Abductor Hay faces charges in girl’s kidnapping case
In Port Moody Canada Donald Alexander Hay 43 faces court today on kidnapping and rape charges tied to Abby Drover 12 who vanished on the way to school and was found alive after 181 days imprisoned in an underground cell beneath Hay’s Vancouver suburb garage Authorities say Abby wrote of faith amid captivity and police found her in a six foot square shelter accessed by a crude wooden ladder under the garage Hay had been a neighbor driver and visitor to the girl’s home through her disappearance
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Canada
Donald Alexander Hay
Hay
Abby Drover
Vancouver
Abby
Éng
Paul Adams
Not Their Best Times For Carter Kin In Prison Tale
William Carter Spann, 40, Jimmy Carter’s nephew, says he is broke and borrowing stamps from Charles Manson who is jailed in Vacaville. Elizabeth Ray, 33, says public exposure ruined her social life and regrets exposing her relationship with Rep Wayne Hays. Hays was discharged after minor injuries from a truck crash in Barnesville, Ohio.
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Charles Manson
Moncy
Vacaville
William Carter Spann
Carter
Charles “Manson
Spain
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Congress
Miss Ray
Barnesville
Hays
Heart transplant praised as superior by pioneer surgeon
Pioneer heart surgeon Dr Christiaan Barnard said in Florida that the heart transplant is superior to coronary artery bypass, which he called an easy operation and more profitable for surgeons. In Houston, Dr Denton B Cooley faces a $31 million malpractice suit from Toby Dresdner of Long Island claiming mental distress after a defective heart valve was implanted in 1978.
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Christiaan Barnard
South Africa
Florida
United States
Barnard
Houston
Denton B. Cooley
Cooley
Toby T. Dresdner
Long Island, N.Y
Nee
Exiled Solzhenitsyn Settles in Vermont
Exiled Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn has reportedly settled in Vermont after secretly moving from Zurich last month. Family sources and Dr Nicholas Pervushin of McGill University confirm his relocation, citing reasons tied to harassment by Soviet secret police and previous expulsion from the Soviet Union in 1974.
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Montpelier
Alasander Solzhenitsyn
Vermont
Zurich
Switzerland
Nicholas Pervushin
McGill University
Montreal
Solzhenitsyn
Pervushin
Soviet Union
House opens 77 budget debate seeks deficit cut plan
Washington Democrats push three year elimination of red ink as House debates the 1977 budget. A national health insurance program begins as the House considers a budget that forecasts a $50.7 billion deficit with $413.2 billion in outlays and $362.6 billion in revenues.
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Washington
Oderal
Two Die As Train Hits School Bus In Oregon
In Lafayette Oregon a train struck a school bus on a crossing near La Fayette killing two children and injuring 38 others. Witnesses say the bus may have been slowed by sun glare and crossed the tracks too late. Names Anette Smith 9 and Chelstina Espinosa 8 were among the dead.
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Oregon
Lafayette
Ore
The
Sun
Wanda Stafford
Anette
Smith
Chelstina Espinosa
Senate ends automatic 1 percent federal pension kicker
The Senate voted by voice to end the automatic one percent cost-of-living increase for federal civilian and military retirees. An amendment to the legislative appropriation bill replaces the kicker with a measure to adjust pensions based on time lags and cost-of-living changes, addressing the rising outlays caused by the current formula.
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Washington
Senate
Strikes Strike Openings Across States Delaying School Start
Thousands of teachers walked out in about six states delaying the new school year for roughly 300000 students. In Pennsylvania 24 districts were hit affecting 7405 teachers and 170907 students, with Buffalo and Parma and Manchester districts also affected. Charlestown High School faced a rock and bottle throwing incident during its opening amid court ordered integration.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Parma
Ohio
Manchester
N.H
Boston
Charlestown High School
Mandel trial jury selection begins under tight security
Jury selection for Gov. Marvin Mandel and four co defendants began under tight security in Baltimore. They face charges under federal anti racketeering laws alleging Mandel was included in two business ventures in return for help in 1972 to pass a bill benefiting Marlboro Race Track, a bid that ultimately failed.
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Baltimore
Marvin Mandel
Patie Contin
Mandel
General Assembly
Marlboro Race Track
British Seamen to Strike Over Pay Demand
Britain's National Union of Seamen ordered its 38 000 members to strike at midnight Saturday. The action backs a push for a 10.80 weekly base pay rise, a move seen as potentially destabilizing to the economy and political scene in London.
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London
Britain
National ‘Union of Seamen
Lebanon civil war violence peaks as Chamoun meets Assad
In Beirut fighting between Christians and Muslims reaches its heaviest level in over a month. Camille Chamoun flies to Damascus to confer with Syria's Hafez Assad as hospitals report over 170 killed and 228 wounded in 24 hours. Gunfire shakes the front line while Chamoun warns against excessive optimism for a quick settlement. The Soviet Union calls for compromise and a top State Department official notes the crisis shifts focus from broader Middle East peace.
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Camille Chamoun
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Syria
Chamoun
Soviet Union
Washington
Paaca
Mideast
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