Mobutu forces push back invaders in Zaire
In Kinshasa the government says Mobutu Sese Seko's troops drove the attackers 15 miles south in southern Zaire and halted their advance on Kolwezi the copper center. The AZAP report says a counter-offensive captured arms medical supplies and one wounded prisoner. In New Delhi India's government impounded Sanjay Gandhi's passport and named a judge to probe his finances and alleged abuse of influence. The passport ban bars Sanjay from leaving the country.
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India
Indira Gandhi
Sanjay
National Park Service sees crowds top bicentennial turnout
The National Park System plans for a peak summer rush as 99 sites, including 37 national parks, offer campgrounds across 293 locations. Spokesman Duncan Morrow notes the anticipated crowds and urges visitors to plan ahead.
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National Park System
Duncan Morrow
Texas weekend death toll rises on slick roads and violence
Weekend Texas fatalities reached 14 in traffic crashes plus three from gunfire and a drowning, with weather contributing to dangerous road conditions. Oil demand rises to 3.95 million barrels daily for May as the railroad commission sets the statewide oil cap. A Davis capital murder trial sequel potential grows in Fort Worth as motions play out. Gerald Ford to address Dallas meeting of the YMCA, publicized for Wednesday night at the Dallas Hilton.
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Carter to outline energy plan in televised Oval Office speech
President Carter prepares a national energy address from the Oval Office warning of severe shortages and urging public sacrifice to support a tough energy package to be unveiled to Congress Wednesday. The plan will be framed as a wartime unity appeal and explained with a history of the crisis since the 1930s.
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Associated Press
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Belgian premier Tindemans resigns after election
Premier Leo Tindemans of Belgium resigns after his Social Christian party leads in a general election with six more parliamentary seats but no majority. He offers to form a coalition and may ask the opposition Socialists to join. King Baudouin asks him to stay as caretaker while a national unity government is explored.
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Two Houston men charged in Fort Bend murder case
Louisiana officers aided Texas investigators in the fatal shooting of Benton Bordelon 25 found with six bullet wounds on a Fort Bend County farm road six miles north of Richmond. Alvin Peter Jones Jr. 20 and Robert Cary Curvey 26 are charged with capital murder. Gary Bordelon, a Louisiana trooper, had been in the Houston area on a narcotics case when the incident occurred.
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Texas Department of Public Safety
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Senate abandons tax bill amid $50 rebate pullback
The Senate scrapped immediate action on President Carter's stimulus tax bill after he abandoned the $50 rebate plan. Finance leaders plan further talks on the remnant of the bill as Republicans push for a permanent tax cut. Congress shifts focus to Carter's national energy program to be unveiled in a joint session and broadcast tonight.
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Associated Press
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Rabin's Wife Fined for Illegal Washington Bank Accounts
In Jerusalem a district judge fined Leah Rabin 26852 dollars for keeping 21101 in two illegal Washington bank accounts. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was fined 1611 dollars, will take extended leave and hand over government duties to Defense Minister Shimon Peres. Rabin and Leah attended a Tel Aviv court where she pleaded guilty to currency-law violations.
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Iam
Dov Levine
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Israel
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ENMU ROTC Names First Female Distaff Commanders
Kendal Jo Elrod, a 20 year old five foot tall ENMU ROTC cadet, is named the first distaff corps commander since 1974. She will be commissioned as second lieutenant in May and among 13 women receiving regular army commissions in the region. She sees leadership potential and aims to manage people in the Army.
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Carter seeks to dam flood of dam projects
President Carter moves to curb dam building by halting funding for 15 water projects in 1978 with cuts on five more and full funding for eight. The plan, disclosed by Congress and state and environmental groups, could save about 120 million dollars in fiscal 1978, while Congress retains final funding authority.
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Congress
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Bureau of Reclamation
Russia faces looming energy crisis fueling Middle East oil rivalry
CIA analysts warn President Carter that Russia may peak in oil output by the early 1980s and then decline, threatening supplies and sharpening U S Soviet competition for Persian Gulf oil while limiting Moscow's revenue from Western Europe.
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Fred S. Hoffman
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Iceland
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United States
Western Europe
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Nudist World club faces protest in Grimes County
In Plantersville Texas activists led by Rev. A G Stredny gather over 100 clothed residents at the Grimes County courthouse to oppose Nudist World opened by Jim Chase in the forest. County officials say no law allows forcing closure without new ordinances. protesters warn a 5 000 crowd threshold would trigger a permit.
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Grimes County
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Anderson
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ATTY
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Stoneham
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Scott to attempt third Smirnoff Sailplane Derby
Odessa theater owner Wally Scott, 52, set to defend his title as he pilots in the sixth Smirnoff Sailplane Derby. The cross country race begins May 3 in Los Angeles and ends two weeks later in Washington DC, facing four top rival pilots.
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