India Parliament approves curbs on court review of emergency rule
The upper house passed a constitutional amendment barring courts from reviewing Indira Gandhi’s emergency rule with 1640 votes in a 245 member chamber. Opposition parties boycotted, protests cited arrests and press censorship. The lower house had approved the measure 342 to 1.
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India
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Gandhi
Congress Party
Communist Party
Northern
Kashmir
Maine bishop blames women ordination for death in plane crash
In a jarring letter, Episcopal Bishop Frederick B. Wolf of Portland denounced the Philadelphia ordination of 11 women as priests and warned the deceased Louisiana bishop Iveson Noland might have avoided death if not for the ordination. The missive drew sharp protests from the women clergy and other bishops who condemned the anger and implied consequences of ecclesiastical disobedience.
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Portland
Philadelphia
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New Orleans
Kennedy International Airport
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Noland
Bishops’ Advisory Council
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Betty Bone Schiess
Syracuse
N.Y
Nancy Wittig
Newark
N.J
Edward R. Welles
Mancet
Churches blast South Africa policy at council meeting
The South African Council of Churches said the government has persecuted the church and terrorized critics, warning that superficial anti discrimination efforts will spark violent confrontation. It cited long detentions at Natal University and press threats as signs of repression.
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South Africa
South African Council of Churches
Black People’s Convention
Natal University
Space linkup could yield medical and manufacturing advances
The Apollo-Soyuz mission may unlock space born benefits from drugs to treat strokes and clots to superior materials and optical fibers. Electrophoresis experiments aim to isolate urokinase to dissolve clots, while space data could spur a multibillion dollar in space manufacturing program and future space rescue capability.
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Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
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Allen
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NASA invites global partners to use ATS-6 satellite
NASA offers universities, corporations, and governments a chance to submit experiments aboard ATS-6 the multinational satellite now positioned over East Africa for a year. The Indian SITE project will broadcast to about 5 000 villages across seven states using ground terminals costing around 600 dollars each.
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PLO Office in Cairo Granted Diplomatic Status
President Anwar Sadat furnishes the Palestine Liberation Organization office in Cairo with diplomatic status, according to Al Ahram. The semiofficial newspaper reported the move on Thursday.
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Palestine Liberation Organization
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al Ahram
Oldest Canada native Sophia Rayburn dies at 108
Sophia Rayburn born 1867 in Irish Creek Ont, four days younger than Canada, died in Orangeville Ont at 108. She married John Rayburn on January 1, 1896 and farmed in Caldon Ont until his death in 1918. She is survived by four of seven children.
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Ont
Sophia Rayburn
Toronto
Rayburn
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Sophia Logan
John Rayburn
Caldon Ont
John
Corsica Mayors Fight Nudism With Blue Paint Vigilantes
In Ogliastro Corsica mayor Pierre Morganti leads volunteers who daub nude bathers with blue paint on the beach to curb nudism. The action highlights a national debate over public nudity with government leaning toward permissiveness while local towns push back. Dozens have been painted blue this season.
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Pierre Morganti
Ogliastro
Morganti
Channel
Giscard d’Estaing
France Soir
UFW renews melon field drive near Pecos Texas
United Farm Workers plan to resume organizing at dawn in the Pecos area. Lupe Canares reports 11 of 27 arrested released with eight juveniles freed and others, including mothers with children, released later. About 75 people canceled a planned rally at Reeves County Jail. Sheriff Nail declined to comment.
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Tex
United Farm Workers
UFW
Lupe Canares
Canares
Reeves County
Warner to address Democratic Nucleus Club meeting
Carolyn Warner state superintendent will speak at the Democratic Nucleus Club meeting at 11:30 a.m. July 31 in Navajo Rooms A and B at The Adams Hotel Phoenix Adams Street and Central Avenue.
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Democratic Nucleus Club
Adams Hotel
Adams Street
Central Avenue
Phoenix
Former SEC director disbarred in Nebraska
The Nebraska Supreme Court suspended G. Bradford Cook, former SEC chairman, from law practice for three years. He falsely testified before a New York federal grand jury that he had not talked to Maurice H. Stans before a Vesco complaint, though meeting with Stans occurred earlier. Stans urged amending the complaint to soften Vesco contributions.
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Nebraska Supreme Court
G. Bradford Cook
Securities and Exchange Commission
Cook
New York
Maurice H. Stans
Robert Vesco
Stans
Richard M. Nixon
Vesco
Investors Overseas Services
Costa Rica
Benefit cutoff nears for Korean War vets
MCCCD announces remaining educational benefit eligibility for Korean War veterans separated after January 31 1955. The 10 year limit runs from discharge or June 30 1976 whichever is later and veteran services offices at five county colleges will assist with benefit applications.
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Maricopa County Community College District
MCCCD
Veteran Services
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