Mediation Starts With Gunmen Over Dutch Hostage Crisis
In Assen area two mediators Dr Hassan Tan and Mrs Josina Soumokil initiate talks with seven to ten militants holding 59 hostages on a train north of Assen and at the Bavensmilde school. The plan includes telephone or in person contact to resolve the siege without casualties. The siege began May 23 with demands for Dutch action toward Indonesian independence for the Moluccas.
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Assen
Netherlands
Holland
Toos Faber
Dutch
Justice Ministry
Hassan Tan
Josina Soumokil
Faber
Bavensmilde Ele
Mentary School
Indonesia
Moluccas Islands
East Indies
Hague
Joop den Uy
Carter backs Senate veto on energy price powers
President Carter supports a Senate move to grant a price setting commission veto power over energy decisions while revoking the president’s own veto on those outcomes. The House had rejected Carter’s plan for the secretary to set prices directly, and James R. Schlesinger heads the proposed department’s energy policy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Senate
James KR. Schlesinger
Schlesinger
House
House-Senate
Jack Brooks
D-Tex
Congress
Brooks
First Lady Rosalynn Carter Tours Peruvian Countryside
Rosalynn Carter travels in Peru for rest during a 13 day Latin American mission and meets President Morales Bermudez after a private session. She attends a banquet at the presidential palace and urges adherence to the 1974 Ayacucho Treaty while raising arms control concerns.
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Associated Press
Lima
Peru
Rosalynn Carter
Francisco Morales Bermudez
Rosa
Carter
Presidential
Morales Bermudez
Jimmy
Ecuador
Brezhnev draft aims to make him Soviet president
Moscow reports a new Brezhnev drafted constitution could let the party chief become president, consolidating power. Podgorny, ousted from the Politburo, may lose the presidency as observers expect. Brezhnev leads the drafting, with Pravda publishing the 9,000 word text. The plan elevates the party as leading force while promising civil rights under state limits. The Supreme Soviet is anticipated to approve the draft in October.
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Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
Communist Party
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Russia
Jury awards 7 million to family in childbirth death case
A state court jury awarded seven million dollars to the family of Carolyn Ann Lord 27 who died from asphyxia after childbirth at a new hospital. The verdict was delivered by an eight woman and four man jury in State District Judge Paul Pressiers court.
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Houston
Paul Pressiers
Carolyn Ann Lord
Washington
Alaska
Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire Caused by Short Circuit
An Atlanta based three man team concludes the Beverly Hills Supper Club blaze in Kentucky began from a short circuit in a fountain pump power cord and burned over an hour before discovery. The fire killed at least 161 people with the blaze starting around 7 pm and first alarm at 9:02 pm as patrons were alerted during a comedy act.
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Atlanta
Beverly Hills
Kentucky
Southgate
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Associated Press
Walter Bailey
U S and Cuba move toward limited diplomatic contacts
Washington reports a U S Cuba agreement to exchange diplomats and Cuba releasing 10 U S prisoners. Officials caution full relations remain distant with plans for interest sections in Havana and Washington within three months. First Lady Rosalynn Carter notes ongoing talks and unresolved obstacles.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
State Department
Department
John Trattner
U.S
Trattner
Eisenhower
Rosalynn Carter
U.s.-Cuba
Ecuador
Peru
Horse thieves in Presidents past spark family mystery
President Carter joked about obscure ancestors in a church briefing on his family tree. He cited horse thieves and a man killed on Saturday night, while aides note identities remain secret. Records show Wiley Carter faced an 1841 murder charge but was acquitted in Warren County Georgia.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
White House
Atlanta Journal and Constitution
Wiley Carter
Warren County
Usry
Usty
Wiley
Walker
Atlanta
South America
Alton
Springville Faces Water Shortage as Tule River May Run Dry
Springville California residents face possible water trucking and portable toilets by mid July due to drought. The town lacks a reservoir and limited river flow threatens supplies as springs run dry and options like wells or purchases raise costs. Officials seek $112000 in federal funds but availability is uncertain.
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Springville
Calif
California
Rodney Esser
Los Angeles
Tule
Rexburg Recovers From Teton Dam Flood One Year On
Rexburg marks one year since the Teton Dam flood as volunteers from Utah and Idaho tour the flood area. New homes rise with paint and high water marks fading. farmland and business districts reopen. The observance shifts a day to honor local Mormons who will spend Sunday in church.
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Rexburg
Idaho
Teton
Snake River Valley
Riverfront blaze contained to one office in Chicago building
Firefighters arrive at the Stone Container Building along the Chicago River on Friday afternoon to quell a small blaze on the 10th floor. The fire was contained in minutes and no injuries were reported.
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Chicago
Chicago River
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Riverfront Blaze
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