Western governors urge Carter to keep hands off water lands
At the Western Governors Conference in Anchorage Secretary Cecil Andrus heard a unified demand from governors that water resources in the arid West remain state managed and that federal marshals not patrol public lands. They backed using local sheriffs for land policing and questioned Carter energy and agriculture policies. Governors anticipate a decision on police protection later this year.
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Anchorage
Alaska
UPI
Carter Administration
Secretary of Interior
Cecil Andrus
Andrus
Carter
Jay Hammond
Western States
Bomb blast hits San Francisco country club
A bomb exploded early today at the Olympic Club in San Francisco causing minor damage to a golf clubhouse and no injuries. Police said the bomb was placed inside the building and linked to threats against several downhill and downtown hotels by the New World Liberation Front.
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San Francisco
UPI
Olympic Country Club
Victor Fox
Sea SL
Swank
Pacific Union Club
New World Liberation Front
Michael O'Connor
NWLF
O'Connor
Fairmont
Mark Hopkins
Stanford Court
Nob Hill
Sheraton Palace
Hyatt Regency
Hilton
Donald Taylor
James Flood
Maine Dickey Lincoln project eyed for power and crime risk
A $690 million hydroelectric project on the St John River in Maine could create jobs and flood control but the Army Corps of Engineers warns it may raise crime prostitution alcoholism and social conflict. The Edward C Jordan Co report for the corps supported this in a draft environmental impact statement noting the project would supply 17 percent of New England's peak power needs.
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Waltham, Mass
UPI
Maine
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Dickey
Lincoln
St. John River
Edward C. Jordan Co., Inc
Portland
New England
John B. Chandler
Corps
Michigan fugitive captured in Des Moines hotel
Douglas Henry, an escaped inmate sought for break in and weapon charges, was arrested in a Des Moines Ramada Inn after abducting Evelyn L. Vantassel in Michigan. Vantassel, shaken but unharmed, was returned to custody with Henry awaiting a U.S. magistrate hearing.
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Des Moines, Iowa
UPI
Des Moines
Douglas Henry
FBI
Ramada Inn
Evelyn L. Vantassel
Marquette
Mich
Henry
Polk County
U.S
Panamanian man self immolates to protest canal treaty
A Panamanian man, Leopoldo Aragon, burned himself to death outside the U S Embassy in Stockholm to protest the Panama Canal treaty. He died after burns covered more than 90 percent of his body at Karolinska Hospital. He told a Swedish reporter he burned himself so his people could have a plebiscite on the agreement.
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Stockholm
Sweden
UPI
U.S
Leopoldo Aragon
Karolinska Hospital
Springfield
Aragon
Rose Marie
Swedish Broadcasting Corp
Torrijos
Carter
Panama
Omar Torrijos
Humphrey to leave hospital today after surgery
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey is expected to be discharged from the University of Minnesota Hospital today after cancer surgery performed 15 days earlier. Dr. John Najarian said he is well enough, with reporters allowed to attend his departure.
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Minneapolis
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
University of Minnesota
John Najarian
Humphrey
Waverly
Minn
Twin Cities
Washington
Four states vow suit to block Panama Canal treaty signing
Iowa Attorney General Richard C. Turner leads a group with Indiana Idaho and Louisiana to file a U.S. Supreme Court suit to halt the signing of the Panama Canal treaties. They contend the pact and transfer of canal control without Congress violates Article IV Section 3 of the Constitution. Gerald Ford to attend next week’s signing ceremony with President Carter.
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Des Moines
Iowa
UPI
Richard C. Turner
U.S. Supreme Court
Turner
Congress
Indiana
Ted Sendak
Idaho
Wayne Kidwell
Louisiana
William Guste
Washington
Carter
Canal
United States
Gerald Ford
White House
Cuba and U S open missions as talks seek end to blockade
Cuba demands end to the economic blockade as a precondition for full relations while the United States seeks partial payment for seized property. Both sides establish missions in Havana and Washington with goodwill gestures and emigre relaxations. Todman lists three U S demands: human rights progress including 20 American prisoners, troop reductions in Africa, and $1.8 billion in outstanding claims.
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Washington
UPI
Cuba
United States
U.S
Pivana
Havana
Ramon Sanchez-Parodi
Fidel Castro
Terence Todman
Africa
Angola
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Mesa Oaks
Reynolds
County Planning Commission
Donald O. Asquith
Lompoc
West
Gov. George
R. Ariyoshi
Hawaii
Ed Herschler
Wyoming
Herschler
Richard Lamm
Colorado
SF Country
Michigan
Mrs. Vantassel
Vantassel
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Motor Inn
HHH
Gottschalk’s
Santa Maria
LABOR
Gottschalk
Broadway
Bootery
Main
Tion
Panama Canal
Heckman
Bivecraca
CAL Poly
Wu Lig
Corner
Ocean
I’ St
Hamilton Beach
Mac
Moores
Firts Valley Bank of
Independent Bank
Lompoc Valley
First Valley Bank OF
Walnut and
North ‘‘H’’ Street
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