Dozen Buddhist Monks Nuns Immolated in Protest
Former AID official testifies before Congress that since 1975 more than a dozen Vietnamese Buddhist monks and nuns have burned themselves to protest government persecution. He cites letters to President Carter and describes prison camps, including torture and forced confessions.
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Washington
UPI
Agency For International Development (Aid
Congress
Theodore Jacqueney
House International Relations Subcommittee On Human Rights
Vietnam
Jacqueney
Carter
Hanoi
Nguyen van Thieu
Council On Religion and International Affairs
Thieu
Nguyen van Coi
Thailand
U.S
Missing LA policeman, teen feared in Baja search
UPI reports American and Mexican units searched Baja California deserts for Los Angeles policeman Robert H. Morris and 14 year old Steven Morris and 35 year old Frank E. Clausen. Morris was later found alive after four days with two motorcycles found nearby. the boy and Clausen remained missing.
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San Diego
UPI
Baja California
Los Angeles
Robert H. Morris
University Hospital
Steven Morris
Frank E. Clausen
San Fernando Valley
Freedom Walk To Kick Off Muscular Dystrophy Drive 1977
A citywide Freedom Walk Sunday kicks off the Muscular Dystrophy Drive for 1977. Co sponsored by the Muscular Dystrophy Committee and 62 Las Vegas area 7 Eleven Stores volunteers start from multiple locations from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The walk promotes collecting pennies while walkers wear Freedom Walker IDs. Southland Corp parent of 7 Eleven pledges 4 million dollars to research and treatment. Officials note over 80 percent of funds support people affected by the disease.
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Las Vegas
Southland Corp
7-Eleven
Totie Fields and Bert Convy at Sahara Congo Room
Totie Fields and Bert Convy return Thursday for a two week engagement at the Sahara Hotel Congo Room backed by the Jack Eglash orchestra.
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Totie Fields
Bert Convy
Sahara Hotel
Congo Room
Jack Eglash
Senate panel debates housing rights for same sex couples
The Senate Appropriations Committee considered an amendment to a House housing bill that would restrict federal funds for giving homosexuals and unmarried couples equal access to public housing. The panel dropped a word but approved the main measure, sparking potential House-Senate conference fights. Senators Proxmire Chiles Weicker pressed constitutional and policy questions as to whether subsidized housing should extend to unmarried partners and gays.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
HUD
Finance Committee
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Chiles
Lowell Weicker
Rconn
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U-Minh Forest
CIA
Don Luce
Luce
Nguyen Hua Hanh
Saigon
Morris
Here
Trinidad
Wright Angles
By Larry Wright
Toady
Sen
Lawton Chiles
Dfla
Anita Bryant
Dade County
Weicker
Florida
Drexel
Marion
Hibriten
Hooper
Mets Furniture
Las Vegas Blvd
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