Guatemalan quake relief battles vast death toll rise
Helicopter teams deliver aid to isolated towns as official deaths climb beyond 15 000 with about 40 000 injured and 200 000 homeless. Relief work shifts to road openings, medical needs and preventing typhoid while security and looting fear rise. President Laugerud warns on burying funds and chaos as U.S. aid plans seek additional money amid thousands displaced.
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Guatemala
National Emergency Relief Committee
Antigua
Cathleen Chandler
Los Angeles Times
Otis Chandler
MPLA claims capture of Huambo and near victory in north
The MPLA asserts Huambo, Angola's second city, is captured and its northern push nearly complete. UNITA denies Huambo fell, saying its forces were in the city after the MPLA timeline. Tass and Pretoria sources cite multiple towns on the Benguela line and surrounding fronts as contested.
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Benguela
Miss Bergerol
Lobito
Tass
Lumeje
Kinsasa
Santo Antonio Do Zaire
Congo River
FNLA
Luanda
Enrique Carrera
Ford Proposes Social Security Tax Increase and Medicare Reforms
President Ford asked Congress for a multi billion dollar boost in Social Security taxes and broader Medicare limits. The plan raises payroll taxes by three tenths of 1 percent for workers and employers, with a maximum cost to a worker under $1 weekly, and offers unlimited days of hospital and skilled nursing care for catastrophic Medicare bills. Ford promoted welfare overhauls to aid the needy and curb abuse, speaking after New Hampshire primary campaigning.
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Ford
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Durham
N.H
New Hampshire
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White House
Reagan
California
Oval Office
Florida
Social Security Trust Fund
Group Covers Five Points at Session on Hospital Zoning
Winchester officials and hospital representatives held a closed 3 1/2 hour meeting with 16 participants from city, hospital and citizen groups. Mayor Bell listed five points and noted no unified recommendation emerged, with hospital officials urging broader district lines and continued talks on how to better serve patient care and growth.
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Star
Winchester
Stewart Bell
Bell
J. Randolph Larrick
William Johnston
Johnston
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Carl Napps
Accusation Against Prince Shocks Dutch
The Hague awaits fallout after Premier Joop Den Uyl says Prince Bernhard is the official accused of accepting 1.1 million dollars to promote Lockheed sales. A young woman lawyer warns the royal house could be destroyed. a retiree calls it a national calamity.
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Joop den Uyl
Prince Bernhard
Lockheed
House of Orange
Juliana
den Uyl
Lockheed’s
A. C. Kotchian
Kotchian
Bentsen Weighs Leaving Presidential Bid After Oklahoma Caucus
Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr faces a serious decision after a weak third place in Oklahoma and a late Mississippi defeat. Sources say he may withdraw to seek re election to the Senate or stay on Texas ballot as a favorite son. Carter and Harris led the Oklahoma caucuses with Sanford having withdrawn.
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Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr
Texas
Bentsen
Oklahoma
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Fred R. Harris
Harris
Mississippi
Senate
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Houston
Carter
Handley grapplers place second in Northwestern District
Handley High School wrestlers finish runner up in the Northwestern District tournament behind Loudoun Valley at home. Handley basketball dropped its first game in eight, losing to Martinsburg, in a不过 district grid of results on Saturday night.
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Handley
Martinsburg
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