Amin's Secret Police Report Rampage In Killings
Ugandan President Idi Amin and his state apparatus faced reports of a deadly purge after an ambush near Entebbe. The Kenya News Agency said Amin was wounded and undergoing treatment while refugees claimed the secret police killed suspects in a broader assassination plot. Diplomatic sources differed on Amin's status as Uganda and Kenya circulated conflicting accounts.
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End to international air crisis after tense treaty talks
After all-night talks in London and Washington, U.S. and British negotiators reached an agreement in principle just minutes before midnight EDT ending the threat to halt U S Britain air service. The deal governs operations linking the United States with London and Hong Kong and keeps flights ongoing amid competition driven changes. President Carter said the accord preserves continuous service under a framework of healthy competition benefiting consumers and airlines.
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Japanese firms eye California plant sites in bid for growth
Sacramento UPI Japanese representatives plan tours of California to scout factory locations including a major TV set maker. Governor Brown aide Tom Quinn says abolishing California's unitary tax method could help attract capital while urging careful revenue considerations.
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Day in Sacramento Legislative items and votes summary
A Sacramento session note lists bills and actions. LNG terminal site power favors the Public Utilities Commission. SB1081 Alquist would endow sole siting power to the PUC. Cigarette tax up three cents per pack in SB587 Wilson. Redevelopment plans require voter approval AB35 Montoya. SB923 Carpenter adds felony for terrorist threats. SB428 Russell makes child pornography a felony. SB23 Robbins mandates firing hospital staff for patient death due to neglect. SB884 pay increases for elected officials. AB1207 McCarthy extends extra sales tax for Bay Area rapid transit. AB1685 Vicencia allows use of the governor’s mansion for state employee conferences. AB65 Greene allocates school finance funds.
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Barnard Defends Baboon Heart Implant After Patient Dies
Dr Christiaan Barnard says the baboon heart was too small to support circulation in 25 year old Marilena Mattiazzo Portello, who died after a 10 hour operation. He called it an acute emergency and warned he may use a chimpanzee heart next time.
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UPI
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Cape Town
Carter plan on aliens reported
The Los Angeles Times reports the Carter administration considers legislation letting Mexicans cross the border to work in special agricultural harvests where US labor is scarce. Decisions would be case by case and not signal an end to efforts to curb illegal immigration. final decisions are expected this summer.
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Senate panel debates gay rights in public housing access
The Senate Appropriations Committee discussed a $67.5 billion housing bill and considered an amendment to bar funds enforcing a regulation allowing homosexuals and unwed couples equal access to public housing. After spirited debate the committee altered the language to allow later House Senate conference fighting the issue. Senator Proxmire pressed for stricter anti gay language while Senators Weicker and Magnuson argued it would endorse discrimination.
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Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Warren Magnuson
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Anita Bryant
Dade County
House blocks saccharin ban for one year
The House voted to block the FDA ban on saccharin for 12 months as it funds the Agriculture Department for fiscal 1978. The amendment prohibits using money to enforce a saccharin ban through Sept. 30, 1978, amid Canadian tests suggesting possible human cancer links.
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D-Mo
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D-Miss
Paul Rogers
D-Fla
Letters to Mamie reveal Eisenhowers wartime romance details
The Los Angeles Times reports the Eisenhower family plans to publish 319 love letters titled Letters to Mamie, largely endearing exchanges likely written during World War II. Brig. Gen. John Eisenhower led the project with input from Milton Eisenhower and David Nixon, responding to ABC TV’s planned dramatization of the Summersby affair.
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