Commonwealth conference opens amid jubilee pageantry
Uganda and Seychelles did not attend as leaders met in London for a Commonwealth summit. Idi Amin was excluded amid murder charges, while Seychelles new president Albert Rene faced diplomatic friction over a coup. Delegates from 33 nations attended, including 26 heads of state.
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Commonwealth
Idi Amin
Uganda
Seychelles
Rhodesia
South Africa
Indian Ocean
Amin
Radio
France
West Germany
Ireland
Libya
Albert Rene
James Mancham
High Commission
Georges Rassool
Times of London
Rene
Rassool
Mancham
Paris
Queen Elizabeth
Music Room
Lancaster House
Palace of St. James
Nauru
Carter administration plans challenge to anti busing law
The Carter administration weighs testing the Byrd anti busing law by resuming pressure to desegregate through pairing and clustering. These tools merge nearby black and white schools and may require some busing, depending on city layout and plan type.
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Robert Byrd
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HEW
Byrd
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Azie Morton Nominated for U.S. Treasurer Post
Azie T. Morton of Dale Texas is nominated by President Carter to be treasurer of the United States. She previously served as special assistant to DNC Chairman Robert Strauss since 1977 and joined the House District Committee staff earlier this year.
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Dale
Tex
Carter
United States
Robert Strauss
House District Committee
Unidentified bodies remain after Beverly Hills fire puzzle
Kentucky State Police review of coroner records planned if two missing women are not found among rubble at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate. Officials say two female bodies unidentified, two others reported missing. search continues amid unstable debris and federal inquiries.
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Kentucky
Beverly Hills
Kenneth Brandenburgh
Brandenburgh
Campbell County
Fred Stine
Stine
Cincinnati
U.S
Thomas Luken
Ohio
Willis D. Gradison
Julian Carroll
National Fire Protection Association
National Bureau of Standards
National Fire Protection and Control Administration
Consumer Protection Agency
Frankfort
Rain Expected As Low Pressure Brings Widespread Rain Across Ohio
A low pressure system may bring much needed rain to Ohio tonight and Thursday. Skies stay mostly cloudy tonight with a low near 50. Thursday should be partly cloudy with highs in the mid to upper 60s and a 30 percent rain chance tonight, 20 percent yesterday. The extended outlook shows warming into the weekend with fair Friday and Saturday, a chance of rain Sunday, highs near 70 Friday, then near 90 by Sunday.
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Ohio
Ugandan Ban on British Departures Amid Amin London Bid
Ugandan authorities barred all British citizens from leaving Uganda in a bid to pressure Britain to allow Idi Amin to attend the Commonwealth summit in London. Amin reportedly spent the night in Libya en route, while London rumors questioned the trip. The summit opened without Amin or other Ugandan delegates.
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Kenya
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Britain
Idi Amin
London
Amin
Libya
Radio
Him
James Callaghan
Dade County Rejects Homosexual Rights Law In Voter Repeal
Dade County Florida voters repealed a four month old civil rights ordinance by 202,319 to 89,562 in a record turnout election. Anita Bryant cheered the repeal at a Miami Beach event while supporters of the law sang We Shall Overcome. Bryant said Save Our Children would push similar measures in other states and cities.
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Anita Bryant
Dade County
All America
All the World
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Save Our Children, Inc
Fontainebleau Hotel
San Antonio
Tex
Washington, D.C
Minneapolis
State of
California
Moluccans Free Hostage From Train Standoff
The Dutch crisis center says 46 year old Theo van Hattem, the third hostage freed by South Moluccan terrorists aboard a northern Holland train, needed immediate hospitalization and was taken off the train after arriving at the embankment. Authorities had not yet learned his medical condition.
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Assen
Netherlands
Holland
Theo van Hattem
Justice Ministry
Toos Faber
van Hattem
UC prof urges unisex Parents Day instead of Fathers or Mothers Day
University of Cincinnati professor Joel Milgram proposes a unisex Parents Day as traditional gender roles fade. He notes his kids grow up without fixed mother or father duties and cites schools influencing children’s career views. Milgram suggests gifting flowers on Father’s Day as a start.
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Joel Milgram
Learning, Development and
University of Cincinnati
Milgram
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