Wednesday Digest Highlights Weather and World News
Sunny today with fair Thursday and mild nights. Highs in the lower 80s, lows around mid 50s, light westerly winds. Grand jury accuses two men of conspiring to steer Jefferson Parish School Board work to a company. Privacy law may hinder crime coverage. Dairy Board may test taxing milk from other states. Statue of Liberty occupied by Puerto Rican nationalists. Fraud penalties for Medicare and Medicaid proposed. Blumenthal says no threat to Kuwait energy supply. Marcos plans to run for re election. Israel signals resolve to stay on West Bank and Jordan border. Lasorda named NL manager of the year. Grambling’s Doug Williams cited as Heisman contender. Parents say, Our children agree.
Gladiator Thumbs Up Meaning in Ancient Arenas
The article explains that a raised thumb signaled a defeated fighter would be killed, while a thumbs down or a gesture away from the chest indicated the fighter should live. It clarifies a common misreading of ancient rulings from Roman arena practice.
Panel OKs 100 Million Solar Loan Plan
A House Senate conference committee approved a 100 million program of cut rate solar loans to spur use of solar energy. GNMA would buy insure and service loans at 7.5 to 12 percent with up to 8000 per family over 15 years.
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Washington
UPI
House-Senate Conference Committee On Energy Today
National Mortgage Association
Treasury
Thomas Ashley
House
Senate
Carter backs U N embargo on arms to South Africa
President Carter plans U N Security Council action to embargo all arms sales to South Africa while weighing limited economic sanctions. Andrew Young coordinates with Britain and France in New York as White House guards leaks. Bowdler consults in Washington as Pretoria ties loom over Rhodesia and Namibia.
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Washington
Carter
United Nations
Andrew Young
U.S
Security Council
South Africa
Young
New York
Pretoria
United States
Britain
White House Rose Garden
U.N
White House
State Department
Jody Powell
Cyrus R. Vance
Rhodesia
Namibia
Firefighting legend Adair arrives to battle Elk Hills oil blaze
Red Adair arrived at California's Elk Hills reserve to help extinguish a runaway oil fire after an underground explosion on a government rig killed three workers. The victims, George VanHoosen, Mark Morvant, and Bobby Fuqua, all lived in Bakersfield and worked for Hydraulic Workover Services Inc. Flames shot 50 to 150 feet as crews pumped 750 gallons per minute to keep the fire from spreading.
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Taft
Calif
UPI
Red Aair
Elk Hills
Adair
Anita Powell
Texas
Department of Energy
Reserve
George VanHoosen
Mark Morvant
Bobby Fuqua
Hydrolic Workover Services Inc
Bakersfield
Kern County
Louisiana
Riga
Cheveron Oil Company
Powell
Inquiry Upholds Death by Own Action in Stammheim Case
West Germany officials upheld that Andreas Baader Gudrun Ensslin and Jan Carl Raspe killed themselves in Stammheim prison after a Lufthansa hijack. The report hinted defense lawyers may have smuggled pistols during visits though no definitive evidence was presented.
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Stuttgart
West Germany
Andreas Baader
Gudrun Ensslin
Jan-Carl Raspe
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Baader and
Raspe
Lufthansa
Mogadishu
Somalia
Helmut Engler
State Justice Ministry
Parliament
Christmas Spirit Arrives Early in Twin Cities Stores
The Christmas season nudges into area shops ahead of November with many stores stocking goods early. Drivers are warned to watch for youths as darker mornings hinder visibility until Daylight Saving ends on November 30, offering only a temporary fix before longer nights return.
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Jack Dietle
Wednesday's Digest
Jefferson Parish
Associated Press Managing Editors
Dairy Stabilization Board
New York Harbor
Michael Blumenthal
Kuwait
Energy
James Schlesinger
America
Middle East
Ferdinand Marcos
Moshe Dyan
Israel
West Bank
Jordan River
Dodger
Tom Lasorda
Grambling
Doug Williams
Lowman
Radio
Eeeeseer
Seeee Solomon Pereees
John Vorster
France
William Bowdler
Red Adair
California
Blaze
Inquiry
Baader
Miss Ensslin
Irmgard Moeller
Turkey
Miss Moeller
Amnesty International
Stammheim
Twin Cities
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