysone Phomvihan
Vietnam
Hope
Ark
Jim Harris
Elor
Norbert Werbie
Kenosha, Wis
By Jim Harris
Arkadelphia
James Moreau
Thebes Shipping Co
Monrovia
Libena
Nantucket Island
Norman Deragon
Nantucket
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