Soviet Union expands grain purchases with 400000 metric tons
The Agriculture Department reports the Soviet Union bought 601600 tons of corn and 700 tons of wheat, plus 400000 metric tons of rain, the third sale in 24 hours. The purchases aim to offset a smaller Russian harvest, with a long-term agreement obliging at least one million tons annually. Pricing and seller identities are not disclosed.
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Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Agriculture Department
Asc
Eaperis
Military dropout problem affects all services
Pentagon figures show more than 40 percent of volunteers since 1974 fail to complete a first enlistment. Officials cite disciplinary issues and difficulty adjusting to life in uniform, with many dropouts having HS dropouts backgrounds. Army diploma rate remains lowest at 69 percent. Air Force leads at 85 percent.
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Washington
Pentagon
John White
White
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
ERA sponsor opposes extending deadline
Washington AP reports Rep. Robert McClory, a senior Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, opposes extending the ERA ratification deadline, arguing it would change rules at the last minute. The amendment, already ratified by six of 38 states, faces rescission moves and a March 2, 1979 deadline amid stalled action.
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Robert McClory
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ERA
McClory
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Russian generals visit Carlisle and Fort Leavenworth
Senior Army officers from Russia will lecture next week at the Army War College in Carlisle and the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. Maj. Gen. Nikolay Shetovtsov heads military history work and Maj. Gen. Ivan Krupchenko leads history and art of wars at the Military Academy of Armed Forces.
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Lottery roundup shifts in Maryland and Pennsylvania
The Baltimore daily lottery drawing Tuesday night produced the 4 in 1 number 554. In Pittsburgh PA the daily lottery drawing on Tuesday yielded the number 4348.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Daily Iallery
Energy plan stalls as Congress battles power rates
President Carter's energy program faces House Senate friction over electric rates. Conferees resume talks on rate revisions, while Republicans mock the plan's energy and conservation goals. Packwood and Anderson argue the proposal would raise imports and fail to protect jobs amid oil industry lobbying concerns.
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Bob Packwood
Jon Anderson
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Anderson
Niece testifies against uncle in church bombing trial
In a Birmingham courtroom, Robert Edward Chambliss faces charges in the deaths of four girls at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. His niece testified that he boasted of segregation plans and warned of imminent violence after the bomb exploded on September 13, 1963.
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Elizabeth Cobbe
Birmingham
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Elizabeth Cobbs
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FAI
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Legal clinics seek ads after Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court affirmed the right to advertise but allowed regulation of ad time, place, and form. American Legal Clinic Association leaders argue ads are essential for clinics offering low fee, simple legal services. Colorado and Texas consider limits and naming rules for clinics and ads.
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Supreme Court
Arizona
Asid Davida Maron
National Resource Center For Consumers of
Supreme Courts
American Bar Association
Texas
Bar Association
Colorado Supreme Court
Legal Clinic
Hoax calls hinder British firefighting
London AP reports hoax calls disrupts during a two day old British firemen strike. Scotland Yard and Home Office cite widespread false alarms. Birmingham Glasgow and Liverpool report spikes as troops work amid arson cases and jammed radio channels.
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Glasgow
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Birmingham
John Drummond
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Shixers Aban
Seven Die In Trial Flight Plane Crash Near Greensboro
A pilot and six passengers were killed when a twin engine Cessna 411 exploded during a trial flight northwest of Greensboro Alabama. FAA said wreckage was found in a wooded area after the Tuesday night blast. Pilot George Stock of Atlanta filed a plan from Birmingham to Mobile.
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Explosion Destroys Hovercraft in Gulf Survey
A British hovercraft used for seismographic survey in the Persian Gulf was destroyed by an explosion off Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. One crewman is missing and believed dead, according to Hovertravel chief executive Christopher Bland, who cited dynamite detonation on the open deck.
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Persian Gulf
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Hovertravel
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