Proxmire Urges Wide Arms Budget Reform
Washington senator William Proxmire urged major reforms in U S military spending arguing reforms can save money without harming security. He backed trimming strategic nuclear forces, reforming procurement, European burden sharing, and cutting costly programs like the B1 bomber and certain aircraft while criticizing waste in warning systems and antisubmarine programs.
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Powell Quits Pulpit at Abyssinian Church
Adam Clayton Powell resigns as pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church at age 62. He took over the pulpit from his father in 1937 and plans to settle permanently in Bimini Bahamas. Powell has lived there largely since losing the 196x Democratic primary to Charles Rangel for the 18th District after 12 terms.
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Abyssinian Baptist Church
Powell
Bimini
Bahamas
Charles Rangel
South Florida faces worst drought in two decades
Miami area endures thick smoke and blood red sunsets as Everglades fires rage across the southern peninsula. Water tables drop below sea level near Miami and in the Big Cypress Swamp, Lake Okeechobee sits three feet low, and statewide fires scorch nearly 400000 acres since January. Officials call it extreme drought and close park areas to protect wildlife amid rising fire danger.
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Lake Okeechobee
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Tom Huser
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Huser
Big Cypress Swamp
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Dale Engquist
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Florida
Miami Beach
Biscayne Bay
National Park Areas
Dayan backs Suez pullout for permanent cease-fire
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan endorsed a withdrawal from the Suez Canal area if a permanent cease-fire with Egypt holds and no Soviet or Egyptian troops cross the canal. He warned against total withdrawal and cited Sadat’s two stage peace proposals. Dayan noted Moscow supplied MiG 23 aircraft to Egypt and urged pursuing every path to peace. Meanwhile Easter visitors thronged Jerusalem as no hostilities marked the holiday, and Jordan reported a Palestinian raid near Turra repelled after a brief shelling and ground assault.
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Egypt
Dayan
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Sinai Peninsula
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Sadat
Jordan
Amman
Turra
Syria
Austrian Snow Slide Kills 7 During Easter Week End
A snow slide on Austrian ski slopes killed seven people during the Easter weekend. Authorities had warned against school trips to avalanche threatened areas. Two student groups were caught by slides, including a 13 year old West German girl among the dead. Four French tourists also died.
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Black coalition protests at Patuxent jail demands
About 60 protesters demonstrated outside Patuxent Institute in Jessup Maryland as five coalition spokesmen delivered 17 demands to director Dr Harold M Boslow. Top demand is removal of Boslow and more Black representation in decision making. Protests to be reviewed by the state Human Relations Commission with 15 coalition members to inspect Patuxent on Thursday.
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NATO
Europe
Patuxent
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