Carter says US would use tactical nukes to defend allies
President Carter told UPI that tactical nuclear weapons in Europe and Asia could be used to protect allies like South Korea if necessary. He noted international condemnation for first use but argued deployments imply possible use in the Western Pacific and Europe, alongside conventional alliances.
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Washington
UPI
Europe
Asia
South Korea
Carter
U.S. News & World Report
USS
United States
Western Pacific
Ray Says He Did Not Fire the King assassination Shot
James Earl Ray, 46, maintains he did not shoot Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 and was forced to plead guilty. He claims he was elsewhere at the time, says his prior attorney pressured a guilty plea, and fears his brother could face prosecution.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
The
Tennessean
Ray
Lorraine
King
Brushy Mountain State Prison
Jack Kershaw
Nashville
Percy Foreman
Jerry Ray
TV crime shows clash with Constitution says scholars
University of Massachusetts professors Stephen Arons and Ethan Katsh argue in Saturday Review that shows like Kojak and Columbo portray police work as violating constitutional rights. They say such fiction softens public opinion toward illegal police conduct and could alarm judges in real cases.
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Washington
Kojak
Columbo
University of Massachusetts At Amherst
Stephen Arons
Ethan Katsh
Saturday Review Magazine
Americans drive faster than limit despite lower speeds
AP checks show tickets rising since the 55 mph rule but drivers still exceed the limit. Officials report enforcement is strict in many areas while many motorists travel 5 to 10 mph over and faces vary by state. Some governors vetoed leniency bills despite rising speeds.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
North Dakota
Ralph Wood
State Highway Patrol
Wood
Arthur A. Link
Georgia
Georgia State Patrol
C. W. Dorman
Highway Safety
South Carolina
Dorman
Patrick J. Monagahn
Idaho State Police
Kansas
Col. Allen Rush
Highway Patrol
State Department of Transportation
al Lubker
Missouri Highway Patrol
Hostage Crisis and Political Moves Across Global Nodes
World Assen hostages threaten escape. Dutch talks stiffen as authorities monitor a possible getaway. In Nairobi, Ethiopia refugees and embassy staff await a second evacuation ordered by Ethiopia's regime. In Montreal, PQ delegates back French language laws and a referendum on independence. In Rhodesia, troops strike a Mozambique base, killing 28 guerrillas. In Tel Aviv, Begin defends Dayan for foreign minister amid party unrest and coalition talks.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Montreal
Canada
Parti Quebecois
Quebec
Tel Aviv
Israel
Menahem Begin
Moshe Dayan
Likud
Zalman Shoval
Begin
Dayan
Japanese scientist links animal behavior to earthquakes
Tokyo based Tsuneji Rikitake reports 157 well documented cases of unusual animal actions before quakes across Japan China and Europe over 300 years. He cites yak hunger strikes cats mice birds fish and even zoo animals as potential precursors though he offers no reliable forecasting method.
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Tokyo
UPI
Tsuneji Rikitake
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Japan
China
Europe
Rikitake
Fukien
Xrays during pregnancy may harm babies study finds
Roswell Park researchers Irwin D. J. Bross and N. Natarajan report in JAMA that even low dose diagnostic X-rays can cause genetic harm and raise childhood disease risks. They estimate about 1 percent of babies born to exposed mothers are affected, with leukemia risk up 50 fold and other illnesses up to five fold.
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Chicago
UPI
Current
Journal of the American Medical Assn
Irwin D. J. Bross
N. Natarajan
Roswell Park Memorial Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Bross
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Hendrik Zeevalking
the Hague
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Rhodesia
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Italy
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HUD
City of Lincoln
Department of Housing and Urban Development
City Clerk's Office
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