Rain Relief as Western Forest Fires Begin to Subside
Firefighters seek relief from winds and heat as fires burn through Idaho Oregon Montana and Wyoming. Mortar Creek blaze in Idaho dominates operations with 50 000 acres scorched and yellowstone smoke drifting 100 miles. Interagency Fire Center mobilizes 4500 personnel including 2500 Forest Service crews and Idaho National Guard.
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Associated Press
Gordon Stevens
Mortar Creek
Idaho
Yellowstone Park
Boise
New England
Oregon
Montana
Wyoming
National Weather Service
Interagency Fire Center
Forest Service
Idaho National Guard
Barry Wirth
Middle Fork
Salmon River
Stevens
Gallagher Peak
Umatilla National Forest
Israel faces US arms sale breach over Lebanon raids
Washington state Department informs Rep. Findley that Israel may have violated the 1952 Mutual Defense Assistance pact by using U S supplied artillery and carrying out July strikes in southern Lebanon. He seeks halting five future weapon sales pending state department review and resubmission after the August recess.
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State Department
Paul Findley
R-Ii
Israel
United States
Lebanon
Findley
Cyrus
Alton
U.S
House
Congress
Middle East
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Illinois
Arafat
Beirut
Carter to meet middlemen on lowering food prices
President Carter will meet meat packers food processors and retailers to press for lower consumer food prices. Alfred E. Kahn said it is time for Americans to see benefits of lower farm level prices and urged middlemen to review profit margins as the White House seeks relief from inflation driven in part by rising food costs.
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Carter
Council On
Alfred E. Kahn
Kahn
Carter fans told to attend report
Baltimore crowd greeted President Carter including over 100 young people from the Baltimore Summer Corps who were told they would be suspended from a federally financed program if they did not attend. Supervisors said the corps members volunteered, though some faced bus rides to East Baltimore or suspension for not showing up. The mayor's office said attendance was optional.
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Baltimore
Carter
Baltimore Sun
Baltimore Summer Corps
President Carter
East Baltimore
Sun
Alice Ebb
Ms. Ebb
Chris C. Hartman
the Sun
Former Clinton nuclear project engineer fires warning on costs
Stephen V. Radcliff, ex cost control engineer for Illinois Power at the Clinton nuclear plant, says the company ignored four months of memos foretelling severe overruns and delays before he was fired in 1977. He testifies as a key witness against a $92 million rate hike sought by the utility before the commission.
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Springfield
Illinois Power Co
Clinton
Stephen V. Radcliff
Radcliff
Death penalty sought in Glen Ellyn rape murder case
A DuPage County jury recommended the death sentence for Army mechanic James P. Free, 25, after convicting him of murder, attempted murder, and two counts of attempted rape. He allegedly entered the M-2 Service Center in Glen Ellyn wielding a .357 revolver and tried to rape Bonnie Serpico, 34, and attack coworker Lori Rowe, 22, during the incident.
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Chicago
DuPage County
Glen Ellyn
James P. Free
Free
Jas
Bonnie Serpico
Elmhurst
M-2
Southern Illinoisan Carbondale masthead and contact info
Saturday and holidays by Southern at Carbondale Illinois. The Southern Illinoisan is successor to the Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro Independent. Includes subscription rates and classified advertising contact numbers. Postmaster address listed.
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Southern
Carbondale
Illinois
Southern Illinoisan
Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Ill
Vietnamese lift ban on visit by U S delegation to refugees
A nine member U S congressional group arrived in Hanoi after Vietnam lifted a ban sparked by Rep Robert Drinan criticism of Hanoi’s human rights record The delegation toured refugee camps on Bidong Island after visits to camps in Hong Kong Thailand Indonesia and Malaysia They seek to assess pledges to halt exodus of Indochinese refugees and to verify plans to stop boat people seeking asylum in the region There is Western unease over emigration policies and regional refugee burdens.
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Hanoi
Vietnam
U.S
Southeast Asia
South China Sea
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
Benjamin S. Rosenthal D-N.y
Noi Bai
Wu Hoang
Foreign Ministry
U.S. Air Force
Malaysia
Bidong
Ing
Robert F. Drinan
D-Mass
Accu
Bangkok
Drinan
Cyrus Vance
Vance
Hong Kong
Thailand
Indonesia
Cambodia
Laos
Geneva
Playboy ad draws Dartmouth attention in New Hampshire
Playboy campaign promotes its September issue featuring Ivy League women with some nude images. A Dartmouth student impersonator in the ad prompts a mock transfer while another actor jokes about Animal House style campus life. Dartmouth officials consider options with outside counsel as Playboy defends the humorous tone.
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Concord
N.H
Playboy Magazine
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth
National Lampoon
Animal House
Playboy
Cary Clark
Darmouth
Mike Murphy
Chicago
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Herrin
S. 12Th
Murphysboro
J.K.C
Williamson County
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