IRA economic campaign hits Belfast businessmen hard
In Belfast officials report IRA Provisional wing violence targets business leaders since Feb 2 as part of a campaign to disrupt Northern Ireland's economy. Seven businessmen have been killed and many wounded, prompting cautious measures though most firms stay open. a Belfast executive notes the threat and persistence. Podgorny departs Moscow for a southern Africa mission to meet liberation leaders while Castro travels from Tanzania toward Zambia and Mozambique.
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IRA
Provisional
Harry
Belfast
Moscow
Nikolai Podgorny
Africa
Podgorny
Tanzania
Fidel Castro
Zambia
Mozambique
No evidence heavy marijuana smoking harms brain structure
Two independent research groups report in JAMA that prolonged heavy marijuana use does not alter brain or central nervous system structure despite earlier suggestions of brain atrophy. The March 21 issue presents their findings.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Open records debate swirls as Tex officials seek exemptions
Texas lawmakers hear Dallas Police Chief Don Byrd push HB1359 to exempt names and addresses of crimes witnesses and victims from mandatory disclosure. Governor Briscoe announces White successor to agriculture post. Dallas schools add Bible study credits. Reagan to speak at cattlemen convention. Sheriff details fatal shootout in Cherokee County. Sandara West estate case heads to Los Angeles court. Patman and Craddick propose bills on loan disclosures and open meeting discussions.
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Austin
Tex
Dallas
Don Byrd
House State Affairs Committee
Byrd
Dolphy Briscoe
John C. White
U.S
Briscoe
White
Fort Worth
California
Ronald Reagan
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association
Reagan
Tarrant County
San Antonio
Fred Semaan
Sandra West
Los Angeles
Defeated Gandhi expected to quit
Indira Gandhi likely to resign after losing her parliamentary seat as the Janata party leads with 135 of 283 counted seats. Nine more allies expected, while Congress trails with 103 seats amid a broad anti emergency backlash. Morarji Desai and Jagjivan Ram emerge as top rivals for succession.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Congress Party
Mrs. Gandhi
Sanjay
Jawaharlal Nehru
Morarji Desai
Jagjivan Ram
Denver twins surprise Shanghai uncle during China trip
Denver twelve year old twins Mike and Mona Yen surprised their great uncle C T Yen in Shanghai while on an 18 day tour of China with 16 Colorado Academy students aged 11 to 15. The group was the youngest American delegation since relations reopened in 1971.
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Denver
Mike
Mona Yen
C.T. Yen
Shanghai
People’s Republic of China
Yens
Colorado Academy
China
Mona
Yen
Carter commission pauses in Honolulu on Indochina mission
The U S special commission to Indochina paused in Honolulu for a rest stop on its trip to Washington D C. Officials announced assurances from Vietnam to establish procedures to clarify the status of Americans missing in the Vietnam War. The delegation planned to press Laos for help as well.
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Honolulu
Carter
Indochina
Washington, D.C
Vietnam
Washington
Commission
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Laos
U.S
Rice paper origin from Formosan plant pith
The statement explains that rice paper is not made from rice grains but from the pith of the Formosan plant Fatsia papyrifers, outlining its botanical source.
Kidnap Suspect Held In Tulsa Abduction Case
Tulsa officials pursue at least one possible accomplice in the aborted ransom for a wealthy suburban housewife and her employer. A dawn search covers 14 square miles in southern Tulsa County as investigators question Larry Chaney and probe for signs of the two women, still unaccounted for.
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Tulsa
Tulsa County
Larry Eugene Chaney
Jenks
Tulsa County Dist
Atty
S.M. Fllis Jr
Chaney
Phillip H. Ashmore
Kathy Anne Brown
Allegan, Mich
Miss Brown
Morgan
FBI
Sallisaw
French stocks tumble after Left gains in local vote
Paris shares dropped about four percent as the Socialist Communist alliance won a majority in local elections. Traders blamed jittery markets and political uncertainty. Left leaders hailed the vote while government currency intervention supported the franc. The results set the stage for national elections and possible nationalization plans.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Fifth Republic
National Assembly
U.S
Francois Mitterrand
Communist Parts
Georges Marchais
Missing North Texas grain dealer Robert Johnson investigation widens
Investigations in Abilene and Blackwell probe Robert Johnson disappearance after he vanished Jan 3 near Aransas Pass. Wheat missing from his Wichita Falls and Iowa Park elevators. witnesses place him alive in South Texas and a claim he faked his drowning with plastic surgery.
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Associated Press
North Texas
Robert Johnson
Abilene
Johnson
Oklahoma
Blackwell
Wichita Falls
Gulf of Mexico
Aransas Pass
Iowa Park
U.S
Texas
Cash
Mexico
Central America
Carter Fukuda talks starting as two leaders meet
President Carter and Japan's Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda begin two days of talks on global economic and security issues. A White House ceremony with military honors marked Fukuda's official visit to Washington.
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Washington
Carter
Japan
Takeo Fukuda
White House
Fukuda
Congress again pledges tax form simplification
Six months after a tax code change caused a record surge in taxpayer errors Congress returns to the issue of simplification. Lawmakers insist this time they truly mean it as they discuss new proposals to streamline forms and processes.
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Washington
Congress
Gold seekers discover shaft at Victoria Peak cave
Treasure hunters report a shaft on Victoria Peak at White Sands Missile Range leading to a cave with alleged gold. Expeditions Unlimited says three men found a passage with campsite evidence and dynamite sticks, while explorers recall a 1958 entry witnessed by Leonard Fiege.
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White Sands Missile Range
N.M
Victoria Peak
Milton
Doc
Noss
Expeditions Unlimited, Inc
Florida
Expeditions Unlimited
Norman Scott
Leonard Fiege
Jack Hull
Jerry Lee
Lee
Fiege
Air Force
Mexico arrests 15 in extortion case across border
In Matamoros police sweep, 15 officers including three senior leaders were arrested and suspended over the extortion of $14,000 from a Kentucky man who used funds to secure his son's release. The seized money was returned, and the case highlighted cross border cooperation.
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Matamoros
Mexico
Kentucky
Jesus Rodriguez
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Tex
Ignacio Escobar
Oscar Villareal
Perry Lee Greer, Jr
Southwest Texas State University
Villareal
Greer
Young Greer
Lexington
Rodriguez
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas State
Atty
Raul Albertos Betancourt
Greers
Gateway Bridge
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