Ford slice hits spectator during Vail invitational
Former President Ford bruised a spectator with a golf shot at the Jerry Ford Invitational in Vail. Jessie Edeen, 36, was struck on the arm by a ball that landed out of bounds on hole one as Ford played with Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason, and Hale Irwin. Ford apologized and the ball was returned. The two day event raises money for Vail charities. Jack Nicklaus led pros in the field.
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Ford
Wirenhata
Vail
Cole
Milwale
Anchorage
Prudhoe Bay
Inmate Escape Breakout Indictments at Brushy Mountain
Ray and six other Brushy Mountain penitentiary escapees were indicted on state charges after last month’s breakout. In Missouri, University City declared a state of emergency as firemen went on strike during a three story factory blaze, with a circuit court restraining order ordering return to work and preventing interference by strikers.
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Wartburg, Tenn
James Earl Jay
Brushy Mountain Penitentiary
University City
St. Louis County
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
King
Kent
Ohio
Kent State University
Global rifts and protests mark uneasy era across borders
Reports from Belgrade Rio de Janeiro Islamabad and other cities describe Albania China tensions over alliance shifts police action at Brasilia University protests in Pakistan floods in Swat and frontline fighting in Angola. A Kentucky case shows MLK assassin escape recaptured while a Kentucky protest camp battles a Kent State site.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
University of Brasilia
Post office sues Rochester couple over mail delivery case
A Rochester couple faces federal action after the U S Postal Service sued them for alleged violations. Their mail service in downtown Rochester handles 30 to 600 letters daily at 10 cents per letter with same day delivery for pickups before noon. Their attorney argues the USPS pursues revenue protection over public service and cites inefficiency and high costs.
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Rochester
N.Y
U.S. Postal Service
James Hartman
Carter pledges flood of programs for the poor
President Carter, addressing the National Urban League, pledged a flood of new programs to aid the nation's poor. He touted job creation and welfare reform, citing plans for about 3,800 dollars yearly minimum welfare grants and a million more jobs if reforms pass. Andrew Young defended the administration while Vernon Jordan urged patience and warned against dissension in the Democratic coalition.
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National Urban League
U.N
Andrew Young
Jimmy Carter
League
Vernon Jordan
Led Zeppelin members arrested in San Francisco fracas
Drummer John Bonham band manager Peter Grant stage manager Richard Cole and security yard John Bindon were arrested Monday in San Francisco and later booked in Oakland on battery charges. They posted bail and left in disguise amid TV cameras. The warrant stemmed from fights with stage hands after a Saturday concert for Bill Graham’s Day on the Green.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Oakland City
Oakland
John Bonham
Peter Grant
Richard Cole
John Bindon
London
Cole
Bindon
Bonham
Grant
Bill Graham
Graham
89 year old gravedigger keeps digging in Connecticut
South Windsor, Conn. gravedigger Dudley Clapp, at 89, still works seven days a week at Majin Street cemetery tending about 4,000 graves. He recalls starting for family support, charging $80 per grave today, and notes undertakers push for higher fees. He once survived a ventriloquist joke during a burial.
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Windsor
Conn
Dudley Clapp
Clapp
Majin Street
Dudley
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