Amin orders Americans held in Uganda as envoy warns US
Idi Amin orders all Americans in Uganda to stay there and sends a telegram to President Carter demanding the US address its human rights issues first. About 200 Americans trapped in Uganda await a Kampala meeting with Amin next Monday at 11 am. London dealers report renewed speculative interest in Europe’s gold market as buyers return.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Uganda
Carter
United States
Amin
Kampala
London
Europe
Dust storms cover Oklahoma City construction site
An Oklahoma City construction worker shields from a brutal dust storm as a city Urban Renewal Authority engineer notes the danger and observes the man hosing down dust at the demolition site. Visibility dropped to under a block amid drifting debris.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Joe McManus
Houston Rodeo Parade Opens 1977 Event in Downtown
The traditional downtown parade marks the opening of the 1977 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo with 4 000 to 6 000 spectators expected. The parade precedes the 10 day rodeo opening in the Astrodome as crowds gather for the event.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Parsons
Kan
Johnnie B. Robinson
Dallas
Harriet DeYoung
Surburban
Kentwood
Robinson
Houston
Carter to cut foreign aid over human rights abuses
The Carter administration announced reductions in foreign military aid to Argentina Uruguay and Ethiopia over alleged political prisoner abuse. Only Uruguay faces full cutoff. South Korea aid remains intact amid concerns about dissidents. The move aims to press nations with military governments toward human rights reforms.
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Washington
Carter
Argentina
Uruguay
Ethiopia
Cyrus R. Vance
U.S
Vance
Senate
South Korea
Congress
State Department
GOP leaders calm on conservative shadow cabinet
The GOP chairman Bill Brock shrugged off a shadow cabinet formed by conservatives aiming to critique Carter and offer alternatives. The group led by William Rusher includes several Republicans and a few Democrats, with plans for news conferences and foreign delegations to influence policy discussions.
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Washington
Republican Party
Bill Brock
Democratic Congress
Brock
Citizens Cabinet
Louis Jenkins
Louisiana
Carter
New Hampshire
Meldrim Thompson
Panama
Panama Canal
William Rusher
The
National Review
Rusher
Howard Phillips
New Coalition
Ron Paul
Texas
Labor
Hans Senholz
Treasury
Larry McDonald
D-Ga
Defense
California
John Harmer
Commerce
Steve Symms
Idaho
Agriculture
U.S. Welfare
Robert B. Carleson
John McClaughry
Sam H. Husbands Jr
Transportation
Henry Hazlitt
Council of Economic
Soviet civil defense program sparks U.S. concern
U S officials fear a major Soviet civil defense effort with shelters for citizens and key industries and a possible $1 billion yearly spend. Some Western observers doubt the scope, while Defense Secretary Brown questions progress and the Joint Chiefs say the program is more extensive than years ago.
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Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
Moscow
Harold Brown
Senate
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Texas House committee snaps shut on school finance issues
A five member House subcommittee will blend six school finance proposals into a single plan. Chair Rep. Tom Massey aims to send a finance bill to the floor before April 1. The panel includes Reps. Delco Atkinson Torres Nugen t and will meet at 10 a.m. Monday. Grace Grimes of the Texas State Teachers Association describes the package as comprehensive.
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Austin
Tex
House
Public Education Committee
Texas State Teachers Association
TSTA
Grace Grimes
Marshall
Tom Massey
D-San Angelo
Wilhelmina Delco
Hamp Atkinson
New Boston
Ruben Torres
Brownsville
Jim Nugent
Kerrville
Massey
Protected geese 'get his goose' lawsuit targets wildlife rules
West Columbia landowner Sam Winkelmann filed suit over snow geese protection claiming regulations prevent him from protecting 457 acres of pasture. He says the white birds devastate vegetation and reduce soil moisture. he scours fields with a tractor and fires in the air but the geese return. The case accompanies a New York Bank Secrecy Act indictment of Chemical Bank for failing to report $8.5 million in cash transactions.
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Tex
Sam Winkelmann
Winkelmann
Houston
New York
Chemical Bank
Chemical
Frank Lucas
Anthony D'Ambrosio
Treasury
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