Suarez wins Spain in landmark first vote since Franco
Premier Adolfo Suarez leads the Democratic Center Union to a decisive early victory in Spain's 350 seat Cortes election. Dolores Ibarruri returns from exile to campaign, while leftist Gomez Gonzalez bids to form a coalition with Suarez as vote totals favor central parties and split regions between north center and republican strongholds.
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Hondo Mayor Seeks Unemployed To Qualify For Funds
Hondo Texas Mayor Woodrow Glasscock Jr says the city of 6000 needs 180 more unemployed residents to hit a 6 percent jobless target for federal money. He wrote to President Carter about importing loafers while opposing a $1 million civic center bond citing tax burdens. He cites past federal aid as only $200,000 for flood control and suggests using an old air base to house the unemployed.
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Commonwealth Condemns Amin Regime At Eight Day Summit
Leaders of nearly a quarter of the world’s population ended an eight day summit with a strong public rebuke of Ugandan President Idi Amin and his regime for mass human rights abuses. The closing statement also denounced South Africa’s racial repression and Rhodesia’s invasions in Mozambique urging swift action toward liberation. British Prime Minister James Callaghan said the stand was necessary to uphold human rights and would not have weakened the Commonwealth.
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Britons to Carry Amin 25 Miles for Budget Speech
In Nairobi radio reports Britons living in Uganda volunteered to shoulder 258 pound President Idi Amin for about 25 miles to the budget conference site. The move echoes a 1975 incident when Britons carried Amin to a reception at an OAU summit.
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Hounds join search in Oklahoma Girl Scout killings
Pennsylvania search dogs arrived in Locust Grove to aid Mayes County authorities in locating the killer of three sleeping Girl Scouts. District Attorney Sid Wise said the dogs, trained in Germany, would confirm the killer’s path and activity, while investigators awaited identification of a bloody footprint and continued crime lab analysis. Funeral services were held for Doris Denise Milner and Lori Lee Farmer, with Michelle Guse’s service set for Friday.
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UPI
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Sid Wise
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Tulsa
Lori Lee Farmer
Michelle Guse
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Hoosier Girls State opens at Indiana State University
Nearly 760 high school seniors will join Hoosier Girls State a weeklong government and citizenship conclave at Indiana State University opening Sunday. Gov. Otis Bowen and Sen. Birch Bayh to address attendees Monday evening. The program mirrors Hoosier Boys State with a mock government and elected officials.
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