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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1977

Page

2

Carter family attends Amy Carter baptism and opera trip

Amy Carter, aged 4, baptized at Mt. Paran Baptist Church with President Carter, First Lady, and Chip present. Pastor Dr. Trentham officiated as Amy confessed faith in Jesus Christ and was immersed. The family later attended Madame Butterfly at the Kennedy Center, with Carter praising the performance. Separately, Nice police ban masks of President Giscard d Estaing at the carnival.

Amy Charles A. Trentham Trentham Amy Carter Jesus Christ Gladys Carter Chip White Center White House Carters Executive Mansion William Lukesh Opera House Hamilton Jordan Kennedy Center Washington Opera Society

Blind for 19 years he gets vision back

Fry, 59, recalls sight returning after cataract surgery in Florida. He and his wife plan to visit Kalamazoo, Michigan, to meet seven grandchildren. Once active as a construction engineer, he read Braille, aided blindness legislation, and ran a concrete birdbath business before deciding to retire from work.

Fry Kalamazoo Mich Frys Florida Kalamazoo Federation of the Blind

World Today reports on space satire and Chicago quotas

A Titan I C rocket launched a military satellite from Cape Canaveral carrying experimental devices to counter hunter killer satellites as the world notes missile and space activity. Chicago approves racial and sex quotas for police after court order, while a Victoria flu outbreak sickens and kills nursing home residents in Miami.

Ape Canaveral Fla Chicago Oks Richard Daley Prentice Marshall U.S. District Court Marshall Mam Miami Soviet Union China U.S

Bomb uncovered on crowded Rome train defused by police

Italian police defused a time bomb aboard a packed Rome train after a faulty fuse saved another device set near a Milan apartment block housing a Communist party office. The March incident could have killed dozens if the device had exploded, with leaflets signed by an unidentified group.

Rome Milan Communist Party

Global tensions flare as leaders face rights probes

Amnesty International accused Idi Amin's Uganda of gross human rights violations during his six-year rule. In the Philippines, bread poisoning from a Palawan bakery killed eight and hospitalized 515. In Israel, 6000 postal workers began a three day strike over pay. A Milan doorway bomb threatened a Communist office. In India, 200000 opposed Prime Minister Indira Gandhi amid calls to end her emergency rule. In Rennes, France, bomb blasts damaged official buildings a day before a Giscard d Estaing visit.

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