Executions in Uganda Shock Kampala Crowd at Clock Tower
Fifteen Ugandans including teachers businessmen and ex officials were publicly executed near Kampala's Queen's clock tower. The condemned faced firing squad after justice for plotting against Idi Amin in a tense display watched by large crowds and reported by witnesses.
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Kampala
Uganda
Fiing
Queen's Clock Tower
Idi Avntn
Coa
Radio
Nairobisai
Agate Amis
Amin
For Life
Ben Ogwang
Y. Okoth
Abdalla Angur
Uganda Public Service
Alias Okidinenya
Lake Victoria
Radio Uganda
Nairobi
Car Plows Through Picnic Crowd At Indianapolis Nursing Home
A 21 injured and two killed when a 1-year-old driver, Leo M. Schulte of Indianapolis, accelerated into about 100 picnickers at Americana Healthcare Center near a nursing home. Witnesses describe panic, wheelchairs in disarray, and responders rushing to aid elderly residents. Police noted Schulte had just seen an eye doctor nearby before the crash.
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Indianapolis
Beverly Cook
Americana
Leo M. Schulte
Eunice Cope
Volunteers Association
Mra. Cook
Leona Shrewsberry
Schulte
Fred Moon
Tunisian farm worker executed by guillotine in Marseille
Hamida Djandoubi, 28, a Tunisian farm worker, was executed by guillotine at dawn in the courtyard of Baumettes prison Marseille after a February 27 conviction for torturing and raping a minor and attacking three others. The action marks the third execution under President Giscard d Estaing with few changes to capital punishment policy amid abolition campaigns.
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Paris
Hamida Djandoubi
Baumettes
Marseille
Office of Criminal Affairs and Pardons
Djandoubi
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Alain Peyrefille
Compromise farm bill clears Senate and heads to House
A compromise farm bill approved 63 to 8 in the Senate would raise farm price supports and overhaul the food stamp program. It includes a record 1.2 billion dollars to wheat growers, raises corn prices, and expands eligibility while trimming about 140 thousand families from the rolls. The bill costs about 911 billion annually and awaits President Carter's signature.
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Washington
Senate
House
Carter
White House
Agriculture Department
Maryland Numbers Game results reported for Friday draw
The Maryland Numbers Game daily lottery result for Friday shows the drawing number 151. Reports note a Philadelphia area Pennsylvania lottery result too, with a drawing number 133 mentioned in the same brief.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Daily Bottery
The Oaly Mail Publication Details and Locals
The Oddy Mail lists contact at 22 Skmanll Ave Hagessham and notes publication days with holidays. It cites The Associated Press as exclusive republisher source and lists pricing, including weekly and monthly rates, amid a garbled postal imprint.
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Skmanll Ave
Hagessham
Met
Magersivan
Avoxdaled Press
Tba
Varrier
Miss Black America crowned Claire Ford of Tennessee
Claire Ford, 18, Memphis State English major, wins Miss Black America crown in Santa Monica. She receives a $10,000 prize, a Universal Pictures screen test, and NBC studio exposure. Ben Vereen hosts. Stephanie runner ups include Miss Bentley and Miss Lucas. Ford aims to be a corporate lawyer.
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Billy Dee Wikies
Memphis
Tenn
Claire Ford
United States
Puerto Rico
America
Sante Monica
Calif
Mita Ford
Santa Monica
Memphis State University
Miss Ford
Quincy Jones
Henry
Ford
Norma
Universal Pictures
National Broadcasting Co
Studiox Broadway
Ben Vereen
Vereen
Queen
Twanna Kilgore
Washington, D.C
Mary Brentley
Indianapolis
Ind
Vance McCay
Miss New Hampshire cries foul at Miss America pageant
Jaime Lynn Ratwifl of Wells Beach says she was not given a fair chance to display her organ playing during the talent segment at Atlantic City. She alleges audio problems marred her performance and a rare second audition was granted for a subset of contestants.
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Atlantic City
N.J
New Hampshire
Jaime Lynn Ratwifl
Miss Ratwifl
Wells Beach
Albert A. Mards, Jr
Mss
Rotwitt
Convention Hall
Florida
Cathy LaBelle
Tampa
Miss Washington
Natasha Soloviev
Noris
Miss Rotwill
U.S. Moves to Shield Persian Gulf Oil Holdings
Washington officials say Carter issued a secret directive expanding strategic defenses to protect Persian Gulf oil from foreign aggression. The plan, based on NSC study, includes potential ground force use and defense for Israel Iran and Saudi Arabia with South Korea as a backup, amid shifting Middle East oil dynamics and Soviet competition.
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Washington
Persian Gulf
Iran
U.S
Carter
National Security Council
Pentagon
United States
Middle East
Soviet Union
Central Intelligence Agency
Moscow
CTA
USSAS
Europe
West
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Indian Ocean
South Korea
Carter backs Byrne in New Jersey campaign trail
President Carter campaigns for Governor Brendan Byrne to bolster his bid amid Byrne's income tax sponsorship. Carter touts tax reforms and anti corruption stance while Byrne faces polls showing a lead for Republican Hay Bateman. Carter's New Jersey visit includes fundraisers and a Festival of Lights event in Chambersburg.
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Newark
N.J
Carter
Brendan Byrne
Byrne
New Jersey
Lang AO
Alta Carter
Hay ‘Bateman
Newark Inter
New Jersey College of Medicine
Festival of Lights
Chambersburg
Trenton
Byre
Theovernor
Ford
Carer
Virginia
Henry Howell
John Dalton
Howell
White House
Byte
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Reee
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Robert Antes
Associated Press
Haary Kyemba
Avola
France
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Amita
Amog
Commission of Jurists
Aap
Lottery
Oahly Mail
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Beauty On Parade
Tennessee
Miss Bentley
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Ohio
Nina Maria Lucas
Dayton
Miss Lucas
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Nebraska
Johndrea Whitmore
Omaha
South Carolina
Valerie Althea Hines
Florence
Oklahoma
Pinkie Alexinier
Boley
Langston University
Jersey
Sherpeburg
Legion Dance
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Socket Wight
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