Torrijos pledges reforms to ease Panama human rights issues
Torrijos offered to quit abuses and abolish martial law to improve Panama's economic standing and open the political process. He said imprisonment without trial for up to 15 years for political offenses would end, press censorship would ease, about 60 exiles could return, and free elections could be possible. Senators who met him praised him but raised human rights concerns.
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Torrijos
Panama
United States
Senate
Cuba
ASU Gold Panning Workshop Teaches Verde River Techniques
Arizona State University offers a one day workshop in gold panning led by Doug Thorpe and Tom Young at the Verde River. The non credit course costs $20 for amateurs to learn panning sluicing and dry washing techniques.
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Arizona State University
Doug Thorpe
Tom Young
Verde River
DeConcini Urges sweeping reforms for Congress
Sen Dennis DeConcini proposes term limits public campaign financing and sunset review for programs. He backs rotating committee chairs overriding power of chairs and co sponsors Sunset Act. Also calls foreign aid to grow Mexican industry and plans Canal Zone visit aiding judgment on Panama Canal Treaty.
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Dennis DeConcini
U.S. Senate
Washington, D.C
DeConcini
Scottsdale Hilton Hotel
United States
Panama Canal Zone
DeConcinio
Senate
Goldwater backs Helms light sentence in Chile case
Former CIA chief Richard Helms, fined 2000 dollars for not telling a Senate panel about CIA activity in Chile, drew backing from Senator Barry Goldwater who called the plea bargain light and said keeping Congress hands off intelligence is essential. Goldwater warned against oath testimony, urged incentives for energy exploration, and commented on Carter, Panama Canal, nuclear power, and party unity.
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Bruce Jameson
CIA
Richard Helms
Senate
Chile
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Senate Intelligence Committee
Helms
Justice Department
Scottsdale Republican Forum
United States
Congress
Salvador Allende
Carter
Clinch River
Canyon phantom arrested for string of freeway rockings
James Horton Jr., 42, known as the Phantom of Santa Ana Canyon, lived in a hillside cave for over a year and threw rocks at Riverside Freeway cars, smashing more than 70 windshields and injuring two drivers. A deputy was stabbed during prior capture attempts. Horton was tracked to the cave mouth and arrested, facing assault with a deadly weapon charges.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Riverside
James Horton Jr
Santa Ana Canyon
Fort McDowell Indians oppose Orme Dam at confluence site
A 15 member Yavapai group at Fort McDowell Tribal Hall reaffirmed opposition to any Orme Dam or CAP storage at the Salt and Verde confluence. They urge drafting a resolution and hiring an attorney to state continued resistance, noting past votes and Carter’s directive on CAP funding.
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Fort McDowell
Central
Arizona
Salt
Verde
Orme
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
Congress
Carter
CAP
Hiawatha Hood
Joan Enos
Yavapais
Orme Dam
Hood
Wold
Salt River
EPA to Study Diesel Exhaust Cancer Link in Vehicles
The EPA launches a major research program to test whether diesel exhaust from trucks and buses can cause cancer. Early findings point to genetic changes in bacteria suggesting potential cancer-causing capabilities from exhaust exposure.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Energy bill would push oil gas plants to coal conversion
Carter energy plan may raise electric rates in oil and natural gas fueled plants. A House Senate conference committee tentatively approved the coal conversion compromise. If enacted, few new gas or oil powered plants or industries could be built.
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Washington
Carter
House-Senate
Congress
Monks Seek Return to Kiev Monastery From Brezhnev Era Change
A group of about 12 Russian Orthodox monks petition President Brezhnev to resume religious duties at a Kiev monastery turned into a tourist site 16 years ago. The petition was shown to Western reporters by a Moscow dissident group. one signer, 70-year-old Igumen Akhila, met with them.
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Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Kiev
Igumen Akhila
Arab ministers open four day meeting in Tunis on Middle East talks
Foreign ministers from Arab nations begin a four day Tunis conference to map a joint strategy for a resumption of Middle East peace talks in Geneva. Egypt accuses Israeli leader Begin of trying to divide the Arabs with a peace appeal to Egyptians.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Middle East
Geneva
Egypt
Menahem Begin
Weekend Forecast With Sunshine And Mild Temperatures
Mostly sunny today and Sunday with a slight cooldown on Sunday. Highs near mid 80s today and low 80s Sunday, with overnight lows in the mid 50s. Noon temperature read 79 and humidity at 15 percent.
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Canal Zone
Arizona Republican
SunBurst
Labor
South Africa
Andy Youngs
United Nations
Republican Party
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Horton
Orange County
Associated Press
Brezhnev
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