Indian Parliament approves rule barring court review of emergency rule
Parliament passes a constitutional amendment barring courts from reviewing Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's emergency rule with 1640 in a 245 member house while opposition parties boycott over arrests and censorship. The same measure limits judiciary powers and endorses the June 26 national emergency decree.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Communist Arty
Kashmir
Iridian
Ford and Congress Face Pressure on Oil Policy
As August vacation looms and price controls near expiry, Ford officials seek a compromise to raise petroleum prices gradually while satisfying Democrats who want slower escalation. The House weighs overriding Ford vetoes on extending and tightening oil price controls and setting old oil ceilings at 5.25 dollars per barrel.
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Ford
Alsas
U.S
Voting Rights Act amendment waters down extension
The House bill extending the Voting Rights Act faces a Senate setback as a Byrd amendment cuts the extension from 10 to seven years. The change sends the bill back to the House, with parties split on a longer 10-year term and a conference or compromise possible after a monthlong recess. The current law expires August 6.
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Washington
House
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
John V. Tunney
Dcalif
Byrd
Clarence Mitchell
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Carnival for MD Saturday Promises Fun and Ronald McDonald
A muscular dystrophy carnival is set for Saturday 2 p.m. at the First National Bank parking lot on Breiel Boulevard. Richie Leugars, county poster child, will attend along with more than 20 local patients. The Middletown area event funds clinic services physical therapy braces wheelchairs and a summer camping program. The Muscular Dystrophy Association provides free patient services and purchases therapy from Doty House.
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Ronald McDonald
First National Bank
Breiel Boulevard
Richie Leugars
Richard Leugars
Hamilton
Butler County
Middletown
The
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Doty House
Goncalves Seen Likely Winner in Portugal Troika Move
In Lisbon the premier designate Goncalves appears to have won support for a three man troika with President Gomes and security chief Carvalho. AFM officers debate ratification as talks hint at a broader six man panel but with policy control rather than executive power.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Vasco Goncalves
Assembly of the Armed Forces Movement
AFM
Goncalves
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Troika
Corsican mayor battles zerokini movement on beach
Pierre Morganti of Ogliastro leads volunteers who daub nudists with blue paint on a Corsican village beach to oppose zerokinis. The dispute draws conservatives and civil liberties critics as France weighs permissive policy.
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Paris
Pierre Morganti
Ogliastro
Mor
Ganti
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Joan Little murder trial set to start next week
Testimony in the Joan Little murder trial is expected to begin early next week and could last three to four weeks. A 12 jurors panel of seven whites and five blacks and eight women was seated after defense motions and alternates were to be chosen.
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Raleigh
N.C
Joan Little
Marvin Miller
Wake County
U S allegedly destroys Madagascar tracking station
Rand Daily Mail reports American NASA ordered destruction of a Madagascar space tracking station after Madagascar demanded higher payments or closure. NASA denies the claim. The facility was rendered inoperative and parts, computers and documents were removed and burned per the article.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
The
Rand Daily Mail
NASA
U.S. Space
Madagascar
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Indian Ocean
Africa
U.S
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