Susan Perkins Wins Miss America Talent Preliminary in Atlantic City
Susan Perkins of Ohio won the second preliminary talent contest at Miss America in Atlantic City with her rendition of Good Morning Heartache earning a 2000 scholarship. The 23 year old Miami University graduate thanked supporters including her parents and sister as about 8000 attended at Convention Hall. Other preliminary winners were Bonnie Holbert Miss Arkansas and Lynda Moore Miss Tennessee with two more winners to be named tonight before the top 10 finale tomorrow night.
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Atlantic City
Middletown
Susan Perkins
Billie Holliday
Convention
Ohio
Paul
Miss Arkansas
Bonnie Holbert
Miss Tennessee
Lynda Moore
Miss Pennsylvania
Lynne Grote
George Gershwin
Canal treaty foes launch three pronged public opposition
Senate opponents led by Senator Paul Laxalt outline a campaign to block Panama Canal treaty ratification. The drive cites Panama human rights by Torrijos, canal security, and US-Panama financial terms, with a mail and media blitz planned to reach Republicans and some undecided Southern Democrats.
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Washington
Senate
Paul Laxalt
Rnev
Panama
Omar Torrijos
Canal
United States
Freedom House
Carter
Coalition
Calfornia
Ronald
Reagan
Laxalt
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Four Die In Oil Tank Blast Near Rawlins
Four workers were killed and two were unaccounted for after an oil storage tank exploded at a Red Desert well site about 25 miles northwest of Rawlins Wyoming. The blast ignited 14 tanks, injuring two workers and setting a mountaintop fire. more than 20 others were unharmed. The well was owned by Davis Oil Co and being prepared for production by Halliburton Services. exact cause unknown.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Red Desert
Here
Davis Oil Co
Halliburton Services
E.W. Willingham
Halliburton
Rock Springs
Park says he is surprised and disappointed by U S action
Tongsun Park, indicted in Washington on 36 counts for using commissions from Korean rice sales to buy influence with U S lawmakers, told Seoul reporters he was surprised and disappointed by the U S legal action. He questioned whether he should return to the United States while he feels the American press misleads the case.
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Seoul
South Korea
Tongsun Park
Washington
Congress
Park
United States
Ation
U.S
Plastic autos by mid 80s may be rubber and plastic glued
Goodyear researchers in Ashland predict about 85 percent of family cars by the mid 1980s will use adhesives to join hoods fenders grills and even load bearing parts. The firm touts Pliogrip a urethane based system that bonds fiberglass and plastics faster with watertight seals and often greater strength than steel.
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Ashland
Ohio
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Detroit
Goodyear
Crime Alert Public Safety Number Appears in Notice
A public safety notice repeats the crime alert hotline 425 7700, urging residents to call if they witness a crime or suspicious activity. The message emphasizes immediate reporting to help authorities respond quickly.
Rumors Grow Over Amin Condition In Uganda
Reports from Nairobi question a coma claim about President Idi Amin after surgery. Major Astles cited as confirming he was in a comalike state, while Kampala television showed neck surgery footage and hospital notes clashed with official statements. Local nurse sighted Amin away from his room and Astles remained at his bedside through the night.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Radio
Uganda
Idi Amin
Kampala
Amin
Neck
Minister of Information
Mulago Hospital
Astles
Homicides Reach Leading Cause Status for Young Black Men
A Cleveland study led by Case Western Reserve University researchers reports violent homicide as the top death cause for young black men nationwide and in Cleveland. From 1958 74 nonwhite deaths per white rose markedly, with 20 to 1 ratios then 12 to 1 after 1963.
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Cleveland
United States
Case Western Reserve University
Weather shifts rain to tonight with cooler air ahead
Rain forecast for Saturday moved to tonight with a few thunderstorms possible. Skies will clear later tonight as cooler air arrives, bringing lows in the mid 50s. Saturday looks pleasant with mid to upper 70s highs and no rainfall recorded yesterday.
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Miss Holbert
Texas Christian University
Susan
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American Conservative Union
Young Republicans
Young Americans For Freedom
Conservative Caucus
Committee For the Survival of A Free Congress
Ann Landers
Ceeereseeeeses
Seaeedheteaee Heloise
Area
London
Lake Victoria
Maj
Robert Astles
Lester Adelson
Cuyahoga County
Adelson
New England Journal of Medicine
Charles S. Hirsch
Hirsch
Amasa B. Ford
Ford
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