Park to Return to Testify in U S Influence Buying Case
South Korean trader Tongsun Park will testify in U S court about alleged influence buying in Congress. The DOJ will drop its indictment after truthful testimony, granting Park immunity to return to South Korea. Critics call the deal a façade and say it limits congressional access and cooperation.
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Washington
Tongsun Park
United States
Congress
U.S
Justice Department
Park
South Korea
House Ethics Committee
Bennjamin R. Civiletti
Jaworski
Civiletti
Copa
Carter weighs possible Egypt visit amid Middle East tensions
President Carter, on a six nation tour starting in Warsaw, said he might visit Egypt if mutually convenient but has no current plans. The trip includes Tehran, Saudi Arabia, and talks aimed at reviving Arab Israeli negotiations. Vance noted Carter did not endorse Begin’s West Bank autonomy plan and stressed starting points for discussion.
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Associated Press
Middle East
Carter
Egypt
Warsaw
Poland
White House
Jody Powell
Cairo
Iran
Jordan
Hussein
Tehran
Anwar Sadat
Menahem Begin
Sadat
Begin
Israel
Libya
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Vance
West Bank
Jordan River
United States
Gaza Strip
U.S
Jerusalem
Moshe Dayan
No end seen in stalemate over judge
Concord New Hampshire AP Governor Meldrim Thomson fails to secure a second for confirming Maurice Bois to head the state Supreme Court. Thomson renominates Bois and Louis Wyman for associate judgeships as the Executive Council remains in opposition. Thomson cites patience while council members cite Bois past conduct and Wyman’s lack of current legal experience. He also renominates Maynard H. Mires for Public Health director and reappoints Lewis Flagg Jr. to the Parole Board and George A. Langley Jr. to the Sweepstakes Commission.
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Concord
N.H
Meldrim Thomson
Executive Council
State Supreme Court
Bois
Louis Wyman
Wyman
Congress
State Probation Board
Council
Probation Department
John A. King
Thomson
Maynard H. Mires
Lewis Flagg Jr
Epping
Parole Board
George A. Langley Jr
Sweepstakes Commission
State funds back $1M port pier projects in Portsmouth
New Hampshire plans $1 million in construction at two state piers in Portsmouth. A $405,365 contract with Shoals Corporation of Eliot will lengthen the Pier Island fishing dock to 350 feet and add a refrigerated bait house, office, ice plant, and storage. Projects financed by the federal EDA under Carter era programs require 10 percent minority business participation and must start within 90 days. Nobles Island will see a bonded warehouse and a 60 by 167 transit shed built near Market Street.
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Portsmouth
New Hampshire Port Authority
Pierce Island
Shoals Corporation of
Eliot
Maine
New England
Federal Economic Development Administration
President Carter
Nobles Island
Market Street
First baby born in 78 to get gifts in Herald area
The first baby born in 1978 in the Herald circulation area will trigger a gifts program from twelve local merchants. Portsmouth Hospital Exeter Hospital and Pease AFB Hospital will record the winner. Prizes include diapers baby foods three dozen doughnuts roses a dinner for two and more mother gifts.
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Herald
Portsmouth Hospital
Exeter Hospital
Pease Afb Hospital
Rich's
Richardson's
Tower Pharmacy
Poppy's
Mother House of Schwartz
Cliff's Bootery
Bratskellar
Sweaterville
USA
Kittery Flower Shop
N.H. Plate Glass Co
Governor warns four aides over private business tie
Gov. Meldrim Thomson in Concord says four executive staffers must disassociate from a private venture selling New Hampshire license plates or resign. Banking Commissioner Roland Roberge, Greyhound Racing officials Paul Hatch Sydney Frink and Joseph Deoss faced charges of conflict of interest as the venture advertised to supply a single plate for all cars. Thomson demanded prompt responses to the accusations.
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Concord
N.H
Meldrim Thomson
Thomson
Roland Roberge
Paul Hatch
Sydney Frink
Joseph Deoss
New Hampshire
Blizzard Watch As New Year Approaches In West
A potential New Year’s Eve blizzard develops as a low pressure system moves across southern Idaho and northern Wyoming. Forecasters warn of strong winds, arctic air, and heavy snow with 4 to 12 inches already reported in Montana and Idaho. Travel advisories extend from Idaho to the Dakotas and Nebraska, with additional advisories in North Carolina mountains Virginia Maryland and broader rain and snow patterns across the East Coast.
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Idaho
Wyoming
Montana
Rockies
Great Basin
Dakotas
Nebraska
Utah
Flonda Panhandle
Virginia
North Carolina
Maryland
High Plains
Great Lakes
Central Plains
Central Rockies
Northern Plains
New England
Gulf Coast
Appalachians
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Coast
Carter pledges no war by mistake at Warsaw state dinner
President Carter vows the United States would not start a war except by error and says the Soviet Union would only wage one for profound provocation or misunderstanding. He speaks during a return journey stop in Warsaw after meeting dissidents outside the palace and prior to Iran travel, while Polish police disperse the crowd. He compliments Poland's human rights record but notes dissidents were barred from a news conference.
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Warsaw
Poland
Carter
America
Soviet Union
Edward Giere
Iran
U.S
Soviet Bloc
Tank car derailed. safety teams avert disaster in Newmarket
A derailed tank car carrying 4500 gallons of chloropicrin was uprighted without leak after 42 hours of tension. Firefighters prepared for evacuations but no leak occurred, traffic resumed on Rt 108, and the car will move to Orrington Maine for transfer before resumption toward Arkansas.
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Newmarket
Wilfred Beaulieu
Rt. 108
Sleepy Hollow
IMC Chemical Group Inc
Orrington
Maine
Arkansas
Frank Belliveau
Beaulieu
Belliveau
Exeter
Boston and Maine Railroad
The
Chemical Corporation
Bureau of Explosives
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Portsmouth Herald
Maurice Bois
Colorado Mountains
Seacoast
Tmer
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