Nielsen ranks Happy Days top and Mean Streets at bottom
U S ratings for the week ending March 13 place Happy Days as the highest rated show while Mean Streets on NBC's Saturday Night Movie finishes last of 70 programs with a six point one million homes. ABC maintains leadership in season standings as released on Tuesday. Clinton prepares for President Carter visit with town meeting signs and peanut corsages as residents await the event. A report outlines land and stock deals linked to former Arizona GOP chairman Harry Rosenzweig, noting convicted extortionists and Ned Warren Sr. in peripheral roles without alleging illegality.
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Funeral services set for Harold Ratliff Texas sports editor
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Restland Funeral Home in Dallas for Harold V. Ratliff 73 longtime Texas sports writer and AP Texas sports editor for 32 years who retired in 1968. He died Tuesday one week after a stroke. Ratliff was known for promoting schoolboy football in Texas.
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Hijacker seized by Swiss police ends 8500 mile airliner saga
Italian hijacker Luciano Porcari, 36, overpowered by three Swiss officers aboard an Iberian Airlines Boeing 727 after a 44 1 2 hour flight covering Europe and West Africa from Barcelona to Moscow was foiled. Hostages released unharmed. Porcari wounded a officer during capture.
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Economy plan swells as Congress expands Carter program
The Carter administration’s tax cut and spending package grows in Congress with a House vote of 23.3 billion to fund major elements and added provisions. Amendments boost public works and military construction while a bipartisan push seeks 200 million for low income fuel bill assistance amid a harsh winter.
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Beating Death Case Brings Juvenile to State Custody
In Lauderdale a 13 year old boy Tommy Albrecht faces up to five years in state custody after being found guilty of manslaughter in the death of a 3 year old girl. He could stay in state institutions until age 18 as per Judge John Miller ruling.
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Oswald did not seek or receive Cuban or Russian aid says former CIA chief
David Atlee Phillips, who led covert CIA work in Mexico City in 1963, claims Lee Harvey Oswald did not seek or receive help from Cuba or the Soviet Union in Kennedy’s assassination. Phillips says CIA personnel there never heard of Oswald and did not know of his defection and marriage. He notes Oswald’s visits to the Soviet and Cuban embassies were just background signals on CIA radar.
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White says he backs helping family farmers keep land
Newly confirmed Deputy Secretary of Agriculture John White of Texas tells reporters he favors investments to assist family farmers, including loan backed purchases, while not seeking major changes to farm programs. He supports price supports with tweaks and keeping the food stamp program in Agriculture, aiming to curb abuses and aid the truly needy. White, Texas agriculture commissioner for 26 years, won Senate approval by voice vote.
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U S and Belgium Aid Zaire Against Invasion
Belgians sped light weapons to Zaire and the United States agreed to rush medical and military gear including communications equipment parachutes packs rations and fuel tanks to help Zaire repel an alleged invasion by mercenaries from Angola. The U S said Castro’s Africa visit continues as Tanganyika confirms Castro plans five day stay.
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Vance to seek 100 million for Rhodesia policy plan
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance will ask Congress for a 100 million special allocation to aid a peaceful transfer of power in Rhodesia now Zimbabwe. The move aims to press for black majority rule while supporting a negotiated settlement and Zimbabwe's stability.
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Heavy voting noted as India goes to polls
The world's largest election began with India’s voters in 300 of 542 districts casting ballots for a new lower house and deciding if Prime Minister Indira Gandhi remains in power. Turnout appeared heavier than usual as campaigns accused her of dictatorship during the emergency. First results expected after the final voting.
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Report Urges New Reservation Role for American Indians
A Congress report by the American Indian Policy Review Commission urges tribes to gain self determination including taxing power and tribal court jurisdiction over non Indians. The 11 member panel, including six congressmen and five tribal representatives, views tribes as sovereign nations. Rep. Lloyd Meeds dissents. The full report to Congress on May 18 follows distribution to over 1,000 groups.
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