Pentagon plans to close or shrink over 70 Navy bases
Pentagon plans to close or reduce more than 70 Navy bases including four air stations and Navy Reserve centers. About 5 000 civilian and military jobs will be cut and some 7 000 personnel transfers or relocations expected to save over 40 million dollars annually.
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Washington
Pentagon
Navy
Key West
Fla
Memphis
Tenn
Corpus Christi, Tex
Saufley Field
Ford and Carter win Illinois primary again
President Ford and Jimmy Carter repeated victories in the Illinois primary with Ford posting a decisive win over Ronald Reagan and Carter beating George Wallace and others. Carter solidifies front runner status while Chicago Mayor Daley's ally Michael Howlett wins the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. With 90 percent counted, Ford leads at 59 percent to Reagan's 40 percent.
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Mike Robinson
Associated Press
Chicago
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Illinois
Carter
Ronald Reagan
George Wallace
Sargent Shriver
Fred Harris
Stevenson III
Reagan
Hearst trial nears end as her parents testify
Patricia Hearst's bank robbery trial moves toward a verdict with testimony from her father Randolph Hearst and defense focus on psychiatric experts. Judge Carter ruled against reopening the government case as closing arguments loom.
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Tony Ledwell
Associated Press
SAN Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Carter
Bailey
Catherine Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
Randolph A. Hearst
Browning
Joel Fort
Harry Kozol
Boston
Miss Tobin
Miss Heart
Miss Hearst
Hearst
Kozol
Inmate from 1917 Faces 2005 Release If He Lives
Gene Winchester an 82 year old Texas inmate long held since 1917 would be eligible for release in 2005 after 24 years of credit if he survives to age 111. Convicted of murder he was sentenced to 50 years in 1917 and sent to Rusk State Hospital in 1919. The 1958 law aimed to grant time credit for Rusk confinement but a 1969 ruling denied retroactive credit.
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Huntsville
Tex
Texas
Houston Post
Gene Winchester
Tom Green
San Angelo
Winchester
Rusk State Hospital
Rusk
Texas Atty
Will Wilson
Wilson
Kissinger Under Fire Over Soviet Angolan Moves
Senate leaders criticized Henry Kissinger for not informing Congress about the postponement of talks with the Soviet Union over issues including energy and housing. The delay followed Kissinger’s warning that Soviet support for Cuban troops in Angola could lead to penalties, while Funseth defended the decision as necessary.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Congress
Soviet Union
Angola
Senate Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Senate
Kissinger
Clifford Case
R-N.j
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
State Department
Robert L. Funseth
United States
Funseth
Lawmakers urge $350000 probe into Schorr leak
House Ethics panel weighs a costly chase to identify who leaked a CIA report to Daniel Schorr. Chairman Flynt claims the hunt could reach remote places, while Russell accuses a “Leak Fairy” at CBS. Critics call the cost excessive and time uncertain.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Ethics Committee
Mark Russell
Daniel Schorr
John J. Flynt
D-Ga
Schorr
CIA
Russell
CBS
Houston home plans to hire special teachers for exceptions
In Houston, Gertrude Thomas owner of the Gertrude Thomas Home for Exceptional Children says the new law requires school district teachers for special education. Dr. James D. Clements testified that many residents receive no training and are confined to cribs during a federal civil rights case about transporting mentally retarded and emotionally disturbed children to institutions in Texas and other states.
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Houston
Gertrude Thomas
James D. Clements
The
Georgia
Clements
President
Committee On
New Orleans
U.S. Justice Department
Civil Rights Division
Louisiana
Texas
Thomas
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