Canadian Tourists Angry Over Florida Dollar Loss
Canadian visitors in Florida face an exchange gap of eight to fourteen cents. In Daytona Beach a bank employee quotes a frustrated Canadian woman reacting to the weaker dollar. Elsewhere in Romania rescue teams search for quake victims amid collapsed buildings. A sergeant reports a family found alive by dogs the previous night, but all perished this morning.
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Kennedy King murder probes move to behind closed doors
U S House Assassinations Committee weighs evidence to keep investigations alive awaiting votes. New chair Rep Louis Stokes says they are pursuing leads in both JFK and MLK cases. Police say a black gunman freed hostage Capt Leo Keglovic after 45 hours. Carter officials split on Africa policy ahead of talks with James Callaghan on Rhodesia and South Africa.
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South Africa
Texas House considers oral confessions in court
A Dallas prosecutor urged the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to allow oral confessions as evidence. The measure, part of a 10 bill anti crime package led by Gov Briscoe, Rep Close, and House Speaker Clayton, awaits subcommittee action.
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D-Laredo
Baptist Executive Committee
Carter lifts travel ban to four Communist nations
President Carter condemned a diplomat’s Chile apology as inappropriate while announcing an end to the U S travel ban to Cuba Vietnam North Korea and Cambodia effective March 18 Tyson said he exceeded his instructions in apologizing but did not act contrary to them in Geneva the move broadens U S travel rights amid human rights debates
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Senate weighs House tax bill with rebates and cuts
The Senate takes up the Carter economic package as the House approved a 43.1 billion tax cut over 31 months with 50 per person rebates debated amid opposition from Republicans. The bill shifts to phase out rebates for higher incomes and expands special payments to welfare, disabled, and veterans.
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Bill collectors questioned over harassment in Caputo case
Anne Caputo of Hoboken faced threatening calls about a $200 debt as her husband Sam lay dying of throat cancer. The incident was cited in House Banking subcommittee hearings on legislation to curb debt-collection harassment, with testimony from Caputo’s brother and former collectors.
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Associated Press
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New Jersey
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Suitland
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Massive quarry blast rocks Ohio and Michigan area
A dynamite blast at the National Lime and Stone Co. near Carey Ohio sent debris a mile and shattered windows in Shelby Michigan area. The 40 000 to 50 000 pound blast created a crater and caused thousands of dollars in damage with no injuries reported. Police and federal investigators probe possible causes amid ongoing strike activity at the Wyandot County quarry.
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Mark R. Kauble
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Selfridge
Get the goods on animal odor
College Station readers learn four criteria for valid odor complaints from livestock and poultry operations. Agricultural engineer Dr. John M. Sweeten advises to document frequency duration intensity and offensiveness with scientific or panel assessments before pursuing action.
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Texas Agricultural Extension Service
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Texas Supreme Court Allows Drug Price Advertising by Pharmacies
The Texas Supreme Court today upheld lower court rulings striking down a 1973 law banning price ads for prescription drugs. It held prohibiting price advertising violates the state constitution and deprives people of due process. Parties: State Board of Pharmacy and Gibson's Discount Centers.
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Germ warfare tests spark 1950 Bay area lawsuit plan
The family of a man who died in 1950 after Navy ships released Serratia marcescens plans legal action. Army officials testified before a Senate panel that the bacteria spread up to 50 miles inland and linked outbreaks soon after, though California health records found no unusual illnesses. Authorities expressed surprise at the censored report detailing domestic germ tests in tunnels, stockyards, bases, and at sea.
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