Mayor Koch to avoid LaGuardia role in comics strike era
New York Mayor Ed Koch declines emulating Fiorello LaGuardia by reading the comics during a newspaper strike. Instead, show figures will handle media duties. Sakharov calls on Soviet authorities to allow his wife to travel to Italy for eye treatment. First Lady Rosalynn Carter, Senator Kennedy and Governor Carey lead the U S delegation to Pope Paul VI's funeral. Lena Horne cancels performances in Los Angeles due to illness but organizers expect her return Monday.
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Fiorello Laguardia
Rosalynn Carter
Edward Kennedy
Rosalynn
Amy
Carter
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Boise
Idaho
Cecil Andrus
Pioneer Trail Blazers
Cicero enters innocent plea in Cleveland bombing case
George J. Cicero, a former Cleveland teacher and activist, pleaded innocent in Common Pleas Court to seven counts of arson six counts of aggravated arson one count of attempted arson one of attempted aggravated arson two counts of possession of criminal tools and one count of receiving stolen property. Bond was set at 125000 dollars. Police linked the explosions to Cicero after analyzing bombs and finding 860 sticks of dynamite and related items at his home and office.
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Cleveland
UPI
George J . Cicero
Cuyahoga County
Greater Cleveland
Common Pleas Court
Cicero
Francis E. Sweeney
Arson-for-Profit Scheme Probed in Cleveland by FBI
The FBI says it has investigated a citywide arson for profit and mail fraud scheme in Cleveland for about a year with Cleveland police. A raid on Nader's Market on the west side yielded papers on property purchases leases and sales as evidence the case will be presented to a federal grand jury.
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APS
FBI
Nader
West Side
Nader’s Market
Tipps nominations nixed for Ohio Elections Commission
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown rejected all five Tipps nominees for the Ohio Elections Commission. He said four are county election board members and disallowed by law from serving on the commission. The fifth, J Patrick Leahy, is Ohio Democratic Party executive director and could conflict with the role.
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UPI
Ted W. Brown
C. Paul Tipps
Ohio Elections Commission
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Tipps
Ohio
J. Patrick Leahy
Ohio Democratic Party
Man forgives cousin before death in marrow case
Robert McFall, 39, an asbestos worker from Pleasant Hills, died of aplastic anemia after a failed bone marrow donation request. He forgave his cousin avid Shimp, 43, and his sister Beverly Hope said the family holds no grudge. McFall died at Mercy Hospital eight hours after onset of symptoms.
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UPI
Robert McFall
Mercy Hospital
McFall
Pleasant Hills
Beverly Hope
Avid Shimp
Plum Borough
Seabrook Nuclear Plant Gets Fifth Federal Go Ahead
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission reinstated permits for the Seabrook New Hampshire facility, allowing 1800 workers to return to site after a suspension tied to the open ocean cooling system. EPA review found the cooling system environmentally acceptable, a major win for atomic power supporters and a rebuke of prior agency actions. Governor Meldrim Thomson criticized the June 30 decision as a costly error for the seacoast.
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UPI
Seabrook
N.H
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
EPA
Atomic Power
Meldrim Thomson
Seabrook Station
Seacoast
Jackson Doubts King Killing. FBI Involvement Questioned
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, after a three hour talk with James Earl Ray at Brushy Mountain Penitentiary, voiced profound doubt Ray murdered Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He urged a renewed federal probe and a new trial, citing longstanding FBI scrutiny of King and suggesting Ray may have been part of a larger conspiracy. Jackson said he planned to press Attorney General Griffin Bell for a fresh examination of evidence in the national interest.
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Tenn
UPI
Jesse Jackson
James Earl Ray
Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Jackson
King
Memphis
Justice Department
Brushy Mountain Penitentiary
Chicago
Benjamin Civiletti
FBI
Griffin Bell
Federal Investigative Agency
Dr. King
America
Fragmentary Statements From Defense on King Assassination
The remarks outline a defense claiming low motive to kill Dr. King and situational alibis. The defendant argues he was at a service station, not the fatal site, and asserts a narcotics background rather than violent crime. He contends the rifle bullets were not proven to be from his gun and disputes the disposal of belongings near the scene.
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Dr. King
Ray
Carter prepares for West big park vacation with staff and press
President Carter plans a two week trip visiting Idaho's Salmon River and Grand Teton Yellowstone with Rosalynn and Amy. Secret Service and White House aides coordinate a large operation including rangers and media coverage for a vacation that precedes the Camp David summit.
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UPI
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Grand Teton National Park
Jackson Hole
Wyo
Yellowstone
Sanardinie
Jody Powell
Maryland
Anwar Sadat
Menachem Begin
Middle East
Soviets Claim Invention of Test Tube Babies in 1946
Tass reported that the Soviet Union invented test-tube babies in 1946 and has pursued the work since. The agency noted goals include fertilization physiology, ovule cell division, embryo implantation, and moving from experiment to clinical use for treated female sterility. Pyotr Anokhin was cited on ongoing Soviet research and embryo viability up to 500 grams.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Tass
Britain
Pyotr Anokhin
Anokhin
Court to mull when schools should begin
A federal judge will hear arguments on delaying Cleveland schools opening for 110000 students amid funding gaps. The Board says without a $25 million state loan the system cannot open on September 5. tax advances and October payments are cited as possible but insufficient.
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UPI
Board of Education
Cleveland Board of Education
Michael J. Hoffman
Frank J. Battisti
Hoffman
John E. Gallagher
Battisti
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