Federal riot police drive farmers from Ag Department site
About 50 angry farmers demanding higher crop prices forced entry into the Agriculture Department building, clashed with security, and were held back by federal riot police. Secretary Bob Bergland, present on the second floor, adjourned a Commodity Credit Corp. meeting and was escorted to safety. No serious injuries reported among security and protesters, as roughly 2,000 demonstrators and 4,000 Capitol protesters gathered nearby. Senate panel later backed an emergency farm bill to let crop growers set income support by land planted.
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Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
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Commodity Credit Corp. Board
Bergland
American Agriculture Movement
Capitol Hill
Thomas F. McBride
Bob Smith
The
American Agriculture Group
Capitol
Senate Agriculture Committee
Independent prosecutor urged in Billy Carter fuel probe
Representatives Dingell and Moss urged Attorney General Griffin Bell to appoint an independent prosecutor to review allegations that President Carters brother Billy received favorable treatment in gas allocations. The inquiry centers on emergency state gasoline sent to Billy Carter from 1974 to 1977 while Lewis Spruill ran Georgia Energy Office, with figures up to 84 000 gallons in total.
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Washington
Griffin Bell
Carter
Billy
Plains
John D. Dingell
John E. Moss
Bell
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Georgia
St. Petersburg Times
Billy Carter
Georgia Energy
American Oil Co
Lewis C. Spruill
Jimmy Carter
Georgia Energy Office
Lebanon seeks U N council aid over border conflict
Israeli warplanes hit southern Lebanon to silence Palestinian artillery striking Lebanese Christian villages inside Israel’s six mile border security strip. Lebanon’s government said it would request an emergency Security Council session as Prime Minister Selim el Hoss spoke to reporters.
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Lebanon
Israel
U.N. Security Council
Selim el Hoss
Beirut
Council
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
National Security Council
Marjayoun
Klein
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Dollar slides as conflict, Moro kidnapping spook markets
The dollar fell to record lows vs the yen amid turmoil from the Moro kidnapping in Rome and Israel’s Lebanon invasion. Dealers cited the crises and oil and gold moves while noting Tokyo and other currencies weakened. PLO and regional reactions highlighted the uncertain outlook.
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London
Aldo Moro
Rome
Israel
Lebanon
Tokyo
February Production Rises 0.5 Percent Despite Winter Strikes
Despite coal strikes and severe winter weather, the Federal Reserve reports a 0.5 percent February increase in national production from mines factories and utilities. Automakers boosted gains with 3.98 percent rise while energy materials fell 1.8 percent due to coal power curtailment.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Ghost outshadows Kosinski race in Illinois primary
Chicago AP reports a four term Illinois legislator faces a ghostly challenge in the primary as leaflets misstate Kosinski’s opponent after the death of state Senator Norbert Kosinski. The note died appears beside Kosinski’s name, causing local confusion and sympathy calls to his North Side jewelry store.
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Murphysboro
S. 12Th
Carbondale
N. Illinois
Herrin
N. 16Th
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
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S. 12Th Street
Illinois
Carbondale Freeress
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Fress
Southern Illinois and
Military
Southern Illinois
Chicago
Roman J. Kosinski
Kosinski
Norbert A. Kosinski
General Assembly
North Side
Health benefits troubling miners in coal pact
A third coal contract agreement, touted by union leaders, raises questions about health benefits and long term security for miners as talks proceed. The deal hinges on provisions affecting medical coverage and job terms amid ongoing negotiations.
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New York Times News Service
Associated Press
Illinois
United Mine Workers
West Frankfort
Soviets End Longest Manned Space Flight
Cosmonauts Yuri Romanenko and Georgy Grechko return to Earth after 96 days aboard Soyuz 27, the longest spaceflight. They landed at 1:19 p.m. Moscow time in Kazakhstan in good condition, capping a mission that surpassed the 84 days set by Skylab crews.
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Yuri Romanenko
Georgy Greechko
Earth
Tass
Romanenko
Grechko
Kazakhstan
Central Asia
U.S
Gerald Carr
Edward Gibson
William Pogue
Iran will not raise oil price or switch to SDRs
Iran said the price of crude oil should not be increased in 1978 and it will not adopt IMF special drawing rights for payment. Information Minister Daryush Homayun cited the dollar’s decline but noted Iran will stay with the dollar since over half of its $16 billion annual imports come from the United States.
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Iran
Daryush Homayun
International Monetary Fund
United States
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