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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1977
Page
2
President Carter promised four callers a follow up from his nationwide radio session. Three received calls from Washington with updates or requests for more information. The fourth, Ruby Hewitt, awaits a personal return call as the SSA drafts its reply.
Rescue teams in Bucharest and across the Balkans confront a mounting death toll from last weekend’s quake. Official counts reach 1 085 dead and 6 405 injured in Romania with hundreds more in Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. Western aid channels open as Red Cross appeals for funds. Prominent Romanian actors and intellectuals are reported among the dead.
In Tower City, Pennsylvania, 432 feet of probing failed to reveal living signs among five trapped coal miners. Federal official John Shutack said slim chances remain. crews plan another bore about 55 feet away as foreman Sam Klinger keeps hope alive.
U S District Court Judge Robert Duncan ruled Columbus city and state boards of education caused deliberate racial segregation in the 96 000 student district. He gave officials 90 days to propose a remedy ahead of the 1977 78 school year, citing a long standing dual system and ongoing imbalance since 1954.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and his Pakistan Peoples Party won 155 of 216 parliamentary seats in the general election. An opposition leader alleged widespread rigging as the party gained 16 seats reserved for women and minorities, up from 107 seats in the previous parliament.
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI will canonize two new saints this year. One is John Nepomucene Neumann, a 19th century bishop of Philadelphia and naturalized American born in Bohemia who arrived in 1836 and led parochial schools and immigrant ministry. He would become the first male American saint.
Not so live Johnny Carson, host of NBC's Tonight Show, has changed plans about broadcasting live. NBC previously announced live telecasts would start March 15, but a spokesman on Monday said he did not know when or if the show will be broadcast live. Carson was on vacation and unavailable for comment.
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