Mercenaries given death sentences in Angola court
A revolutionary court in Luanda sentenced four mercenaries to death by firing squad after a massacre of 14 comrades. Among the condemned is Daniel Gearhart of Kensington Maryland who ran a mercenary ad. Other sentences ranged from 16 to 30 years for the remaining nine mercenaries, including several Britons and Americans. The judge criticized both the U S and British governments for facilitating such mercenaries.
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Luanda
Angola
UPI
Revolutionary Peoples Court
Daniel Gearhart
Kensington
South Africa
Tony Callan
Andrew Mackenzie
John Barker
Gearhart
Ehind
Ernesto da Siva
Augusto Neto
Bicentennial Congress Faces Late Sessions and Budget Push
Congress begins its bicentennial acts as leaders press for funding to keep agencies operating past June 30. House Senate conferees shuttle for votes while after dark sessions and party plans unfold amid a shifting fiscal year and July 1 appropriation deadline.
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Washington
UPI
Ies
House-Senate
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
House
Teamsters Union
Unruh rejects seat on Carter California delegation
Los Angeles UPI report says Jesse M. Unruh, long a top California Democrat and former assembly leader, was denied an at large seat on Jimmy Carter's California delegation to the Democratic national convention after Carter’s California steering committee overruled promises from Carter officials. The dispute highlighted tensions between Brown and Carter camps as Brown supporters picked many delegates to the DNC while Carter backers argued for representation. Unruh, who had campaigned for Carter against Gov. Brown, refused the alternate delegate slot offered and left the meeting.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Jesse M. Unruh
Nce
Jimmy Carter
California
Carter
Unruh
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
Democratic National Committee
Ben Goddard
National Committee
Goddard
Canadian air strike may end today
Ottawa reports optimism that nine day air tie up over bilingual air ground comms may be settled today. Otto Lang says talks with CALPA and CATCA aim to end work stoppages that have shut Canadian air service since June 20. Both union leaders indicate progress and a morning meeting is planned to conclude negotiations.
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Ottawa
UPI
Canada
Otto Lang
Lang
CALPA
Ken Maley
CATCA
Jim Livingston
Heat, crowds flood Southern California beaches weekend
Millions flocked to California beaches as weekend temperatures topped 100 degrees and a record 102 was logged at the Civic Center. Traffic snarls from Malibu to Venice, dangerous rip tides, and eye choking smog shaped a scorching, busy inland coast as firefighters battled brush fires across counties.
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Woo
California
Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu
Venice
Baja California
Los Angeles Civic Center
Air Pollution Control District
San Fernando
San Gabriel Valleys
Weather chaos hits Chicago and beyond with storms
Sultry heat drove crowds to beaches in New York Chicago and Southern California Sunday before violent storms swept the region. High winds toppled a tent in Des Plaines Illinois injuring eleven others, with funnel clouds and power outages reported. Farmers and residents joined a cleanup in Minden Iowa after a Sunday tornado marked the town’s worst disaster in 101 years.
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Des Plaines
Ill
Minden
Iowa
Ford narrows gap as Republican race tightens
Ford closes in on the 1130 delegates needed for the GOP nomination after a 17-1 win in Minnesota leaves him within 76 votes. Reagan gains with 45 delegates from Idaho, Montana and New Mexico, narrowing the gap to 70. Carter leads among Democrats with at least 1714 delegates, well past the 1505 needed for the nomination.
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Ronald Reagan
UPI
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Reagan
Idaho
Montana
New Mexico
John Anderson
R-Il
GOP
Jimmy Carter
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Connecticut
North Dakota
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Colorado
Guam
Hawaii
Ilinois
South Carolina
Vermont
Virginia
Virgin Islands
Wyoming
California
Anderson
Reagan slams Ford divisive tactics on campaign trail
Reagan accuses President Ford of playing with fire risking unity as he warns that Ford may prefer winning the GOP nomination over the November election. He argues support could waver if Ford secures the nomination at Kansas City, saying delegates at the national convention will decide the outcome.
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UPI
Ford
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Kansas City
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