Man says he killed two great white sharks off Antigua
Richard Minns describes diving with two five foot bang sticks and a speargun to kill two great white sharks near Antigua in the West Indies. He claims one shark was 17 1/2 feet and about 3,100 pounds, the other 12 feet and 1,750 pounds.
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UPI
Richard Minns
Acapulco
Cozumel
Lake Tahoe
Nevada
Australia
Great Barrier Reef
Antigua
West Indies
Minns
Richard L. Minns
British West Indies
From power to jail terms
Former Nixon aides Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and Mitchell begin sentences after conspiracy and obstruction of justice in the Watergate cover up. Mitchell, 63, fingerprinted at Maxwell AFB Alabama. Haldeman, 50, at Lompoc California. Ehrlichman already in Safford Arizona. parole possible next year.
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United Press International
H.R. Haldeman
Nixon White House
California
John Mitchell
U.S
Mitchell
Maxwell Afb
Ala
Haldeman
Lompoc
Los Angeles
Nixon
John Ehrlichman
Richard Nixon
Ehrlichman
Supreme Court
Safford
Ariz
Charles Colson
City seeks county ok for fuel funds to cover TOPICS project
The city expects two county commissioners to approve using 47620 in liquid fuel tax funds to pay for downtown traffic system improvements under the TOPICS program. Commissioners Meehan and Shumaker will sign after removing a reference to construction of traffic islands.
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John A. Meehan Jr
Thomas A. Shumaker
Ron Rich
Shumaker
House delays saccharin ban on FDA for a year
The House voted to block the FDA ban on saccharin for at least 12 months, adding a pro saccharin amendment to a 12.7 billion Agriculture Department funding bill. It restricts use of funds to enforce saccharin bans through Sept. 30, 1978. The bill heads to the Senate.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
Canada
FDA
Agriculture Department
Senate
Harold Volkmer
D-Mo
Jamie Whitten
D-Miss
Citizens mum on tax hike and top fashion notes
Brief digest notes citizens silent on proposed tax hike while actors showcase fashion trends. Weather forecast highlights scattered thundershowers across northern Rockies to central Florida with warm highs in the 60s to 90s. western Pennsylvania expects fair, then increasing clouds Thursday.
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mid-Mississippi Valley
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mid-Atlantic States
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Chicago
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Duluth
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Miami
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New York
Western Pennsylvania
Fire at Canadian jail kills 20 prisoners
In St John New Brunswick a fire in the detention area of city hall police headquarters overnight killed 20 prisoners and sent six firemen and several officers to hospital for smoke inhalation. Detention cells built for 25 were nearly full. the cause is under investigation.
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ST. John
New Brunswick
UPI
Canada
City Hall
Engineers Refuse Bids on County Bridge Inspections
County commissioners opened bids for in depth inspection of three bridges but professional engineers declined to bid citing National Society of Professional Engineers policy. Only one firm submitted actual bids while other firms sent proposals and a second firm offered an immediate action option.
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National Society of Professional Engineers
Frank B. Taylor Engineering Co
RD 4
Mosure and Syrakis Co., Ltd
Youngstown
Mill Street Bridge
New Castle
Walker's Mill Bridge
Wilmington Township
Covert’s Crossing Bridge
Union Township
Michael Baker Jr
Penndot
Federal Highway Administration
FHA
Murtha
Baker, Masure and Syrakis
Taylor
Frank G. Verterano
Sharpsville
E. A. Winslow and Associates, Inc
Mill Street
Covert
Walker
Mill
Mosure
Syrakis
Congress divides over federally funded abortion limits
The House approves a $61.3 billion Labor-HHEW bill banning federal funding for elective abortions. The Senate Appropriations panel favors restricting funds to cases of life endangerment, rape, incest, or serious fetal conditions, with a $60.7 billion bill.
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House
Senate
Edward Brooke
R-Mass
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Departments of Labor and Health, Education
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Besseme
Lugo Ottavio
Ellwood City
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New Wilmington
George Lesmarck
Farrell Arnold Michael
Elyria
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