Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn Sinks After Collision
Divers recovered four bodies from the sunken Coast Guard cutter Blackthorn after a collision with the tanker SS Capricorn near Tampa Bay. Twenty one crew members were unaccounted for as divers scoured 50 foot depths, with searches hindered by the hull and debris as officials at the St. Petersburg Coast Guard station coordinated the effort.
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Jimmy Durante dies at 86 in California hospital
Hollywood AP reports Jimmy Durante the brash raspy voiced comic known as Schnozzola died today at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica at age 86. He had been treated for pneumonitis since January 7 and earlier suffered a 1972 stroke that left him partially paralyzed. Durante rose to fame with fractured song piano routines and the signature Inka Dinka Doo.
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Jimmy Durante
St. John’s Hospital
Santa Monica
Durante
Schnozzola
Rezek gets life plus 15 years for deputy death
West Virginia man Roberto Rezek, 41, was sentenced to life plus 15 years in prison by a Washington County Circuit Court jury for the death of Garrett County deputy David Livengood. Livengood was killed while responding to a silent alarm at an Oakland Army Navy store last January. the case automatically appeals under Maryland capital punishment law.
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Garrett County
Washington County
Roberto Rezek
Fairmont
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Rezek
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David Livengood
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State Court of Special Appeals
Maryland
Standby draft registration faces battle in Congress
President Carter's standby registration plan faces stiff opposition in Congress over including women and the needed 10 million dollars for implementation. A House defeat of a similar bill last year signals narrow support, while aides warn no proposal may gain easy passage. Carter will decide by February on including women, amid mixed feminist pressures.
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GOP says U S cannot defend Persian Gulf against Soviets
Washington AP report says Republican leaders Rhodes and Stevens dispute Carter's claim the Gulf will be protected. They say the U S lacks the means to deter Soviet aggression and criticize plans for wage and price controls and mandatory gasoline rationing as insufficient. The remarks followed Carter's State of the Union address and Kennedy's policy proposals.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Bani Sadr Rejects U S Aid Offer Over Hostage Frees
President elect Abolhassan Bani Sadr dismissed Washington’s offer of military and economic aid if the Tehran hostages are freed. He told Le Monde that the offer was unacceptable and warned against Russian expansionism while stressing independence. Cyrus Vance offered to work with him to secure hostage release.
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Washington
Vance Says Iran Sanctions Now Irrelevant Under New Policy
Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance argues in an AP interview that promised sanctions against Iran have become irrelevant due to rapid U S- led economic measures. He also signals willingness to work with President elect Bani-Sedr to resolve the hostage crisis and urges Iran and the United States to address the grave situation created by Soviet-occupied Afghanistan while reaffirming U S support for Iran's independence.
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U.S
Kennedy Trail in Frederick County Faces Democratic Setback
A News-Post poll of 28 Democrats shows over 70 percent would back President Carter today. Voters cite Carter’s Iran Afghanistan crisis leadership and experience, while Kennedy support remains tepid and many distrust his liberal approach. Some undecided favor deregulation and market solutions, others see Carter gaining ground.
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Emmitsburg
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Walkersville
Afghanistan
Thomas Weight Proposal Aims to Avert Senate Ambush
In Annapolis a contingent of state troopers with mobile scales await on I-70 to weigh trucks, while more than six senators gather to ambush the Senate's 1980 truck weight bill.
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Canada aided U S diplomats escape Iran amid hostage crisis
Six American diplomats hiding in Tehran since November escaped with help from the Canadian embassy. Canada issued false passports and moved them out as Iran seized the embassy. Officials kept locations and identities confidential to avoid reprisals. Meanwhile U S hostages in Iran numbered around 30. The piece also covers Sen. Edward P. Thomas’s Senate Bill 8 to raise truck weight limits, facing opposition but expected to pass, with Thomas recuperating from surgery.
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Tehran
State Department
Canada
Iran
Mohammad Reza Patlavi
Senate
Edward P. Thomas
Thomas
Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
Constitutional and Public Law Committee
Frederick Washington
Frederick
Edward J. Mason
Mason
Garrett Allegany
Maryland
Court hearing on HDC siding ruling in Frederick County
Oral arguments continued in Frederick County Circuit Court before Judge Samuel W. Barrick over Edith V. Fout’s challenge to the Frederick City Historic District Commission’s refusal to grant a redwood siding permit for 228 West Patrick Street. Also before the court are Richard and Sylvia Sheckells’ appeal of a vinyl siding denial, with city officials stating siding would clash with the neighborhood character.
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Edith V. Fout
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W. Milner Roberts
Historic District Commission
William Wickham
Gardening mushrooms no short cuts, says AP Newsfeatures
AP Newsfeatures writer Earl Aroguoe asserts there are no shortcuts in growing mushrooms and explains why. The column explores methodical cultivation, patience, and proper conditions to achieve quality harvests.
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Washington
Jack Anderson
Anthony Harrigan
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Energy Dept
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Norman Nodel
Vienna
Dom Graff
Eugene Col
Islamic nations urge end to Afghanistan conflict boycott Moscow Games
In Islamabad a coalition of 34 Islamic states and the PLO urged immediate Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan and called on the United States and Iran to settle differences peacefully. They backed boycotting the Moscow Olympics, severing ties with Afghanistan, aiding Afghan refugees, and supporting Muslim neighbors against threats. Egypt’s Sadat endorsed the Carter Doctrine and offered facilities to U.S. forces if Gulf states were threatened.
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Considerable cloudiness and cold through Wednesday forecast
The forecast notes cloudy, cold conditions through Wednesday with highs around the city and near-zero precipitation at night. Light northwesterly winds are expected, and overall temperatures remain low. The text also includes garbled personal phrases not tied to the forecast.
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