Portraits and birthdays span U.S. leaders and figures
Nelson Rockefeller plans the second largest official New York portrait to hang in the hall of governors as Pat Nixon marks her 65th birthday with family at San Clemente. Jackie Kennedy Onassis faces criticism near the UN while Gandhi Ford plans Easter in Grand Rapids. The Carter administration flags eight Texas water projects as endangered, risking Trinity River and Corpus Christi reservoirs.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Capitol
Hall of Governors
George Clinton
Pat Nixon
San Clemente
Jackie Kennedy Onassis
United Nations
Carter
U.N
Grand Rapids
Mich
Gerald R. Ford
Betty
Ford
University of Michigan
Larry Speaks
Washington
Carter Administration
Texas
Trinity River
Dallas
Houston
Army Corps
Bureau of Reclamation
Corpus Christi
Texas News Flash From Texas Cities
Multiple terse items report blasts and injuries at a Texaco refinery in Port Arthur with 22 hurt and one dead, a memorial service planned for New London survivors of the 1937 school disaster, and political shifts including Gov. Briscoe naming a new agriculture official. Also notes a 106 year old burial in Houston, UT Press releasing Camelot chapter, and a school explosion on Price ground with extensive damage.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Texaco
New London
East Texas
Austin
UT Press
University of Texas
T.H. White
King
White
Archer Mayor
Carter Warns Energy Plan Will Reorder American Life
President Carter says his national energy policy will sharply lower popularity and force Congress to make difficult decisions. He plans to sign chrome import bans from Rhodesia and urges conservation while expanding coal use. Andrus warns producers face penalties for delay and leases may be canceled offshore.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Interior
Cecil Andrus
Gulf of Mexico
Travel ban ends after 27 years easing U S travel limits
The executive order ending the travel ban allows U S citizens to travel freely worldwide for the first time in 27 years. President Carter announced nine days ago he would not renew prohibitions on Cuba Vietnam North Korea and Cambodia, saying the policy clashed with international human rights. The North Korea ban dated 26 years, Cuba 16 years, and travel to Cambodia and former South Vietnam were restricted since 1975.
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Washington
U.S
Carter
Cuba
Vietnam
North Korea
Cambodia
State Department
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
All state energy drive urged by Jim Langdon
Jim Langdon of the Texas Railroad Commission urged a nationwide energy push at a meeting of major oil, gas, and pipeline executives. He criticized Georgia as an energy basket case and warned against relying on conservation alone while noting Alaska North Slope crude and Santa Barbara reserves potential.
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Jim Langdon
Austin
Tex
Texas Railroad Commission
United States
Langdon
President Carter
Georgia
Byron Milner
Atlantic Richfield Co
Alaska
Texas Senate moves on phone charge ban measure
The Texas Senate gave preliminary approval to a bill prohibiting separate information calls in telephone bills. If passed, every bill would rise by at least 50 cents monthly, with Southwestern Bell facing a $41 million rate adjustment. The House adjourned without action as the calendar resumes Monday.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Senate
Bill Meier
D-Euless
Meier
House
Southwestern Bell
Public Utilities Commission
PAC
Bell
PUC
Garrett Morris
South Texas
Texa A&m
Kingsville
Laredo
Yoshimura Free on Bail After Conviction for Weapons Cache
Wendy Yoshimura, sentenced to 1 to 15 years in state prison, won bail citing past ties with Patricia Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Martin Pulich noted the contrast between her $1.5 million financial resources and welfare dependence.
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Oakland
Calif
Wendy Yoshimura
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Alameda County
Martin Pulich
Miss Hearst
Miss Yoshimura
Carter urges stronger UN action on rights in first address
President Carter used his first UN speech to press a more vigorous UN role in protecting human rights and to seek a framework for arms control with the Soviet Union. He received praise from delegates including those from Niger, the Bahamas, the PLO and Israel, while a standing ovation followed his remarks. He called for a flexible peace process in Arab Israeli talks and proposed tighter international mechanisms to close the rights gap.
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United Nations, N.Y
Carter
United Nations
World Organization
Palestine Liberation Organization
Niger
Bahamas
PLO
Israel
General Assembly
U.N
U.S
United States
Africa
Vietnam Returns Remains Of 12 U.S. Pilots In Hanoi
The Vietnamese government handed over remains believed to be 12 American pilots killed in the Vietnam War to a U.S. presidential commission. Diplomats said the transfer occurred after the last officials’ meeting. The group plans a dinner in Bangkok and a trip to Vientiane to pursue information on other missing airmen.
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Bangkok
Thailand
U.S. Presidential Commission
Hanoi
Vientiane
Laos
United States
North Vietnam
Truck-driving pastor killed in Houston crash
Ray W. Lawrence 30 resigned four months earlier to drive trucks and prayed daily for company drivers safety. He died when his out of control truck struck a utility pole to avoid hitting cars at a red light. Witness Robert Vaughn 30 recounted hearing the crunch of gears as Lawrence tried to stop and jump the curb. The Carter administration waits weeks for a Mexico ambassador pick while the embassy remains without one.
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Houston
Ray W. Lawrence
Lawrence
Robert Vaughn
Vaughn
Iron in Frosted Rice cereal shocks Seattle man
Rick McDonald, a 29 year old Seattle TV repairman, found tiny black iron specks in Kellogg's Frosted Rice cereal. Kellogg executives said the iron is in the sugar coating and can come off when soaked in milk, posing no health risk.
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Seattle
Rick McDonald
McDonald
Kellogg Co
Kellogg
Tax rebate plan advances on Senate Finance vote
President Carter appears to have sufficient votes in the Senate Finance Committee to win approval for a $50 per person tax rebate. The tally hinges on the ceremonial honeymoon period Congress traditionally grants a new chief executive as discussions continue.
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Washington
Congress
Carter
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Senate Appropriations Committee
Russell B. Long
Finance Committee
Democratic Sons
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Daniel P. Moynihan
New York
Floyd Haskell
Colorado
Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr
Texas
Guatemala ends U S aid amid human rights concerns
Guatemala joins Argentina Brazil Uruguay and El Salvador in rejecting U S military aid linked to human rights. About 75 million in grants and credits were cut as regimes face Washington scrutiny. Chile previously left the program last year amid similar hearings.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
U.S
Argentina
Brazil
Uruguay
el Salvador
State Department
Chile
Burns Opposes tax rebates in Carter stimulus plan
Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns criticizes President Carter's effort to stimulate the economy. He argues tax rebates and cuts would be superficial and fail to address fundamental causes of the economic slowdown.
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Carter
Federal Reserve
Arthur Burns
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Jackie Onassis
Fords
Texas News
John White
Dolph Briscoe
U.S. Senate
U.S. Agriculture
Jennie Bell Morrow Decker
Sam Houston
Georgetown
Decker
Margaret D. Everitt
Nikki van Hightower
Camelot
Price
Pri
Jack
Jack Henderson
Henderson
Rhodesia
Charleston
W. Va
Gallup
North Slope
Prudhoe Bay
L. G. Rawl
Exxon Co
Exxon
Santa Barbara Channel
Allen Murray
Mobil Oil Corp
Yoshimura
Galveston
Florida
Edwin Goad
Pasadena
Wanda Thornton
Lloyd Thornton
John Sealy Hospital
Thornton
Detroit
New Renaissance Center
Detroit Plaza Hotel
Mexico
Mexico City
Company
Battle Creek, Mich
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