South Africa’s envoy vows rapid reform after elections
Washington AP South Africa’s ambassador Donald B Sole tells NPR that Pretoria will move fairly rapidly to improve race relations after the November 30 elections. He says the UN arms embargo is counter productive and criticizes the Carter administration for offering a “stick without a carrot” approach while noting the US may persuade but cannot force changes in South Africa’s domestic policy.
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Congress Trusts Networks Over New Regulation in Sports TV
House communications subcommittee after two days of hearings said ABC CBS and NBC should self regulate to protect the public from deception in major sports broadcasts. Witnesses described sloppy procedures behind the winner take all tennis event and ABC boxing telecast suspicions.
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Iap
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Robert Wussler
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Battered Wife Acquitted of Ex Husband Murder
Francine Hughes, 30, acquitted by reason of insanity of murdering her abusive ex-husband James Hughes after a 64 percent hour trial in Ingham County Michigan. The judge signaled a broader critique of domestic violence as feminists debated the case’s wider impact.
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Mich
Ingham County
Francine Hughes
Ray Hotchkiss
MMA Homecoming Set For This Weekend
Scores of visiting alumni join Missouri Military Academy for the 1977 Homecoming with events from 8:30 a.m. to noon including barracks decorations and a drill competition. Honor classes span 1927 to 1967. A 2:30 p.m. football game MMA Colonels versus Salisbury Panthers and an 7 p.m. dinner dance close the day.
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Salisbury Panthers
Empire Club
State official quits amid department resignation talks
Jefferson City AP State Agriculture Director Jack Runyan says the department's administrator Rusty Hurst will resign. Runyan cites incompatibility with the governor's office while noting no firing occurred. Earlier reports disclosed living expense payments and free plane rides involving other agriculture officials and a lobbyist.
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Jack Runyan
Agriculture Department
Rusty Hurst
Joseph Teasdale
Hurst
Gerald Orthais
Teasdale
Runyan
Democratic
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D-Me
Department
Policy shifts aim to lift nutritional value of American diets
Officials told Kansas wheat producers that farm policy will prioritize improving nutrition in U S diets while wheat prices would need to rise substantially before affecting bread costs. They warned against a $1 loaf of bread and discussed breakeven shares for farmers amid large wheat stocks and potential foreign sales.
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Kansas Wheat Commission
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U.S
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Merle Hedland
Great Plains Wheat Inc
Hedland
Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev
Moscow
Bob Bergland
USDA
Brezhnev
Missouri Teacher of the Year named from Kirkwood High
An AP report notes a social studies teacher at Kirkwood High School in St. Louis County has been named Missouri Teacher of the Year for 1977 1978. A longtime educator, she has served 35 years in teaching and 15 years on the Kirkwood faculty.
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Kirkwood High School
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Missouri
Carter Plans Energy Talk On Tuesday
President Carter will appeal for public support in a nationwide address Tuesday night as Congress nears the end of work on energy legislation. A White House statement notes the speech aims to present remaining controversy to the American people and refocus attention on what the president calls the era’s most serious domestic problem. The trip to four continents may be affected by the debate, with plans uncertain whether Carter will travel Nov. 22. Networks CBS NBC and ABC will televise the address live at 9 p.m. EST.
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Amtrak Wins $8 Million to Preserve Key Routes
Congress adds 8 million to Amtrak budget keeping 22 Northeast Corridor routes from termination. Services between New York and Washington Boston Philadelphia Harrisburg and New Haven Springfield are saved or restored while some lines revert to daily operation and others stay under study for possible cuts.
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Veterans Day program by VFW Post 3772 this Saturday
VFW Post 3772 and its auxiliary plan a Veterans Day observance at 2 30 p m Saturday November 12 at the post home Route K end of North Jefferson St. Col Raymond Eck will be the principal speaker and a choral group will perform. The event honors World War I II Korean and Vietnam veterans and will recognize families of deceased members. Walter E Smith Pamela Stuart Katherine Smith invite contact. A buffet luncheon follows.
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Teasdale Cancels News Conference on Slavin PSU Move
Gov. Joseph Teasdale canceled a news conference about reappointing Alberta Slavin to the Missouri Public Service Commission. Sen. Warren Welliver said a decision on sponsoring her confirmation would come in a few days after talks with Slavin. Welliver emphasized constituency obligations and would not comment further.
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Alberta Slavin
Missouri Public Service Commission
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Teasdale
Warren Welliver
Slavin
Senate
PSU
Welliver
Columbia
Humphrey Honored by House in Special Session
Washington AP Sen Hubert H Humphrey was honored by the House of Representatives with a special session, the first such gesture for a Senate member in 200 years. He spoke for 20 minutes despite the two to five minute rule, recalling his past surgeries for bladder cancer and abdominal tumor. Speaker ONeill and members from both parties praised him as a man of principle.
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House of Representatives
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Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
House
Minnesota Democrat
Humphrey
Thomas P. O'Neill
Nixon Should Be Used as Elder Statesman Says Colson
Tulsa AP Charles Colson urges U S use of former president Richard Nixon as a foreign policy elder statesman. Colson says Nixon has deep knowledge of China and the Soviet Union and should be tapped rather than wasted as a national asset.
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Colson
Tulsa
Okla
Charles Colson
United States
Richard M. Nixon
China
Soviet Union
Pachyderm Club hears national president at Audrain meet
National Federation of the Grand Order of Pachyderm Clubs president Bruce Druckenmiller spoke at the Audrain County Pachyderm Club noon meeting. Local president Jim Fraser introduced him as clubs expand to 14 states. Officers for 1978 were named: Andy Runge president, Lewis Melahn VP, Richard Lierheimer treasurer, Paul Hickman secretary.
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National Federation of the Grand Order of Pachyderm Clubs
Audrain County
Jim Fraser
Druckenmiller
Columbia
Howard Walker
Andy Runge
Lewis Melahn
Richard Lierheimer
Paul Hickman
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