4‑H youths tour Wisconsin and beyond in study bringing home memories
The group visited Lake Michigan and a fish boil, toured dairies and a small cheese factory, and viewed a giant pig farm. They toured a five century church, a farming equipment factory, and saw a play. Female members judged a dress show while host families hosted them.
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Lake Michigan
Wisconsin
Murray
France
Alice Chalmers
van Johnson
Great America
4-H
Bonner County
Leaders of gay civil rights plan nationwide education campaign
Allen Washington reports two leaders of the campaign to win civil rights for homosexuals met on Capitol Hill with counterparts from civil liberties and women's movements to discuss strategy against the new right. They pledged a mass educational campaign and legislation to protect gay rights, seeking advice from veterans of black and women’s rights campaigns.
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Bysira Ok
Allen
Washington
UPI
Capitol
Hill
Bruce Voeller
National
Gay Task Force
Jean O'Leary
Black and Women's Rights Campaign
Ms. O'Leary
Richest Club Sets World Oil Price Policy
The 13 nation OPEC opens a two day meeting in Sweden to decide 1977 oil pricing including production programming and potential rationing linked to conservation. Ministers from Libya Iraq Venezuela and Saudi Arabia discuss price differentials and a recent price settlement while Saudi and UAE push higher levels and others cancel planned increases.
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Barry James
Saltsjobaden
Sweden
UPI
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Iraq
Tayeh Abdel Karim
al Mabrouk
Saudi Arabia
OPEC
Venezuela
Valentin Hernandez Acosta
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Olds Trial Underway in Oregon Murder Case
Michael Andrew Olds 34, captured after a nationwide manhunt, goes on trial in La Grande Circuit Court for the murder of taxi driver Steven Schmerer in a wheat field near Helix Oregon. Olds faces related charges in multiple states, including kidnapping and firearm violations. he was paroled in 1974 after life sentences for murder and robbery.
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LA Grande
Ore
UPI
Michael Andrew Olds
Pennsylvania
College Place
Wash
Olds
Walla Walla
Steven Schmerer
Helix
Oregon
Schmerer
Vania
Pittsburgh
Albany
N. Y
Washington State Penitentiary
Carter meets governors to push energy plan strategy
UPI reports President Carter hosted 43 governors in Washington focusing on energy policy. Governors Ed wards and Boren framed the talks as energy and conservation efforts, while milliken and Ray praised the meeting and noted farmer concerns.
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United Press International
Washington
UPI
Carter
James Edwards
South Carolina
David Boren
Oklahoma
Michigan
William Milliken
Iowa
Robert Ray
White House
Strongest anti itch drug now in BiCOZENE cream
The notice promotes BiCOZENE a new over the counter anti itch cream claiming strong relief for external genital rectal and skin itch with a unique formula. It urges use as directed and offers a sample tube for 25 cents from a Brooklyn address.
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Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
Three month voyage enters last lap from Miami to Boston
Jerry Lee Meadows, writing under a pseudonym, sails a 13 foot sport boat toward Boston after a three month voyage begun April 1 from Miami in a 12 foot Sunfish. He faced sharks, storms, capsizes, and fog while staying within a few miles of shore and navigating with a road map and compass.
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New London
Meadows
James Lee Inferrera
Florida
Coral Reef
Folly Island
S.C
Delaware Bay
Fo Meadows
Beauty Queens Select Carter as World's Greatest Figure
At Miss Universe 1977, 80 contestants vote Carter as greatest man in world with 23 votes, plus 12 from the Western Hemisphere. Rosalynn Carter gains one vote. Other favorites include Pope Paul VI, Golda Meir, Muhammad Ali, Queen Elizabeth II, Kissinger, and Carlos Andres Perez.
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Miguel Guerrero
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Pope Paul VI
Israel
Rina Messinger
Carter
Western Hemisphere
Rosalynn Carter
Francoise Elie
Haiti
Golda Meir
Muhammad Ali
Britain
Queen Elizabeth
United States
Kimberly Louise Tomes
Grace of
Monaco
Henry A. Kissinger
Denmark
Inge Eline Erlandsen
Venezuela
Canada
Carlos Andres Perez
Pierre Trudeau
Puerto Rico
Maria del Mar Rivera
Juan Carlos
Japan
Kyoko Sato
Johann Sebastian Bachi
Weiser Residents Offer Reward in Dog Poisonings
In Weiser Idaho a $300 reward is offered for information leading to the conviction of the person behind dog poisonings. Several dogs died from strychnine poison after eating poisoned food in a small town area. Police say the pattern dates to 1971 and sponsor a voluntary ledger for strychnine buyers.
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Weiser, Idaho
UPI
Weiser
Mel Pierson
Idaho
Oregon
Pierson
Canadian Reporter Gerald Utting Vanishes in Uganda
UPI reports Toronto Star journalist Gerald Utting disappeared about three weeks after entering Uganda without a valid visa. He was detained by security police after landing at Entebbe airport June 22. Officials said he planned interviews with Idi Amin and would appear on television before leaving the country.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Gerald Utting
Uganda
Idi
Amin
Utting
Toronto Star
Entebbe
Kampala
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Stockholm
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Center For the Study of Responsive Law
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