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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1977
Page
2
In a landslide, Indira Gandhi loses her parliamentary seat as Congress suffers heavy losses to the opposition. The election comes after a 1975 emergency and a controversial 1976 sterilization drive, with voters embracing democracy over dictatorship.
In Manila, President Marcos announced the second Tripoli talks on creating an autonomous Moslem region were recessed with little progress. Khadafy backed the Moro Front demand for inclusion of three Christian-dominated provinces and an indigenous armed force, amid ongoing cease-fire violations and a March 17 plebiscite planned without Moro Front participation.
In Colombia on Valentine’s Day a band of 50 armed guerrillas looted La Macarena 175 miles south of Bogota for three hours. They killed a policeman, took $12,000, stores’ loot, medicines, and 30 year old Peace Corps worker Richard Starr. Starr is the third U.S. citizen held by kidnappers in Colombia. A fourth foreigner, Italian Giuseppe Mondini, is also missing. Other captives include Gustavo Curtis of New York and Peter Fried, with Elizabeth Lane missing in Santa Maria. Authorities withhold details and ransom rumors run wild.
Washington columnist Dick West mocks the Guinness Book of World Records 15th edition. He notes the appeal of offbeat feats while noting many entries are impractical and questions missing distance records for tennis serves.
Idaho's Steve Symms and George Hansen joined 22 lawmakers in opposing a new ethics code for Representatives while supporting an amendment to remove outside income limits. The piece cites outside income caps at 15 percent of salary, argues the hardship of inflation, recalls Hansen's past fundraising issue, and calls voters to remember their stance in the next election.
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