Shaw awards win in Gatsby film rights set aside
Former bandleader Artie Shaw received 118 200 dollars from Broadway producer David Merrick Paramount Pictures and others after a jury awarded it last July for loss of the right to make a movie of The Great Gatsby. The Appellate Division of New York's Supreme Court overturned the award stating Shaw is not owed the sum.
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Talks resume in Cairo on Egyptian Israeli defense ministers push
Israeli Defense Minister Ezer Weizman aims for substantial progress in Cairo talks with Egyptian War Minister Mohamad Abdel Ghany Gamassy. U S and Egyptian envoys work on peace principles while regional leaders meet in Algiers to craft anti Sadat proposals. The Cairo talks touch on withdrawal from 1967 territories and Palestinian participation, amid Camp David expectations.
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Food shortages rise as rains fail again in Sahel villages
In Senegal and across the Sahel, repeated drought cripples crops with 95 percent of fall millet and maize lost. Villagers like Diegusse Alioune Deh blame the dry season, deserts encroaching on fields, and mass hunger looming for 27 million people across eight nations. Western aid totals rise as grain stockpiles exist for interior shipment.
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Rhodesian plan: Black leaders present counter proposals
Black guerrilla leaders Nkomo and Mugabe propose limits on Field Marshal Carver's powers and insist on shared control of an interim Rhodesian government. They refuse a cease-fire and reject the British American plan for a single ruler and unification of armies, signaling ongoing negotiations with Owen and Young.
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Carter curbs Nicaragua military aid under human rights law
Under the 1976 law, President Carter plans to cut military assistance to Nicaragua while maintaining support for South Korea the Philippines and Indonesia. The country plan for the 5.2 billion foreign aid budget to Congress in February shows Nicaragua receiving flat grants and training funds but no credits for arms purchases due to rights violations. Indonesia and the Philippines retain support for strategic reasons despite rights concerns.
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Texans arrested on dope charges in Grand Rapids
Two Texans, Leonor Saldana of Rio Grande City and Erasmo Gonzalez of Roma, pleaded innocent in U S District Court after bond. Saldana posted 100000 dollars bond on three counts of conspiracy to distribute heroin and one count of attempted heroin delivery. Gonzalez freed on 50000 dollars bond on one conspiracy count. Indictments issued January 19 followed a year long probe involving U S and Mexican authorities and Michigan police.
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