Inside Job Suspected as Navy Ship Safe Robbery hits Dixon
FBI and Navy investigators suspect an inside job as $207000 in small bills was stolen from the USS Dixon during overhaul at Point Loma. Ensign Brian Bogart was beaten for the safe combination. two gunmen used passes to reach the docked vessel.
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San Diego
UPI
FBI
Navy
Doug Rein
Ballast Point
Point Loma
Dixon
Brian Bogart
National City
Bogart
Jordan Naylor
Balboa Naval Hospital
Peninsula vote on liquor ban sparks town debate
Peninsula voters will decide in the November 7 election whether to prohibit beer and intoxicating liquors, threatening the Peninsula Nite Club as the town’s only bar. Eugene Ritch, 52, led the petition, arguing Coliseum and Blossom events hurt the village and litter and public nuisance follow.
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Peninsula, Ohio
UPI
Coliseum
Blossom Music Center
Peninsula Nite Club
Cleveland
Akron
Peninsula
Ritch
Rt. 303
Egypt recalls negotiators over peace talks row
Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Khalil said Cairo recalls its top negotiators from the Washington peace conference for consultations after Israel pressed ahead with settlements. Israel's Begin hopes to meet President Carter next week to clear the air as the Nobel prize winners for 1978, Sadat and Begin, were announced. The two sides say talks were postponed but not broken down, while officials stress the recall is for technical reasons and not a repudiation of the talks.
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United Press International
Egypt
Cairo
Israel
Menachem Begin
Carter
Anwar Sadat
Begin
Middle East
JOP
Washington
Mustafa Khalil
El-Baz
Camp David
Eliahu Ben-Elissar
Ben Elissar
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Cheaper inter-city calls for Elyria Lorain urged
Wickens argues for a long distance rate cut between Elyria and Lorain. He notes high call volumes, potential savings for businesses, and that North Ridgeville gained free calls to Cleveland. Petitions would be in local banks. he invites residents to write for details at 637 N Abbe Road Elyria 44035.
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Wickens
Peninsula
Akron
North Ridgeville
Cleveland
PACO
Lorain
Elyria
Ohio
Abbe Road
Survivors of Navy P-3 crash headed for Soviet ports
Ten survivors were taken by the Soviet fishing trawler Senyavina to a Soviet port for medical care after the P-3 Orion ditched 230 miles southwest of Attu. Two crewmen remain missing as Coast Guard and Soviet vessels search rough seas near Siberia.
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Honolulu
UPI
North Pacific
Russia
Siberia
Petropavlovsk
U.S.S.R
Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Center
San Francisco
Coast Guard
Jarvis
Soviet Union
United States
Attu Island
Washington
Jody Powell
U.S
Moscow
Cleveland school board in contempt for desegregation orders
Cleveland’s school board and its superintendent were convicted of civil contempt for firing two desegregation administrators and cutting salaries of two others without court approval. Judge Battisti ordered restitution to the NAACP, restored salaries, and mandated adherence to court procedures for desegregation efforts. He warned of possible criminal contempt over a bus financing delay and urged full integration by September 1979 with busing for up to 52,000 students in a 100,000-pupil district.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Battisti
Battisti
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Leftwich resignation ends desegregation era in Cleveland
Cleveland school desegregation chief Charles W. Leftwich leaves as of November 3 after an August resignation. Judge Frank J. Battisti warned the board to name a successor by November 20. Peter Carlin will lead desegregation while the board negotiates, with the court overseeing a phased plan for 100,000 pupils and up to 52,900 bused students in a 62 percent non-white district.
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Cleveland
Charles W. Leftwich
Frank J. Battisti
Leftwich
Boston
Battisti
Leonard B. Stevens
Weaker Rita Lashes Hong Kong, Spurs Monsoon Winds
Typhoon Rita buffeted Hong Kong with winds up to 75 mph but spared the British colony major devastation seen in the Philippines where 40 people were killed. Police reported several injuries from falling objects as winds averaged 39 mph. meteorologists warned gusts would continue due to monsoon conditions.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Philippines
Surratt Receives Over 200 Years For Multi State Robbery Murder
Edward Surratt of Aliquippa Pa a Marine veteran and ex chaplain aide was sentenced in Florida to more than 200 years on murder and robbery charges tied to the rape of a Vilano Beach woman and her 18 year old daughter. He faced four state murder allegations as details emerged from the Cape sentencing by Circuit Judge Richard O Watson with Surratt silent through the proceeding.
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Augustine
Fla
UPI
Edward Surratt
Aliquippa
Friday
Surratt
Richard O. Watson
Vilano Beach
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Chronicle-Telegram
Navy Ship Safe
Jack Mayo
11Th Naval District
Eugene Ritch
Sinal Village
Khalil
Osama El-Baz
Steve Becker
Samuel Gompers
Yokosuka Naval Base
Tokyo
Patricia English
Dollie Water
U. S. Navy
Battist
Peter P. Carlin
Robert J. Corts
Common Pleas
Corts
Robert N. Kovser
Treenurer
Hartford
Bill Wolfe
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