Kennedy urges end to Cuba embargo and normalize ties
Senator Edward M. Kennedy urged ending the embargo and normalizing relations with Cuba in a Mexican TV interview. He criticized past aid and military support as repressive, urging U.S. focus on human rights in Brazil Chile and other nations while pursuing a more diversified foreign policy.
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Stephen J. Downer
Mexico City
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
United States
Cuba
Massachusetts Democrat
John F. Kennedy
Western Hemisphere
Kennedy
Congress
Chile
Brazil
Changes In Highway Act Sparks Idaho Logging Objections
Northern Idaho loggers and truckers oppose new highway amendments that would require extending trucks from 43 to 51 feet to meet weight distribution standards. They warn longer units on narrow logging roads could create safety hazards and threaten federal highway funds if Idaho enforces the limits. The Senate Transportation Committee took no action.
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Boise
Senate Transportation Committee
Skip White
The
Association of Loggers
United Press International
Dean Tisdale
Tax Exemption Bill Assigned By Idaho House
Idaho House tax writers assign a subcommittee to prepare a bill exempting newspapers and broadcast production equipment from sales tax. Rep Perry Swisher urges separating the two questions and opposes broad supplement exemptions.
Fast food hold up ends with loot left behind
Two young men robbed a Detroit fast service restaurant on the West Side but rushed away without the cash. Police say the workers handed over $315 in a paper bag which the robbers left on a counter as they bound staff. One thief grabbed a pocket calculator and fled. The bag with the money remained on the counter when they escaped.
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U.S
United Press International
Detroit
UPI
West Side
Thelves
Train Slices Bus In Two In Mexico Killing 26
The Golden Eagle train struck a crowded bus at a railway crossing north of Mexico City. Police reported 26 dead and 32 injured, all villagers from nearby Tultepec. The bus driver sped toward the tracks despite warnings as witnesses described the horrific scene.
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Carol Cook
Mexico City
UPI
Golden Eagle
Texas
Ignacio Silva Macedo
Cuau
Lucila Chacon
Gers
Jose Casimiro Patino
Angel Peralta
Mexico
Army to Kill 12 Million Blackbirds At Bases
The Army pursues mass killing of 12 million red tailed blackbirds at Ft Campbell Kentucky and Milan Tennessee claiming aviation and health risks. Environmentalists oppose extermination arguing birds migrate north in spring. A judge refused to extend a pause on killings pending environmental impact statements.
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Washington
API
Army
Tennessee
Kentucky
U.S
William Bryant
Ft. Cambell
Milan
Tenn
Society For Animal Life and Citizens For Animals
Bruce Terris
Terris
Food stamp allotments fall short of basic economy diet
Government figures show four person family needs 159.90 monthly for the Economy Diet while current food stamp allotment stands at 154 monthly, 5.90 less than required. About 17 million people use stamps and Ford’s decision on price-raise order could shift recipient costs.
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Bernard Brenner
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Ford
State Board Watchdog Bill Printed in Idaho House
A resolution to form a special joint legislative committee to review recent policies of the State Board of Education was ordered printed and referred to the Education Committee in Boise. The 14 member panel would investigate programs at Idaho State University University of Idaho and Nursing programs and could introduce legislation and budget requests. The panel would disband by March 2 unless extended.
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Boise
State Board of Education
Education Committee
Idaho House of Representatives
Patricia McDermott
D-Pocatello
Idaho State University
School of Mines
Finance Appropriations
Liberal pancake flipoff pits Liberal women against Olney
In Liberal Kansas the 26th Shrove Tuesday pancake race pits Liberal women against Olney England. Competitors run 415 yards through town streets while flipping a pancake at midcourse and near the end. Disqualification follows a pancake drop. Times will decide the international flapjack champion via transatlantic call.
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UPI
Olney
England
Kansas Prairie
Patricia Weeks
Sallyann Faulkner
Virginia Leete
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Stranger
Signe Leon
State Board “Watchdog
Stoddard
Zenith
Elk
Elks Lodge
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