Congress to tighten controls on LEAA over crime grants
In Washington, lawmakers debate tighter oversight of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, which has distributed over 4 billion dollars in crime-fighting grants since 1968. Critics cite gadgetry funded projects from radios and armored vehicles to wristwatch health monitors and patrol shoe research as examples of excess.
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Washington
Congress
America
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
Last 2 killed in Vietnam starting long trip home
United Nations plane returns the coffins of Marine Cpls. Charles McMahon Jr. and Darwin L. Judge to the United States after their remains were released by North and South Vietnam. The two, aged 21 and 19, were killed during Saigon evacuation on April 29. Kennedy aides traveled to Saigon to receive the coffins in a solemn ceremony.
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Thailand
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Saigon
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Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
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World Health Agency reports no killer flu outbreak detected
The World Health Organization said no evidence exists of the 1918-19 killer flu or swine virus. Four cases at Fort Dix New Jersey involved an 18-year-old recruit who died, with seven others ill. Labs in London and Atlanta study the virus for vaccine planning.
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Geneva
Switzerland
World Health Organization
U.S
New Jersey
Ft. Dix
London
Atlanta
Speer
Middletown Weather Forecast Clears With Mild Weekend Outlook
Clear skies dominate tonight in Middletown with temperatures dipping to the mid-30s and sunny, mild conditions expected Tuesday. Last weekend saw 18 inches of rain and a Tuesday high near 65 with a 38 degree day yesterday. the extended outlook calls for possible rain midweek followed by fair skies Friday.
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Middletown
Ted
Mud pies inspire science at AAAS meeting
At the 142nd annual AAAS gathering in Boston the study of mud pies is framed as psychogeomorphology. Denis Wood of North Carolina State University describes field observations of children age 10 months to 13 years in Raleigh, noting social roles and play patterns between Big Kids and Little Kids in sand and dirt experiments.
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Boston
North Carolina State University
Raleigh
N.C
Ste
Wood
Family man killed as dam bursts near Canton North Carolina
Leonard Bud Ledbetter his wife Laurel son Leslie and mother Sylvania died when an earthen dam on a private three acre lake failed during a heavy rain at 2 30 am. The flood swept 2000 feet down Newfound Creek damaging about 25 homes and prompting evacuations. Damage estimates range from 560000 to 1 million with final figures pending assessments.
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N.C
Leonard
Bud
Ledbetter
Laurel
Leslie
Sylvania
Newfound Creek
New Hampshire primary could be a close contest
In Manchester New Hampshire voters prepare for a midnight start to the presidential primary as both parties edge toward a tight outcome. Democratic hopefuls Carter Udall Bayh Harris and Shriver campaign in shops and offices while Republican Reagan closes a 19 day bus tour challenging Ford.
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Votin
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Arizona
Morris K. Udall
Indiana
Birch Bayh
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
Argent Shriver
Massachusetts
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Gunmen seize Canadian Embassy in Beirut. 20 hostages held
In Beirut the Canadian Embassy was taken over by seven Lebanese gunmen tied to a family dispute in Canada. About 20 hostages were reported, with no injuries. Negotiations involved Syrian, Lebanese, and Palestinian Liberation Army officers as security forces surrounded the building where the embassy staff were reduced to a single contact through lobby interphone.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Canada
Mohammed Haimour
Palestinian Liberation Army
Leopold H. Amyot
Amyot
Children hurled from balcony death shocks Charleston
Charleston County Coroner Kenneth Chue says Merele Ellis watched as her husband Christopher Ellis a former mental patient flung their children from a second floor balcony. Yolanda Ellis died on impact at 1 30 am. Christopher Ellis is charged with murder and two counts of aggravated assault. John Ellis Jr 8 escaped unharmed with minor injuries.
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Charleston County
Kenneth Chue
Yolanda Ellis
Chue
Christopher
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