Carter debates Iran diesel sale on river cruise
President Carter defends approving export of about 47 million dollars worth of kerosene and diesel to Iran during a dawn dialogue aboard the Delta Queen near Hannibal Missouri. He notes U.S. oil imports dwarf the Iranian shipments while protesters urge human rights assurances. Meanwhile in northwestern Iran Kurdish clashes and Kurdish rebel activity continue with casualties reported.
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Iran
Associated Press
Carterenga
Hannibal
Ayatollaha
Delta Queen
Lock 21
Mississippi River
Quincy
United States
MT One
Orlington
Iowa
Coun
Erlemens
Tom Sawyer
Es Stee Ee Sree
Khuzestan
Pars
Saquez
Sanandaj
Saqez
U.S. firm may have given Iran nuclear weapons capability
A Los Angeles laser firm may have supplied Iran with a system that could enrich uranium, financed by the shah’s government. DOE officials doubt the tech works as claimed, while the inventor argues testing was mishandled. The lasers, bought for about $2 million, arrived in Tehran last October, but regime upheaval and lack of support hinder use.
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U.S
Iran
Los Angeles
Shah
Department of Energy
James Kratz
DOE
Jeffrey Berkens
Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory
Tehran
Los Angeles Times
Revolutionary
Thirty inmates escape Maryland House of Corrections
Thirty dangerous inmates escaped from the Maryland House of Corrections at Jessup and fled across the Washington area. Police tracked them by dogs as far as Prince Georges County and Baltimore, with several recaptured within hours. Authorities said the escape involved cutting through a bar, a security screen, and sealing walls and fences, making it the state’s second largest jailbreak.
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Jessup
Maryland
House O Corrections
de Palmore
Hugh K. McCormick
Ron Price
Prince Georges County
Washington, D.C
Howard
Baltimore
Anne Arundel
Virginia
Bill Clark
Baltimore-Washington
Bubonic plague belt feared in northern Arizona
Testing of wild rodents across northern Arizona reveals a 28 mile plague belt that may spread southward toward populated areas. Of 39 animals tested this year by the Arizona Department of Health Services, 22 carried plague including rats and deer mice. Three rural residents in Springerville to Seligman contracted the disease but recovered after antibiotic treatment.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Arizona
State Department of Health Services
Department
Springerville
Seligman
New Mexico
California
Cleveland Ordered to Bus 52000 Pupils to End Segregation
A unanimous 6th Circuit panel lifted a stay on a judge’s desegregation order requiring busing up to 52,000 Cleveland public school students by September 1980. The court backed the lower court finding that Cleveland schools were race segregated in 1964 and the board failed to desegregate through 1975.
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Cincinnati
Cleveland
U.S
Als
Land
U.S. District Court
Cleveland Board of Education
George Edwards
No end in sight to refugee crisis report says global need grows
The Library of Congress study for Sen. Kennedy estimates nearly 11 million refugees worldwide. It criticizes aid efforts as haphazard and calls for a U.N. world conference to coordinate relief and solutions as refugee numbers likely rise in coming years.
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Washington
Library of Congress
Edward M. Ken
Nedy
D-Mass
United Nations
Advertised Delivery Options With Rates and Contacts
Delivered by carrier and email options listed. Priday at $4.50 per month. mail delivery limited to carrier areas. Local contact numbers include Murphysboro 687-2391 and Marion 993-8161 with area codes and ad classifieds referenced. Street addresses and unclear numbers indicate a regional circulation note.
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Marion
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Priest Pagano Cleared of Robbery Charges in Delaware Case
In Delaware a judge cleared Rev Pagano of 11 robbery counts after another suspect, Ronald Clouser, pleaded guilty to three counts. Clouser admitted involvement in northern Delaware holdups, with eyewitness lines-up casting doubt on Pagano’s identification. Prosecutors apologized as Pagano faced possible retrials if new evidence arises.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Revnard T. Pagana
Ronald Clouser
Brookhaven
Superior
Andrew D. Christie
Marsha Kramarck
Clouser
Pagano
Saul Segan
Pennsylvania
Dearie
Carl Schnee
William Simon Too Honest for President, 1960 Mention
Former Treasury Secretary William Simon says he is flattered by a GOP presidential primary write in campaign but believes an honest man cannot win. He noted he is on Ronald Reagan's exploratory committee and has no intent to seek higher office, expressing cynicism about national politics.
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Concord
N.H
Treasury
William Simon
Simon Saiednesday
Simon
California
Ronald Reagan
New York
Wiliam
New Hampshire
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