Bitter Trinity River canalization fight heads to voters
A Texas election Tuesday will decide a 150 million bond plan linked to a 1.6 billion Trinity River canalization project tying Dallas Fort Worth to the Gulf. Proponents tout jobs flood control and inland waterway benefits. critics call it a fiscal boondoggle with pollution and tax inequity concerns.
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Trinity River
Associated Press
Dallas-Fort Worth
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Dallas
Tarrant
Dolph Briscoe
Chambers of Commerce
Citizen’s Organization For A Sound Trinity, Cost
Trinity River Authority
Trinity River Association
TRA
David H. Brune
Alan Steelman
R-Tex
Trinity
Steelman
Brune
Farm union to file recall against Governor Williams
United Farm Workers Union plans to file recall petitions against Governor Jack Williams on March 26 in Phoenix. Lawyer Gerald Pollock and UFW leader Cesar Chavez led a rally of about 1,060 supporters as 165,000 signatures were reported, far above the 103,000 valid signatures needed to trigger a recall. The drive began after Williams signed farm labor laws restricting strikes at harvest and banning secondary boycotts.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Jack Williams
United Farm Workers Union
Gerald Pollock
Phoenix
Pollock
Cesar Chavez
Chavez
UFW
Williams
German girl in Fort Wayne must marry or face deportation
Micki Topper, 22, a West Berlin tourist, says she will marry an American by March 22 to stay in the United States. She plans to pay for blood tests licenses a justice of the peace and even divorce if needed and has attracted many suitors through a newspaper ad.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Micki Topper
Fraulein
United States
West Berlin
Vve
Shooting unsettles Wounded Knee dispute in South Dakota
A grand jury in Sioux Falls investigates the Wounded Knee takeover as an FBI agent is wounded during a gunfight near the village. About 73 people were arrested and Indians refuse entry to federal officials as tensions hinder a peace settlement.
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Wounded Knee
S. D
Sioux Falls
FBI
Interior Department
Ing
U. S
William Clayton
Curtis Fitzgerald
Chicago
Fitzgerald
Dennis Banks
Justice Department
Washington
Atty
Richard Kleindienst
Bermuda killings prompt Scotland Yard to take over
Scotland Yard took charge of the Bermuda governor Sir Richard Sharples and aide Captain Hugh Sayers killings. The government extended the state of emergency. police may detain suspects up to 96 hours. Witnesses described heavy security and diversions as Prime figures linked to a broader crisis remained unproven.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Scotland Yard
Bill Wright
Richard Sharples
Hugh Sayers
Horsa
Government House
Islands
Sirius
West Indies
London
Royal Navy
Caribbean
Sharples
Christopher
David
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Fiona
Miranda
Richards
Basil Hadrell
Britain
George Duckett
Common Market nations agree to joint partial dollar float
Six of the nine Common Market nations move to a joint float against the dollar ending obligatory dollar purchases. Britain Ireland and Italy float later. West Germany revalues the mark by three percent. Markets open March 19 and a move toward a single European currency is seen.
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Brussels
Britain
Ireland
Italy
West Germany
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Denmark
Tions
Switzerland
Sweden
Norway
Austria
Helmut Schmidt
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Calif
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Rehmann
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Faeroe Islands
Vaga
Unicef
Wright
Edwards Richards
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Russell Means
AIM
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Means
National Council of Churches
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