Papal Conclave Begins as Cardinals Lock in Sistine Chapel
One hundred eleven cardinals are confined in the Sistine Chapel to elect Pope Paul VI's successor. Voting starts tomorrow with four ballots daily. black smoke signals inconclusive votes, white indicates a pope elected. Names like Pignedoli Baggio Bertoli appear as possible papabili among Italians and non Italians.
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Vatican City
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter
Paul VI
Msgr
Virgilio Noe
Apostolic Palace
Pope Paul
Sergio Pignedoli
Sebastiano Baggio
Paulo Bertoli
Papabili
Eduardo Pironio
Argentina
Johannes Willebrands
Netherlands
George Asil Hume
Britain
Franz Koenig
Austria
Walpole Prison Weapon Sweep Seizes 150 Items
Boston AP reports a shakedown at Walpole state prison seized about 150 weapons after a surge of violence at the maximum security facility. The search, prompted by the unrest, was to wrap up Friday night per Correction Department spokesman Lawrence J. Parnell.
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Boston
Walpole State Prison
Correction Department
Department
Lawrence J. Parnell
Three Atlantic Balloonists Honored by New York
The trio who drifted across the Atlantic last week received medals and keys to the city in a ceremony in a restaurant a quarter mile above Manhattan, with champagne toasts.
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New York
Atlantic
Manhattan
Border clashes at Vietnam China border leave deaths and injuries
Vietnam and China reported fighting at a border crossing inside Vietnam with several dead and many injured. Hanoi and Peking confirmed the incident occurred in Vietnamese territory but offered diverging accounts of the events.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Vietnam
China
Hanoi
Peking
Boston Sues Four Over Civil Rights Harassment
Boston filed a civil rights suit in federal court against four white men accused of conspiring to harass minorities at Maverick Street public housing and Brandywyne Village in East Boston. The city seeks a preliminary injunction to stop the actions as part of its bid to halt racial violence.
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Boston
U.S. District Court
Maverick Street
Brandywyne Village
East Boston
PAVE PAWS radar tests to ease Cape Cod fears
Otis Air Force Base begins weekend tests of the PAVE PAWS radar to reassure Cape Cod residents that the high power electromagnetic emissions pose no danger. The staged pulses aim to address public safety concerns as officials plan operation across the facility.
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Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Air Forces
Cape Cod
Hijack proves hoax at Geneva plane siege
Investigators questioned 78 passengers and nine crew after a TWA jet from New York to Geneva landed at 8:20 a.m. A phony demand list claimed hijackers would blow the plane by 5:30 p.m. Swiss authorities and the FAA found no explosives or suspect. passengers were evacuated and detained for questioning. Names include Kurt Furgler and Sirhan Sirhan.
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Geneva
Switzerland
TWA
Kurt Furgler
Furgle
Roger Warinsky
New York
Federal Aviation Administation
Washington
FAA
U.S
Task Force of Revolutionary Soldiers
Rudolf Hess
Spandau
Berlin
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan Sirhan
California
Soledad
United States
Harvard Chief Supports Hiatt Amid Public Health Clash
Harvard University President Derek Bok will back Public Health School Dean Howard Hiatt after senior faculty urged his removal. Bok rejected accusations over finances and governance, saying replacing Hiatt would not fix the department as it shifts from disease control to health management. Hiatt, formerly a cancer researcher at Harvard Medical School, was appointed dean in 1972.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard University
Derek Bok
Howard H. Hiatt
Hiatt
Bok
Council On Education For Public Health
U.S
Harvard Medical School
Boston
Beth Israel Hospital
Mail strike threat looms for next week
Washington AP reporting that three postal unions rejected a month-old tentative agreement prompting fears of a nationwide postal strike. APWU and National Letter Carriers Union leaders demand renegotiation while a federal judge considers delaying action. Rural carriers’ union not voting yet as talks continue with mediators.
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Washington
Postal Workers
William F. Bolger
American Postal Workers Union
APWU
National
International Laborers’ Union
Postal Service
U.S
John Pratt
Emmet Andrews
J. Joseph Vacca
Letter Carriers Union
Bolger
Wayne Horvitz
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Horvitz
Laborers’ International Union
APWA
Denver
Andrews
Taxpayers revolt tops agenda for governors
National Governors Association meeting in Boston centers on taxpayer revolt and strategies to curb taxes and spending. Governor Milliken cites a survey of nine promising tax control steps guiding a Tuesday workshop. Debates over federal budget surpluses and funding for costly state programs are also on the agenda, with White House aides present.
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Boston
National Governors’ Association
William Milliken
Michigan
Association
Executive Committee
White House
Jack Watson
Anne Wexler
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Washington
Maine imposes statewide outdoor fire ban amid drought
A statewide fire ban in Maine bans all outdoor fires including grills and incinerators unless at public campsites or approved private campgrounds. Gov Longley signed the order as 71 fires were reported in three days with no relief in sight. Fire rangers and police will enforce the ban while crews continue to fight a 300 acre Hadley Lake fire near East Machias.
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Augusta
Maine
Bureau of Forestry
James B. Longley
For
Forestry Bureau
Col
Allan Weeks
Hadley Lake
East Machias
Carter veto rationale blurs figures on defense bill
Pentagon officials conceded Carter cited figures from the wrong defense measure yet called the distinction minor. Senator Stennis criticized the veto, saying the president lacked full facts while Carter argued the carrier funding was tied to the larger $119 billion defense appropriation awaiting Senate action.
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Washington
Pentagon
Carter
Stennis
House
Senate
Nicaragua Strike Fails to Garner Wide Backing
In Managua the general strike called by government opponents to topple President Anastasio Somoza drew little support as most businesses stayed open. Despite guerrilla fighters taking hostages and securing asylum in Panama, shop owners reported only modest closures and uncertainty lingered about broader participation.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
Panama City
Omar Torrijos
Nee Shore
Baan Ea
Rafael Cordova Rivas
Pet
Rivas
Democratic Liberation Union
Chamber of Commerce
Nicaraguan Development Institute
Orestes Romero Rojas
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Guglielmo Felici
Murdoch
New York Post
Rupert Murdoch
Walpole
Princeton University
William van den Heuvel
Katarina van den Heuvel
United Nations
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
National Weather Service
F.M
Concord
Langley
Dr. Thosteson
Church
Kennedy
N.H
Pease
Ann Landers
Exeter Planning Board
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