Mayoral races shape busy year in 1977 cities
In Washington, Los Angeles mayor pursues funds for himself as 1977 off year politics heat up with mayoral contests across 158 largest cities. DNC analysis highlights Beame, Bilandic, Bradley, Perk and Young as prominent candidates amid varied local issues.
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Washington
Los Angeles
New York
Bella
Tise
Bie
Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Abe Hearne
Tom Bradley
Lila Codkrell
San Antonio
Margaret Hance
Phoenix
Phyllis Lamphere
Edward Koc
Uronbie
Bradley
Mate Fen
Alan Robbins
Rim Bradler
Nhce Doen
Bilandic
Daley
DNC
Ian
Cleveland
Ralph Perk
Perk
Dennis Kucinich
Wounded girl linked in Easthampton triple slaying case
In Easthampton Massachusetts police identified a severely wounded teenage girl as the sole survivor in a reported triple murder. Victims Velma Kulis 9 Mazelle Evans 47 George Healey 77 and Deborah Evans 19 were found shot in the home on the city’s outskirts. The wounded girl was located in a bedroom over the garage and was hospitalized in guarded condition.
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Easthampton
Mass
Len Otskirts
Velma Kulis
Mazelle Evans
Kulis
George Healey
Kullis
Dist. Atty. Jot Callahan
Kulia Wax
Strong quake rocks Bandar Abbas port with multiple deaths
A series of strong earthquakes struck the Persian Gulf port Bandar Abbas killing at least 22 and injuring 1. Fifteen dead were reported in the village of Siahou with damage in Choghan Seyed-Abad Ab-Pisk and Gishan. Hotels and buildings were damaged but no foreign casualties reported. The strongest quake registered 7.0 on the Richter scale, with a 6.0 aftershock, epicenter underwater near Hormoe Strait reducing surface impact.
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Tehran
Iran
Tadarn
Persian Gulf
Bandar Abbas
Siahou
Choghan
Seyed-Abad
Ab-Pisk
Gishan
Record snow totals flood North Country as winter lingers
In Lowville New York 421.1 inches of snow have fallen this year with more on the way as a weather observer notes the heavy snowfall north central New York near Saranac Lake and the Adirondacks. Buffalo meanwhile reported 189 inches in the same period. The observer recalls the start of snow on October 10 and the season’s severity.
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Lowville
N.Y
Buffalo
New York City
Sears Pond
Bamber
New York
Qatari
Adirondacks
Charles Kazinski
Black River
Kasinski
Seara Pond
Alcoe Pola
Hostage Incidents Spur News Coverage Debate in North America
Across the United States and Canada, hostage situations unfold as a Baltimore office siege ends with all safe. A Vancouver bank hostage crisis ends with surrender after 12 hours. In Ypsilanti a Ford plant hostage incident ends with release of staff. The National News Council discusses tighter limits on coverage of such events to avoid encouraging further threats.
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Associated Prams 4
Amin
Wits
United States
Canada
Freedom 1
National News Counncil
CBS News
Richard Salant
Anthony Patrick Griffis
Reed
Guomam
Inwa
Childres
Geoman
Poller
Toronto
Uganda
Robert Hugh McLagan
Vancouver
B.C
Africa
Pal
Liganda
AL Ypsiiaeti
Mich
Ford Motor Co
Jimmy Miller
Mildred Deyo ‘Boulage
Nurve
Alo Iba Minder
Seal slaughter protest drifts as ships shift for new hunt
Canadian and Norwegian sealing fleets prepare to hunt harp seals as protests erode due to money shortages bad weather and hazardous ice. Greenpeace organizers plan meetings in Montreal and Ottawa while officials defend the seal herd as stable despite ongoing protests and failed helicopter effort.
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ST. Anthony
Canada
Forthers Newfoundlord
Brim Hocks
Canadien
Colembia
Greenpeace Fosher
Montreal
Ottawa
Rames LeBlanc
Zaire asks United States for ammunition aid
The Carter administration weighs a request from Zaire for ammunition and rifles to bolster its defense against an Angolan invasion. State sources say two planeloads of non lethal equipment valued under 2 million were recently shipped, while Zaire presses for rifles mortars and machine guns with spare parts.
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Washington
Carter
Zaire
U.S
State Department
Angola
United States
Ja Mon
Ford keeps door open for 1980 presidential run
PUKANE Wash AP former President Ford reportedly leaves the door open for a 1980 bid. Press secretary Ron Nessen says Ford will outline concrete ideas in a year or two and has told him he is keeping options open while weighing factors.
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Pukane
Wash
Ford
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Ball
Neasen
Carter
Nixon
Former Arkansas governor Faubus works as bank teller
Former Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus now works as a teller at the First National Bank of Huntsville citing inflation as the reason. He notes his state retirement benefits are modest and mentions a Bee-page book about his early administration likely to be released in August to align with the desegregation crisis anniversary.
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Huntsville
Ark
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
First National Bank of
Faubus
Lille Rock Central High School
Castro sister calls US talks morally foul play
Juanita Castro, Fidel Castro's sister, denounces President Carter's push for re establishing relations with Cuba as immoral and foul play. She says Americans would back Cuban liberation if they knew the regime's inner workings under arms. She accuses Fidel of aiming to destroy the United States and democracies worldwide.
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Los Angeles
Juanita Castro
Carter
Cuba
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
Misa Castro
Fidel
United States
Governor Carey opposes Concorde landings at Kennedy Airport
Gov. Hugh Carey stated opposition to Concorde landings at Kennedy Airport while saying New York could consider the supersonic jet if noise standards are met. He said the Port Authority is evaluating new noise data from British and French interests, and it is premature to conclude landing rights. The governor has not ruled out Concorde landings but has previously spoken harshly on the issue.
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Albany
Hugh Carey
Kennedy Water
Rational
New York
Carey
Alktalia
el al Israel
Port Authority
New Jersey
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