Vanderbilt coed An nette Adams freed after kidnapping
An nette Adams of Vanderbilt University was released unharmed after being abducted from a fraternity party. Two suspects, Wayne Garrity and Shelby Ann Baker, were arrested in a Hickory motel lot six hours later. Police recovered most of the $150,000 ransom and federal charges were filed in Tennessee.
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N.C
UPI
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Annette Adams
Hickory
Morganton
Wayne Garrity
Shelby Ann Baker
Garrity
Miss Baker
Mecklenburg County
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Miss Adams
Heavy rain floods Hastings and surrounds in Nebraska
A powerful storm drenched Hastings Nebraska with 3.2 inches of rain causing flood waters to enter 40 homes and force evacuations for over 100. The National Guard deployed sandbags as Route 281 closed and nearby Clay Center recorded 3.65 inches in 30 minutes. Severe weather spread from Louisiana to Minnesota and affected California desert counties.
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Civil Defense Office
Lake Hastings
Clay Center
Neb
California
Tri-Palms
Palo Verde
Cholera Deaths Reported Across Middle East Amid Outbreak
Lebanon reports two suspected cholera deaths the first outside Syria as the epidemic expands across five Arab nations. Syria mourns at least 68 deaths, while Lebanon tests limit as Jordan records 191 cases with 26 new infections and strict quarantines for travelers.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Syria
Damascus
Mecca
Tyre
Jordan
Kent State gym site protest echoes May 4 shootings
At Kent State University a crowd disrupted the proposed gym area near the shootings site, tearing a fence for about 10 minutes before it was repaired. Coalition members, citing First Amendment rights, seek a court ruling to preserve the memorial and prevent construction, with a stay due to expire Tuesday.
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Ohio
UPI
Kent State University
KSU
Robert Malone
Coalition
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Wages of sin pay off in tax breaks for some
The IRS acknowledges tax advantages for living in sin but experts say a fair schedule is hard. Many tales of quickie divorces and remarriage for tax savings surface yearly around Christmas, though most are questioned by officials. Complaints on the system remain modest across Congress and the White House.
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UPI
Internal Revenue Service
Capitol Hill
Congressional
White House
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Carter Keeps Admissions Brief Theme Unchanged for Supreme Court
The New York Times reports President Carter will not change the Justice Department brief's core stance on university admissions. The document argues against fixed minority quotas while urging affirmative action to reduce unfairness via race. Demonstrators outside the White House protested Concorde landings near Kennedy Airport.
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UPI
Carter
Justice Department
Supreme Court
New York Times
White
the Times
White House
New York
Kennedy Airport
Queens
New York City
Charles Love
ATT Appeals to Supreme Court to End Costly Anti Trust Suit
AT and T asks the Supreme Court to quash the Sherman Act suit alleging monopoly and calls the case the most wasteful legal effort. The company contends defense costs could exceed 500 million. The high court will decide after the October session whether to review a lower court ruling favoring the government.
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Washington
UPI
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Bell System
AT and T
High Court
Justice Department
Department
Western Electric Co
Bell Telephone System
Federal Communications Commission
U.S
Joseph
Waddy
At&t
FCC
U.S. Court of Appeals
Brown weighs California gasline ties to Alaska Canada
Gov. Edmund G Brown Jr says his stance on the proposed Alaska toMidwest natural gas pipeline depends on the amount of gas California would receive. He questions whether a Western leg is a finger or a leg and met Trudeau and Hammond about buying gas. The Canada Alaska plan must pass Congress in 60 days.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Alaska
Canada
United States
California
Carter
James Schlesinger
Brown
Los Angeles International
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Jay Hammond
Trudeau
Hammond
Congress
Israelis approve peace treaty draft to present to Carter
The Israeli cabinet endorsed a proposed Middle East peace treaty calling for an end to war, diplomatic and trade ties, open borders, and refugee settlements. Dayan will deliver the draft and a cover letter to U.S. officials while pursuing indirect talks with Arab leaders during the U.N. session. Arafat rejected a Palestinian entity plan and vowed continued fighting.
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Israel
UPI
Middle East
Moshe Dayan
Carter
Cyrus Vance
Dayan
United States
Vance
U.N. General Assembly
Beirut
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Filthy Five blamed for sabotaging water cleanup push
Environmental Action labels five major trade groups the Filthy Five for seeking to gut the federal water pollution program. Peter Harnik cites 353 facilities under their umbrella and accuses many of missing 1977 cleanup deadlines, warning Congress could derail the 1985 clean water goal.
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UPI
Peter Harnik
Congress
American Iron and Steel Institute
American Petroleum Institute
American Paper Institute
The
Manufacturing Chemists Association
Edison Electric Institute
Harnik
Filthy Five
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