Pound steadies after Mon day plunge amid loan threat
London reports the British pound hovering near 1.57 dollars after a record low as Prime Minister Callaghan warned NATO cuts if allies do not back a 3.9 billion recovery loan. IMF and US officials denied a devaluation plan while economists warned of further declines.
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London
James Callaghan
NATO
Britain
Callaghan
United States
Pound
Sunday Times
International Monetary Fund
IMF
Beame orders top level probe into after hours clubs
Mayor Beame launches a five member panel to investigate thousands of New York City after hours social clubs after a deadly arson fire at the Puerto Rican Social Club in the South Bronx killed 25 and injured at least 24. Police probe focuses on motives and club security lapses.
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New York
Abraham Beame
South Bronx
Beame
Bronx
Mario Merola
Ramona Ballester
Iris
Puerto Rico
Ford and Carter clash over foreign policy in final week
Presidential rivals exchange sharp criticism as Ford defends his record and attacks Carter on foreign policy. Harris poll shows a 13 point swing toward Ford among college educated voters, with 51 percent for Ford and 38 percent for Carter.
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Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Louis Harris
Harris
Chicago
Pittsburgh Economic Club
Yugoslavia
United States
Citizens Award Given To Lap Sitting Teacher
Garden Grove California fifth grade teacher John Gardner received a good citizenship award as he touts world record claims for lap sitting. He says he has hosted more than 3000 sitters from six continents and 50 states, plans no拒 refusal policy, and keeps a memorial lap sitter ticket as part of his hobby.
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Garden Grove
Calif
John Gardner
Gardner
Guinness Book of World Records
Oklahoma City Jets Crash Kills Two Marines and Civilian Pilot
Two RF4 reconnaissance fliers, 1st Lt Steven Peavey and Maj Lee McVey, died when their jet crashed near Tinker AFB amid a cross country mission. A civilian plane piloted by Mervin Wooley, 29, of Glendora Calif, also crashed near Will Rogers World Airport, killing him. another occupant James Finan Jr., 24, of Chamblee Ga, was hospitalized in guarded condition. Authorities investigated both crashes as causes remained undetermined.
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Oklahoma City
Marine Corps
Glendora
Calif
Tinker Air Force Base
Tinker Air Force
Steven James Peavey
Tustin
Lee Norman McVey
San Juan Capistrano
Tinker
Sai Peavey
William Henry Peavey
Davisburg
Mich
McVey
Hugh W. McVey
Rancho Mirage
Will Rogers World Airport
Mervin Wooley
James Finan Jr
Chamble
Pilot Denies Liability Ferry Signaled Before Crash
In New Orleans the captain of the tanker Frosta testified the commuter ferry George Prince had ample time to avoid the collision but did not turn. Divers have recovered 64 bodies. 18 survived. Gov. Edwards seeks a marine-law task force while the state and the tanker owners seek court relief from liability.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Coast Guard
Nicholas J. Colombo
George Prince
Edwin Edwards
Frosta
Colombo
Southwest Oklahoma Faces Cloudy Cool Week
A cloudy cool pattern dominates Southwest Oklahoma through Wednesday with highs in the 50s and overnight lows near 30. A 20 percent rain chance is forecast for tonight and southeasterly winds persist through Wednesday. Monday recorded a high of 58 and a low of 37.
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Oklahoma
Vo-Tech backs after attack by controversial educator
Lawton educators defend the Great Plains Area Vo-Tech School amid criticism from Dr. Robert Hutchins. Superintendent Milton Worley and board member Julius H. Johnston insist vocational training serves the 55 percent of high school students not college bound, coordinating job-entry programs with school credit. They reject the view that vo tech targets only poor or underachieving students, citing a National Merit winner among their students.
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Lawton
Milton Worley
Great Plains Area
Vo-Tech
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
Ken Couch
Julius H. Johnston
Hutchins
Edmond
Center For the Study of Democratic Institutions
Santa Barbara
Calif
Worley
Clements Visit Planned At Lawton Fort Sill
Deputy secretary of defense Clements and Senators Bartlett and Bellman plan a Lawton Fort Sill visit Wednesday. A 7 30 a m breakfast at Hotel Lawtonian Ballroom costs 3 50 and the public is invited. A 10 40 a m press briefing at Henry Post Field will close the morning.
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Oklahoma
Lawton-Fort Sill
Clements
Dewey Bartlett
Henry Bellman
Wayne Gilley
Lawtonian Ballroom
Henry Post Field
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