Pro-Cuban Manley lands Jamaica election landslide
Unofficial returns show Prime Minister Michael Manley’s Socialist PNP winning 45 of 60 seats in Jamaica’s House of Representatives with Edward Seaga’s Jamaica Labour Party taking six. Nine seats remain undecided, with projections at 48 to 12.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Michael Manley
Manley
People’s National Party
PNP
House of Representatives
Edward Seaga
Jamaica Labor Party
OPEC rejects call for oil price freeze at Doha
Saudi Arabia led a failed bid for a six month price freeze as 12 other OPEC members pushed for price increases. Iran and Iraq voiced diverging views while the conference aimed to decide before Friday. Yamani left for Saudi Arabia amiduncertainty over whether he would return.
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Nick Ludington
Associated Press
Doha
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Shiek Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Yamani
Khaled
Taleh Abdulkarim
Iraq
Iran
Three die in worst rail crash near Marland Oklahoma
In heavy fog near Marland Oklahoma Amtrak Lone Star collided with an oil transport truck killing two crewmen and a truck driver. The train from Chicago to Houston carried 110 passengers and 15 crew none seriously injured. damage estimated at $500000.
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Marland
Okla
Here
Amtrak
Lone Star
Oklahoma
Santa Fe
Chicago
Houston
Walter L. Hinkle
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Amtrak Zephyr Derails Near Omaha Injuring Dozens
Six cars of the San Francisco Zephyr derailed on the southern edge of Omaha as the Amtrak train headed from the West Coast to Chicago. About 180 aboard with at least 37 injured and one in critical condition. The crash occurred 10 minutes before its 3 05 a m arrival despite 65 mph travel. Conductor R W Mitchell said the train was moving fast when the derailment happened.
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R.W. Kurtz
Santa Fe
Oklahoma
Kurtz
Ponca City
Here
Oklahoma City
Dallas
Omaha, Neb
San Francisco
Sheriff's Department
R.W. Mitchell
Lincoln
West Point reforms draw varied reactions across Capitol Hill and West Point
The Frank Borman commission urges reinstatement for 151 cadets tied to the cheating scandal and backs broad reforms. Senators and House members praise the report as a prudent reexamination while West Point cadets and officials express apprehension about readmission and implementation.
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Malcolm N. Carter
Associated Press
Washington
West Point
Capitol Hill
U.S. Military Academy
Daniel Sharphorn
Army
Martin R. Hoffmann
Frank Borman
Pentagon
Spain Votes to Restore Parliamentary Democracy After Franco
Spanish voters approved a plan to hold free parliamentary elections next year with 72.9 percent support from 23 million voters and 77.4 percent turnout. The referendum ends four decades of dictatorship and abolishes the Cortes in favor of a new two-house legislature.
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Fenton Wheeler
Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
Election Center
Juan Carlos
Adolfo Suarez
Cortes
Franco
Suarez
Carter names Young and Schultze to key posts and HEW lead
President elect Carter names Rep. Andrew Young to be U.N. ambassador and Charles L. Schultze to head the Counc il of Economic Advisers. Joseph A. Califano is top candidate for HEW, with Rep. Robert Bergland eyed for agriculture secret ary. Young would be the first black U.S. cabinet official.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Plains, Ga
Carter
Andrew Young
U.S
United Nations
Charles L. Schultze
Council of Economic Advisers
Carter Camp
Joseph A. Califano
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Lyndon B. Johnson
Califano
Great Society
HEW
Robert Bergland
D-Minn
Young
Georgia
CEA
Pentagon
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Vietnam
White House
Johnson
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