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Show Page 4 Wednesday, March 24, 1976 . . . ITS STILL OUT THERE INTERNATIONAL London - Britain's Prime Minsiter Harold Wilson stunned his ' country by resigning , Tuesday, March 16, throwing the nation into political upheaval at a time when the pound's value plunged to its all time low, leaving the country in severe economic straights. . . The 60-year-old prime minister sighted age as his reason for resigning and said he would step down as soon as the '317 Laborites in the House of Commons can elect a successor. St. Anthony, Newfoundland - A blizzard hitting off the coast of Newfoundland halted the annual international seal hunt, keeping both hunters and those protesting against the killing of seal pups off the ice floes. A group of 15 : protesters are expected to resume the tactics they employed Monday on the first day of the hunt when they tried to protect the pups from the 500 or so Norwegian and Canadian sealers by throwing , their bodies across the seals. The hunters, armed with clubs and hooks, land on the floes in small boats and club and skin the .pups. : Rome- Christian Democrat Primer Aldo Moro, plagued by economic crisis and Communist electorial gains, appeared to be edging toward accomodation with the powerful Communist party late last week. Meanwhile, the U.S. Embassy reiterated the Ford Administration's opposition to Communist participation on Italian government, saying it would 'call for a reassesment' of America's economic, military and other relations witrh this NATO country. ' NATIONAL '--' . Norfolk, Va. - The captain of the USS Belnap and his deck officer were charged last week with neglect and dereliction of duty in the guided missile cruiser's collision with the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy in November. Eight lives were lost. The decision to issue court-martial charges against Capt. Walter R. Shafer, and Lt. Kenneth M. Knull was announced by the commander in chief of the Atlantic Fleet after he reviewed an mvestigation of the collision, which occured on Nov. 22, about 70 miles east of Sicily. . Cambridge, Mass - Miners of the future could be digging for iron and nickel on the asteroids in j space and supply the earth with metal for cen- , turies to come according to scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Techonology. Mining in space is technically possible, the scientist claim. Bringing it back would eliminate both the environmental problems of mining on earth and the possibility of confrontation con-frontation with the nations that now control iiiuun ui me pianei s resources. Chicago - Both President Ford and Jimmy Carter won impressive victories in Illinois' presidential primary election Tuesday, March 16. ; -fu :;: ,v- -v-- ;' -v- The next confrontation of presidential hopefuls took place on Tuesday, March 23, in North Carolina. On Thursday, Sen. Frank Church officially threw his hat into the ring saying ,'It's never too late nor are the odds too great to try,' 1 T" A. ! 1 J IT! A J - : 1 wasmngion - rteurea vice aam. uenerai Miller stated Thursday the commander of the North Ameriucan Air Defense Command is authorized ,to fire nuclear-tipped antiaircraft weapons against a wartime Soviet bomber attack at-tack without specific presidential clearance. ; Miller, who was testifying before a House subcommittee on international security affairs, said he understood 'action is under way in the Defense Department to revoke this authorization in the near future.' Washingotn - Irish Prime Minister Laim Cosgrave told Congress last week that Americans sending money and guns to the Irish Republican Army were setting back the hopes of Irish Nationalism. The prime minister bluntly warned about 'people who support voilence at a distance and who can sleep easy on the wounds of others.' Trento, N.J. - After spending 9 years in prision for a triple murder he says he did not commit, onetime middleweight contender Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter had his conviction overturned over-turned Wednesday in a 7 to 0 ruling by the New Jersey Supreme Court. Commenting on the court's decision, Carter stated, 'If I am bitter, then I have a right to be bitter. What you are seeing is a person who has been raped for 9 ' years for crimes I did not, would not and could not commit. San Francisco - After only 12" hours of deliberation Saturday the jury in the Patricia Hearst trial found the 22-year-old heiress, guilty of armed bank robbery. While Miss Hearst listened unemotionally as the' verdict was read, her sisters wept and her mother gasped 'Oh, my God.' v Speaking of the Hearst family, prosecuting U.S. attorney James L. Browning said, 'I have nothing but sympathy for them. I have children of my own. I think Patricia Hearst can still straighten her life out. I hope she does so.' ' ' F. Lee Bailey, the famed criminal lawyer who many thought would keep the one time 'Tania' out of prision, was credited with the understatement un-derstatement of the trial when commenting on the jury's verdict he told reporters, 'We are not too thrilled about it.' New York - The world's population explosion is having shattering impact on at least 22 other demensions of human society, including jobs, inflation, food supply, and climate and forests, according to a recent study made by the World Watch Institute of Washington D.C. ,.. '.The nonorof it research organization Predict M that at the present rate the current world ( population of 4 billion would reach 12 billion in 2030, just 54 years from now. ' i Plain view. Tex. - Police rerjorted no desciplinary action will be taken against officers who broke through the door of an apartment with a sledge hammer and terrorized three occupants before discovering they had the wrong addressf 'Absolutely not,' Lt. 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