John Wayne to undergo gallstone surgery in Los Angeles
John Wayne will have surgery today or by Monday to relieve pain from gall stones. A hospital spokesman said the ailment is unrelated to his heart surgery last year in Massachusetts or cancer lung removal 15 years earlier. Leonard Bernstein to conduct Mexico City Philharmonic for Feb 15 concert with Presidents present. Margaret Chase Smith criticizes Senate as self serving and spending disgraceful sums. Rev. James Groppi ends show business stint to return to parish work amid past controversies.
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John Wayne
Los Angeles
Wayne
Massachusetts
Leonard Bernstein
Mexico City
Mexico
Margaret Chase Smith
U.S. Senate
James Groppi
Milwaukee
UPI
French Parliament Attacks Disney Goofy Symbol
French lawmakers challenge the choice of Goofy as the 1980 Moscow Olympic symbol criticizing the cartoon dog as ridicule and urging a replacement. Critics question US influence while supporters defend Goofy after positive public reception at a children’s expo.
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Paris
UPI
Goofy
Walt Disney
Moscow
Francois Leotard
Center-Left
Raymond Barre
Leotard
Barre
Jean-Pierre Soisson
Communist Party
Roger Ballanger
United States
Claud Collard
Women argue white status as minority in city contracts
In Cincinnati UPI reports white women building sub contracting firms challenge a city ordinance that guarantees 12 percent of all construction contracts to minority firms. City Solicitor Luebbers says women may qualify as protected class but many firms already employ many women, complicating inclusion. A council committee will hold a Tuesday hearing on the issue.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Thomas Luebbers
Luebbers
Beverly Hills Supper Club owners face safety complaints
The Kentucky Labor Department filed four complaints against 4 A Corp for an unsafe workplace at the Beverly Hills Supper Club where 165 people died in a 1977 fire. Alleged violations include missing fire drills and an overcrowded club, carrying penalties up to $800 per violation. hearings may be set in Frankfort.
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Frankfort
UPI
Beverly Hills
State Department of Labor
4- A Corp
Kenneth Hollis
Labor Department
Northern Kentucky
Hollis
Defiant cow Bonnie saved as her will to live endures
Bonnie the 800 pound Angus cow escapes capture from Madison to Greensboro then on I-85 a car hits her and is destroyed yet she survives. Police dart miss and Bonnie returns to Dixon's herd after four days of roaming with backing from 23 admirers led by Mary Hill who financed her purchase.
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Greensboro
N.C
UPI
Bonnie
J.B. Tucker
Madison
S. Clyde Dixon
Tucker
Dixon
Mary Hill
Mothers aid needy infant in New York hospital scene
Pat Callen says more than 200 women volunteered to provide mothers milk for her 10 month old adopted daughter Cynthia who is too weak to digest other foods. Dr Harvey Aiges says Cynthia must receive mothers milk for three to six months as La Leche League supplies run dry by January 21.
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Manhasset, N.Y
UPI
Pat Callen
Cynthia
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset
Harvey Aiges
la Leche League
Protests Grow as Bakhtiar Plans Regency Council for Iran
Tehran witnesses large demonstrations urging Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to leave. Premier Bakhtiar says a nine member regency council will be formed within days to ease the shah’s departure and stabilize the economy while Vance in Washington says the shah will leave on vacation and remain constitutional head of state.
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Sajid Rizvi
Tehran
Iran
UPI
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Bakhtiar
Shah
Shiraz
U.S
Savak Secret Police
Washington
Cyrus Vance
Vance
Kayhan
South Africa
Savak
Kermanshah
Tabriz
California gray whale draws crowd on West Coast migration
A 30-foot California gray whale sparked a mass whale watching scene in San Diego as spectators filmed the creature during its 5,000-mile annual migration to Baja California. NOAA recent regulations require boats stay 100 yards away, with a $10,000 fine for violations. The journey spans Alaska’s Bering Sea to Baja California, with peak northern arrivals in November and December and southbound reach by January end.
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Steve Capps
San Diego
UPS
California
Baja California
Mexico
Hazel Sayers
Sayers
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Bering Sea
Alaska
South
Illinois weighs coal gasification demo at East Alton
Gov. James R. Thompson proposes Illinois join a $100 million kiln gas project to convert high sulfur coal into low sulfur gas for electricity. The plan funds $18 million from state bonds, partners Allis-Chalmers and Illinois Power, and could start 1980 with demo by 1982.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
James R. Thompson
Illinois
East Alton
Thompson
Department of Energy
Illinois Energy Resources Commission
Allis-Chalmers Corp
Illinois Power Co
Allis-Chalmers
Judge may lift order sealing Kent State shootings files
U.S. District Judge William Thomas plans to lift a protective seal on Kent State University shooting reports after 2% years. No new information is expected. lawyers will file additional evidence. Plaintiffs seek public access citing historical value while defendants aim to protect witnesses and dispositions not introduced at trial.
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Kent State
Cleveland
UPI
Kent State University
U.S
William Thomas
KSA
Sanford J. Rosen
KSU
Jerry Lewis
Thomas Hensley
Lewis
Hensley
Robert McCoy
Stephen Parisi
University
Eanager
Parisi
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
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Weymouth RD
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Brunswick
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