Jury Options On On Death Penuty
Washington AP reports a Senate bill to give the president power to curb air traffic and to impose stiff penalties on hijackers. The measure, opposed by Sen. Howard Cannon, would create a federally financed airport police force and extend the death penalty to certain hijackings. Senate vote 75 to 1 in favor. Sen. Harold Hughes dissenting on death penalty option.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Peter Do
Peggy Simpson
Minick
Howard Cannon
D-Nev
Jacking
Tiungary
U.S
Cannon
FAA
Harold Hughes
I Iona
Israeli patrols may push deeper into Lebanon region
Israeli authorities indicate regular patrols could extend up to 15 miles inside Lebanon toward the Litani River if Beirut allows guerrillas to use the area for cross border attacks. A two day raid by hundreds of Israeli troops penetrated 15 miles in places, driving guerrillas from the area as Lebanese forces moved in. Two Israeli soldiers and a guerrilla were killed in clashes south of Beirut, while Israeli police detained 16 suspected Palestinian guerrillas in the West Bank.
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Associated Press
Beirut
Sraeli
Fatahlaan
Lebanon
Litani
Tiles
Cyprus
AL Ahram
Mideast
Mohamed Hassanein Haikal
Europe
U.S
West Bank
Jordan
Britain pledges end to internment in Northern Ireland
Belfast AP reports Britain will end internment without trial for suspected IRA members. The plan aims to curb violence, but Catholic politicians reject talks until the policy is phased out and the detention remains unresolved since August 1971.
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Belfast
Britain
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Bridge Tunnel Barge Crash Strains Norfolk Finances
A barge collision halted the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel traffic causing bond prices to fall and signaling ongoing financial strain. Salvage crews towed the vessel as authorities evaluated full damage while commuters faced long reroutes across the 17.6 mile crossing and delays for Eastern Shore travelers.
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Norfolk, Va
Mills Fert
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Natjers
Sion
Norfolk Port
Washington, N
Teachers Reject Court Order To Halt Strike
In Washington the Board of Education urged pupils to stay away as a three day old teachers strike halted 15 of 187 schools. Judge Robert H Campbell ordered a return to work after talks with the board and Washington Teachers’ Union calling the strike intolerable.
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Washington
Board of Education
Stlass
Marion Barry Jr
Superior Court
Robert H Campbell
Washington Teachers’ Union
Jets Attack New Targets Near China in North Vietnam
AP reports US Air Force jets attacked four new targets north and northwest of Hanoi amid renewed bombing. North Vietnam and Viet Cong forces pressed a weeklong offensive in Quang Ngai, with eight miles of Highway 1 cut from Quang Ngai City toward Fire Base Snoopy. Casualties reported near Ba To and Quang Ngai city, while a Greyhound bus collision on the New Jersey Turnpike killed two and injured at least two.
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SMGON
Hanoi
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Quang Ngai
Brdge
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Tonkin Gulf
Quing Neat City
Snoopy
da Nang
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
Loe Quang Ngai City
Ba To
Hightstown
Quang Nyai City
Persing
Pho
Greyhound
New Jersey
Murder of Columbia Professor Solved as 16 Year Old Held
New York AP reports Columbia University professor Wolfgang Friedmann was killed near campus in a mugging. A 16 year old, Daniel Mingues, was arrested and charged with homicide. A one state police alert was issued for two brothers involved. Friedmann, 65, was director of international legal research.
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Daniel Mingues
New York City
Wolfgang G. Friedmann
Columbia University
AP Wit
New York
Wolfgang Friedmann
Friedmann
Colmbia
Patrick W. Murphy
Polies
International Law
International Legal Research
Columbia
Riket's Island
Tiarlem
Mandel Fills Three Vacancies On Courts
Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel filled three vacancies on the states two highest courts. Irving A. Levine was named to the Court of Appeals filling a death vacancy, Alfred L. Scanlan and Albert Menchine were named to the Court of Special Appeals. The at large seat for the seventh court remains open and the chief judge seat is still vacant.
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Annapolis
Marvin Mandal
Maryland
Court of Special Appeals
Court of Appeals
Mandel
Montgomery County
Irving A. Levine
Thomas B. Finan
Alfred L. Scanlan
Albert Menchine
Baltimore County
General Assembly
Rupert C. Millrahy
Levine
Circuit Court
Gay. J. Millard Tawes
Maryland Tax Court
Scanlan
District of Columbia
Governor's Commission
General Assembly Compensation Study Commission
Board of Trustees
Maryland Public Defend
Menchine
Maryland House of Delegates
State Industrial Accident Commission
Maryland Workmen's Compensation
Baltimore Area Food Prices Rise 2.8 Percent
Baltimore area food prices rose 2.8 percent in August and 2.81 percent over the past year per the Labor Bureau. All major categories except dairy increased from July to August, with fruits and vegetables up 1.6 percent while cereals and baked goods gained 1.4 percent and meats, poultry, and fish rose 0.9 percent. The index also notes the adjusted cost of groceries relative to 1867 levels.
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Baltimore Area
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Laver Bureau
Fred Muller
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Eumera
Muller
Tallimore
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