California appoints first black cabinet member and farmer to agriculture post
Gov. Brown names Leonard Grimes as the first Black cabinet member, moving from General Services to lead the Agriculture and Services Agency. Richard Rominger, a Winters farmer, becomes state director of agriculture. Grimes seeks minority outreach, while Rominger emphasizes a new start with farmers. Both appointments require Senate confirmation.
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Brown
Leonard Grimes
California
Rose Bird
Richard Rominger
Grimes
State General Services
Bird
Agriculture and Services Agency
Wiley Manuel
State Supreme Court
Rominger
General Services
David Janssen
Food and Agriculture Department
Industrial Relations Department
Donald Vial
Raminger
Yolo County
State Board of Food and Agriculture
Fred Hetinger
California Farm Bureau Federation
Heringer
Gimes
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co
General Service Sector
Senate
Explosion Rips Tanker Claude Conway 27 Rescued
A Panamanian tanker with 39 crew broke in two after an explosion 140 miles off North Carolina. Coast Guard says 27 rescued, 12 missing. Oil aboard, crew from Italy and Uruguay. Survivors evacuated by ships and a Coast Guard helicopter to Camp Lejeune. Oil slick reported. details of explosion uncertain.
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Coast Guard
Atlantic
North Carolina
Claude Conway
New York
Freeport
Bahamas
Moss Point
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Wilmington
Stip
Cosmoolitan Shipping Co
S.A
Salls
Gesini Jates
Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. Inc
Plainclothes Officer Subdues Knife Hostage At Ford Plant
In Ypsilanti a plainclothes policeman overpowered a knife-wielding Ford Motor Co. employee who took a nurse hostage at the electrical plant’s first aid station and exchanged her for a part-time employee who was also a minister. Ford officials said no one was injured and they did not know the motive.
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Ypsilanti, Mich
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Philadelphia lawyer picked to head the IRS
President Carter announced the nomination of Jerome Kurtz, a 45 year old Philadelphia lawyer and former Treasury tax counsel, to be commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. He has worked at Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen since 1955 with military and Treasury service. Also named were Donna Shalala for HUD policy development and research.
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Carter
Philadelphia
Jerome Kurtz
Internal Revenue Service
Mrs Gandhi to resign Tuesday after seat loss in polls
Indira Gandhi announced she will formally submit her resignation Tuesday ending her 11 year tenure as prime minister. The Congress party trailed badly in results, Janata alliance led with 211 seats out of 393 declared, while Morarji Desai and Jagjivan Ram emerged as main contenders to succeed her.
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India
Indira Gandhi
Congress Party
Britain
Tower House
Janata (People’s) Party
Dea
Washington
State Department
U.S
Sands
Sanjay
Jawaharlal Nehru
Morarji Desai
Jagjivan Ram
Carter Welcomes Fukuda as Japanese Premier Arrives
President Carter greets Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda at the White House for a two day official visit. Carter hails the U S Japanese friendship as one of the most encouraging developments of the past decade. They open three meetings focusing on the May economic summit in London and global security issues. Fukuda says the visit aims to build a new and more effective Japan America partnership.
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Carter
Japan
Takeo Fukuda
White House
U.S
Fukuda
London
National Press Club
Walter Mondale
Josef Hinjose
Edeouch
Tex
Homer Foster
Moville
Iowa
Tom Davis
Witness recalls flare before Sansinena blast in Los Angeles Harbor
A Longshoreman on The Wild Flamingo testified at a Coast Guard inquiry that he saw what looked like a flare fired toward the Libe rian tanker Sansinena about six seconds before the explosion. The hearing resumed to hear statements on the deadly December 17 incident that killed seven Italian crewmen and shattered windows 28 miles away.
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Los Angeles
Raymond Bozulich
San Pedro
Coast Guard
Union Oil Terminal
Sansinena
Bozulich
Hancock
Cmdr
Rene Roussel
Weather Tonight And Tuesday In The Area
Tonight and Tuesday forecast calls for fair conditions across the tt area with mild lows around 50. In the mountains expect fair skies with winds near 20 mph and a low about 35. Deserts remain fair with stronger winds around 20 mph, cooler nights near 28, and daytime highs near 85.
The Barred Room Before Kunta Kinte’s Sale
The scene shows Kunta Kinte and fellow enslaved men stripped of clothes and displayed for sale. Two white men arrive with garments, then more captors return, taunting the captives as bar doors, guards, and a crowd of enslaved men observe. Fear and trembling mark the moment before the auction-like process begins.
Collision injures elderly riders in car after crash
An accident in which an older couple sustained injuries left one passenger seriously hurt. The collision occurred in a rural area, with first responders providing aid at the scene. No further outcomes specified.
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Saitran
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