Indictment of 14 cardboard container makers for price fixing
Fourteen leading corrugated container and sheet manufacturers were indicted by the federal government on charges of engaging in a price fixing conspiracy, with the alleged scheme dating back to 1960 and involving sales east of the Rocky Mountains. The action, announced by Hugh P. Morrison Jr, deputy assistant attorney general in the Antitrust Division, centers on East Coast and mid Atlantic markets.
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Washington
Hugh P. Morrison Jr
Antitrust Division
Rocky Mountains
Mexico
Storms lash the East and Midwest with floods and snow
A deep low near Huntington, West Virginia, spurred widespread flooding across eight counties in West Virginia as rivers rose. National Guardsmen assisted evacuations while Indiana and Kentucky mobilized resources. The system brought heavy rain to Florida, snow and wind to the Midwest, and at least three deaths were attributed to the storm. Five injured by a Milford roof collapse.
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Tennessee
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U.S. plans tougher review of saccharin cancer link
Washington AP The federal survey finds insufficient data to prove saccharin causes human bladder cancer. NCI and FDA will conduct a nationwide study comparing 3,000 bladder cancer patients with 6,000 healthy controls to assess saccharin risk.
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Interagency
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Kidnap ransom sought for Belgian baron in Paris
Paris AP report says kidnapper crew contacted family and demanded billions old francs for Edouard-Jean Empain, 40, Belgian nobleman and head of the Empain Schneider group. Spokesman Gerard Berger confirmed proof of captivity and nonpolitical motives while masking details.
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Edouard-Jean Empain
Interior Ministry
Gerard Berger
Empain- Schneider Group
Europe
Empain
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Texaco Charged Overcharges in Oil Pricing Probe
The Department of Energy says Texaco may have overcharged customers by about 363.2 million dollars for crude oil produced over three years. Texaco denies the allegation and says the action retroactively applies rules. A Notice of Probable Violation initiates an administrative action with a ten day reply period.
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Washington
Department of Energy
Texaco
Torres named acting director of migrant affairs in Texas
Rep. Ruben M. Torres becomes acting director of the Governors Office of Migrant Affairs on February 1, the third director in a month. Gov. Dolph Briscoe appointed Torres after suspending director Rogelio Perez and replacing acting head Don Adams.
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Texas
Ruben M. Torres
Brownsville
Migrant Affairs
Dolph Briscoe
Torres
Don Adams
Briscoe
Rogelio Perez
France faces rising crime as minister urges informers
Paris AP report says crime is increasing in France and Justice Minister Alain Peyrefitte calls on the public to inform on criminals. He declares informing is part of French law and warns of a reign of anarchy and violence if criminals are not denounced. He urges citizens to report wrongdoing.
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France
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Peyrefitte
Ex-Student Defends Gays Classroom Siege Ends
In Edinburg Texas a former student Ed die Montalvo held about 36 people hostage for three hours at Pan American University campus announcing his homosexuality. He surrendered his .25 pistol and surrendered to police after talks with a lawyer and his father. The gunman, a 24 year old former high school athlete, clutched a teddy bear at times during the siege. He had planned a three day protest in the auditorium.
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Radiation contact reported near Fort Reliance in Northwest Territories
A Canadian Air Force C-130 detected a highly probable radiation contact about 200 miles northeast of Fort Reliance in uninhabited territory. US-Canadian team confirmed the radiation was not natural as Cosmos 954 disintegration spurred an expanded search across northern Canada and parts of the United States. A radiation survey team was dispatched to Baker Lake with a nuclear accident unit planned for dawn.
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Great Slave Lake
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Georgia
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Vance Signals Carter Willing to Modify Panama Pact for Senate Support
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance signaled the Carter administration may accept changes to the Panama Canal treaty to win Senate ratification. With the Senate Foreign Relations Committee nearing completion, clarifying future U.S. canal access and defense rights is seen as essential. The committee plans to send the pact to the full Senate next week.
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Cyrus Vance
Carter
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Executive Branch
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Capitol Hill
Robert C. Byrd
Dw.va
Panama
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Fugitive surrenders after siege at suburban home
Fort Worth Texas AP reports Billy Ray Pamplin a 42 year old escaped convict with three Doberman pinschers and a large gun arsenal surrendered without resistance after police surrounded his three bedroom house with nine officers. Officers entered about 1230 am Wednesday and found a .38 revolver at his feet in a hallway outside a den.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Billy Ray Pamplin
Perez banking records taken in Briscoe tie probe
Brownsville investigators were to travel to Uvalde today by a state district judge in a case involving Rogelio Perez, suspended and indicted director of GOMA. Judge Darrell Hester issued subpoenas for Perez’s bank records after a 90 minute discussion with GOMA official Domingo Lopez about a $12,000 car purchase.
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Brownsville
General Daniel James Jr ends storied military career
General Daniel James Jr. retires today after a trail blazing rise from a young black lieutenant who risked court martial to fight segregation, ending a long service at the pinnacle of the armed forces.
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Washington
Daniel James Jr
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