Mitchell begins 30 month federal prison term in Alabama
Mitchell, 63, reports to Maxwell Air Force Base prison camp near Montgomery to serve a 30 month sentence for Watergate involvement. He exchanges his suit for a work uniform, receives prisoner number 24171157, and is placed in a dormitory with other inmates as he starts indoctrination.
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Ala
John Mitchell
Maxwell Air Force Base
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John Ehrlichman
U.S
Ira DeMent
Justice Department
France executes Jerome Carrein on dawn guillotine
In Douai France Jerome Carrein 36 was executed by guillotine at dawn for the murder of an eight year old girl Cathy Petit. It marks the second French execution since Giscard dEstaing took office and follows prior clemency decisions on other cases.
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France
Jerome Carrein
Valery Giscard d
Giscard
Christian Ranucci
Marseille
Fraser Meets Carter in Washington Talks Nuclear Limits
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser arrives for a two day visit to discuss restraining nuclear weapons spread with President Carter and senior officials. Fraser backs safeguards on uranium export while agreeing on opportunities and dangers of nuclear power development. The visit coincides with Moscow talks on Indian Ocean demilitarization and Diego Garcia naval facilities.
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Malcolm Fraser
Carter
Fraser
Moscow
Australia
Indian Ocean
U.S
Diego Garcia Island
Severe storms hit vast swath of nation with tornadoes and damage
Severe weather swept from the Great Plains to the Deep South bringing thunderstorms heavy rain and high winds. Flash flood watches were issued in Texas Kansas and Missouri as rains persisted. A Georgia trailer was struck by lightning killing one and injuring three others. Tornadoes were sighted near Brunswick and McRae Georgia and near Jacksonville Fla. Roofs barns and homes suffered damage in several counties. In South Africa police shot and killed one and wounded another during Soweto protests. about 130 arrested as students clashed with authorities.
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McRae
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Mich
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Calif
Johannesburg
South Africa
Soweto
Amy Carter Visits Desert Museum With Tucson Hosts
Amy Carter 9 and her hosts toured the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson with psychiatrist Allan Beigel and his family. The group also visited Tucson Mountain Park and Old Tucson while Secret Service kept crowds back during a hot public lunch.
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Ariz
Commission On Mental Health
Amy Carter
Carter
Allan Beigel
Mental Health Commission
Rosalynn Carter
Beigel
Secret Service
Amy
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Tucson Mountain Park
Old Tucson
Old Tuscon
OAS approves rights pact supporting Carter human rights bid
The Organization of American States adopts a U S human rights resolution at its general assembly with 14 of 25 nations voting for it eight abstaining and three absent The measure urges member states to pursue and guarantee human rights and increases funding for the Inter American Commission on Human Rights to monitor violations in the hemisphere.
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ST. George’s
Grenada
Organization of American States
U.S
OAS General Assembly
OAS
Carter
Inter-American Commission On Human Rights
Hemisphere
Uganda killings alleged amid Amin life plot reports
Refugees in Kenya report killings by Amin security forces in retaliation for a plot on his life. Kenyan border towns Kakamega Kisumu cite 13 killed after intercepting attackers near Entebbe. U.N. refugee office says hundreds not confirmed. Amin rumored wounded but a Kampala radio interview says he is fine.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Kakamega
Amin
Entebbe
Kisumu
U.N. High Commission For Refugees
Uganda
Kampala
EPA targets 400 polluters for July water cleanup deadline
The EPA plans enforcement actions against 400 industries and municipalities that may miss the July 1 cleanup deadline. Officials noted progress in the five year water pollution abatement program begun in 1972 and warned that lawsuits could follow for those failing to meet standards. The agency withheld specific names to avoid weakening its bargaining position.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Gas shortage feared for next winter by FPC warning
The Federal Power Commission warns that even with normal weather next winter could see a natural gas shortage as bad as or worse than last winter. Availability hinges on weather, emergency gas sales, fuel-switching, and storage levels at cold start, with the American Gas Association noting storage capacity has risen and supplies should be normal or larger by October.
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Federal Power Commission
FPC
American Gas Association
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