Wreckage of Soviet Satellite Found in Arctic Crater
A Canadian American search team reached a Thelon River crater eight miles northeast of Warden's Grove and found tubing and a perforated canister protruding from the ice. The Cosmos-954 debris was located after a sled trip by wildlife surveyors earlier, with eight to ten feet of ice blasted to form the crater.
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Northwest Territories
Thelon River
Donald Davidson
Paul Murda
U.S
Davidson
Baker Lake
Crater
Warden’s Grove
Dubawat Lake
North Dakota
Mideast Talks Resume In Cairo Over Sinai Pullout
Israel and Egypt will restart defense minister level talks in Cairo Tuesday over a plan for Israel to withdraw from the Sinai. Defense Minister Ezer Weizman will meet Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Abdel Ghany Gamassy as U S mediator Alfred Atherton heads a peace blueprint to Cairo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Sinai Peninsula
Cairo
Israel
Ezer Weizman
Weizman
Mohamed Abdel Ghany Gamassy
U.S
Alfred Atherton
Atherton
Egypt
Washington
Carter
Cyrus Vance
Anwar Sadat
Menachem Begin
US News & World Report
Sadat
Blumenthal urges tax cuts to aid recovery amid opposition
Treasury Secretary Blumenthal told Congress that enacting Carter's tax program is essential to the economy. House chair Ullman warned the $2 billion cut is probably too large, risking deficits and inflation, while Republicans deem a $25 million cut insufficient to counteract rising Social Security levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Michael Blumenthal
Congress
Carter
Blumenthal
House
Ways and Means Committee
al Ullman
Ullman
D-Ore
Youth fakes kidnapping in Queens extortion bid
An 18 year old William Banks Jr of Jamaica, Queens, tried to extort 700 dollars from his parents by faking his own kidnapping inspired by a TV hostage show. Banks, Thomas Davis, and Davis' wife Sanoma were charged with grand larceny conspiracy and aggravated harassment after an arrest Sunday night where Banks was found playing cards with Davis. Detective Jack Smithers said the plan emerged while the trio watched television.
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New York
Queens
William Banks Jr
Jamaica
Thomas Davis
Davis
Banks
Sanoma
Jack Smithers
Smithers
Flight attendant foils hijack on Piedmont propjet
A 120 pound flight attendant aboard a Piedmont Airlines propjet over North Carolina tossed a drink at a man claiming to be armed and demanding Cuba. The crew, joined by two Marines, overpowered the hijacker, Dawkins Jr., as the plane landed in Wilmington where FBI and local officers took custody. The hijacker, 49, was to be arraigned on hijacking charges.
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Wilmington
N.C
Cuba
Steve Addonna
Sam Dawkins Jr
Piedmont Airlines
North Carolina
Daw
Kins
Addona
Dawkins
FBI
Murphysboro
Carbondale
N. Illinois
Herrin
N. 16Th
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
S. 12Th Street
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Southern Illinois and Military
Southern Illinois
Court Again Rules for Nazis in Skokie Parade Case
The Illinois Supreme Court dismissed a suit by Holocaust survivors to stop a Nazi march in Skokie. The ruling follows a Friday decision affirming Nazis' right to parade, with the court denying hearings and merits, while critics warn of provoked violence.
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Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
State Supreme Court
Skokie Village
Jerome Torshen
Supreme Court
David Hamlin
Illinois American Civil Liberties Union
Hamlin
Happy Joe's to Open in Egypt on Nile River Visit
American fast food chain Happy Joe's plans a Cairo outlet with a soda fountain, noisy birthday parties, and American style service. Joe Whitty, owner, aims to bring pizza ice cream and fun to Egypt as government officials tour the concept for a late 1978 opening.
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Des Moines
The
Nile
Joe Whitty
Happy Joe’s
Egypt
Joe
Whitty
Jim Orr
America
Minot
N. D
Bismark
N. C
Arthur Link
Bettendorf
Iowa
Cairo
Mohammed el Batran
Russian flu hits Soviet children and adults early
An American health team reports 30 percent of Soviet children 14 and under contracted the Russian flu, 8.5 percent of those 15 and older, and 12.4 percent for the total population. Experts weigh an immunization program, noting vaccine development would take months and recalling the 1976 swine flu fiasco.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Michael Gregg
Center For Disease Control
Cheyenne
Wyo
Webster Seen As Likely FBI Chief Despite Experience Concerns
Confirmation hearings opened for William H. Webster 53 a federal judge as Carter's nominee to head the FBI committee sources say he will win approval despite questions on his administrative and law enforcement background. Critics from Socialist Workers Party members cite rulings and private club membership as issues while supporters from Barbara Eagleton praise the choice. If approved Webster would replace Clarence Kelley who retires February 15.
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Washington
Carter
FBI
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
William H. Webster
Barbara Eagleton
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Dianne Feeley
Socialist Workers
Congress
New York City
Eagleton
Griffin B. Bell
St. Louis
Webster
Feeley
Socialist Workers P
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Miss Feeley
Kenneth Tillson
Minneapolis
The
Peoples Alliance
Midwest recovers from deadly blizzard across several states
After four days of paralysis Ohio begins cleanup as 30 lives are lost nationwide. Officials say conditions improve daily with Ohio forecasting light snow and 20s temperatures while Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia report ongoing disruptions. Crews from the Army Corps of Engineers, Army Reserve and Ohio National Guard totaling over 3,800 workers clear 15 foot drifts as federal aid covers most snow removal costs.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Dennis Kwastkowski
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
Illinois
O’hare
Michigan
Lansing
Sheriff's
Michigan State University
Virginia
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Army Reserve
Ohio National Guard
Universities to get news of budget cut
State colleges and universities are set for bad news as Gov. James Thompson plans to request an operating budget increase over $50 million, less than the Board of Higher Education’s $94 million ask. The board trimmed requests to about $975.4 million of a roughly $1 billion need, while Thompson, before a Feb. 7 Chicago meeting, will outline priorities and leave allocations to the board.
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Robert Lee Zimmer
Associated Press
James Thompson
Board of Higher Education
Robert Mandeville
State Bureau
Thompson
Donald Prince
Mandeville
Chicago
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Yellowknife
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Aryeh Naor
Mohamed Ibrahim Kamel
Begin
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Dent
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Penfield
Missouri-Pacific
Midwest
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Louisville
University of Illinois
Marion
Meridith Funeral Home
Dr. Morgan
Marion Memorial Hospital
Brother Shasteen
Edith McKinney
Silas McKinney & Family
Benton
Maliky Ai
Imei
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