Language academy probe centers on Manpower loan case
Cameron County inquiry focuses on a $3,000 loan E A Gonzalez granted to Carlos Rodriguez of the Texas Language Academy, later tied to a federal contract. Gonzalez testified before a Court of Inquiry called by Judge Darrell Hester as the probe unfolds.
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Brownsville
Tex
Cameron County
E.A. Gonzalez
Carlos Rodriguez
Texas Language Academy
Gonzalez
Darrell Hester
Last act of love saves girl after Texas plane crash
Dying father Gerald Wayne Sneed piloted a single engine plane that crashed on a Kerrville ridge. His wife Susan Parr Sneed and son Shannon were killed. Daughter Shera Sneed, 3, was found alive after 35 hours, suffering a fractured limb but in stable condition. Rescue teams believe he shielded her as the plane broke apart.
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Rick Scott
Associated Press
Kerrville, Tex
Texas
Shara Sneed
Gerald Wayne Sneed
San Antonio
Susan Parr Sneed
Shannon
Shera
Kerrville
Dan Waters
First Texas Flying Service
Farrell
Jim Thompson
Sneed
Thompson
Spencer Treharne
Civil Air Patrol
Treharne
Waters
Winters
Tex
Boerne
Justice of the Peace
Spencer Brown
Federal Aviation Administration
National Transportation Safety Board
Tax credit blocks vote on Social Security bill
Congress debates a $250 tuition tax credit for parents of college students as part of the Social Security reform package. Senate House conference committee seeks a compromise to strip the credit or push a House vote, while leaders push to adjourn and avoid delaying passage.
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Jim Luther
Associated Press
Washington
Senate House
House
Carter
Senate
Russell B. Long
D-La
William V. Roth
R-Del
Roth
Undercover FBI agent helps trap radical group
A young FBI agent lived undercover for seven years and helped expose a Revolutionary Action Squad allied with Weather Underground. The operation led to the arrest of several Seattle area activists linked to an alleged plot against California state senator John Briggs. One top radical, Clayton Van Lydegraf, remains at large with other Weather Underground figures.
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Jonathan Wolman
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
FBI
Richard Giannotti
Prairie Fire Organizing Committee
California
William Reagan
Revolutionary Action Squad
Giannotti
Clayton van Lydegraf
Bernardine Dohrn
Jeffrey Jones
William Ayres
Cathy Wilkerson
Kathy Boudin
Radical
Weather Underground
van Lydegraf
Judith Bissell
Seattle
Leslie Mullins
Curtis Marc Perry
Michael Thomas Justesen
Superior Court
John Briggs
FDA urges cease fire in aspirin versus Tylenol ads
FDA Commissioner Kennedy asks Sterling Drug to stop a one sided campaign against Tylenol citing a panel finding acetaminophen products show no safer profile than aspirin and can cause liver damage in overdose. He criticizes Tylenol for misplacing context and urges FTC action to curb misleading ads in the 750 million dollar over the counter pain killer market.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Donald M. Kennedy
Sterling Drug Co
Bayer Aspirin
Bayer
Kennedy
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Michael Pertschuk
Pertschuk
Egypt Israel begin talks on Arab peace seen as new era
In Cairo at the historic conference table delegates from Israel and Egypt vow to pursue a general Arab Israeli peace. Eliahu Ben-Elissar and A Esmat Abdel Meguid urge tangible results as Begin heads to Washington amid reports of possible U S security guarantees in return for land.
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Marcus Eliason
Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Eliahu Ben-Elissar
A. Esmat Abdel Meguid
Great Pyramid of
Cheops
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Chiang Kaishek
Meguid
Ben-Elissar
Israal
Mena House
United States
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Paul VI
Soviet Union
Syria
Jordan
Lebanon
Menahem Begin
Tel Aviv
Carter
Middle East
Begin
U.S
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Metropolitan Correctional Center
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