Carter to Nominate Charles Duncan for Energy Secretary
President Carter dismissed James Schlesinger as energy secretary and planned to nominate Deputy Defense Secretary Charles Duncan to succeed him. Schlesinger confirmed his resignation while Capitol Hill sources said Duncan’s selection was communicated to congressional leaders.
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James Schlesinger
Carter
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Washington
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Capitol Hill
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Energy Department
Capitol Building
House of Representatives
Brock Adams
Transportation
House
Jim Wright
Texas
Wright
Congress
White House
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Harold Brown
Coca-Cola
Atlanta
Pentagon
Negotiations Resume as Convicts Hold Instructors Hostage
In Montreal a Laval Institute incident continues with two inmates holding instructors Andre Gagnon and Joseph Simard hostage in a maximum security wing. Talks resumed at 8:30 a.m. EDT after a five hour break, with outside negotiators demanded by the prisoners and food protests noted.
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Phillippe Germain
Andre Gagnon
Joseph Simard
Alberta beer drought may end after 14 hour talks
Union spokesman Roy Davis said a tentative agreement with Alberta Brewers Agents was reached after 14 hours of negotiations and he would present it to workers this weekend. Industry spokesman Gerry Lucas cautioned that mediation would resume and offered no settlement details.
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Gerry Lucas
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ABA
Sandinistas Take Managua as Rebuilding Begins
Sandinista leaders and guerrillas converged on Managua to start relief and reconstruction after seven weeks of uprising. Junta members Ortega and Hassan arrived from Costa Rica with cabinet officials as thousands celebrate the fall of Somoza.
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Costa Rica
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Miami Beach
Francisco Urcuyo
Guatemala
Junta
Daniel Ortega
Moises Hassan
Dominican Republic
Ramon Emilio Jimenez
Miss Universe stage collapse injures contestants in Perth
During the Miss Universe pageant in Perth Australia an apparent stage collapse caused eight contestants to fall into a two metre hole. Miss Venezuela Maritza Sayalero survived unhurt while Miss Turkey Fusan Tahire Demirtan and Miss Malta Dain Borg Bartolo were hospitalized with injuries.
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Australia
Maritza Sayalero
Venezuela
Miss Sayalero
Malta
Turkey
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Dain Borg Bartolo
SAINT JOHN RELIEVED AS POLICE STRIKE AVOIDS WALKOUT
Saint John New Brunswick avoids a police strike after city council approves wages of 1500 dollars a year for two years on top of existing 17000 dollar salaries for first class constables. The accord includes a single-person appeal hearing and ends a potential disruption during Loyalist Days.
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Saint John, N.B
New Brunswick Labor Department
Carter pledges Navy aid for Indochinese boat people rescue
President Carter appearing at the White House fence says Navy planes and ships will aid Indochinese refugees at sea. He tells a crowd of about 100 after a Joan Baez concert that America will do all it can to save the boat people and make a public show of help.
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Lincoln Memorial
Southeast Asia
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Ex‑South Africa official faces extradition in France
NICE France Reuters Eschel Rhoodie a key figure in South Africa slush funds scandal will appear in Aix en Provence court within 15 days to challenge an arrest warrant and possible extradition. He was arrested Thursday at his Riviera villa on an international warrant. Rhoodie led South Africa's disbanded information department and is linked to illicit use of public funds fueling the Vorster era.
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France
Reuter
Eschel Rhoodie
South Africa
Rhoodie
Information Department
Riviera
Juan Jes Pins
Here
Aix En Provence
John Vorster
Liberals may have understated Ottawa spending by a billion
Treasury Board President Sinclair Stevens warned the Liberals underestimated current fiscal spending by as much as 1 billion. He said Conservative measures will curb rising costs and a spending restraint program will be debated with labor, business, and governments before any new policy is set.
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