Weather and headlines from Texas to Tehran and beyond
Melting snow and fog sweep Texas while reports from Georgia, Memphis, Oklahoma City, and Dallas highlight crime, business, and public safety. A bomb at a Tehran cultural center harms a doorman as a Texas city crowns a horse winner. Two killed in a Louisiana train truck collision evacuate nearly 1000 residents.
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Panhandle
Texas
Gulf Coast
Beaumont
G.W. Llewellyn
Sam Rosa
Llewellyn
Arafat and Jordan Reject Peace Plan Backed by Carter
The PLO and Jordan reject Secretary Carter backed peace plan while Iraq signals hardline stance toward Arab talks. A bomb in Netanya wounds and kills several as Marxist guerrillas claim responsibility amid Middle East tension.
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Associated Press
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Jordan
Arab leaders back U S guarantee in Middle East peace
President Carter said some Arab leaders told him they would accept a peace settlement with a U S security guarantee for Israel. He urged a minimal U S role in post settlement peacekeeping while noting Israel’s right to troop presence on the West Bank and Gaza.
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Washington
Carter
Middle East
U.S
Israel
Menahem Begin
West Bank
Jordan River
Begin
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Gaza Strip
United States
Lost skier Eric Schine recounts four days in the Sierra
Eric Schine, 26, a San Francisco bank employee and former Denver Alpine Club member, wandered four days in the High Sierra after straying from a run near Squaw Valley. He survived on leaves and acorns, dug snow caves to sleep, and was finally found by Placer County Search and Rescue near Nevada.
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San Francisco
Eric Schine
High Sierra
San Francisco Bank
University of Denver
Alpine Club
Squaw Valley
Picayune Valley
Schine
Placer County
Nevada
Shhine
Auburn Faith Community Hospital
Carter makes first visit to Soviet bloc since lift
President Carter arrives in Warsaw for a landmark trip his first to the Soviet bloc since backing human rights drew Kremlin ire. He meets with Edward Gierek and Polish officials at the Nike monument and other sites, planned to emphasize friendship over criticism and include a state banquet.
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Carter
Soviet Bloc
Alexander G. Higgins
Associated Press
Warsaw
Poland
Kremlin
Communist Party
Edward Gierek
Rosalynn
Wilanow Palace
Ghetto
Gierek
Radziwill Palace
Soviet Union
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Iran
Belgium
West Germany
Washington
Europe
United States
Chicago
Court halts hand delivery mail in Rochester case
In Rochester a judge ruled for the U.S. Postal Service halting the Brennans 10 cent same day hand delivery scheme amid a monopoly dispute. Patricia Brennan and J Paul Brennan plan appeals as the service continued briefly.
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Rochester
N.Y
P.H. Brennan
U.S. Postal Service
Patricia Brennan
J. Paul Brennan
Brennans
Congress
Brennan
Idaho
Carter energy theme guides six nation trip
President Carter leaves on an aerial tour of Poland, Iran, India, Saudi Arabia, France, and Belgium with energy policy unresolved. He says energy will bind the trip and test U S leadership as Congress faces action on the energy program.
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Washington
Carter
Poland
Congress
Iran
India
Saudi Arabia
France
Belgium
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