Florida Canal Supporters Face Gigantic Task
Florida backers of the Cross Florida Barge Canal shift lobbying to Congress and the Florida Legislature after Cabinet condemnation. U S Rep Bill Chappell says Congress may fund completion despite weak support, while Gov. Askew and Attorney General Shevin call the Cabinet stance decisive. Legislative leaders show mixed support as opponents press de authorization and land disposal plans.
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Bill Chappell
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Congress
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Reubin Askew
Robert Shevin
Shevin
Senate
Lew Brantley
Jacksonville
House Rules
A.H. Gus Craig
Agriculture
Doyle Conner
OPEC Split Not Fatal Blow Noted at 48th Conference
OPEC members reaffirm unity at the 48th meeting despite a split over a 10 percent price hike and July 1 3 percent rise. Yamani and Jamshid Amouzegar offered cautious forecasts of price shifts and market reactions as Saudi Arabia and the UAE move to diverge on increases while Iran warned of broader damage to solidarity.
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Ahmed Zaki Yamiani
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United Arab Emirates
Mana Saeed Al-Olaiba
Gil
Emirates
Jamshid Amouzegar
Amouzegar
ID Cards For Aliens Proposed
The INS plans to issue counterfeit-proof machine readable identification cards to legal aliens starting January or February. After eight months of El Paso testing officials say the card’s code and security features will foil counterfeiters and imposters. Production aims for about 700,000 cards per year with eventual nationwide use for visas and green cards.
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Local CTU workers win heroism citations for rescue
Fort Walton Beach installers Charles Moore and Bruce Permenter received CTU Citations for rescuing and resuscitating a woman drowning in Cinco Bayou last May. They also earned Florida Telephone Association humanitarian awards earlier this month.
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Moore
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Perment
Lamm
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Southern Bell
General Telephone
United Telephone
Palestinian attacker hanged in Amman for hotel raid
Jordan reported that Khairy Tewti Omeir, linked to a four member assault on the Amman Intercontinental Hotel, was hanged in an Amman prison after security forces stormed the hotel. The attack killed five guests and wounded others, with three attackers killed on site. The group was tied to a dissident faction of Fatah based in Baghdad.
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Jews Protest Red Gathering in Haifa Clash at Communist Convention
Former Soviet labor camp inmates clashed with delegates at a Rakah convention in Haifa while Israeli troops fired tear gas at Arab youths in Ramallah. Police arrested several. riots followed a two week wave linked to an Israeli sales tax in the West Bank. Israel opposes PLO participation in Geneva.
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Prisoners Exchanged In Zurich
Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky and Chilean communist Luis Corvalan were swapped in Zurich in a secret U S and Swiss arranged exchange. Bukovsky flew from Moscow and Corvalan arrived from Santiago with his wife, exchange took minutes, and both were flown to their destinations after brief police processing.
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Russia
Cold Stops Oil Flow From Stricken Tanker
The Liberian tanker Argo Merchant on Nantucket Shoals stopped leaking heavy black oil as near freezing temperatures coagulated the spill. The Coast Guard planned Sunday efforts to anchor the bow and offload the 7.5 million gallon cargo were hindered by bad seas and high winds, with over 100,000 gallons released.
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UPI
Argo Merchant
Coast Guard
Nantucket Shoals
Training Bills Unpaid By U.S. Defense Dept
GAO reports the Defense Department undercharged foreign governments for training costs in 1975. The Army’s undercharges reach 18.7 million dollars, the Air Force missed 11.7 million at one base, and the Navy failed to recover about 2.7 million in costs.
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Chinese Revolutionary Wu Teifeng Dies in Beijing
Wu Teifeng a senior Chinese Communist who joined the revolution over 50 years ago died in Peking on Dee 11 at age 101. He served on the standing committee of the Fourth National People's Congress and his memorial service was held at the Papaoshan Cemetery in Peking with officials attending. Party Chairman Mun Kuo-feng sent a wreath.
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Wu Teifeng
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New China News Agency
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Fourth National People's Congress
NCWA
Papaoshan
Mun Kuo-feng
Liquor War Heats Up Between New Hampshire and Massachusetts
Governor Meldrim Thomson named eight Massachusetts tax agents observed inspecting Bay State residents buying liquor in New Hampshire. The long running dispute centers on cheaper New Hampshire liquor and Massachusetts attempts to curb large purchases to recover tax revenue. Agents listed include Bolan Harrison Longey Decker Moss Lucy and two others with only last names Estos and Lane identified.
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Massachuetts
Meldrim Thomson
Massachusetts
Bay State
Brendon Bolan
Francis Harrison
Michael Longey
Robert Decker
Alfred Moss
John Lucy
Estos
Lane
Police hunt suspect in county armed robberies
Police described a 20 to 25 year old black man about six feet tall and slender, wearing a blue denim jacket, suspected in a Saturday robbery and previously linked to two assaults. The six robberies in two weeks include a stabbing death in Crestview and a gunshot wound in Lewis Turner Blvd incidents. Police say three Saturday robberies were related, but no link to a shooting and a stabbing is admitted.
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