Colombia landslide kills 14 along Tolima highway
A 20 000 ton mud and rock avalanche struck the El Triunfo highway near Fresno Tolima central Colombia killing 14 people and injuring 20 as rescue workers labored over 20 hours in rain. Police said up to 100 were on the road when the slide hit and several victims were children. The disaster followed days of torrential rain in the region.
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Quebradablanca
Rhodesia mobilizes reserves in bid to crush insurgency
Rhodesia begins calling up civilian reserves as Gen Peter Walls launches a major offensive aimed at eradicating black guerrillas. Mobilization could swell forces to 55 000, with Rhodesia adopting seek and destroy tactics in a border clash tied to Kissinger's mediation push.
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Supreme Court bars trials in prison garb
The court ruled 8 to 0 that states may not force defendants to stand trial in prison clothes but a defendant must object to win a new trial on garb grounds. It also held a black man indicted by an all white grand jury cannot seek relief in federal court for failure to object before trial.
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UPI
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Ford Wins California GOP Grassroots Endorsement
Ford easily defeats Reagan for endorsement as the California Grassroots Republican League backs him 298 to 10 at its biennial convention. UROC declines to endorse either candidate citing policy differences, while Harmer fails to secure the two-thirds needed for Senate endorsement amid attacks from delegates. Finch wins U.S. Senate endorsement for California with 335 votes to 48 for Hayakawa.
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U.S. Senate
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Robert H. Finch
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Finch
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S.I. Hayakawa
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Alphonzo Bell
GOP chairman calls Brown drive obscene in California clash
California GOP leader Paul Haerle Brands Gov. Edmund G Brown Jr obscene as his presidential bid. He says Ford will spend five days in California before the June 8 primary, predicting a tight Ford Reagan contest for the state’s 167 delegates.
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UPI
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GOP
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Ford
Kansas City
California Republican League
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Brown
State Agricultural Labor Relations Board
Brown to Make Presidential Run Top Priority in Five Weeks
Gov. Edmund Brown Jr. plans a five week push to halt Jimmy Carter in the Democratic race. After a East Coast tour he returns to California and prepares for quick trips to Maryland Nevada and Oregon primaries on May 25 and the California primary June 8. Brown aims to be the strongest alternative for Democrats who oppose Carter.
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