Bishop Sheen Undergoes Emergency Heart Surgery
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen aged 82 underwent emergency heart surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital after a heart attack. Dr. Michael Bruno said the life saving procedure was performed last Friday and that Sheen is "doing well" but not yet out of danger given his age. The famed TV host of Life is Worth Living has a noted history as bishop of Rochester and a controversial retirement in 1969.
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Fulton J. Sheen
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Society For the Propagation of the Faith
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Sheen
Rochester
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Counterfeit Ring Busted in Southern Tier Arrests Made
State police nabbed Luigi Cantineri 35 and his brother Anthony 30 of Corn ing and Loren Clark 29 of Corning after they tried to pass counterfeit $20 bills to a Secret Service agent. About $300,000 in fake notes and printing plates were seized from their Elmira Heights plant. They face federal charges and $150,000 bail each, pending grand jury action in Rochester. Some counterfeit bills have surfaced in Ohio.
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U.S. Secret Service
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Chemung
U. S. District Court
Elmira
Rochester
Ohio
Carter sees glimmer of hope on nuclear control
President Carter says there is a glimmer of hope that the spread of atomic weapons can be limited, though challenges remain. He notes progress since six or eight months ago, cites US program for nuclear fuel supply and strict control of wastes and uranium, and reports growing but incomplete Soviet and Chinese backing for disarmament. He mentions a world summit proposed by China and says Moscow rejected a drastic cut in arsenals but remains committed to the goal.
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Washington
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Huang Chen
China
Maine ends mandatory retirement for public employees
Maine lawmakers override a veto to prohibit mandatory retirement for all state county and municipal workers including teachers. The law takes effect next July 1 and allows public workers to remain employed if they can continue to perform their duties. It pricingly shifts retirement from a rule to a choice, praised as a bill of rights for the elderly.
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Tax system unfair, public sees loopholes yet supports tax cuts
A public opinion survey by the Roper Organization, cited in testimony by H R Block, finds most Americans view the income tax as unfair but back many tax cut provisions. It notes low and middle earners overestimate their tax burden, while wealthier taxpayers are seen as paying less than they do.
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Roper
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Blast scars Alaska pipeline near Fairbanks
A blast damaged insulation on the trans Alaska pipeline about 17 miles north of Fairbanks but did not rupture the pipe nor stop oil flow. State police and investigators from the FBI and Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. described it as a manmade explosion and said the device damaged insulation while leaving the steel pipe intact.
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FBI
Henry Mowell
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Anchorage
Washington
Pollitt
Pleasant Day Ahead With Mild 70s
Clear tonight then sunny tomorrow with high in the mid 70s and low around the mid 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph and near zero chance of rain, Hancock Airport weatherman reports.
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Landowners to be represented by state in land title suits
Landowners in central New York facing federal suits over Indian land titles will be represented by the state attorney general's office if defense becomes necessary. Monroe Abstract and Title Co. says Lefkowitz confirmed the arrangement after probing 6200 homeowners in Oneida and Madison counties.
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Syracuse
Monroe Abstract and Title Co
Louis Lefkowitz
Oneida
Cayuga
Seneca
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McGuire
James M. Hanley
William F. Walsh
Lefkowitz
Archbishop Coleman Carroll Dies In Miami Beach Home
The Most Rev. Coleman F. Carroll, first archbishop of the Miami archdiocese, died in his sleep at age 72 at his Miami Beach residence. His successor, co adjutior Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy, assumed the post immediately.
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Edward A. McCarthy
Somoza Hospitalized in Nicaragua With Heart Ailment
Somoza was hospitalized last night in a military clinic in Managua for what officials described as a heart ailment. The president's condition was reported as serious but stable amid the medical update.
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Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Sailor seeks autograph from Queen on Atlantic voyage
Georgia music professor Edward Lormand sails a 28 foot sloop across the Atlantic seeking an audience with Queen Elizabeth II. After a 42 day trip and voyage misadventure near Sark his damaged vessel was towed to Guernsey where he hopes the queen will sign the log page. He plans to return to America with his wife Fran.
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