Alaskan pipeline shut down for weld repair near end
The Trans-Alaska pipeline halted near Valdez for repairs to a faulty weld in the terminal as the first flow of North Slope crude was stopped. Alyeska officials warned the interruption could last 24 to 48 hours while a longer history of explosions and sabotage cases continued to unfold with arrests in Fairbanks.
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Valdez, Alaska
UPI
North Slope
Trans-Alaska
Beverly Ward
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., Inc
Anchorage
Alyeska
Valdez
Carter to seek fiscal relief for cities in welfare reform plan
President Carter plans "some fiscal relief" for cities and states in a welfare reform package to be sent to Congress before the summer recess. He met with Health Secretary Califano to finalize recommendations and spoke on Israel's settlement moves while facing questions on campaign promises to the poor. Amy Carter heads home for summer break after school ends.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Congress
Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph Califano
Urban League
New York
Abraham Beame
Amy Carter
Plains
George Washington Quoted in Maine Indian Claim Fight
Maine officials cite George Washington in a bid to show 1790 law excludes Eastern Indians from a two thirds state claim. Attorney General Joseph Brennan released a document to Carter administration envoy arguing new historical evidence supports treaties with Penobscot and Passamaquoddy did not violate the Non Intercourse Act.
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George Washington
Augusta
Maine
UPI
Carter
Joseph Brennan
Penobscot
Passamaquoddy
Brennan
William Gunter
Washington
Gunter
John Carroll
Baltimore
Massachusetts
Bank weighs financing Lance stock sale in Georgia bank deal
Union Planters National Bank officials said they are studying a possible financing arrangement for the sale of Bert Lance's stock in the National Bank of Georgia to an Atlanta businessman. Board Chairman William Matthews Jr. noted no decision has been made due to regulatory and technical considerations. Lance seeks to divest his 200 767 shares to meet White House staff ownership rules.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
Union Planters National Bank
Memphis
Georgia Bank
U.S
Bert Lance
William Matthews Jr
Matthews
Lance
National Bank of Georgia
Atlanta
Carter
Jackson T. Stephens
A Little Rock, Ark
David N. Smith
Union
Detroit
Smith
Stephens
Stephens Inc
Little Rock
Union Planters
NAACP Chief Roy Wilkins Retires After Tenure
Roy Wilkins retires as head of the NAACP after 22 years guiding the civil rights group through turbulent times. Benjamin L. Hooks, a Memphis lawyer and FCC commissioner since 1972, will assume the role and take office August 1. Wilkins will remain as a paid consultant for three years.
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New York
UPI
NAACP
Roy Wilkins
Decas
Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Benjamin L. Hooks
Martin Luther King
Mississippi
Bomb explosion injures 29 in Beersheba market
A blast in a Beersheba open air market injures 29 as police search for suspect packages. A felafel stand owner and a neighboring merchant are among the wounded. Police arrest 11 passersby as authorities suspect Palestinian militant activity amid Israel's new government.
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Beersheba
Israel
UPI
Pinchas Perez
Carmel
Tel Aviv
Menahem Begin
Senate committee stalls on Biden anti busing bill amendments
Liberal opponents struggle to delay Senate Judiciary action on the Biden desegregation bill. A quorum delay forced a one day recess as amendments are debated while the measure would restrict court ordered busing and move desegregation cases to three panel courts.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Judiciary Committee
Joe Biden
D-Del
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Congress
James Abourezk
Dl.d
George McGovern
D-S.d
Jacob Javits
Rn.y
Biden
McGovern
Javits
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Rn.c
Chowchilla bus kidnap suspects face jail threats
Defense attorney says the three Chowchilla suspects were threatened with death and assaulted in Alameda County Jail. Richard Schoenfeld, 23, was beaten and had eye injuries and a bloody nose, James Schoenfeld, 25, also attacked, and Fred Woods, 25, threatened with death with reports of additional assaults.
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Oakland
UPI
Chowchilla
Alameda County
Madera County
Lester Gendron
Richard Shoenfeld
Gendron
Schoenfeld
James
Fred Woods
Woods
Six Men Shot Execution Style in Quiet Miami Neighborhood
Police said six men were shot to death in a quiet Carol City home with three suspects fleeing in a brown and white Ford Thunderbird. A woman was wounded as authorities investigated the workplace-style massacre in a sparsely populated area northwest of Miami.
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Miami
UPI
Carol City
Ralph Page
Dade County Public Safety Department
Julius Davis
Davis
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