Muzorewa Wins First Black Prime Minister Post in Rhodesia
Rhodesia elects Bishop Abel Muzorewa as prime minister after his United African National Council wins 51 of 72 black seats. Sithole’s ZANU and Ndiweni’s United National Federal Party lag. white minority retains key power in police, military, judiciary, and civil service for at least five years.
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Rhodesia
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Muzorewa
Ndabaingi Sithole
Zimbabwe African National Union
Kayisa Ndiweni
United National Federal Party
Cham
Smith
Rhodesian Front Party
Internal Affairs Ministry of
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Ayoub Kara
Chira
Dikes Fail as Red River Flood Spreads Across Two States
Floods push water 8 feet deep into Grand Forks and East Grand Forks after heavy rains breach dikes. About 70 families evacuate Riverside Park as volunteers shore up weak spots and assess crest near 49 feet. Nearby towns report evacuations and watches while a coroner investigates a farm electrocution death in Marion Center Pennsylvania.
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Minn
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Bill Owen
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Marion Center
Pittsburgh
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Pennsylvania State Police
Pennsylvania Electric Co
David Eugene Warner
Louisiana
Texas
Alabama
Louis Murray
Minnesota
Red
Orley Gunderson
Democrats Propose Tax Cut Budget in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports House Democrats unveiled an alternative state budget with no tax hikes aiming to revert personal income tax to 2 percent and corporate tax to 9.5 percent. They project a $56.5 million general fund surplus by 1979 80 if deficit controls tighten. Republican Leader Matt Ryan called it a political maneuver and obstructionist.
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House
K. Leroy Irvis
Irvis
Matt Ryan
Eight Teenagers Die In Maryland Pickup Crash
A pickup carrying twelve youths to a Fort Meade area party crashed on a rural road near Crofton Maryland. Eight youths died and others were injured. all victims were dependents of Army personnel at Fort Meade. Only the driver survived with injuries.
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Richard Smith
Anne Arundel County
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Paul Morenz
Tammera Weaver
Robert
Barry DeRoun
Denise
Cindy Bray
Marilyn Harris
Clark Kusha
Fort Meade
Kusha
University of Maryland
Marianna Herschel
Tina Neal
Eugene Renaud
Herschel
Kenneth Sasserman
Kimbrough Army Hospital
Washington
Walter Reed Army Hospital
James Meir
Patuxent River Road
Rayhart
Exxon Nets High Profits For Quarter
Exxon Corp led a surge in oil firm profits for the first quarter, reporting $955 million in earnings, up 37.4 percent from 1978. Standard Oil of Indiana posted $349.1 million, with both companies citing tight oil and gasoline supplies driven by geopolitical upheaval. Sales climbed to $18.7 billion at Exxon and $4.4 billion at Indiana, while currency movements added about $20 million to Exxon’s income.
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Exxon Corp
Exxon
Standard Oil
Indiana
Iran
Standard of Indiana
Amoco
Louisiana
Carter
Standard Oil of
Nuclear plants may be shut down by NRC over TMI design
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission weighs a plan to order temporary shutdowns of eight plants sharing TMI design. Four are operating, including Rancho Seco and three Oconee units, while four others are out for refueling or safety checks. If enacted, outages could last a month reducing eastern electric capacity and risk.
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Washington
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Three Mile Island
NRC
Joseph M Hendrie
Rancho Seco
California
Oconee
South Carolina
Three Mile Island Unit
Pennsylvania
Arkansas Unit
Arkansas
Davis-Besse
Chavis-Besse
Ohio
Crystal River
Florida
Babcock & Wilcox
Harrisburg. Pa
Roger Mattson
Division of Systems Safety
Matthews Named Acting District 10 Engineer
State Transportation Secretary Thomas Larson appoints John E. Matthews as acting district engineer for District 10, replacing James Byron who moved to Harrisburg. Matthews, formerly deputy district engineer in District 3, will serve during the selection process for a permanent district engineer covering Indiana Jefferson Armstrong Butler and Clarion counties.
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State Transportation
Thomas Larson
John E. Matthews
State Department of Transportation
Penn-Dot
Matthews
James Byron
Harrisburg
Robert R. Mueser
Western Pennsylvania
Byron
Richard McClowry
Montoursville
McClowry
Indiana
Jefferson
Armstrong
Butler
Clarion Counties
Carter fears windfall tax will aid oil firms not public
President Carter warns Congress that a windfall profits levy may backfire as oil companies gain 4 to 5 billion dollars in windfall profits through decontrol. He urges a 50 percent tax on new revenues to fund energy programs and aid utilities, while oil majors post strong first quarter earnings led by Exxon and Standard Oil of Indiana.
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Washington
Congress
Carter
House
Senate
Obituaries List Includes Several Local Deaths
Page 19 obituary brief notes Armon M. Clements 77 Blairsville Alice Opina Koban 67 Renton Vesta Lewis 54 Redland Calif formerly Indiana. Late deaths Clarence J. Faser RR 1 Clarksburg Archie Reynolds Blairsville.
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Clements, Armon M
Blairsville
Koban
Alice Opina
Renton
Lewis, Vesta
Vicky
Redland
Calif
Indiana
Faser
Clarence J
Clarksburg
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