Ethics Decision Near McFall Faces Possible Proceedings
The House ethics committee may decide next week whether to pursue proceedings against former Democratic Whip John J. McFall and three other Democrats over contributions linked to Tongsan Park. Special counsel Leon Jaworski cited House rules that may have been violated. the panel must determine if actions warrant disciplinary steps, with possible perjury actions against two former congressmen unnamed by sources.
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Washington
House Ethics Committee
John J. McFall
Tongsan Park
Leon Jaworski
House
Jaworski
McFall
California
Edward J. Patten
New Jersey
Charles H. Wilson
Edward R. Roybal
Carter Taps Water Projects for Public Works Plan
President Carter proposes 26 new water projects totaling about 718 million dollars, including 20 in the House public works bill and six smaller starts. The plan marks a reversal after earlier attempts to kill such projects, with the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area noted as his largest non bill item.
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Washington
Carter
Glen Canyon Dam
Utah
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
Mississippi
Central
Arizona
Harold T. Johnson
D-Calif
House Public Works Committee
Congress
Corps of Engineers
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Kentucky
Tennessee
Cumberland River
River Gorge
California
Johnson
Train Collision Injures 68 Near Washington
A Conrail commuter train struck Amtrak Montrealer eight miles north of Washington injuring 68 people. Sixty-five treated at two hospitals, three kept overnight. Investigation into cause to take months. Montrealer slowed by engine trouble. Traffic on four tracks disrupted. service restored on one track later. Engineer could not see Montrealer due to bend.
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Seabrook
Amtrak
Washington
National Transporation Safety Board
Conrail
Montreal
Sue Stevens
Bob Buckhorn
Safety Agency
Richard Scott
Prince Georges County
Baltimore
Hugh W. Hoffmaster
Swedish hotel blaze kills twenty in Boras
In Boras City Hotel Sweden a wooden five story hotel fire during an after party killed at least 20 people and injured 55. Witnesses say the fire began around 2 30 a m in the lobby and spread to a second floor restaurant and third floor ballroom where about 150 partygoers danced the last dance. Police have not determined a cause though a firebomb was reported.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Boras
Warm Kansas weekend forecast hits 90s across the state
Beautiful TOPEKA AP reports southerly winds push Kansas into the 90s with highs reaching the 90s through Sunday and into early next week. Overnight lows range from 50 in the northwest to mid 60s elsewhere, with scattered showers possible in the northwest tonight.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Hutchinson
Russell
Beloit
Chanute
Coffeyville
Salina
Mormons Lift Priesthood Ban On Blacks In Doctrine Change
The First Presidency announced a revelation ending the church ban that barred black men from the priesthood, marking the most significant doctrinal shift since polygamy ended in 1890. Church leaders stressed no details of the revelation, while noting interracial marriage remains unbanned and temple ordinances would now be available to black members.
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Salt Lake City
Mormon Church
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Douglas Wallace
Vancouver
Wash
Elijah Able
Joseph Smith
James Dawson
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Church
Dawson
Jerry Cahill
Cahill
Spencer W. Kimball
N. Eldon Tanner
Marion G. Romney
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