Eleven Nations Form Coffee Cartel to Hold Prices
Eleven Latin American coffee producers representing about 80 percent of world output voted for a cartel to stabilize export revenues and support price levels. The plan, backed by Mexico, calls for a fund to buy coffee when supplies rise and to seek ICC endorsement in Kenya and London. Brazil and Colombia lead the bloc including Bolivia Costa Rica El Salvador Ecuador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua and Venezuela.
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Mexico City
UPI
Mexican Coffee Institute
Kenya
International Coffee Organization
Association of Coffee Producing
London
ICC
Brazil
Colombia
Bolivia
Costa Rica
el Salvador
Ecuador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Venezuela
West Virginia coal miners clash with wildcatters amid walkout
About 20,000 WV miners remained idle as wildcatters from Kentucky disrupted a planned end to an eight week stoppage. Pickets in Logan, Kanawha and Boone counties forced trucks to dump loads and threatened more violence as a return to work stalled.
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Charleston
W.va
Against Coal Company
West Virginia Coal Association
West Virginia
Logan County
Kanawha
Boone
Glasgow
Paint Creek
Cabin Creek
Kanawha County
District 17
UMW
Kentucky
Mountain State
Brown declares Imperial County state of emergency over flooding
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. declares emergency in Imperial County after Doreen storm. State funds of 600000 available for facilities and roads as he seeks federal aid and disaster designations for Imperial Valley and three counties. The move aims to secure low interest SBA loans and emergency agricultural relief for crop losses exceeding 18 million dollars. United Nations ambassador Andrew Young firing campaign noted in Chicago segment.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Imperial County
Doreen
Baja California
Brown
Bob Bergland
The
Small Business Administration
Charles R. Hertzberg
Imperial
San Diego
Riverside
Bergland
Imperial Valley
Chicago
YPI
Jesse Jackson
Carter
U.N
Andrew Young
Hope Arkansas Melon Growers Seek True Giant Record
Pod Rogers of Hope argues the Guinness record undervalues Arkansas melons. He notes 130 and 195 pound examples from local growers and claims a 197 pound fruit in North Carolina may be listed next year, while a 40 inch length is also pursued.
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Little Rock
Ark
UPI
Pod Rogers
Hope
Arkansas
Rogers
Georgia
O.D. Middlebrooks
Hope Star
Guinness
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
North Carolina
Middlebrooks
Chamber of Commerce
Astrodome
Houston
New York
Air traffic talks end in deadlock over airport strike
London reports deadlock as talks between Employment Secretary Albert Booth and air traffic control assistants fail to resolve a four day strike threat. Work slowdown disrupts dozens of flights, with 68 British Airways departures canceled and American travelers stranded or diverted at Heathrow and Gatwick amid warnings of massive cancellations if the strike goes ahead.
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London
API
Albert Booth
British Airways
Washington
Britain
New York
Heathrow
Gatwick
Athens
Germany
Civil Aviation Authority
British Air Space
Caribbean tropical wave could become a hurricane soon
A tropical wave in the northwest Caribbean may develop into a tropical low within 36 hours as forecasters monitor its progression. The Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft will reassess the system to detect signs of circulation and increasing winds while Hurricane Center cautions heavy rain possible for Honduras and Nicaragua and flash floods in Jamaica. Meanwhile US crop conditions show corn, soybeans, and cotton rated fair to good for the week ending last Sunday with rains improving East soil moisture but drought remains in the South and West.
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Miami
Air Force
Caribbean
Honduras
Nicaragua
Jamaica
Cuba
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
East
California
Weather fronts sweep nation with heavy storms and floods
Thunderstorms swept across much of the United States triggering scattered flooding from North Carolina to Nevada and Texas. Greenville North Carolina endured two to three feet of water in downtown streets while Evansville Indiana saw nearly three and a half inches of rain in three hours with flash flood warnings. Pacific Northwest rain eased drought conditions as Portland Oregon area received about an inch and Quillayute Washington topped half an inch.
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United Press International
North Carolina
Greenville
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Evansville
Ind
Texas
Crocker County
Firemen push progress on Klamath National Forest blaze
Fire crews report sun returns and air tankers usable after a two week inversion. About 40 percent of the 50 000 acre wildfire perimeter is lined, with two miles of fireline on the north flank and plans to burn 12 000 acres to prevent a sudden flare up.
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United Press International
Scenic Klamath National Forest
California-Oregon
Civil rights funding tightens as desegregation rules rise
The Education Department launches a $257.5 million program to aid school desegregation, with about 180 of 2,000 districts cited for apparent violations. Nearly $51 million is reserved, including $18 million for New York City, with waivers granted to 33 districts in the South and West while more waivers may follow.
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Washington
UPI
New York City
U.S. Office of Education
Ques
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Louisville
Birmingham
Ala
Charleston
S.C
South
HEW
Joseph Califano Jr
Califano
Somalia accuses Ethiopia of whipping war fever
Somalia charges Ethiopia fanned war fever with a weekend mobilization call by Mengistu Haile Mariam. Radio Mogadishu said Ethiopia prepared for an unjust aggression as Western Somali Liberation Front reported gains in Bale province and Dire Dawa faced Somali counterattacks.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Somalia
Ethiopia
Radio Mogadishu
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Western
Somali Liberation Front
Ogaden
Bale
U.S
Dire Dawa
Goba
Ginir
United Nations
New York
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Interior Department
American Petroleum Institute
American Gas Association
George Lawrence
Interior
Cecil Andrus Monday
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Pacific
Alaskan
Denise Nasajo
Lompoc
North “I Street
Nadda & Dea
K-Mart
Pacific Northwest
Portland, Ore
Quillayute
Wash
Gulf
Ohio Valley
Lower
Great Lakes
Rockies
Klamath Blaze
Lompoc, Calif
Organization of African Unity
Tass
Mastro
I Street
At” Heckman's
Tiree
Corsecaerion
Eure RO
Ocean Lumpur
Fine Art
Collectors’ Gallery West
Kenneth H Shields
Lompoc Funeral Home
North
Esther Azevedo
John Bentley
Dr. Pyzer
Pyzer
Pamela
Lloyd E. Pyzer
M.D
E. Cypress St
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