Suez Canal wrecks cleared by Egyptian government contract
World wire: Neptun Bergunggesellschaft signs a $5 million deal with Egypt to clear the north and south entrances of the Suez Canal of wrecks from the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. Other items note egg-printed drug smuggling, Napoleon document auction doubts, earthworms for Bangkok garbage disposal, a UK fire eater fined, NYC stray dog funding threat, a Kemper contest drop, a NY window scaffold license, a Houston shootout, and Billy Graham's Toronto crusade cost.
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Hamburg
West Germany
Neptun Bergunggesellschaft
Suez Canal
Soviet Union blasts Carter policy as global police claim
Tass denounces U S and NATO as global policemen in swift response to Carters speech. Moscow accuses Washington of neocolonial meddling in Africa including Zaire and Angola with Cuban support. Tass says U S covert aid persists via Mobutu and Cuba backed rebels, while China follows a peaceful path.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Carter
U.S
Africa
Washington
NATO
Tass
U.S. Naval Academy
USA
Zaire
Morocco
Senegal
Gabon
Mobutu Sese Seko
Angola
Gola
Congress
CIA
Cuba
United States
U.N. General Assembly
Kremlin
Artificial heart patient Bernstein released after implant
Boston AP reports Robert Bernstein the first survivor of an artificial heart implant has been discharged from University Hospital. Doctors implanted the device April 21 and removed it four and a half days later to allow his natural heart to heal. The 60-year-old Milton contractor plans to rest at home with his family and enjoy the sun.
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Boston
Robert Bernstein
University Hospital
Bernstein
Milton
No agreement reached as tax cut fight stalls in Congress
Congressional wrangling over a federal income tax cut of about twenty billion dollars stalls with no meeting of minds on committee plans. Democrats clash over capital gains relief and Social Security payroll tax rollback while election timing raises the prospect of a post election lame duck session.
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Washington
California
Congress
Thomas P
Tip’’ O'Neill
D-Mass
House
House Ways and Means Committee
Carter
al Ullman
D-Ore
Ways and Means
OSHA to Cite Two Contractors for Willful Violations in West Virginia Scaffold Disaster
The government plans to cite at least two contractors for willful violations after the April 27 scaffold collapse at the Monongahela Power Co. project in Willow Island that killed 51 workers. OSHA may refer the case to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution, with fines up to 10000 dollars per willful violation. Authorities say the investigation found several contributing factors but could not determine the exact trigger for the failure.
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Washington
West Virginia
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Justice Department
OSHA
Monongahela Power Co
Wilow Island
Labor Department
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Associated Press
Florence
Italy
Romualdo Amico
Florentine
Marburg
Napoleon
J.A. Stargardt
J.P. Babelon
National Archives
Bangkok
Thailand
Narong Chamchalao
Applied Scientific Research Corp
Manchester
England
Barry Silva
Silva
New York
ASPCA
New York City
Edward Koch
City Hall
John Kullberg
Chicago
Kemper Insurance Co
Kemper
Carol Newman
Phyllis Maizel
Lido Beach
Foremost Window Cleaning and Office Service
Houston
Timothy Hearn
Murray Jordan
Harry Caldwell
Caldwell
Toronto
Muhammad Ali
Billy Graham
Graham
Maple Leaf Gardens
Ali
Big C
Thomas Jackson Harper
San Mateo
Calif
U.S. Naval Academy At
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Harper
Gene Leroy Hart
Mayes County
Pete Weaver
Pryor
Okla
S. Eddy
Jo Ann Beauchamp
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