Missing broker linked to $300,000 in gems and other mysteries
Story surveys multiple AP brief items from Chicago to Birmingham. It notes a New York broker Abraham Shafizadeh missing since July 28 amid jewel thefts and a murder probe, a Texas state trooper suspended for missing duty, potential ILA strikes affecting Atlantic Gulf ports, a Houston court denying an oil related wrongful death motion, a $33 million road program, farm foreclosure halts, new farm bill changes, a developing storm system, and a delayed death hearing for a Chicago steel executive. Names include Abraham Shafizadeh, Ted W Bowlin, Ash Robinson, Debra Ann Andrus, Tony Randolph Nolen, and Charles Wilson.
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Chicago
New York
Abraham Shafizadeh
Puerto Rico
Houston
Ash Robinson
Arthur C. Lesher
Robinson
John Hill
Birmingham
Ala
Robert Gwin
Debra Ann Andrus
Tony Randolph Nolen
Kountze
Tex
New Jersey
Jury convicts former Castroville marshal in civil rights case
A federal jury in San Antonio found Frank Hayes guilty of violating the civil rights of Mexican American prisoner Richard Morales, who was killed in 1975 near Castroville. Hayes faces life in prison. his wife Dorothy and sister in law Alice Baldwin were convicted for concealing Morales' body. Sentencing set for Oct. 28.
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Waco, Tex
Castroville
Frank Hayes
Hayes
Dorothy
Alice
Baldwin
Richard Morales
U.S
Adrian Spears
San Antonio
Morales
South Texas
Drought drives rats into pest free homes
In drought stricken Bay Area homes thirsty rats and ants invade seeking water. Exterminators report up to 40 percent rise in calls as creeks dry up and lawns are not watered. Argentine ants are the main culprits driving pests from backyards into houses in Walnut Creek Concord and Moraga.
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Suanager
Associated Press
Orinda
Calif
San Francisco Bay Area
California
Peter Davidson
Corky
Bay Area
Davidson
Walnut Creek
Concord
Moraga
Oakland
Bill Wallace
Contra Costa County
Carl Koehler
University of California
Berkley
Koehler
Abortion bill compromise comes under House study
The House and Senate negotiators panel study a Magnuson compromise expanding federal abortion funding with life danger rape incest or health risk exceptions. The delay threatens FY funds for Labor Health Education and Welfare, yet Social Security Medicare Medicaid and unemployment aid remain funded for now.
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House
Warren G. Magnuson
Senate
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Congress backs neutron bomb project amid war fears
Congress approves an authorization to allow President Carter to fund production of a neutron bomb. The House and Senate passed similar measures enabling the administration to proceed if chosen. The weapon, designed for Lance missiles and artillery, would emit intense radiation with limited blast.
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Jeffrey Mills
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Congress
Carter
House of Representatives
Senate
Europe
Ted Weiss
D-N.y
Energy Research and Development Administration
Weiss
Ron Dellums
D-Calif
Bob Carr
D-Mich
Iceberg used for scientific cocktail study at Ames conference
Divers will haul a 2,500 pound ice slab from Portage Glacier to Iowa for the First International Conference on Iceberg Utilization at Iowa State University. Ice will travel from Anchorage to Minneapolis and then Ames, with 18 nations expected. centerpiece funded at 7,500 by a Saudi sponsor.
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Peggy Andersen
Associated Press
Anchorage
Alask (Ap
Iowa
Alaska
Portage
Here
Iowa State University
Anchorage International
Minneapolis
Ames
Ed Cronick
Portage Glacier
Youssef Blakeel
Saudi Arabia
William Berkland
Iowa State
Berkland
the Arab Emirates
Australia
Canada
Chile
Egypt
England
France
Germany
Greece
Holland
Italy
Libya
Mexico
Monaco
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
Accused policemen call own character witnesses
In Huntsville Texas defense lawyers for two former Houston officers charged with murder call character witnesses for Terry Denson and Stephen Orlando as jurors prepare for a stream of testimony about Campos Torres. Sgt Donald Myers testified Campos Torres boasted of taekwondo skill and claimed he attacked officers in a Army town. The court limited testimony on Campos Torres water survival and alcohol issues.
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Huntsville
Tex
Houston
Terry Denson
Stephen Orlando
Joe Campos Torres
Buffalo Bayou
Campos Torres
Mike Ramsey
U.S. Army
Donald Myers
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Myers
Army
State District Court
James Warren
Warren
Denson
Orlando
Vance and Gromyko discuss peace and arms at UN talks
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance meets with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and Israeli Moshe Dayan in New York to push a new Mideast peace conference. Officials say U S and Soviet cochair Geneva talks and seek a new arms pact before expiration. Carter says Palestinians’ role remains undecided and Dayan notes U S assurances that PLO will not represent the Palestinians.
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United Nations, N.Y
Cyrus R. Vance
Andrei A. Gromyko
Soviet Union
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Mideast
Carter Administration
United States
Geneva
Palestine Liberation Organization
Carter
Dayan
NBC Today
United State
PLO
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DPS
Austin
Shepherd
Department of Public Safety
Ted W. Bowlin
Highway Patrol
International Longshoremen’s Association
Atlantic
Gulf
Texas
Houston — Bank and File
West Gulf
International Longshoremen's Association
ILA
Brownsville
Lake Charles
State Highway and Public Transportation Commission
W.shington
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
Agriculture Department
Washington
USDA
Federal Disaster Assistant Administration
Intermountain
Great Basin
Rockies
Central
Northern Plains
Nebraska
Wilson
Nicaragua
Charles Wilson
Ruben Sandoval
Joaquin Jackson
Jackson
Panola County
Henry M. Jackson
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Betty Anne Williams
House-Senate
Vance
Gromyko
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