World at a glance compact regional turmoil and currency moves
BEIRUT Moslem troops seized a barracks and a fortress amid unrest in army ranks described as grave. MADRID Police detained over 100 in a violent general strike causing riots and one death. LONDON The pound steadied after a brief dip, opening around 1.9455 to the dollar. PANAMA CITY ARAMCO talks discuss ownership transfer to Saudi Arabia with no progress reported. NEW YORK A bomb shattered Soviet Aeroflot offices, no injuries. FRANKFORT Kentucky roost spraying killed up to 1.3 million blackbirds, sparking health concerns and addressing grain loss.
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Madrid
Panama City
Fla
Arabian American Oil Co
U.S
Aramco
Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Yamani
Mobil
Exxon
Texaco
Standard Oil
California
Nuclear test at PAHUTE MESA Nevada detonation shock waves Las Vegas
A medium range nuclear device detonated 2850 feet underground in the Nevada desert produced strong ground motion and reported no radiation leakage. The test was described as a success and was compared to weapons from World War II in size. Federal Judge Barrington Parker will decide this week on an injunction to ban Concorde landings at JFK and Dulles until noise standards are set.
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Pahute Mesa
Nevada Desert
Las Vegas
Japan
Washington
Barrington Parker
John F. Kennedy
Dulles International
Dulles
New York
Parker
Congress Critics and Campaign Trails Across Several States
Congress faces criticism over energy policy as Ford and Zarb urge action, while Saudi talks loom. AGC warns of a rough year in wage bargaining with unions. Finch seeks Senate via 10 000 signatures, bypassing filing fee. Brown signs consumer credit card protection. Lockheed requests May extension for refinancing amid scandal shake-up. California poll shows Brown favored for president or draft while Reagan era contrasts. Assembly approves four bills as a modest alternative to Prop 15 nuclear plan.
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Los Angeles
Robert H. Finch
US Senate
Finch
California
Senate
John Tunney
Burbank
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockheed
Sacramento
Assembly Resources, Land Use and Energy Committee
State Dept official Bradford Bishop family slain
A UPI report details the March 1 disappearance and murder of State Department official Bradford Bishop Jr his mother Levella his wife Annette and three sons found buried near Columbia North Carolina. The article notes Bishop’s tenure and prior postings and outlines the investigation and search efforts.
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Potomac, Md
UPI
State Department
Bradford Bishop Jr
Columbia
N.C
Bishop
Special Trade Activities Office
Washington
North Carolina
Levella
Annette
William Bradford III
Brenton
Geoffrey
Italy
Ethiopia
Italy Faces 11 Percent Inflation and Lira Selloff
Treasury Secretary William Simon met with Italian Premier Aldo Moro to address Italy’s 11 percent inflation 7 percent unemployment and a near 17 percent drop in the lira. They discussed long term solutions tying monetary policy to wages and fiscal policy and the need for union cooperation as Italy remains NATO allied and faces rising Communist strength.
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Rome
UPI
Treasury
William Simon
Italy
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Simon
Christian Democratic
Aldo Moro
Washington
Communists
Christian Democrats
NATO
U.S
Colombo
Reagan Not Likely Running Mate Choice for Ford
Washington dispatch notes Ford strategists doubt Reagan can be his running mate in 1976. They cite public unkindness during the Florida primary and timing errors by Reagan. Nancy Reagan is described as a stronger political asset, while John Sears’s strategy is blamed for missteps.
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Washington
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Ford
White House
Reagan
Florida
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Vermont
Stuart Spencer
Nancy
John Sears
Nationwide Weather Summary Brings Storms and Snow
A frontal system moved across the deep south with thunderstorms in southern Georgia and Florida and a tornado near Port St. Joe Florida. Snow spread from Ohio and Maryland to the mid Atlantic with three inches in Elkins West Virginia. Cold north winds and rain or snow spread across the nation with high 85 in McAllen Texas and 6 below zero in Caribou Maine.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Deep South
Georgia
Florida
Florida Panhandle
Port St. Joe
Missouri
Arkansas
Carolinas
Middle Atlantic
Ohio
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
North Atlantic Coast
Mississippi Valley
California
McAllen
Tex
Contiguous States
Caribou
Maine
Coast panel repeal urged by statewide coalition
Los Angeles California coordinat ing council a statewide coalition of taxpayers property owners and business and labor leaders launched a statewide campaign to scrap the California Coastal Zone Commission The spokesman said voters were promised beach access when the coastal act passed in 1972 claiming the commission caused rising home prices unemployment and restricted property rights He described the panel as arbitrary capricious and socially and economically irresponsible excluding all but the very wealthy
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Los Angeles
California Coordinating Council
California Coastal Zone Commission
Pete Remme
Council
California
Commission
Newspapers Still Lead In Advertising Power Says Survey
A read out of survey data from A C Nielsen suggests average American households spend about seven hours daily watching television though newspapers remain the top ad medium. Newspapers reach 85 percent weekly with high readership among educated spenders and offer stronger local impact and buyer response than TV ads.
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A. C. Nielson
King
Ball Park
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Burt Worley
Lompoc Valley
Congress
Frank Zarb
Associated General Contractors Today
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Edmund G. Brown Jr
State Demos
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Edmund G Brown Jr
State Dept
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Edward J. Heiden
Office of Consumer Affairs
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Moro
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