Victim compensation programs push for more funds nationwide
States from Minnesota to New Jersey expand crime victim compensation. Nevada, Maryland, and California post higher maximum awards while Illinois and New York face funding pressures. Advocates urge federal match funding as bills move through legislatures and courts.
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Minnesota
New Jersey
Nevada
Maryland
U. S. House
Carl Jahnke
Violent Crimes Compensation Board
Illinois
Ilinois
Massachusetts’ Board
Martin Moylan
Baltimore
International Association of Crime Victims Compensation Boards
Moylan
New York
Pro-western forces push toward Angola rail city Texeira de Sousa
Reports from Johannesburg say UNITA troops repelled a 1 000 MPLA and 500 Cuban assault north of Lisa and advanced toward Texeira de Sousa, the MPLA held town on the Benguela Railway. FNLA vows to resist Soviet Cuban invasion after MPLA rout in northern Angola. Cuban planes reportedly stopped using Portugal.
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South Africa
Angola
Popular Movement
MPLA
National Union
UNITA
Lisa
Texeira de Sousa
Zaire
Luso
Benguela
Zambia
National Front
FNLA
Lisbon
Portugal
Ambrireto
Luanda
Export Urges Halt to Nuclear Exports
Former AEC chair David E. Lilienthal testified before a Senate subcommittee urging the United States to halt all exports of nuclear devices and materials to curb worldwide proliferation. He argued the US and its agencies have been the world’s major proliferators and warned the atomic arms race is accelerating despite controls. He urged restraint to avoid other nations merely filling the gap.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
David E. Lilienthal
AEC
Senate
Lilienthal
Development and Resources Corp
New York
Reagan favored in South in Darden poll
A South survey of 601 registered voters by Darden Research Corp shows Ronald Reagan leading among 14 declared or potential candidates with 19.8 percent, Ford 17.6, and George Wallace 12.1. In head-to-head, Reagan 42.9 to Ford 37.9 with 19.1 no opinion. Wallace leads Carter 41.6 to 34.6.
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Atlanta
UPI
California
Ronald Reagan
South
Ford
Darden Research Corp
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Reagan
George Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Jimmy Carter
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Wallace
Carter
Darden
Iowans Open Party Caucuses Mark Early 1976 Race
Des Moines Iowa voters head to Democratic and Republican precinct caucuses as the first test of candidate strength. About 100000 expected to attend with 15 percent support needed for Democrats to gain delegates while Republicans require 2 percent. Reagan pitches conservatism against Ford. Six Democrats have campaigned long, Carter leads at times, Bayh performs well in straw polls, Humphrey unannounced, and others vie for third place.
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Des Moines
Iowa
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
Ford
Hawkeye State
Reagan
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Indiana
Birch Bayh
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Doomsday tidal wave prediction fails in Adelaide
A self-styled clairvoyant Johan Nash warned of a noon Adelaide apocalypse two months earlier. Believers fled to hills while skeptics hosted beach “earthquake parties” with champagne as the tide rose only six inches. Officials doubted the prophecy and Nash relocated his family to Melbourne.
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Adelaide
Australia
Johan Nash
Nash
South Australia
Sydney
Don Dunstan
Dunstan
Melbourne
Kis candidate to Moscow seeks arms accord amid Congress doubt
Secretary of State Kis singer heads to Moscow aiming for a principle agreement on strategic arms. UPI reports that congressional critics may thwart gains, risking detente as Ford faces a tricky path on arms limits.
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Washington
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Moscow
Angola
Congress
Ford Administration
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