Woman sails halfway around globe solo despite setback
In Melbourne Australia Naomi James the 28 year old British housewife pursuing the first solo female circumnavigation has reached the halfway point off the south coast of Australia. A Tasmanian fishing boat met her on Sunday delivering a steering gear fresh fruit champagne and milk to her yacht. She had fallen behind but aims to round Cape Horn before winter closes in.
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Melbourne
Australia
Tasmania
Naomi James
Ae SS Lee
Cape Horn
Ecuadorians back civilian rule with new reform constitution
With about three-fourths of ballots counted, 535,517 votes or 43.2 percent backed the reform constitution, 388,079 or 31.3 percent favored revising the 1945 charter, 295,114 or 23.8 percent opposed both, and 19,335 or 1.5 percent were blank. The junta touted civic maturity paving civilian governance.
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Quito
Ecuador
Adm
Alfredo
Senevo
Welfare program error rate cuts by HEW official
HEW secretary Califano said the error rate in the Aid to Families with Children program has fallen from 16.5 percent in 1973 to 8.6 percent in recent figures. He warned further reductions will be harder as remaining problems are more difficult.
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Washington
HEW
J Califano
Joseph
Califano
Parents forgive daughter's slayer in prison chapel
Bob and Golden Bristol, parents of Diane Bristol, traveled 2,000 miles from Dearborn to meet Michael Reeves at California's Men’s Colony. Reeves is serving a life sentence for Diane's murder. In a prison chapel, the Bristols spoke of forgiveness and love, while inmates heard the chaplain describe Reeves as having changed.
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San Luis Obispo, Calif
Bob
Golden Bristol
Comvic
Michael Reeves
Diane
Bristols
Dearborn
California
Bristol
Stanley McGuire
Keeves
Park probe progress reported in Seoul
In Seoul, a U S official said Tongsun Park plans to leave Korea on Tuesday as the interrogation of the central Capitol Hill payoff figure continues. Acting Deputy Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti stated during the third day of questioning that the troning of the millionaire is proceeding as planned.
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Seoul
South Korea
Tongsun Park
Korea
Ree Ler
Capitol Hill
al Benjamin R. Civiletti
Park
Sick intruder stalks Tallahassee campus area killings
Police hunt a “sick individual” after a Chi Omega house intrusion left two coeds dead and three others severely beaten at Florida State University. Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy were killed. Karen Chandler, Kathy Kleiner, and Cheryl Thomas were injured with Chandler in critical condition. No suspect or composite drawn yet.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Leon
Ken Katsaris
Stra
Karen Chandler
Kathy Kleiner
Miami
Miss Chandler
Miss Kleiner
Nita Jane Neary
Miss Neary
Francis W. Kenniston
Youth rally ends King observances in Atlanta
A large youth rally in Atlanta closes a five day Martin Luther King birthday observance. Carter officials civil rights activists and labor leaders pressed for full employment legislation. The service at Ebenezer Baptist Church memorialized Humphrey and King while Coretta Scott King attended a funeral in Minnesota.
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Atlanta
Martin Luther King
Hubert H. Hum Ht
Benjamin Mays
Morehouse College
King
Memphis
Tenn
Coretta Scott King
Minnesota
Humphrey
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Senate
America
Ofield Dukes
Vice Press
Derek B King
Military pay increases noted since 1968
A Library of Congress study cited by Rep. Les Aspin shows military pay and benefits rising about 43 percent since 1968, though gains have leveled off in the last four years. The report says improvements have far exceeded cuts and highlights lobbyists’ silence on the broader gains.
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Washington
Library of Congress
Les Aspin
Vital births and dismissals list in Monroe area
Vital statistics record multiple births in Monroe area with names and addresses for five newborns a boy and two girls. A lengthy dismissal list follows names and streets across Monroe Franklin and Trenton with hospital visiting hours noted for patients.
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Park Probe Progress Reported
Alfy
Middletown
Chi Omega
Margaret Eliza Bowman
St. Petersburg
Katsaris
Lisa Levy
Miss Levy
Cheryl Ann Thomas
Richmond
Margaret Bowman
Georgia
Jilian Bond
Athens
Ohio
Los Angeles Park
Jesse Jackson
Acedonia Baptist
Clint Eastwood
Darrell Oaks
Mohawk St
John W. Lowry
Courtland Drive
Monroe
Greg S. Williams
East Ave
Jerry Monhollen
Beam Drive
Franklin
James Schmitt
Park Lane
John Durham
Chevy
Earls
McKinley St
Ann Helton
Trenton
James [Ezzoni
Burton Road
Rose MclIntosh
Vanderveer St
Reese Nickell
Gideon Road
Iva Sawtelle
Winfred Cottle
Renee Drive
Allen Alexander
Armco Drive
Richard Gray
Moore Road
William Perrin
Louis T. Rossi
Redbud Drive
Gerald Ruth
Gratis
Charles Trueblood
Berwick Lane
William Garver
Hamilton-Lebanon Road
Donald Haller
Howe Road
Charles Justice
Fulton Lane
Johnny Mason
Holly Ave
Joseph Perdue
Carl Shupert
Carlisle
Leslie Goldie
Roy Ross
Carolina St
Stephen Settich
Glenmore
Ira Shackleford
Manchester Ave
Donald Stewart
Garver Road
Orbie Wells
Lebanon
James Ellis
Erie Ave
Dannie Ledford
Baltimore St
Bonanza
S. Breiel Boulevard
East
Second Street
Ernesto
Mushroom Peppers
Fred Creen
Senka
Las
C.g.&e. Bidg
Main Street
Shidren
Mart Good
Ernesto’s
Walt Disney
Techmicolor
Walt Disney Productions
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