Begin Takes PM Office and Plans Washington Visit
In Jerusalem, Menahem Begin forms a conservative coalition after Yitzhak Rabin hands over the premiership. Begin will visit Washington on July 18 for talks with President Carter, accepting Carter's invitation. Histadrut election pits Begin's allies against socialist foes as 1.35 million members shape Israel's labor federation.
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Menahem Begin
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Histadrut
Oklahoma City GunSlinger pleads no contest in obscenity case
In federal court Oklahoma City man Fred Ernest Riley known as The Gunslinger pleaded no contest to using profane obscene and indecent language over CB airwaves. Sentencing delayed for a pre sentencing report with a maximum two years and ten thousand dollar fine.
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Oklahoma City
Fred Ernest Riley
U.S. District Court
Luther Eubanks
Creditors to inspect Clinton Manges firm records in Texas
Laredo creditors win permission to inspect the Duval County Ranch Co records to verify financial health as part of a court agreement. Judge E D Salinas had halted an involuntary bankruptcy filing by attorney John F Ryan, pending review.
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Laredo
Tex
Clinton Manges
Duval County Ranch Co
Manges
Richard Morales
South Texas
E.D. Salinas
John F. Ryan
Oil Flows as Alaska's Trans Alaska Pipeline Starts
Linewalker Bob McGill and crew monitor the 800 mile Trans Alaska pipeline as North Slope crude begins flowing south at 300 000 barrels per day. Initial phase targets Valdez at 700 000 barrels daily with eventual capacity 1 200 000 barrels per day by winter.
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Associated Press
Prudhoe Bay
Alaska
Bob McGill
Argentina
North Africa
Holland
North Slope
Franklin Bluffs
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Valdez
West Coast
McGill
Harry Robertson
Alyeska
Prince William Sound
Startup
Alaskan oil pipeline weighs on prices and plans
A Q and A explains why Alaskan oil likely won't lower pump prices. Transportation costs at about six dollars per barrel keep prices on par with foreign oil, and refinery capacity limits hinder adding more high sulfur crude.
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Martin Merzer
New York
Justice Department
Middle East
United States
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Gulf Coast
West
Midwest
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
National Guard may join Locust Grove search
Tulsa reports Oklahoma National Guard may be called this week to search Camp Scott wooded hills for the killer of three Girl Scouts on June 13. Up to 400 soldiers of the 27th Infantry Battalion standby. Mayes County DA Sid Wise would not confirm deployment but noted a new operation could emerge from a late meeting. No murder weapon found and no suspects named in the eight-day-old investigation.
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Oklahoma National Guard
Tulsa World
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Camp Scott
Mayes County
Sid Wise
Wise
Transplant pioneer Barnard's baboon heart fails patient
Cape Town South Africa AP reports that Christian Barnard's first attempt to transplant a baboon heart into a 26 year old Italian woman ended in death after a 10 hour operation. The alien heart could not sustain circulation and the patient died at 3 am. The hospital said tissue matching was not possible and the patient had a chronic heart condition requiring valve replacement.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Christian Barnard
Groote Schuur
Barnard
Saunders
Dallas attorney turns to environmental lobbying
Thomas Crapper, a Dallas attorney, leaves law practice to pursue environmental lobbying with Ned Fritz, a Texas environmental advocate. Fritz praises Crapper’s work, noting a federal ruling banning clearcutting in Texas forests as a key success and highlighting the role of citizen action and campaign influence in government.
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Dallas
Thomas Crapper
Texas
Ned Fritz
Fritz
U.S. Forest Service
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