Venezuela and Djibouti Highlight Oil Talks and New Nation's Birth
Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez travels to Washington to press for restored preferred tariff status for oil exports amid the U S embargo. In Djibouti independence is proclaimed as France prepares to aid and defend the new state amid regional threats and naval salutes.
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Caracas
Carlos Andres Perez
Washington
Carter
United States
Venezuela
U.S
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Djibouti
Republic of Djibouti
Red Sea
Africa
Somalia
Ethiopia
France
Hassan Gouled
Habor
Concorde test hinges on Kennedy landing ban ruling
Transportation Secretary Brock Adams warns he may halt a 16 month Concorde test if the Port Authority ban is not overturned and the jet can land at Kennedy Airport. The report also notes other brief items from Atlanta Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
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New York
Brock Adams
Port Authority of
New Jersey
Kennedy Airport
J J Walker Sees Death by Own Action Ahead
Television actor Jimmy Walker star of Good Times says he is unhappy with his career and notes death by own action as a possibility during a Hampton Virginia jazz festival appearance where he served as master of ceremonies.
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Hampton, Va
Jimmy
J.J
Walker
Texas Women's Meeting backs ERA rights and lesbian rights package
Delegates in Austin pass a nine resolution package topping 740 to 620 despite anti-ERA tactics. The package includes support for lesbian rights and national adoption of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Women’s Meeting
U.S
16 year old inmate sets fire at Maury County Jail
Forty two people die in a Maury County Jail blaze sparked by 16 year old inmate Andy Zinmer. The fire traps 34 inmates in locked cells as toxic fumes fill the facility. Deputy with keys delays rescue, delaying 12 minutes to access all cells. Zinmer faces arson charges and possible adult trial.
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Eric Newhouse
Associated Press
Columbia, Tenn. (Ap
Maury County
Robert H. Gay
Andy Zinmer
Gay
Zinmer
Nashville
Columbia
NAACP Plans Attack on Covert Discrimination Convention in St Louis
The NAACP plans to confront covert racism during its 68th annual convention in St Louis with about 4000 delegates. Roy Wilkins retires as executive director after 22 years. Benjamin Hooks succeeds him as new leader. officials highlight economic disparity as a key issue.
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Wilkins
Hooks
Memphis
Yarbrough faces forgery and murder plot allegations
Harris County District Attorney plans to send evidence to Travis County in Austin about Don Yarbrough's alleged role in forging a mobile title. A Post interview cites a plot to kill a grand jury witness, with Yarbrough denying the accusation as fantasy and preparing to return to work.
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Yarbrough
Austin
Harris County
Carol Vance
Travis County
Ronnie Earle
Earle
Vance
John William
Bill’’ Rothkopf
Victoria
Bill Kemp
Kemp
Rothkopf
The
Post
Pete
Associated Press
Harris County District Attorney's
Special Crimes Bureau
Houston
Grand Jury
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Law Trail
Commercial Bank of Victoria
the Post
Kothkopf
Yarbrough in disbarment and forgery trial links
Rothkopf testified about an alleged plan to forge a title in a third party name to secure Texas plates. He described Austin meetings and Yarbrough directing him to use bad handwriting and rubber fingerprints to avoid detection. The scheme faltered when a seller’s affidavit could not be produced to Harris County authorities.
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Ray Blanton
Tennessee
Rothkept
Alabama
Austin
Texas
Yarbrough
Rothkopf
The
Post
Harris County
Carter links human rights to SALT talks in interview
President Carter says there is an adverse Soviet reaction to his human rights stance, signaling a potential obstacle to SALT III. He notes no new arms limits talks have begun since Geneva, while outlining a proposed package for Israel including 700 armored personnel carriers, 200 TOW missiles, and 15 tank bulldozers.
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Richard Fe.meyer
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Jody Powell
White House
Soviet Union
Leonid I. Breznev
Geneva
Cyrus R. Vance
Andrei Gromyko
U.S
Vance
Henry A. Kissinger
Congress
Israel
Black Panther leader Newton held in Canada jail awaiting trial
Huey Newton, co founder of the Black Panthers, detained in Canada after deportation hearing. Officials seek to deport him for prior convictions while he prepares for a California murder case. Newton seeks ten days of access to lawyers and documents noting U S and California authorities would not seek extradition and the unlawful flight charge was dropped.
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Brampton
Canada
Huey Newton
Cuba
California
Newton
Havana
United States
Toronto
Paul Copeland
U.S. Justice Department
Movie producer Michael Todd's body removed from grave
Forest Park police said a rubber bag containing Michael Todd's remains was found missing from his casket at Jewish Waldheim Cemetery over the weekend. Investigators seek Elizabeth Taylor for possible ransom demands. Todd died in a 1952 plane crash with three others in New Mexico.
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Forest Park, Ill
Michael Todd
Elizabeth Taylor
Forest Park
Michael Thompson
Todd
Waldheim
Miss Taylor
Zuni Mountains
New Mexico
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Thomas
Free Speech
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Georgia Association of Broadcasters
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Frank Rizzo
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St. John Neumann
Krol
Rizzo
Rome
Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Logan Circle
Pittsburgh
Barbara Jordan
America
Texas Democrat
Suicide
Yarborough
Senate
Tower
U.S. Senate
Lloyd Bentsen
FDA
Fort Worth
Federal Drug Administration
Turaturi
Waldrep
Polenov Institute of Neurosurgery
Leniingrad
Russia
Sap Uwaewv
Waukesha
Wis
Superior
Lad Lake Inc
Boussman
Bob Farme
Farmer
NAACP
Margaret Bush Wilson
Wilson
Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Jim
Slatton
Phoenix
Grand Junction
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Don Yarbrough
Black Panther
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