Carter seeks Senate aid to overturn Cuba aid ban
President Carter and Democratic leaders press the Senate to reverse House bans on U S aid or trade with Cuba and on indirect aid to six nations. The House approved a $6.7 billion foreign aid package, cutting $373 million, and voted to prohibit aid or trade with Cuba and six other states.
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Associated Press
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Soviet fears stall weather computer sale to USSR
The Commerce Department rejected a $13 million Cyber 76 export to the Soviet Union after two years of study. Officials warned the machine could be used for warfare, citing national security concerns. Control Data Corp. argued the device would serve weather research, while some lawmakers called the sale politically motivated.
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Soviet Union
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United States
Lovell
Weekend Rain Threat With Warm Humid Surge
Forecast calls for continued warmth and humidity with scattered showers and thunderstorms Sunday through Tuesday. Saturday will be partly cloudy and warmer with highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s, while Big Bend could approach 100.
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Big Bend
Maryland lawmaker Ichord says Maryland taxes unfair
Missouri congressman Richard Ichord claims his Maryland home is burglarized and denounces Maryland as corrupt. He refuses to pay Maryland income taxes, arguing his salary is earned in Washington DC and insisting the matter lies with the courts. He notes he pays Missouri taxes and criticizes Maryland real estate taxes as tripled yet yields little services.
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Maryland
Richard Ichord
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Prince Georges County
Judge Blocks Nationwide Tris Ban on Sleepwear
Federal Judge Robert F. Chapman voided the Federal Consumer Products Safety Commission ban on Tris asserting improper procedures and unverifiable data. The ruling bars enforcement until proper safeguards are followed and the commission considers its next steps.
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Pecos Surrender Ends Gunfight in Pecos County
In a late afternoon clash, Snakeye Shagnasty surrendered to local Bocce gunfighters. Judge Roy Bean supervised the arrest and promised a fair defense at Night in Old Pecos. Shagnasty faces potential hanging as justice is served.
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Agnew Faces IRS Overreported Income and Penalties
Spiro T. Agnew, who resigned as vice president in 1973, is challenged by the IRS over 1973 income totaling $27,000 and back taxes of about $13,966. His lawyer calls the case harassment as Mintz disputes exemptions and deductions claimed for home improvements, aircraft use, and entertaining expenses. The petition in U.S. Tax Court cites security improvements at his Kenwood home and a gift from Food Fair Stores in relation to official duties.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Internal Revenue Service
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Agnew
United States
Angew
Myron J. Mintz
U.S
General Services Administration
Mintz
Kenwood
Joseph Rash
Food Fair Stores, Inc
Oswald's trial not in museum
John Sessions director of a JFK memorial museum near the assassination site filed a motion for a permanent injunction to stop Charles Fries Productions from filming The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald for ABC-TV. He argues blocking pedestrian traffic in the assassination area would hurt tourism, especially on July 4.
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Charles Fries Productions Inc
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Davis 2nd capital murder trial set for Monday
Fort Worth magnate Cullen Davis faces the start of his second capital murder trial in Amarillo as 650 prospective jurors are screened. Judge Dowlen denied a motion to dismiss on double jeopardy grounds and limited defense access to prior juror service records. Davis is jailed without bond after relocation from Tarrant County, while his wife Priscilla, wounded in the 1976 incident, plans to testify despite ongoing surgery.
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Cullen Davis
State District Court
George E. Dowlen
Davis
Andrea Wilborn
Potter County
Tarrant County
Dowlen
Priscilla
Ing Spree
UT student wards off fire gods during lab rampage
A 29 year old University of Texas chemistry graduate student flooded a UT lab with water to fight imagined fires caused by gods of blizzards. He allegedly stabbed a deputy constable and was wounded in the chest. He faces psychiatric evaluation after emergency commitment papers were requested by his wife. Police reported 40 to 50 water containers in the suspect's Austin home.
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Austin
Justice of the Peace
Frank Ivy
Ivy
Freddy Maxwell
Maxwell
Gas tax survives challenge in Ways and Means
House Ways and Means Committee kept Carter's gas tax intact amid a stiff challenge. A proposed delay to the 1980 model year was endorsed by Rep. Al Ullman and the administration. The plan taxes the worst mileage cars from $666 in 1980 to $3,856 by 1985, aligning energy savings with Carter's energy package goals.
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Amin on Honeymoon Amid Unclear Fate
Reports from Radio Uganda and officials in Nairobi say Idi Amin's death or disappearance have been disproven, with a Western diplomat noting uncertainty about his status. A Kampala broadcast claimed Amin is resting after heavy work and on a delayed honeymoon with his wife Sarah, whom he wed in 1975.
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