Canadian route urged for gas line
U S and Canada agreed on an overland Alaska gas pipeline route through Canada and will seek final government approval next week. Secretary Schlesinger said the outlines are ready for President Carter to present to Congress, with Trudeau to sign the Panama Canal treaty looming as a timing factor.
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U.S
Canada
Alaska
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U.S. Energy
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Allan MacEachen
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Suit Filed Against Panama Canal Treaty Challenge
A lawyer for attorneys general from four states filed suit in the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to block the Panama Canal treaty that President Carter was to sign, asking for a preliminary injunction. The petition targets President Carter and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance.
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Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
President Carter
Atty. George Leonard
Carter
Cyrus Vance
Story
U S Campaign to Stall Cuban Puerto Rico Self-Rule Move
At the United Nations the United States pressured to block a Cuban resolution seeking Puerto Rico self determination. The Decolonization Committee approved an Australian postponement motion 11-7, softening the earlier Cuban measure. In Washington, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart denied a bid by Kent State students to delay gym construction on their Ohio campus linked to the May 4 1970 protest.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Puerto Rico
U.N
Washington — Supreme Court
Potter Stewart
Kent State University
Ohio
May Fourth Coalition
William Brennan
Ohio National Guardsmen
Tito Leaves Beijing for Hangzhou After Talks in Capital
Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito ends talks with Hua Kuo-feng in Beijing and departs for Hangzhou. Hsinhua reports the 85 year old on a nine day China tour for the first time. He was seen off by Hua and Teng Hsiao-ping at the airport.
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Tokyo
Josip Broz Tito
China
Peking
Hangchow
Communist Party
Hua Kuo-feng
Hsinhua
Hua
Teng Hsiao-ping
Park not pressured by Seoul in influence-buying probes
Washington The attorney for Tongsun Park says no sign the Seoul government is pressuring him to cooperate with investigations into alleged efforts to influence Capitol Hill. William G Handley said he spoke with Park by phone and Park appears to be in Korea with no pressure indicated.
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Washington
Tongsun Park
Seoul
Park
Capitol Hill
William G. Handley
Korea
Israel denies border kidnapping claims from south Lebanon
A military spokesman in Tel Aviv rejected Lebanese reports that Israeli troops abducted at least 30 villagers from two south Lebanese towns and transported them into Israel for questioning. He said nothing like that happened and commented as usual only when asked.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Labor Day Closure at The Scottsdale Daily Progress
The Scottsdale Daily Progress will not publish on Labor Day and all offices will be closed. Publication schedule and office hours resume Tuesday.
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Scottsdale Daily Progress
Guessing game on Arizona secretary of state post
At the Arizona State Capitol Governor Wesley Bolin plans to name a successor to Raul Castro. Rose Mofford is not favored by Bolin, and former Rep. Michael Goodwin of Tempe emerges as a leading contender. Mofford says she will run for secretary of state next year regardless. Goodwin, Bolin’s ally in 1949, says Bolin indicated he would not appoint Mofford and asked if Goodwin would be interested.
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Les Schlangen
Associated Press
Phoenix
State Capitol
Wesley Bolin
Bolin
la Jolla
Calif
Raul Castro
U.S
Argentina
Rose Mofford
Mofford
Michael Goodwin
Tempe
Goodwin
Times
Arizona
Rosie
Rome Cuts Water Use in Ancient Aqueduct City
Rome plans to cap more than 1400 street drinking fountains to conserve dwindling supplies. Officials aim to cut daily use by 7 percent million gallons, installing spigots on small pools while keeping tourist fountains like Trevi untouched.
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Rome
Tiber
Piero Della Seta
Justice court rehearing ordered in slaying case
A second preliminary hearing was ordered by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sandra O Conn for Daniel Rivera and Mark Koch in the contract slaying of Robert W Macaluso. The case was remanded after a public exclusion during July proceedings. Rivera and Koch face first degree murder and conspiracy charges connected to Macaluso disappearance. Witness Joe Wesley Jamison testified Rivera paid Koch 3300 dollars to kill Macaluso and that Koch stabbed him outside Scottsdale. Remains were found near Granite Reef Dam, east of Scottsdale.
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Scottsdale
Maricopa County
Rivera
Koch
O’connor
Justice of the Peace
Nancy West
West
Jamison
Macaluso
Granite Reef Dam
Arizona prison crowding fight faces Oct deadline
Judge Muecke orders a halt on inmate arrivals at Florence State Prison and directs Atty. Gen. Babbitt to craft a plan to cut population or build new housing. State Rep. Peter Kay condemns the Oct 3 deadline as unrealistic and urges a new prison via legislative action.
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USS. District Court
Carl Muecke
Arizona State Prison
Peter Kay
R-Dist
Kay
Florence
Muecke
Bruce Babbitt
Babbitt
Scottsdale
East Phoenix
Phoenix
Tucson
Yuma
Maricopa
Arizona
Maricopa County
Phillip Severson
John Moran
Moran
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