Longest Walk endsures in spirit as Indians march
About 500 American Indians camp north of Pittsburg as they pace the Longest Walk from California to Washington, D. C. They oppose federal bills threatening land, minerals and wildlife, and seek public attention for tribal rights while facing weather, safety concerns, and a disputed camp incident in Wheeling West Virginia.
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Pittsburg
Woodland Park
California
Washington, D.C
Pittsburgh
Monongahela
Allegheny
Ohio
Alcatraz Island
Sacramento
Sidney Bearshield
Rosebud Reservation
South Dakota
Donner Pass
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Colorado Rockies
Kansas
Peters
Indianapolis
Bellecourt
Pacific Northwest
Montana
Maine
Jose Barreiro
Washington
Deer Lake Park
Wheeling
W.va
Civil Defense Alarm Sounded in U S Nuclear Threat Scene
Washington(AP) A federal report warns a sneak Soviet nuclear strike could kill eight of ten Americans in target areas. Officials say the U S lacks a current civil defense program and would need about a year of warning to shelter half of 290 million people. A Senate committee prepares to open hearings on Carter’s plan to unify disaster agencies.
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Washington
U.S
Bardyl Tirana
Pentagon
Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
Carter
William K. Chipman
America
Chipman
Senate
Tirana
United States
Leon Goure
University of Miami
Tough Talk In Space Arms Race
Washington warns the Soviet Union to ban killer satellites or face an escalated space arms race. A Carter administration official, speaking on background, cites U S technological supremacy and a new space policy focused on military countermeasures. Talks in Helsinki addressed a possible ban, with no details from officials on outcomes.
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Washington
Carter
Soviet Union
United States
U S
Helsinki
Finland
U.S
Settlement awards 90000 to Litton families in plane crash case
Kansas City AP A total of 90000 will go to the parents of the late Rep. Jerry Litton and his wife Sharon after an out of court settlement in a crash that killed the Littons their children and others. The agreement calls for Charles and Mildred Litton to receive 60000 and Clifford and Vivian Summerville to receive 30000. A separate suit seeking damages from Beech Aircraft Corp. and Teledyne Continental Motors is to be filed seeking 26800000.
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Kansas City, Mo
Jerry Litton
Sharon
Charles C. Litton
Mildred Litton
Clifford C
Vivian Summerville
Sharon Litton
Lantz Welch
Jackson County
Beech Aircraft Corp
Teledyne Continental Motors
Justice Department
U.S
Gerhard Gesell
Ford Administration
United States
Another Try For Cloture On Thursday
Senate leaders press their opposition to the labor law revisions after a record-tying sixth filibuster bid to end debate. Byrd delayed the vote to Thursday with a two day recess to accommodate out of town senators as Orrin Hatch warned the outcome would mirror last week’s two vote margin. The bill would set union representation deadlines and penalties for employers who block organizing. The six anti filibuster votes history echoes a 1975 deadlock over a New Hampshire senatorial contest.
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Washington
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Organized Labor
Congress
New Hampshire
Settlement Likely In Flu Shot Cases
Washington AP reports the government will announce liability in the 1976 swine flu inoculation campaign cases that left hundreds paralyzed. Health Secretary Joseph A. Califano Jr. planned a news conference to reveal the decision, with officials speculating a settlement may be reached.
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Washington
Joseph A. Celifano Jr
Health, Education and Welfare
Egyptian ambassador fired after criticizing Sadat and democracy
Saad el Shazli, Egypt's ambassador to Portugal and former military chief of staff, was dismissed and ordered home after accusing President Sadat of destroying democracy and letting the armed forces govern. Al Ahram and Shazli alleged autocratic rule and suppression of opponents amid Sadat's foreign policy. The envoy delivered a handwritten letter in Lisbon and spoke to the ANDP news agency before returning to Cairo for possible trial.
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Cairo
Egypt
Portugal
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Middle East
Mohamed Ibrahim Kamel
Saad el Shazli
Shazli
Lisbon
Sadat
al Ahram
Shazir
Muammar Khadafy
Ninth Hat In GOP Senate Ring
Augusta man Ken Henderson plans a 10 am news conference to announce his bid as the ninth Republican candidate for the U S Senate seat being vacated by James B Pearson. The filing deadline looms two hours away as Dems field Bill Roy and James Maher and opponents include Wes Preboth and several Republicans. Preboth, 68, says he seeks to expose plans to alter mass lifestyles and inflation and has run for office before.
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Topeka
Kan
Augusta
U. S. Senate
James B. Pearson
Ken Henderson
Roland Wes Preboth
Preboth
Senate
Bill Roy
James Maher
Overland Park
Wayne Angell
Ottawa
Nancy Landon Kassebaum
Wichita
Sam Hardage
Norman Gaar
Roverland Park
Jan Meyers
Bill Gibbs
Deryk K. Schuster
Shawnee
L. C
John” Fitzgarrell
Stilwell
Paul Shanahan
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White Earth Chippewa Reservation
Minnesota
Litton
Littons
Scott Stuart Litton
Linda Lorraine Litton
Paul Louis Rupp Jr
Paul Rupp III
Donald Clark
Livingston County
U.S. Senate
Chillicothe
Kansas City
Dorothy E. Rupp
Rupp
Rupp Automotive
Welch
Gerald R. Ford
Fort Dix
N.J
Ottawa Herald
George Brett
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