North Korea declares sea boundary blocking foreign ships
The Associated Press report says North Korea announced a military sea boundary on Monday banning most foreign ships and planes without permission. The UN Command and South Korea rejected recognition, stating no change in operations in international waters and air space. In Nairobi, Uganda radio announced Idi Amin has fathered twin boys, boosting his brood to about 33 children with at least five wives. Madina Amin reportedly gave birth in Mulago Hospital, Kampala.
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Tokyo
U.S
United Nations Command
South Korea
Nairobi
Kenya
Uganda
Idi Amin
Madina Amin
Mulago Hospital
Kampala
Steelworkers strike halts two thirds of iron ore output
In Duluth and across five states, more than 14,000 steelworkers walked out in the first U.S. steel strike in 18 years over local contract issues. Industry reps say no strike clause violations, union officials insist actions address local concerns.
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Duluth
Minn
United Steelworkers
Texas News Roundup From Houston to San Antonio
Police in Houston arrest 19 men on vice case charges during a crackdown on child and adult material with bonds set at 400 dollars each. Governor Briscoe defends his re election stance at a convention amid questions about a feud involving Atty. Gen. Hill and State Comptroller Bullock. UT Austin co ed missing for 15 months. reward renewed at 1000 dollars. Bank losses from a defunct Citizens State Bank of Carrizo Springs likely near 3 million dollars as FDIC liquidates assets.
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Leroy Michna
Police Juvenile Division
Michna
the Woodlands
Tex
Dolph Briscoe
John Hill
Bob Bullock
Briscoe
Texas Daily Newspaper Association
Bullock
Hill
Austin
University of Texas
San Antonio
Citizens State Bank of
Carrizo Springs
Eagle Pass
Enrique Salinas
James Duvall
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Gonzalez calls AP election fraud tale an old lie
Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez denounces The Associated Press account of the 1948 Texas Senate primary runoff as a fabrication. He says Salas’s claims of 200 forged votes for Lyndon B. Johnson are untrue and accuses Parr’s organization of corruption while defending Johnson’s integrity and career.
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Robert B. Cullen
Associated Press
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Texas
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Gonzalez
House
Luis
Salas
George B. Parr
Jim Wells County
Johnson
Coke R. Stevenson
Parr
Lyndon Johnson
Chicago
Dibrell
Jim Wells
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FBI
Stevenson
San Antonio
Black and White Clashes Over Boston Beach Access
RIOT police in Boston struggled to separate blacks and whites at Carson Beach amid 12 days of confrontations linked to school integration issues. Ten people were arrested after tensions flared as Black families laid blankets on the sand and white teens gathered nearby, leading to fights and police intervention.
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Carson Beach
Columbia Point
Michael Goldman
Metropolitan District Commission
Convicted killer finds the devil
Convicted murderer Jerry Lane Jurek faces a habeas corpus ruling as psychologists testify to his claimed devil worship and power to cause disasters. Trial competency questions and potential appeals frame the Corpus Christi hearing, with defense arguing inadequate counsel and prosecutors noting rights standards. The case centers on Jurek's 1974 death sentence for the murder of a Cuero girl, with testimony from psychiatrists and university experts.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Jerry Lane
Jurek
U.S. District Court
Owen Cox
Cuero
Guadalupe River
Cox
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
University of Texas Health Science Center At
San Antonio
Lawrence Schoenfeld
Russell Adams
Adams
Lawrence Taylor
Taylor
Texas
Jay Topkis
New York
George Middaugh
Asst. Atty
Anita Ashton
George Wallace denies unfiled divorce petition
Governor George C. Wallace rejects a television report that a divorce petition exists for him and Cornelia Wallace. The unsigned July 1977 document claims irreconcilable differences and irretrievable breakdown, but Wallace says there is nothing to the matter.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Associated Press
Wsfa-Tv
Cornelia
Vance and Sadat Tackle Hard Nut of Palestinian Role
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat meet at Sadat's villa in Alexandria to press for a Middle East peace, focusing on how to represent Palestinians amid Geneva talks. Disputes over Palestinian representation, possible PLO involvement, and other core issues like borders and Arab territories frame two days of discussions.
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Egypt
Cyrus R. Vance
Anwar Sadat
Middle East
Sadat
Vance
Mediterranean
Geneva
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Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
West Bank
Jordan River
United Nations
Menahem Begin
Kidnaped Woman Foils Getaway Near Fredericksburg Bank
Mrs. Norman Rech aided by two FBI agents reversed course and thwarted an abduction by two Kingston New York men. Russell Kageler was wounded and captured, with $40,000 to $50,000 recovered. George Savatgy Jr. was arrested nearby after a chase 15 miles south of Fredericksburg. The men face charges before a justice of the peace.
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Fredericksburg
New York State
Texas
FBI
Norman Rech
Fredericksburg National Bank
George Everett Savatgy Jr
Kingston
Kageler
Savatgy
Navy brings back bell-bottoms for lower ranks
The Navy will reintroduce the traditional bell-bottomed trousers and white caps for E-1 to E-4 after an internal poll showed the newer coat and peaked cap uniform was unpopular. A year long test will run next year for 20,000 sailors, with both blue and white versions tested. commercial wear will be allowed before full issue.
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Washington
Navy
Naval Operations
Elmo Zumwalt Jr
Zumwalt
Adm
James L. Holloway III
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