Missing Uganda President Amin Reported by Nairobi Paper
A Nairobi newspaper claimed Idi Amin was missing after a weekend assassination attempt. Ugandan officials dismissed the report as false, while a man at Amin’s home said Amin had not been seen since Friday and efforts to locate him continued.
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Kenya
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Amin
Murchison Falls
Uganda
Nairobi Daily Nation
Bagitabire
Entebbe
Lake
Victoria
Radio
Kampala
Court Ruling May Halt Federal Abortion Funds
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled states are not obliged to fund elective abortions under the Constitution or federal law, and that welfare payments for poor women are optional for states. The ruling affects Maryland and Connecticut cases, with dissents by Marshall Brennan and Blackmun. The Hyde Amendment and Medicaid funding remain under legislative scrutiny as Congress debates barring any federal abortion funds.
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Supreme Court
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
High Court
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Warren E. Burger
Byron R. White
William H. Rehnquist
Potter Stewart
John Paul Stevens
Thurgood Marshall
William J. Brennan Jr
Harry A. Blackmun
Powell
Congress
Hyde
House
R-3 Board Calls Meeting of Patrons
Patrons of the Hi-Way R-3 school district are invited to a mass meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday at the school on Highway 15 to discuss a June 28 levy vote that would raise taxes to 4.96 per 100 dollars of assessed valuation for operating expenses and funds.
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Hi-Way
R-3
Paul Drake
Highway 15
Begin Faces First Confidence Vote in Knesset
Israel's new leader Men ahem Begin prepares for a crucial Knesset confidence vote after forming a coalition with the National Religious party and Agudat Yisrael. He plans to present a 12 member cabinet and meet President Katzir before Washington talks with Carter. Dayan joins as foreign minister moderating aims on the West Bank while negotiations proceed. Cyrus Vance plans a tour of Arab nations to renew Geneva peace conference efforts.
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Israel
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Ephraim Katzir
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Agudat Yisrael
Begin
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Pesident Carter
Carter
Labor
Labor Defense
Moshe Dayan
West Bank
Jordan River
Dayan
Cyrus Vance
Geneva
Courtney Centers Appoints New Director Debra Green Neal
Debra Green Neal begins as director of Courtney Child Care Center program overseeing two facilities serving 64 children. She succeeds interim director Katie Ford Boley. Neal hails from Kansas City and holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Missouri Columbia, with a master’s in rehabilitation counseling. She previously worked as counselor, testing coordinator and recreation coordinator at the Atlanta Restitution Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Debra Green Neal
Courtney
Neal
Katie Ford Boley
Kansas City
University of Missouri
Columbia
Atlanta Restitution Center
Atlanta
Kids Need Fairy Tales Says Psychologist Bettelheim
Professor Bruno Bettelheim of the University of Chicago and Stanford University, speaking at Southern Illinois University, argues fairy tales help children cope by showing problems are universal and that heroes emerge changed, warning that denying escape into tales may drive later addiction to drugs or television.
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Carbondale, Ill
Bruno Bettelheim
Bettelheim
University of Chicago
Stanford University
Southern Illinois University
Crude Oil Begins To Flow Through Alaskan Pipeline
PRUDHOE BAY Alaska AP hot oil from Alaska s Arctic North Slope began flowing through the 7 7 billion trans Alaska pipeline marking nine years of planning and building It will move about 1 2 million barrels daily to market The startup was a low key event with no ceremony The pipeline runs 800 miles from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez with wells on the North Slope supplying oil and nitrogen gas prefill to prevent explosions Crews will monitor the oil s progress as it reaches Valdez and tankers await loadings but ultimate use of the Exxon era crude remains uncertain for West Coast refineries and potential exports
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Alaska
Arctic
William Darch
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Arctic Ocean
Arctic Circle
Valdez
Prince William Sound
Alyeska
U.S. Interior Department
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West Coast
Carter says government blocks family unity in interview
President Carter argues social shifts and welfare rules disrupt families. He contends welfare creates a divisive incentive and says changing laws could support intact families without extra cost. He backs earned tax benefits for married couples, after school programs, and notes his stance on marriage and homosexuality.
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Carter
Gether
Associated Press
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