Regional Conflicts and Security Incidents Across Middle East Europe
Reports from Beirut describe artillery and rocket duels in southern Lebanon as Syria warns against Lebanese Christians driving Palestinian guerrillas from the frontier. Palestinians claim no major territorial gains as clashes continue on hills near the Israeli border. Frankfurt records an open bank after staff left, a 41 year old customer reports the door unlocked. In Belfast, IRA guerrillas strike a British army scout car, killing a soldier near Belleek in County Armagh.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Christian Phalange Party
Frankfurt
West Germany
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Belleek
County Armagh
Voters choose between council chief and civil rights activist
Voters nationwide head to the polls in four major races to fill the Andrew Young seat and to elect mayors in Los Angeles and Madison. In Clovis, Ova Noss faces hospital treatment after gas exposure linked to a famous gold fortune claim. Congress votes on pay hikes and a revived jobless benefits program as NYC budget fears loom.
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Atlanta
U.N
Andrew Young
Los Angeles
Tom Bradley
Madison
Wis
Clovis
Ova Noss
Manges wins as auction of vast Texas ranch lands is canceled
Texas rancher Clinton Manges reached terms with Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. shortly before a planned 118000 acre public sale on the Duval County courthouse steps. The move ends a dispute with a creditor over the vast Texas holdings.
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San Diego
Tex
Clinton Manges
Manges
South Texas
Connecticut General Life Insurance Co
Bloomington
Sadat seeks U S arms aid after plea on peace talks
Egypt's President Anwar Sadat urges the Carter administration to include Palestinians in Middle East peace talks and shifts focus to securing U S military assistance.
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Anwar Sadat
Jimmy Carter
White House
Washington
Sadat
Egypt
Middle East
U.S
Carter hosts Sadat wife at tea recital in Blue Room
President Carter visited Rosalynn Carter and Mrs. Sadat at a Monday tea party for 11 year old pianist Ana Maria Vera in the White House Blue Room. Carter praised the young artist and spoke of his evolving choice of favorite pianist.
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Washington
Carter
Rosalynn Carter
Jihan Sadat
Kennedy Center
Sadat
Defense
Harold Brown
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Jerusalem
U.S
Egypt
White House
Israel
No power she cooks outdoors in Plaquemine
Albertha Hall cannot pay a 1030 bill and plans to cook outside by lamp light as the city begins enforcing an ordinance to cut off service for those more than two months behind. Several residents owe up to 1800 dollars, and the council moved to stop the laissez faire practice by switching off delinquent accounts.
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Plaquemine
Albertha Hall
Nantucket Votes 4 1 Secession Referendum
Nantucket residents approve a nonbinding secession referendum by 1725 to 404 as town meetings show plainspoken intent. Wayne Holmes says the lark is now serious as leaders in Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket use the vote to press for legislative representation.
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Nantucket
Mass
Massachusetts
Wayne Holmes
Martha’s Vineyard
Cape Cod
Firemen ride engine in gowns in wedding spoof
In Morehead City Carteret County volunteer firemen responding to a fund raising alarm arrived in costumes including dresses wigs and women’s makeup. One firefighter said he faced teasing yet also drew some curious offers during the spoof event.
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Morehead City
N.C
Carteret County
Big City
Firemen's Association
Women Work Empowerment Gains National Attention
Americans increasingly see full employment of women as essential to national safety and prosperity. Carnegie Foundation president Alan Pifer notes in the 1976 annual report that women’s employment is a social and political imperative and boosts self confidence and family support.
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New York
Carnegie Foundation
Alan Pifer
Foundation
Carter proposes hold on food stamp levels with limited changes
President Carter asks Congress to keep current food stamp benefits for most recipients while eliminating the portion paid by some. The two year proposal would disqualify about 600000 of 5.44 million households, cut benefits for 1.58 million, and maintain or slightly raise supports for 3.26 million. About 880000 households would gain eligibility.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Bob Bergland
House Agriculture Committee
Bergland
USDA
Court to view clean air rules appeal to Supreme Court
The government pushes clean air standards as manufacturers seek relief from EPA actions, with industry groups arguing the agency overstepped authority by requiring states to implement stricter measures. The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear the appeal.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Widow of Carrasco surrenders to authorities in Texas
Rosa Gomez Carrasco, widow of the late Fred Gomez Carrasco, turned herself in to District Attorney Bill White in San Antonio after nearly three years eluding police. She posted 100000 bond with two attorneys present and said she desired a normal life.
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San Antonio
Rosa Gomez Carrasco
Fred Gomez Carrasco
Gomez Carrasco
Bill White
KMOL
Anthony Nichlas
Gomez _ Carrasco
Texas
Huntsville
Rodolfo Dominguez
Farmworker union seeks rights after Capitol march
Antonio Orendain leads a five week 400 mile march from the Rio Grande Valley to Austin with about 50 workers to press Gov Dolph Briscoe for legally recognized union rights and collective bargaining for Texas farmworkers. The group testified before a Senate subcommittee considering a bill on union recognition.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Farmworkers Union
Capitol
Dolph Briscoe
Antonio Orendain
Rio Grande Valley
Rome
South Texas
Orendain
Senate Economic Development
Texas
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers
Texas Farm Bureau
Carol Chaloupka
Carlos Truan
D-Comus Christi
Senate weighs debt collection reform bill passage
The Senate may approve a House bill to regulate debt collectors, halting nighttime calls and threats. The measure, advancing on a narrow vote in the House, would impose federal oversight for the first time and face hearings later this month amid concerns it creates new crimes for collectors.
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Washington
Senate
House
Frank Annunzio
D-Ill
America
Annunzio
Congress
Two Texas execution cases advance after Supreme Court refusals
The Supreme Court denied without comment the appeals of Wilbur Charles Collins and Doyle Glenn Boulware, moves that push them toward execution. Collins argues juror exclusion and trial fairness claims, while Boulware contends his confession was obtained after Miranda rights were read.
Wheat storage plan to back up 1976 crop
Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland announced a grain reserve plan allowing farmers to store portions of their 1976 wheat and rice crops for up to three years. The plan, plus higher loan rates for 1977 corn soybeans and other feed grains, aims to steady prices with a limited impact on consumer costs. About 300 million bushels of wheat could enter the reserve while 1.1 billion bushels were expected in storage by June 1 ahead of the new harvest.
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Washington
Bob Bergland
Bergland
House action due on highway funds
A $528 million highway financing bill aimed at restoring and maintaining Texas roads awaits action in the House. Senatorial supporters call it a high level compromise, while opponents warn it threatens no tax reform and could increase general revenue use for highways.
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Austin
Tex
House
Jim Nugent
Kerrville
Dolph Briscoe
Senate
Bill Hobby
Briscoe
Lloyd Doggett
A.R. Schwartz
Galveston
Schwartz
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Lloyd Bentsen
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CAB
Houston
Civil Aeronautics Board
Continental Airlines
Texas International Airlines
Alan Pollack
Washington, D.C
Atlantic
Baltimore Canyon
Carters
Houston (Ap
Lake Sam Rayburn
Angelina County
Glenda Ann Hatcher
Carrasco
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