American reporters summoned to Moscow city court
Two American correspondents Craig Whitney of The New York Times and Harold D. Piper of The Baltimore Sun were served with summonses and told to appear as defendants in Kolonchevskaya city court on Wednesday. They did not know the charges. Whitney has been based in Moscow under a year while Piper is in his fourth year as Moscow correspondent.
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Craig Whitney
New York Times
Harold D. Piper
Baltimore Sun
Moscow City
Kolonchevskaya City Court
Whitney
Times
Saigon
Bonn
Piper
Russians Released in New Jersey Spy Swap
Two Russians charged with espionage were freed from a New Jersey prison in a swap for American Francis Crawford who was released from a Moscow jail. The pair remain to face trial while U S officials and Soviet leaders exchanged diplomatic protests over the case. Crawford, 38, a service manager for International Harvester, was held in Lefortovo Prison after a theft charge tied to black market currency.
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Washington
New Jersey
Moscow
Carter
United Nations
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Virginia Olbrish
U.S
Crawford
Federal Troops Quell Mexican Riot in Matamoros
Federal troops patrolled Matamoros after a riot by about 4000 students left buildings burned and at least one killed with 30 injured. City Hall police HQ and jail were torched. 30 businesses and five banks looted or burned. cars set afire. The protest followed the death of a teenager in police custody.
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Matamoros
Mexico
Rio Grande River
Brownsville
Texas
Ismail Gains South Yemen Control
In Aden pro-Soviet Abdul Fattah Ismail consolidates power after clashes with supporters of slain President Salem Robaye Alli. Diplomatic reports note continued gunfire but fading resistance as Ismail tightens grip on the port capital at the Red Sea route’s southern end. An official Aden Radio broadcast cites a court convicting the president of coup attempts.
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Lebanon
Aden
Abdul Fattah Ismail
Salem Robaye Alli
Arabian Peninsula
Ismail
Yemen
Red Sea
Europe
Ali
National Front
Police to arrest wife beaters under NYPD settlement
New York police end mediation of family disputes and will arrest husbands accused of beating wives. The out of court settlement with 71 women requires at least one officer to respond to every report and to arrest for assault when a crime is believed to have occurred, removing marital status as a justification.
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NEW York
New York Police Department
Moonies sue West Palm Beach over donation solicitations
Federal suit filed in West Palm Beach argues city officials violated rights by blocking Moonie fundraisers. Plaintiffs led by Chris Westfall claim the ordinance requiring a license for solicitors is inapplicable to religious and church groups under the exemption for corporations associations and organizations.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Sun Myung Moon
Chris Westfall
Moon
Holy Spirit Association For the Unification of World Christianity
Moonies
Officials to discuss N A rail move in North Augusta
Two Georgia Department of Transportation representatives will meet North Augusta Chamber of Commerce officials at 7 30 a m to review options for relocating rail tracks now through downtown Augusta The plan, funded by the US Department of Agriculture, would move tracks to cross the Savannah River into South Carolina then back into Georgia and give North Augusta possession of the Georgia and Florida Rail line with a segment near Cumberland Drive included in the relocation
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North Augusta
Georgia Department of Transportation
North
Clary Reflects on Rotary Year and Next Leaders
Owen Clary presided for the last time as president of the Rotary Club of Aiken at a luncheon. He reviewed the year’s activities including emphasis days for the legal profession legislature press and textile industry and noted donations to Rotary Foundation Indiana Relief Fund Student Loan Fund and the Aiken Chamber of Commerce. Officers for 1978 79 were introduced with Carroll Williamson as president John Beckum vice president and Jim Sprawls secretary.
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Owen Clary
Rotary Club of
Aiken
Clary
Salvation Army
Rotary Foundation
Indiana Relief Fund
Student Loan Fund
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Rotary
Carroll Williamson
John Beckum
Jim Sprawls
Break-ins Reported at Aiken County Businesses
The Aiken County Sheriff's Department investigated break ins at the Kaye Service Station on U S 1 where about 130 dollars in items were stolen and at the Kwik Shop on Whiskey Road where 85 dollars in cash and cigarettes were taken. A Route 2 North Augusta residence was also broken into with about 160 dollars in cash stolen from George Williams.
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Aiken County
Sheriff's Department
Kaye
U.S. 1
Clearwater
Augusta
Whiskey Road
Route 2
North Augusta
George Williams
Tax Treaty With Britain Heads To Senate Vote
The Senate nears a second vote on a Britain tax treaty after last week’s rejection over states taxing foreign companies. A hastily agreed compromise nullifies the controversial section and sets a late morning floor ballot. The body had rejected by 49 to 32 and 20th such direct treaty defeat in history.
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Washington
Senate
Britain
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Liggett Group Sells Foreign Cigarette Business
Liggett Group Inc president Raymond J. Mulligan says the international cigarette business was sold for about 108 million dollars to Philip Morris Inc to redeploy assets for stockholders. Philip Morris Swiss affiliate paid 45 million for rights to Liggett trademarks outside the United States and related assets. inventories and other assets were sold for about 63 million.
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Mulligan
Philip Morris
United States
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