Prince Charles to wed Luxembourg princess despite Catholic hurdle
London sources say Prince Charles may marry Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg amid Catholicism concerns. Nigel Dempster in the Daily Mail reports Protestant royal confidants are quietly confident the union is being arranged. In Sydney, Bruce Petty, Oscar winning cartoonist for The Age, plans to remain in newspapers, calling his win odd and noting he only learned of the animated category after nomination.
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Australia
Bruce Petty
Melbourne
the Age
Resignation Ends Role in JFK MLK Case Probe
Richard Sprague quits as chief counsel to the House Assassinations committee amid fears the panel would shut down its investigation. House votes on continuing the Kennedy and King murder inquiry, with midnight Thursday as the cutoff if defeated.
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Washington
Richard Sprague
House
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Texas House votes to repeal ballot stub signing rule
State representatives approved a bill 118 to 22 repealing the requirement that voters sign ballot stubs with the same number as the ballot. A final vote could send the measure to the Senate as early as Thursday.
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Tex
Senate
Survivors describe jumbo jet crash Tenerife tragedy account
Survivors on the Pan Am plane recount the Tenerife disaster at Los Rodeos Airport on March 27 1977 in which two Boeing 747s Pan American and KLM collided on the runway killing nearly 600. They describe miscommunication and a catastrophic fire as both aircraft erupted into flames.
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Violent crime down but thefts rise in big cities
FBI preliminary 1976 crime data show national crime rate steady from 1975 with murders down 10 percent and violent crime falling, yet thefts up about 5 percent nationally and sharply in some cities such as Houston where larceny and theft rose 42 percent. FBI notes data from over 9,000 agencies and excludes nonpolice crimes.
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FBI
Atty
Griffin Bell
Houston
Ostrich Delicacies At Oudtshoorn Eatery
A restaurant in Oudtshoorn, in South Africa’s ostrich region, serves ostrich wing tip and boiled ostrich eggs with anchovies as well as stuffed ostrich leg and ostrich gizzard with sour cream sauce.
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Coffeeshop diplomacy helped thaw US Cuba ties
The State Department revealed a secret 1974 75 round of coffee shop diplomacy between the United States and Cuba. It led to eased travel rules for Cuban envoys and the release of about a dozen Americans jailed in Cuba. The talks also prompted Cuba to extradite a hijacker and return funds from another hijacker while broadening trade under the embargo’s loosening.
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Associated Press
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Angola
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Rogers
Lawrence S. Eagleburger
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New York
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Pierre
National Airport
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Ford
United Nattions
Eagleburger
Organization of American States
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Kolwezi evacuated as Katangan forces advance in Zaire
In Kolwezi Zaire troops flee the copper center as Katangan invaders near mines. Most Americans evacuate with 4 Protestant missionaries reportedly staying. Eyewitnesses say Mutshatsha fallen and Katangan advances threaten Shaba. People evacuated include Morrison Knudsen engineers and other Gecomines staff.
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Idaho
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Couple ordered to pay back synagogue dues
In Miami a judge ruled Nina and Richard Kaufman must pay $90 in back dues to Temple Beth David after their suit claiming prayer should be free. The court found the 1974-75 dues constituted a contractual obligation, not a religious requirement.
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Richard Kaufman
Edward Swanko
Kraufmans
Texas Supreme Court limits doctor debt to scholarship fund
The Texas Supreme Court ruled that Dr. Neil K. Suthers who left Booker after five weeks of practice is not liable for building a clinic. The court found no reversible error in the Amarillo Court of Civil Appeals decision. The case centers on a scholarship contract requiring practice in Booker and a 140000 clinic funded by a hospital district.
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