North Korea offers to return soldier and three bodies
North Korea said it is ready to hand over a U S military survivor and the bodies of three crew killed when a CH47 helicopter strayed into North Korean airspace. They met at the Panmunjom truce village with U S Rear Adm Warren Hamm and pledged a lenient settlement to avoid further escalation. The survivor was identified as CWO Glenn M Schwanke 28 of Spring Green Wisconsin.
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Panmunjom
Korea
North Korea
Han Ju-Kyong
Military Armistice Commission
United Nations Command
U. Navy
Warren C. Hamm
Hamm
White House
Pentagon
CWO
Glenn M. Schwanke
Spring Green
Wis
Carter
Joseph A. Miles
Washington, Ind
Robert C. Haynes
Anniston
Ala
Ron Wells
Paso, Tex
Beating the Heat Nets Record Temperatures Across Nation
Judy the elephant endured extreme heat in Toronto reaching 95 degrees yesterday. Reports note the city's heat wave drew unusual efforts to stay cool as observers described the scene and related concerns.
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Judy
Toronto
CIA Documents Reveal Experiments on Humans
The CIA informed the Senate it found documents shedding light on secret drug tests on unwitting Americans from 1953 to 1964. Turner offered to testify on the subject at the earliest opportunity and noted tests were discontinued over a decade ago.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Senate
Carter
CIA
Stansfield Turner
Daniel K. Inouye
D-Hawaii
Senate Intelligence Committee
Turner
White House
Jody Powell
Senate Select
Frank Church
Idaho
Church Committee
CLA
Inouye
Powell
Walter F Mondale
Texas Senate backs House school finance bill in special session
Texas senators approved the House $945.5 million school finance bill by a 22 to 7 vote. The session agenda opened to tighter nursing home rules, offshore terminal development, flood plain land use, and other items while Gov Briscoe prioritizes resolving school funding first.
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Austin, Tex
William P. Hobby
Bill Clayton
Amarillo Police suspend four officers for unbecoming actions
The Amarillo Police Department suspended four officers for unbecoming actions during duties. Three have already returned to duty and the fourth is expected back soon. See story on Page 25.
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Amarillo
Glider Slide Mishap Injures Teenagers At Glacier Camp
In Pingree Park near Fort Collins a group of Sky Ranch Camp youths aged 12 to 14 slid down a glacier at Comanche Peak. Seven were airlifted to hospital with scrapes and bruises after losing control on the ice and rocks at the base.
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Fort Collins
Colo
UPI
Mike Kemp
Air
Comanche Peak
Sky Ranch
Kemp
Jerry Streml
Poudre Valley Memorial Hospital
Pingree Park
Equal Stance for Sherman and Smallwood for WTSU President
State Sen. Max Sherman and Dr Charles Smallwood were named as the two leading candidates for West Texas State University president by a 10 member screening committee. The Regents begin consideration at 10 a.m. with the committee noting both are highly qualified and equally acceptable.
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Max Sherman
Charles Smallwood
School of Agriculture
West Texas State University
Wtsu Board of Regents
James Lovell
Regents
Lovell
Smallwood
Len Sherman
Austin
Sherman
Lloyd I Watkins
Ilinois State University
No-Fault Sees White House Backing Boost in Senate
Washington endorsement from the Carter administration strengthens the push for nationwide no-fault auto insurance after a decade of debate. Transportation Secretary Brock Adams told the Senate Commerce Committee the 44 cent per dollar recovery rate highlights inequities in the current system and supports Magnuson’s bill establishing federal standards and minimum coverages. Officials from the insurance industry and labor groups voiced support, with UAW President Fraser backing the measure as a national policy shift.
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Washington
Congress
Transportation
Brock Adams
Senate Commerce Committee
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Adams
Magnuson
James W. Noyes
National Association of Casualty & Surety Agents
Douglas A. Fraser
United Auto Workers
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South Korea
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AP Laserphoto
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Newport
India Point Park
House
A. M. Atkin
Dpans
Carlos Truan
Corpus Christi
Briscoe
Wopan Islott
Gene White
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