Pound Dives After IMF Loan Hope As Pound Wobbles
London reports a volatile pound as investors react to IMF loan prospects. The currency slid to a record low then rebounded before closing near 1.66 dollars amid Labour Party divisions and government pledges of spending cuts. In Blackpool Healey defended policy while Callaghan warned against blocking reforms.
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Blackpool
Brown signs right-to-die bill at last-minute act
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr signed the first-of-its-kind living will measure allowing near-death patients to disconnect artificial life support. In a late-day move he vetoed a local rent-control ban and a major records bill while approving coastal commission funding and trimming beach park acquisitions.
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San Francisco
Minnesota Bans Hunting In Drought Affects Two Thirds Of State
Heavy rains drenched the Mid Atlantic and California while drought forced a hunting ban across northern Minnesota. Open burning, park closures, and outdoor smoking restrictions were enacted to protect lives and property as Gov. Wendell Anderson and DNR Commissioner Robert Herbst announced.
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Arizona
City officials seek end to four day safety strike
City leaders propose an increased pay package to end a four day strike by 550 safety workers including 283 police and 260 firemen. Officers seek 6 percent raises first year and 8 percent second year, while 34 officers and eight firemen remain on duty. Governor Rhodes advised legal action and negotiations. guards were not deployed. Separately Eldridge Cleaver will be tried in January on assault charges from a 1968 gun battle.
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Europe
Viking Mars soil tests find no organic compounds
In Pasadena scientists report Viking 2 failed to detect organic material in Martian soil, diminishing chances of past life. They caution results are preliminary with more high temp tests planned to search for complex compounds and sheltered samples.
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UPI
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Riemann
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Reagan claims Carter loses momentum over Playboy interview
Reagan says Carter has suffered a great loss of momentum in his presidential bid due to his Playboy interview in which he said he had lust in his heart and was forgiven by God. Reagan spoke at reporters and at a Dan Parises fundraiser in Lodi, criticizing the candidate’s choice of publication.
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UPI
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
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Reagan
Playboy Magazine
Republican Assembly
Dan Parises
Lodi
California
Playboy
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