Harvey the attack rabbit dead at age three
Harvey the Easter bunny turned attack rabbit dies at three after an inner ear infection. The ASPCA East Side hospital treated him, and he was to begin a nationwide Easter campaign Monday. Adopted last year, he bit a person and then ASPCA staff, calling him their watch rabbit, kept him at the shelter for fund raisers.
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New York
Harvey
Rabbit
ASPCA
East Side Animal Hospital
Easter Bunny
Animal Shelter
FHA to require solar heating in homes financed after 1980
The Agriculture Department announced plans to require solar heating or other non-fossil fuel systems in all Farmers Home Administration financed homes after 1980. Assistant Secretary Alex Mercure said preliminary design plans, including wood and geothermal heating options, will be ready in about four months to assess effects on home purchases.
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Washington
Farmers Home Administration
Alex Mercure
Rhodesian transitional government sworn in planned today
Prime Minister Ian Smith and three local black leaders were to be sworn in this day to form Rhodesia’s transitional government. The oath of allegiance to Rhodesia and its laws would place Smith Muzorewa Sithole and Chirau on the policy making Executive Council as Rhodesia moves toward black rule by year’s end.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Smith
Abel Muzorewa
Ndabaningi Sithole
Jeremiah Chirau
Violent crime rises slightly while overall rate falls
FBI statistics show a 1 percent rise in violent acts and a 4 percent drop in overall serious crime from 1976 to 1977. Rape climbs 10 percent, aggravated assault 5 percent, and murder 1 percent, while robbery declines 4 percent. Attorney General Griffin Bell calls the trend an incentive for law enforcement and the public.
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Washington
FBI
Griffin B Bell
Chiang Ching-kuo elected president of Nationalist China
Chiang Ching-kuo elder son of Chiang Kai-shek was elected president by the National Assembly electoral college. He won 1,184 of 1,205 ballots amid over 100,000 supporters in City Hall Plaza. The other 20 ballots were invalid.
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Taipei
Taiwan
Chiang Ching-kuo
Chiang Kaishek
Nationalist China
National Assembly
Chiang
Kuomintang Party
Evacuation as Platte River flood drives 4000 from homes
In eastern Nebraska the Platte River flood forced about 4000 residents from Valley and surrounding areas. Roy Gilliam 90 and his 78-year-old wife fled in a truck, leaving behind teeth and glasses as their home escaped damage on higher ground. One fatality, 71-year-old Emily Hedges, was found in flood waters near North Bend after refusing to evacuate.
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Neb
Roy Gilliam
Platte River
Nebraska
Valley
Emily Hedges
North Bend
Dodge County
Hedges
Platte River ice jam threatens further Nebraskan flood
Ice jam on the Elkhorn near the Platte may break up anytime, prompting evacuations across eastern Nebraska as 4,000 residents already fled. Gov Exon seeks multi million dollar federal aid while North Bend Dodge County reports one death and hundreds of thousands in damage. Valley residents ordered evacuated and transported to Boys Town as authorities monitor rising waters and dikes. A Pantanal Brazil note follows, noting huge cattle and crops in a hot wet climate.
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Plattsmouth
Louisville
Missouri River
Iowa
Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center
Lincoln
J.J. Exon
President Carter
Exon
Fremont
Platte
Omaha
North Bend
Dodge County
Richard Weinstedt
Barge Blast Kills One at Getty Oil Docks Delaware City
A fatal blast and fire at the Getty Oil Co docks near Delaware City killed the tug Roanoke mate Gary Forster and left another crewman, Steve Lynch, presumed dead. Four crew aboard the tug were safe, and authorities searched for more missing crew. The Interstate 19 barge, loaded with JP4 fuel, broke apart after the explosion, drifting across the Delaware River and grounding. Local residents described the blast as devastating, with property damage and a tense search continuing as officials investigated the cause.
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Delaware City
Del
John Newcomb
Interstate and Ocean Transport Co
Philadelphia
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