Beating Beast Barracks Test Pushes West Point Cadet Butler
At West Point Cadet Butler adapts to beast barracks during basic training. She questions if she will graduate in four years and weighs medical career goals against military expectations while coping with cramps and fatigue. Her squad leader doubts her military fit as she presses on for self knowledge and discipline.
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Rowe
West Point
N.Y
Candilee Butler
U.S. Military Academy
Frank Appelfeller
Butler
Russian diver Nemtsanov defects for love in Canada
Montreal Gazette reports Russian diver Sergei Nemtsanov 17 defected not for politics but love for the daughter of an American millionaire. Canadian officials uncertain about romance. Nemtsanov met her in Florida last year during a diving meet and remains unsettled about his future plans.
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Sergei Memtsandy
Montreal
Montreal Gazette
Nemtsanov
Florida
Soviet Union
the Gazette
Canada
United States
Immigration Department
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Bolshoi {Roupe
Toronto
Brinks Holdups in Halifax and Kennetcook
Two armed robberies in Nova Scotia left a Brinks Canada guard wounded during a mall money collection in Halifax and about 10 000 taken from a Bank of Nova Scotia branch in Kennetcook. Connection between the two heists not confirmed, as police investigated motives and links.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Brinks Canada Ltd
Heguard
Simpson's Mall
Bank of Nova Scotia
Kennetconk
Poison cloud forces evacuation near Desio and Cesana Maderno
A 250 acre polluted area south of the Lemesa chemical plant prompted evacuation of 62 residents, including men women and children. Experts warn it may take months or years before they can return, with ongoing fears about contamination in the region.
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Desio
Cesana Maderno
Lemesa Chemical Plant
Ford signs $47 billion housing bill with aid for elderly
President Ford signed a $47 billion housing measure. The act includes $2.5 billion for elderly and handicapped housing, $850 million for new public housing, and $876 million for existing projects over two years from Oct. 1. HUD must spend at least $100 million on new or rehabilitated projects.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Senate
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Air Traffic Returns to Normal After Controller Slowdown
Washington reports air traffic returning to normal after delays caused by a work slowdown by air traffic controllers. The stoppage began last Wednesday and ended Saturday as a Civil Service Commission review of pay scales was promised by chairman Robert Hampton by August. An FAA spokesman noted delays at several airports during the period.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
Civil Service Commission
Robert Hampton
Commission
FAA
Coal Strike Standoff Deepens Across States
The coal industry chief spokesman on Tuesday refused talks with striking miners until the three week walkout ends. United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller ordered district officials to recall miners to work as tensions rise, with activity noted in Illinois.
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Charleston
W.va
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
West Virginia
Illinois
Miners Walkout Expands as WV Dispute Persists
Six days into the walkout, United Mine Workers members in West Frankfort joined the stake and vowed to stay out until the West Virginia dispute is resolved. By Tuesday, a portion of the state's mines remained closed, affecting about 10,197 workers including nonunion, clerical, and managerial staff.
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UMW
West Frankfort
West Virginia
Mooney to retire as FBI training chief in August
William Mooney the 52 year old head of the FBI Academy at Quantico will retire August 31. He has led the training division since March 1975 and was one of 13 assistant directors. An FBI spokesman noted Mooney seeks a higher paying job to fund his family’s college educations and that no replacement has been named.
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FBI
William Mooney
Washington
Mooney
Quantico
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Eek
Peking
Tokyo
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Seroic
Tientsin
China
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Red Cross
Beirut
International Red Cross
Tal Zaatur
Geneva
International Red Cross Committee
Bei-rut
Two Man's Land
Beiryl
Hsinhua
Seveso
Italy
London
Kensington Palace Gardens
Foreign Office
Thames Water Authority
Arden
Folsom Prison
Jacob B. Gunn
Paul J. Morris
Susanville
Twanna D. Kilgore
Washington, D.C
Gary
Ind
A Triege
Rangers
Ruth Hangen
Lorraine Thomas
Bristol
Getaville
Thomas
Charjon Vick de Winston
La‘onte
Bhichei Rai
Hanoi
Feaders
Vietnam
Thailand
Radio Hanoi
Autlen
West Point, N.Y
Mon, Thea Fr
India
Vendome
Lakewood
Sallock
Thewood
Clark Ave
Lake
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