Birthday and farewell for Railroad Commissioner Langdon
In Austin Texas Railroad Commissioner Jim Langdon celebrated his 63rd birthday with a combined party at the commission offices. Colleagues Mack Wallace Jon Newton and former commissioner Ben Ramsey attended, honoring his more than 30 years in public service.
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Langdon
Mack Wallace
Jon Newton
Ben Ramsey
Evansville basketball crash toll mourned on campus
On the University of Evansville campus a somber vigil drew more than 500 mourners for 14 players and coach Bobby Watson killed in a charter plane crash. President Dr. Wallace Graves urged strength and dedication as students recalled a hopeful team poised for a improving season.
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Associated Press
Evansville, Ind
University of Evansville
University
Wallace Graves
Bobby Watson
Graves
Strangler suspect seen in library in Hillside case
Hollywood library workers may have spotted the man who murdered and strangled 17 year old Kimberly Diane Martin the latest Hillside Strangler victim. Police traced the suspect’s call from a library pay phone and sought a mustachioed man with a limp seen in the area. Ms. Martin’s nude body was found on a hillside north east of downtown Los Angeles. The outcall service and a prostitutes group were involved in alerts but police declined to confirm.
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Peter J. Boyer
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Hollywood Public Library
Llth
Kimberly Diane Martin
Hollywood
Hillside Strangler Task Force
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Hillside
California Association For Trollops
Vance fails to rally Arabs to Sadat side
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance returned from Riyadh with no Arab political support for Anwar Sadat's peace moves with Israel. He did gain oil price optimism, with Saudi leaders hopeful OPEC will hold crude at 12.70 per barrel at the Caracas meeting while Iran UAE and Saudi Arabia push against any hike.
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Associated Press
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Prince Saud
Carter
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Iran
United Arab Emirates
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Libya
Algeria
U.S
Heavy snow melt triggers Midwest flooding and coastal storm threats
Unseasonably warm weather melted last week's heavy snowfall causing minor floods across parts of the Midwest including Ohio and Pennsylvania. Eastlake Mayor Morris Becker called the events unprecedented as the Willamette River neared flood stage in Oregon and Washington faced storms. Washington state estimated earlier flood damage at 19 million dollars while coastal winds reached 55 mph with 16 foot seas along Oregon. Travel advisories due to fog and freezing drizzle appeared in Minnesota and Iowa as rain targeted the Ohio Valley and Atlantic Coast.
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Maine
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Egypt and Israel Start Closed-Door Peace Talks Agenda
Egyptian and Israeli envoys began private discussions in Cairo with US and UN aides to set topics and order for future peace talks. Egypt seeks to place withdrawal and a Palestinian state first, while Israel pushes for defining the peace scope and borders. Agreement may start with UNSC Resolution 242.
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Egypt
Israel
United States
United Nations
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Pyramids
Alfred Atherton
U.N. Security Council
Houston Dads get whopping salary raise for city leaders
The Houston City Council approved large pay hikes for mayor, councilmen, and the city controller, boosting mayoral pay to 71 700, councilmembers to 19 120, and the controller to 47 800. The action, 8-1, ends a 55 year pay freeze.
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Houston City Council
Jim McCann
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