Canadians Worry Over U S Land Reporting Law
AP Farm Writer Don Kendall reports the U S Agriculture Department has received numerous inquiries from Canadians about the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act requiring foreigners to report holdings of U S agricultural land of one acre or more by August 1 This includes clarifications on homesites and recreational land exemptions For tracts under one acre or producing under $1 000 annually the reporting is not required Department officials say the rule aims to reduce foreign land ownership but has been misinterpreted by Canadians and others
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Don Kendall
Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Congress
Department
Ray Fitzgerald
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Fitzgerald
Canada
House
USDA
Chuck Grassley
Iowa
GOP
Richard Nolan
D-Minn
Subcommittee
Grassley
Stafford seeks 30 day delay in six steakhouse murders case
Oklahoma City AP report says attorney J Malone Brewer, Stafford's fourth lawyer, will file an appeal this week for a 30 day postponement of the preliminary hearing for Roger Dale Stafford, a 27 year old Alabama drifter charged with six counts of first degree murder in the July 16 1978 Sirloin Stockade killings.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Roger Dale Stafford
Alabama
Sirloin Stockade
Stafford
Brewer
U S Navy Deploys 7th Fleet to Rescue Vietnamese Boat People
The United States expands air and sea search as the 7th Fleet joins international efforts to save thousands of refugees adrift off Southeast Asia. Long range patrol planes fly daily missions in the South China Sea to locate distressed boat people, Lt Cmdr Gordon Peterson said Monday night.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
7Th Fleet
Southeast Asia
U.S. Navy
South China Sea
Gordon Peterson
U.S
Vietnam
Malaysia
Geneva
Switzerland
Singapore
Carter
Pentagon
Navy
Claudette Downgraded to Tropical Low Near Texas Coast
Claudette weakened to a tropical low and moved toward the Texas coast after passing Lake Charles. Winds fell to 35 mph or less, center near 27.2N 94.7W about 165 miles east of Corpus Christi, moving west-southwest at 6 mph. Gale warnings ended from Freeport, Texas to Morgan City, Louisiana. Tides of 2 to 4 feet expected along Texas and Louisiana coasts.
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Port Arthur
Texas
Claudette
Lake Charles
National Weather Service
Corpus Christi
Gulf Coast
Freeport
Morgan City
Louisiana
Skagway Sewage Plant Shutdown Draws Federal Fines Threat
In Skagway Alaska the council shut a 3.5 million dollar secondary sewage plant to save diesel power costs. The EPA filed suit in Anchorage charging violation of the Clean Water Act with potential 10 000 a day fines for each day the plant remains idle.
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Skagway, Alaska
Carter
Skagway
Taiga Inlet
Pacific Ocean
Klondike
Southeast
Panhandle
Robert Messegee
Seattle
Environmental Protection Agency
Anchorage
Council
Nicaragua Seizes Somoza Wealth and Demands Extradition
The new five member junta in Managua announced confiscation of the Somoza family wealth valued in the hundreds of millions and control of major holdings including Lanica and a bank. It ordered extradition of Anastasio Somoza and close associates and renamed any sites bearing Somoza names. The Red Cross says 40,000 to 50,000 Nicaraguans killed since the Sandinista uprising, with at least half since May 28.
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Joe Frazier
Associated Press
Managua
Nicaragua
United States
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
U.S
Thomas O'Donnel
Washington
Miami Beach
Caribbean
Lanica
RED Cross
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Trust Territory of the
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United Nations
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Joseph Corbett
Adolph Coors II
Colorado
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U.S. 7Th Fleet
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Plato
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Isreal Philharmonic
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