Britain warned as press freedom faces internal threat
Our Daily Bread notes editor Alex H Washburn warns Britain, once a cradle of press freedom, may lose it as union orders push reporters to minimize or slant coverage of the National Front. The piece cites a June dispatch and argues for clear separation of fact from opinion to preserve trustworthy news.
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London
Los Angeles Times-Washington Post
National Union of Journalists
North London
National Front
Free Press
Journalists’ Union
Assassin hunted in Rome for Turkish ambassador murder
Italian police search for a tall thin black haired Armenian suspect in the shooting of Turkish ambassador Taha Carim in the Parioli district. Carim died six hours after being shot as he was about to enter his residence. An anonymous caller blamed Armenian Genocide commandos for revenge.
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Turkey
Vatican
Taha Carim
Parioli
Carim
Associated Press
Beirut
Justice Commandos
Bloodmobile to Visit Hope Next Week for Blood Drive
The Red Cross blood mobile will be at First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall in Hope on Monday from 1 to 6 p.m. and Tuesday from 1 to 7 p.m. A chairman announced the drive aims to collect 156 pints.
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Hope
Blood Drive
First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
Tessa
Big Melon Festival planned revival in Hope Arkansas
Hope Arkansas prepares for the Big Melon Festival resumed after about a century with August 27 28 events. The Hope Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce sponsors the pageant contest and a full slate of contests flea market and Louisana Hayride. Pod Rogers chairs the festival with dozens of event leaders named.
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Hope
Hope- Hempstead County
Brad Rogers
Susan Trolard
Ron Andres
Andy Caldwell
Dennis Ross
Bob Garrett
Bennett Wood
Carter Russell
Travis Mitchell
Lonnie Crow
Robin Spurling
Jeannie Jackson
Jim Harris
Harold Sisson
Olen Overturf
Pod Rogers
Bob Schaff
Hope Hempstead County
Amy Carter Hands Out First President's Fitness Award
At Francis Junior High School Amy Carter received the first award in a school fitness program tied to Stevens Elementary. President Carter attended the event and handed out the honors during an end of term celebration held at the nearby junior high due to a larger auditorium.
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Washington
Francis Junior
President Carter
Amy Carter
Stevens
Amy
Dutch efforts to free 55 hostages stall in Holland
Dutch mediation between South Moluccan gunmen and authorities fails to advance after a second round of talks. Premier Joop den Uyl and ministers weigh next steps as terrorists hold 55 hostages aboard a hijacked train and in an elementary school near Assen.
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Netherlands
Holland
Justice Ministry
Joop den Uy
Hague
Josina Soumakil
Hassan Tan
Bovens
Mulde
Here
Indonesia
Dutch East Indies
Erosion inventory underway in Arkansas study
M J Spears of the Soil Conservation Service says a statewide erosion inventory aims to identify pollution sources and protect water quality. The study will map soil loss up to 300 tons per acre yearly and cover rural and urban areas except federal land with results due by May 1, 1978.
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M.J. Spears
Soil Conservation Service
Arkansas
Spears
Fire origin in Zebra Room of Beverly Hills Supper Club
Fire marshal Warren Southworth cited an electrical ignition source in the Zebra Room crawl space as the probable cause of the Beverly Hills Supper Club blaze that killed 161. He noted rapid spread after ignition and simultaneous ignition of combustibles, with several bodies and missing persons still unidentified.
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Fort Mitchell
Beverly Hills
Warren Southworth
Southworth
Zebra Room
Kenneth Brandenburg
Amin presses war of nerves with UK in Uganda
In a Radio Uganda broadcast a British resident identified only as Cullen faces a military tribunal for spying and, if guilty, execution by firing squad by the end of next week. The station said no details of execution time or place would be released and that the body would not be handed over.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Uganda
Idi Amin
Cullen
Radio Uganda
David Owen
London
Amin
Denis Hills
James Callaghan
Britain
Kampala
Bulk of energy plan in shambles
The House Ways and Means Committee defeated most of President Carter energy tax proposals including a 50 cent standby gasoline tax a rebate for efficient cars and a tax on poor mileage vehicles. The panel replaced parts with a delayed watered down plan and also voted to curb the state tax deduction and to raise the federal gasoline tax next January.
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Carter
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Senate
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Dent
Dan Rostenkowski
D-Ill
Hope girls elected to Girls State offices
Allyson White of Pine Bluff was elected governor of Girls State. Anne Deborah Kenward of Jonesboro, Beka Miles of Little Rock Hall High School as lieutenant governor, Jan Rowe of Hope as secretary of state. Cathie Prewitt of Mount St. Marys in Little Rock named attorney general and Cyndi Garrett of Hope as treasurer. Sherri Bowman of Mountain Home chosen state auditor and Peggy Cromwell of Searcy named land commissioner. Cheryl Partain of
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Ark
Allyson White
Pine Bluff
Girls State
Anne Deborah Kenward
Jonesboro
Beka Miles
Little Rock Hall High School
Jan Rowe
Hope
Cathie Prewitt
Mount St. Marys
Little Rock
Cyndi Garrett
Sherri Bowman
Mountain Home
Peggy Cromwell
Searcy
Cheryl Partain
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Scotty” Little
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Southgate
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