US acts to secure phones amid eavesdropping fears
Washington moves to shield sensitive calls after Soviet spying reports. government plans include installing underground cable switching devices at federal cost, expanding secure telephone options, and delaying long term measures. Carter administration weighs protecting private and public networks against espionage and crime.
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David Burnham
New York Times
Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Carter
Ford
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Lowe
National Security Agency
New York Stock Exchange
We Federal Communications Commission
When we were kids, parents caught us how to meditate
The speaker recalls childhood moments when parents trained them in meditation. A terse rule to sit still and be quiet framed early self discipline. The memory underscores parental guidance and the quieting effect of meditation practice.
Four arrested in plot to steal Elvis body
Four men were arrested near Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis after a midnight attempt to enter Elvis Presley’s mausoleum and steal his body for ransom. Police said they climbed a wall, tried the mausoleum door, and fled in a car before being captured. No weapons found. burglary charges sought.
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Elvis
Memphis, Tenn
UPI
Presley
E. Winslow Chapman
Forest Hill Cemetery
Chapman
Baptist Hospital
Assad calls peace with Israel but rejects normalization terms
In a coastal interview Hafez al Assad said he would sign a peace treaty ending the war with Israel but would not accept normalization until Israel curbs its expansionist character. He doubted Geneva’s outcome and warned war could ensue if Palestinian rights are not guaranteed, while criticizing US pressure on Arabs. He left unclear Israel’s right to exist in the future, noting events depend on Israel’s actions.
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Latakia
Syria
Hafez al- Assad
Israel
Carter
Middle East
Terreal
Mediterranean
Assad
Palestine Labocalion Organization
Geneva
Arab League
PLO
United States
Relief From Heat As Cold Front Moves Into Syracuse
A cold front will bring relief from extreme heat as a 70 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms moves into the Syracuse area tonight. Skies will darken, overnight low around 65, with tomorrow’s high near 40 after morning clouds thin.
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Syracuse
Hancock
Dawson Five murder indictments pulled from case
In Dawson Georgia a newly appointed judge faced a bid to drop murder indictments against five black youths dubbed the Dawson Five The motion cited delay bias and due process claims as a white defendant’s trial began Roosevelt Watson 17 leads the first defendant with others to be tried separately at later dates The defense attorney is Millard Farmer
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Nial
Farmer
Roosevelt Watson
Dougherty
Leonard Far
Parade to kick off 1977 New York State Fair
A Syracuse parade starts at 7 30 p m to preview the fair, featuring clowns a circus elephants camels zebras and 80 youths in a statewide sports sparring event. Royal Canadian Regiment drum corps Budweiser Clydesdales and other units join the procession along Erie Boulevard W to Adams Street.
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Syracuse
Erie Boulevard
Clinton Square
Salina Street
Adams Street
Robert Harris
Royal Canadian Regiment
Windsor
Ont
Fair
Thomas Young
Fairgrounds
Ithaca coed becomes one of first women Air Force pilots
Kathy LaSance from Ithaca College is among ten women at Williams Base Arizona who will earn pilot wings. She trains to fly the four engine C141 Starlifter, joining classmates Capt Susan Rogers and Lt Sandra Scott who will pilot a medical evacuation jet and KC135 tanker respectively. The group avoids fighters and bombers due to a federal ban on women in combat roles.
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Robert Lindley
New York Times
Williams Air Force Base
Arizona
Kathy LaSance
Long Island
Ithaca College
Miss i.aSauce
Desert Air Base
Air Force
Ironer
Medford
N.Y
Susan Rogers
Wilmington
Del
Sandra Scott
Forest Grove
Ore
Phoenix
Library cache uncovered in abandoned Queens apartment
Armando Arias, a former librarian and building superintendent, found up to 10 000 books in the three room apartment of tenant A D Aurelio. The materials dated as far back as 1952 from Queensborough and New York public libraries and cost about 199 000 dollars.
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New York
Queens
Armando Arias
Arias
A. D’aurelio
Queensborough
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