Carter defends CIA activity and eyes tighter info control
President Carter says he has not found illegal CIA actions but cites reports of payments to King Hussein and other leaders. He plans a weeklong review, pledges energy reform, campaign finance support, and further disarmament talk with the Soviets. He criticizes Uganda and calls for Cuba evidence before easing ties.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
CIA
Hussein
Congress
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Transportation
State Departments
Soviet Union
Uganda
Far-ranging late storm lashes U S with snow and tornadoes
A massive late winter storm drenched the Midwest plains and Southeast with heavy snow dust and twisters. Fourteen inches fell on Crookston Minnesota, six to eight on nearby towns, while tornadoes killed a child in Mississippi and a woman in Missouri. Power outages and road hazards disrupted daily life across the region.
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United Press International
Midwest
National Weather Service
Red River Valley
Wisconsin
Crookston
Minn
Thief River Falls
Roseau and
Morris
Don Fall
Polk County
Laroy Freiberg
Renville
Windom
Upper Midwest
Como Park Zoo
St. Paul
Mount Olivet Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
Ashford
Ala
Eutaw
Aliceville
Pensacola
Fla
Columbia
S.C
Mississippi
Missouri
FPC backs Oxnard site for West Coast LNG terminal
The Federal Power Commission staff favors Oxnard California as the best of three proposed LNG import terminal sites. The plan calls for earthquake resistance to 7.5 on the Richter scale and environmental studies continue on Oxnard Point Conception and Los Angeles. Initial cargo would come from Indonesia with expansion possible to Alaska shipments. Oxnard would handle about 75 ships yearly.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Power Commission
Oxnard
Calif
FPC
Samuel Gordon
Commission
Point Conception
Los Angeles
California
Robert L. Solomon
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission
Indonesia
Pacific Indonesia Lng Co
Western Lng Terminal Co
Southern California Gas Co
Alaska
Los Angeles Harbor
March election likely to decide teachers bargaining agent
The Education Employe Relations Board may vote next Tuesday to immediately order elections in certificated cases, affecting Lompoc and three other districts. If approved, an exclusive representative could be chosen in March, paving the way for wage and welfare proposals and formal bargaining talks.
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Vaughn Proctor
Education
Lompoc
Lompoc Unified School District
Alice Milligan
Lompoc Education Association
Lompoc Federation of Teachers
EERB
Carol Linger
LEA
LFT
Petaluma
Tanzania denies Uganda invasion claims amid Libyan aid talk
Nairobi reports Uganda's Radio Uganda claimed Tanzanian troops massed near the border while Libya offered to deploy its armed forces to support Uganda. Tanzania dismissed the claim as balderdash and Nyerere's aide said no invasion planned. Amin said a coup attempt involving Zionists and imperialists had been foiled.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Radio
Uganda
Libya
Idi Amin
Kampala
Amin
Col
Muammar Khadafy
Lompoc area permit for rubbish yard draws mixed votes
County Planning Commission grants Suburban Rubbish Company a five year permit 600 yards north of Lompoc city limits along Highway 1 amid concerns it conflicts with the General Plan. Critics urge a one year review and future open space and low density development.
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Dick Praul
County Planning Commission
Highway 1
Lompoc
Carol Nash
Vandenberg Village
Fred Black
Suburban
Nash
Jack Lam
Gateway
Rubbish Company
Black
Santa Maria
Charles Graver
Carol Wells
South Coast
Graver
Lam
Lompoc-Casmalia Road
Knox introduces substitute to replace California death penalty
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. backs life imprisonment without parole via Assemblyman John T. Knox. The bill lets judges or juries opt for life without parole and preserves the governor's power to commute. It aims to meet Supreme Court standards by weighing case specific mitigating or aggravating factors. The measure faces Senate scrutiny alongside a similar proposal by Sen. Milton Marks.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
John T. Knox
California
U.S. Supreme Court
Brown
Knox
Richmond
Criminal Justice Committee
Milton Marks
San Francisco
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Marks
State Supreme Court
Rabin nomination tightens Labor party split in Israel
Opposition leaders say Rabin s slim Labor margin boosts their chances in May elections. Rabin defeats Peres by 41 votes out of nearly 3 000 at the Labor convention, promising to name Peres to a top post to unite the party. Rain and cool winds forecast with tides quoted.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
UPI
Labor Party
Yitzhak Rabin
Rabin
Shimon Peres
Menecham Begin
Likud
Labor
Carter
United States
Asher Yadlin
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Cuba
Angola
U.S
Grand Forks
N.C
Lompoc Electrical Department
Tanzania
Sammy Mgee
Julius K. Nyerere
Mgee
Wye
Lompoc- Casmalia Road
North Gate
Stanley Radom
Santa Ynez Valley
Donald Lahr
Wells
Charis Bratt
Larry Bowen
Kiwanis
Peres
Yigael Yadin
New Democratic Movement For Change
Middle East
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