Carter speaks Spanish in White House reception for Meridian House head
Rosalynn Carter used a few Spanish phrases during a 30 minute White House receiving line with Argentinian TV crew. Joseph John Jova assumes leadership of Meridian House International, a cultural exchange nonprofit. Calvary Baptist Church Holland Michigan held an energy saving transport contest with a pedal cart prize. The winning cart was later found to have been stolen from another Holland resident and returned as police weigh charges while the Bible prize winner remains unclear.
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Rosalynn Carter
White House
Carter
Joseph John Jova
Meridian House International
United States
Calvary Baptist Church
Holland
Mich
Cleanup in Manhattan Called Off Early Over Litter Concerns
Manhattan police halted a city cleanup after three days when drivers hauling trash in city trucks were accused of dropping debris. Alvin Johnson of the Riley County Police warned he could cite crews for littering, saying private citizens and contractors should be held to the same standard.
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Manhattan
Kan
Alvin Johnson
Riley County
Johnson
Betty Ford Released After Medical Tests in Palm Springs
Betty Ford, 49, left Eisenhower Medical Center in Palm Springs after six days of tests to determine a pinched spinal nerve cause. She suffered nausea and discomfort during testing but is fully recovered. The neck condition has troubled her for about 12 years, worsened recently during a Michigan trip.
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Betty Ford
Eisenhower Medical Center
Palm Springs
Ford
Michigan
Horowitz to mark 50th debut anniversary with New York benefit
Pianist Vladimir Horowitz will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his 1928 New York Philharmonic debut with a January 8 1978 benefit concert in New York. Eugene Ormandy will conduct. it is his first Philharmonic NY engagement in 25 years.
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New York Philharmonic Orchestra
New York
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Eugene Ormandy
Philadelphia Orchestra
New York Philharmonic
Ormandy
Philharmonic
Ellington Alumni Band rides A train to remember
Former Duke Ellington band members ride New York Citys A line downtown to publicize a week long Ellington Alumni Band engagement at a local jazz club. Ellington born 1899 Friday died 1974. The event echoes Take The A Train as subway riders clap and tap to the theme.
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Duke
New York
Ellington
Harlem
Subway
Sakharov’s Wife Seeks Travel Visa for Eye Operation
Mrs. Yelena Sakharov says she applied to Soviet officials for a two month exit visa to visit Italy for a second glaucoma operation. The 51 year old wife of Andrei Sakharov spoke in Moscow on Wednesday detailing plans for June. She previously underwent eye surgery in September 1975 in Maly while Sakharov received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. Soviet authorities had refused her husband an exit visa.
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Andrei Sakharov
Italy
Yelena Sakharov
Moscow
Sakharov
Maly
Cardinal Dearden in ICU after mild heart attack
Cardinal John Dearden of the Detroit diocese is in Providence Hospital's intensive care unit following a mild heart attack. Police report a Marine undercover incident involving a man with a special agent badge who allegedly searched a Marine on a city street and stole his wallet. Booker Holmes, 24, was arrested with the badge and a quantity of aaa found on him. he was jailed.
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Detroit
Providence Hospital
San Diego
Marine Corps
Booker Holmes
Holmes
Two Alabama prisoners sentenced to death in shooting of shop owner
Edward Nassar, 35, was shot in the back as his two young daughters watched. John Evans and Ritter, both 27, were condemned to die in the electric chair with July 25 set for execution, then appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court as civil liberties groups planned action. The pair greeted the verdict with visible relief as cameras captured the moment.
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Fellack
John Evans
Joseph Aibe
Indiana
Edward Nassar
Alabama Supreme Court
Civil Liberties Sien Neys
Capal
Ritter
Wans
Hocklander
Evans
Ne aMama
Cherlyn Fellows Miracle Girl Survives Rare Embryonal Cancer
Nine year old Cherlyn Fellows of Seattle beat a rare embryonal saratoma of the ovary after multiple operations and seven months on VM26. Doctors credit the experimental drug and possible natural resistance as tumors stop growing. Cherlyn had tumors containing hair teeth and eyes and endured a blood clot and near amputation fears. Her mother Marva Fellows says God guided the surgeons.
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Chertyn Fellows
Marva Fellows
Cherlyn
Oakland
Robert Schaller
Seattle
Children's Orthopedic Hospital
Schaller
Ron Chard
Fellows
Marine drill instructors charged in boot abuse case
Two Marine drill instructors face assault charges for abusing recruits at the San Diego depot. John R. Bradley, 24, of Granite City Illinois, is ordered to a special court martial May 12 for possible gun hat blows and finger injuries. Sgt Joseph A. Fragua, 27, of Albuquerque, faces trial pending. The case recalls Pvt L McClure, who died March 13 1976 from head injuries after punitive pugil stick incidents.
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John R. Bradley
Granite City
Marine Corps
Bradley
Joseph A. Fragua
Albuquerque
Eae
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Lufkin
Tex
McClure
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