Dollar slide and global markets on a Thursday
The dollar fell to 195.30 yen in Tokyo closing at 195.525 yen, slipping about 3.425 yen from Monday and nearly five yen from Friday, with steadier rates against major West European currencies at Europe’s open. Also in brief: Gerald Warner Brace, Maine novelist and Deer Isle summer resident, died at 76. Mary E. W. Risteau, Maryland’s first female legislator, died at 88 in Forest Hill. News items cover Southwestern Bell rate case adjustments in Austin, neo-Nazi activity in West Germany, a Gainesville deputy’s indictment, postal worker strikes, Wilmington school integration, U.S. tax-cut talks, and North Carolina school regulation lawsuits.
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Tokyo
U.S
Blue Hill
Maine
Gerald Warner Brace
Deer Isle
New England
Brace
Carrick's Cove
Forest Hill
Mary E.W. Risteau
Maryland
Miss Risteau
Harford County
San Antonio fires 140 garbage workers after walkout
Eighteen maintenance workers at San Antonio airports joined an illegal strike tied to the garbage dispute that cost 140+ trash collectors their jobs. City Manager Tom Huebner fired 106 garbagemen after the walkout, while 11 airport and 5 general aviation field workers stayed on. New hires and replacements were pursued as council members contest leadership.
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New York
Wildcat
Jersey City
N.J
Richmond
Calif
William R. Bolger
San Antonio
Texas
Internation
Thomas Rafferty
International Five
Stinson
Rafferty
CETA
Tom Hue
Ner
Huebner
Rudy Ortiz
Ortiz
Tom Huebner
Migrant workers advocate higher wages at Texas hearing
Migrant farm workers told a legislative subcommittee in Austin of wage and living-condition concerns after a three hour testimony session. Union spokesman Antonio Orendain said Briscoe declined a meeting, while supporters vowed to vigil at the capitol.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Farm Workers Union
State Capitol
Dolph Briscoe
Antonio Orendain
Capitol
Orendain
Rafael Quintanilla
Governor's Office of Migrant Affairs
GOMA
Texas Education Agency
Frank Contreras
Washington
Manpower case prosecution begins in Texas
In Corpus Christi, Assistant District Attorney Joe K. Hendley opened the prosecution of Brownsville insurance salesman Robert Massey in the Lower Rio Grande Valley manpower scandal. Massey faces theft charges tied to union funds, with testimony set to continue and venue moved from Brownsville amid controversy over the court of inquiry proceedings.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Cameron County
Joe K. Hendley
Brownville
Rio Grande Valley
Hendley
Robert Massey
Massey
Brownsville
Darrell Hester
Hester
Harlingen
Don
Clarence Gray
Don Gray
Plumbers and Pipefitters Union
Clarence
Harlinen
Grays
Massey and Associates
Miss Universe 1978 crowned in Acapulco amid calm South Africa row
Margaret Gardiner of Cape Town, 18, won Miss Universe 1978, succeeding Janelle Commissione. Judi Andersen of Hawaii was runner-up. finalists included Miss Spain Guillermina Ruiz, Miss Colombia Shirley Sawnz, and Miss Sweden Cecilia Rodhe. Officials noted a special Mexican concession allowing Gardiner’s participation. crowd reaction was orderly with wide TV reach.
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Acapulco
Mexico
South Africa
Margaret Gardiner
Cape Town
Suc
Janelle Commission
Trinidad-Tobago
U.S.A
Judi Andersen
Honolulu
Spain
Guillermina Ruiz
Colombia
Shirley Sawnz
Sweden
Cecilia Rodhe
Miss Gardiner
Joan Libuseng Khoali
Lesotho
Caribbean
Pacific Islands
Melba Moore
Miss Khouli
Israel
Gardiner
McKinney teens questioned in Missouri capital murder case
Missouri detectives questioned three McKinney teenagers Jeffrey Dale Hunter Stewart Stripling and Kenneth R Welborn all 18 charged with capital murder in the death of record promoter George Barnett 49 at Richmond Missouri Barnett formerly lived in Richardson Texas The trio surrendered to Collin County authorities Monday Barnett died from a gunshot wound in the back another man Donald Crumpley 41 of Warrensburg Missouri was wounded in a drug related shooting
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Mckinney
Texas
Missouri
Jeffrey Dale Hunter
Stewart Stripling
Kenneth R. Welborn
George Barnett
Richmond
Barnett
Richardson
Collin County
Donald Crumpley
Warrensburg
Plane makes emergency landing in cornfield near Kalamazoo
North Central Airlines Flight 801 with 39 passengers lost power after takeoff from Kalamazoo airport and landed in a corn field. Several injured, pilot suffered facial injuries. FAA and Portage police describe damage to one wing and scattered wreckage. heeded safety tone amid notes of no fatalities.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
North Central Airlines
Roger Gardner
Federal Aviation Administration
Detroit
Terry Looman
Portage
Looman
Dennis Feldman
FAA
Washington
Feldman
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Associated Press
Austin, Texas
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Public Utility Commission
Bell
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Alan Erwin
Bonn
West Germany
Gainesville
Cooke County
Herman Harndt
Clyde Wages
Denton
Harndt
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
New Castle County
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Murray Schwartz
House
Ways and Means
Carter
Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Craig Phillips
State Board of Education
Phillips
William Ball
Harrisburg
Ball
Thomas Strickland
Goldsboro
Doris Hanford
Ada Grant
Division of Currency Claims
U.S. Treasury Department
City Hall
al Myers
Olney
Lake Cooper
Wichita Falls
Lake Kickapoo
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