Ali Marries Veronica Aboard in England Mosque
Muhammed Ali and Veronica married in a 20 minute ceremony at a mosque run by the Islamic Trust in South Shields England. Abdul Muhammad Kaid praised the arrival and noted the Moslem community is fortunate to host the champion and his bride as they help raise funds for local boys clubs.
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Sheilds
England
Muhammed Ali
Veronica
Islamic Trust
Samam Taleb
Abdul Muhammad Kaid
Muhammad Ali
Dope prescription concerns light public case in Baton Route
Baton Route investigators cite a doctor suspected of prescribing two and a half gallons of Demerol and 2200 quarter grain codeine tablets to one woman over six months. The case highlights alleged illicit prescription drug activity in the city.
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Baton Route
Louisiana
Unidentified illness hits Navajo workers near Iola Texas
Chemists lab through night seek cause after two Navajo Indians die and five hospitalized from an illness among railroad project workers eight miles south of Madisonville. Officials say no pattern yet. unidentified toxic matter suspected. Also Texas oil hearings loom over Lo Vaca gas rates with hearings set and possible final order by late summer. In San Angelo area, a rural home explosion killed one and injured 13 others, with 13 miles east of the city responding fire crews freeing trapped victims.
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Madisonville Tex
Iola
Tex
Madisonville
E.G. Clark
Madison County Medical Center
Austin
Railroad Commission
Texas Oil and Gas
Lo- Vaca Gathering Co
Lo-Vaca
San Angelo
Begin brings peace plan to U S for Mideast talks
Israeli Prime Minister Begin arrives in Washington for talks with President Carter carrying a secret comprehensive Mideast peace plan. The plan reportedly aims to set a Palestinian homeland and may allow a semi autonomous West Bank and Gaza under continued Israeli security. Carter seeks a settlement tied to regional autonomy, while Dayan favors gradual territorial withdrawals with demilitarized zones. Sadat signals possible diplomatic ties within five years of a general peace accord.
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Damascus
Syria
Menahem Begin
Washington
Begin
Carter
Mideast
Barry Schweid
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
State Department
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza
Moshe Dayan
Golan Heights
Sinai
Dayan
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Jerusalem
Mahon Retires. Texas Loses Key Budget Advocate
Rep George Mahon’s retirement will affect Texas and the Southwest by curbing funding for aerospace jobs in Dallas and a dam project in East Texas. As House Appropriations chair and Pentagon subcommittee head, he steered defense and water allocations, aiding LTV Grand Prairie and other Texas interests. His exit could open a committee seat for Rep Richard White.
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Robert B. Cullen
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
George Mahon
Dallas
Aerospace
East
Texas
Mahon
House
Appropriations Committee
Southwest
Ray Roberts
D-Tex
Dallas-Fort Worth
Pentagon
Wright
LTV
Roberts
Public Works Committee
Richard White
Senate Moves To Cut B1 Bomber Funding In Bill
The Senate expected to back President Carter by removing all money for the B1 bomber from a 111.4 billion defense bill this week. The Senate focuses on the defense appropriation as the House debates an agriculture bill and Carter election day registration plan. Carter halted B1 production two weeks ago choosing to modify B52s with new cruise missiles instead.
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Washington
Senate
Carter
House
Congress Fights False ID Papers With Federal Bill
Congress moves slowly on bills to criminalize use of fraudulent information to obtain passports social security cards and other federal IDs. Proposals would also make it a federal offense to use misinformation to get driver licenses or birth certificates. Senate hearings loom while House schedules hearings.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Judiciary Committees
Justice Department
FBI
Department
Robert Keach
Senate Committee
United States
Vigilantes guard against plant thieves in Miami
In Miami, Joe Shaw leads a nightly vigilante effort by nurserymen to curb plant thefts from nurseries and homes across Dade County. They patrol, share theft reports, circulate descriptions, and inform store owners who watch for plants offered for sale. Some items are valued up to 300 dollars, and identifying plants after theft proves difficult.
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Miami
Fla
Joe Shaw
Dade County
Shaw
Dorn
Jersey Lillys Ghost Town Selves In Langtry Texas
In Langtry Texas 43 residents cling to a ghost town past with the Jersey Lilly saloon as its emblem. Pearl Nicholson and son buy 240 acres for 75000 dollars with negotiable terms while center officials resist sale. Post office leases keep a spark of life as Langtry waits for renewal or oblivion.
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Langtry
Tex
Rio Grande
Texas
Roy Bean
Pecos
Pearl Nicholson
W.H. Dodd
Helen Sample
Sample’s Inn
Dodd
Jersey Lilly
Jack Skiles
Horace Shackleford
Bean
Nicholson
del Rio
San Antonio
Government mowers and the power mower clash
Government hearings and court battles animate the dispute over safety and noise standards for power mowers. The Consumer Product Safety Commission pushes rules to guard users and bystanders, while the EPA seeks mandatory noise limits. Manufacturers argue costs will rise and jobs may suffer amid regulatory tension.
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Washington
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Waterloo
Eton
Commission
Consumer Product Agency
EPA
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Joshua Nkomo
U.S. News
Agriculture Department
Des Moines
Iowa
Veterans Administration
Donald Johnson
American Legion
Marx
Los Angeles
Groucho Marx
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Texas News
U.S
Jordan
Ezekiel
Land of Israel
Judea
Samaria
Italy
LTV Corp
Grand Prairie, Tex
Defense
Harold Brown
Jim Wright
Dale Milford
Jim Maddox
Jersey
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