Weather and civic notes crowd late week pages
Partly cloudy through Friday with a 30 percent chance of afternoon thundershowers. Highs in the mid 90s, lows around 70s, southeasterly winds 10 mph. Residents complain about a $200,000 road sealing program begun last April in Ouachita Parish. Louisiana House backs Gov Edwards 80 million corporate income tax hike for teacher pay raises. New Orleans Teachers Union president warns of bargaining trouble with the superintendent. House seeks final say on the Panama Canal Treaty. Stock Market Tumbles.
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Ouachita Parish
Louisiana House
British police hunt elusive Leeds serial killer
International note reports Leeds prostitute killer baffling British investigators while New York authorities claim arrest of the Son of Sam. The brief contrasts US capture with UK uncertainty on the Leeds case.
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New York
Sam
Leeds
Chuckle Statistics Reveal Hidden Coverings
A playful costumed comparison notes that statistics tease with surface detail while concealing deeper truths. The author suggests that what is shown may be amusing yet what remains unseen is essential.
Son of Sam Charged After Long NY Manhunt Terror Spree
David Berkowitz 24, a postal worker, was charged as Son of Sam after a year of killings. He planned a discotheque massacre and was arrested near his Yonkers home with a .44 revolver and a gun in his car. The night of arrest ended the largest NY manhunt, with Berkowitz admitting killings on orders of a dog named Sam.
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New York
UPI
David Berkowitz
Sam
Berkowitz
London
Boston
John Keenan
Long Island
Korea
Yonkers
N.Y
Lane
Son of
New York City
Edward Zigo
Resto
Edna Williams
Neighbors Describe Son of Sam Suspect as Loner in Yonkers
Neighbors in Yonkers say David Berkowitz, accused as the Son of Sam, kept to himself in a $230 studio above the Hudson. Some recalled a cordial aloofness while others found him odd, with few visits and limited conversation. an early April 1976 move-in is noted.
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Clifford Enrico
David Copithorne
Gannett News Service
Yonkers
N.Y
David Berkowitz
Sam
New York
Hudson River
Berkowicz
Berkowitz
Phyllis Powell
Wholesale Prices Decline for July in Second Consecutive Month
The Labor Department reports a 0.1 percent drop in the wholesale price index in July marking the first back-to-back decline since 1976. Farm prices fell 1.8 percent and processed foods led the decrease while consumer grocery prices rose.
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Washington
Labor Department
Long Backs American Gas Guzzler Rights
Sen. Long backs allowing purchase of high gas consuming cars with a steep tax on such models while urging balanced penalties. He notes auto makers warn of sales and job losses but favors a price signal to curb demand. House tax ranges 339 to 3856 for 1979–1985 models. rebates for efficient cars were dropped.
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Washington
UPI
Russel Long
D-La
Long
Senate Finance Committee
President Carter
House
Ford
Fred Secrest
Vance Ends Mideast Peace Mission With Four-City Swing
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance wrapped up his one day, three nation tour in the Middle East briefing Arab leaders on talks with Israel. He met with Jordan's King Hussein in Amman and with Syria's President Hafez Assad in Damascus before a briefing in Alexandria with Egypt's Anwar Sadat.
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Damascus
Syria
UPS
Cyrus Vance
Hussein
Jordan
Vance
Israel
Amman
Hafez Assad
Alexandria
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
London
Abdel Halim Khaddam
Assad
Abdel Halim Khaddaum
Queen Elizabeth appeals for peace in Northern Ireland
Queen Elizabeth II urged Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland to forgive and forget and work together to end eight years of sectarian bloodshed. She spoke at the New University of Ulster in Coleraine on a controversial silver jubilee visit, amid IRA threats and police bombings in Belfast.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
New University of Ulster
Coleraine
Wartorn
Irish Republican Army
West
IRA
Warren Dewey Leaves Town for Irving School System
Warren Dewey, ex drummer of the local band Trilogy, departs to join an Irving Texas school system as a private percussion instructor. Chit Chat wishes him and his wife Susan well.
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Warren Dewey
Town
Irving, Tex
Chit
Susan
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House Commerce Committee
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