Dollar turmoil deepens as world markets crash again
Feverish dollar buying drives the currency into another crisis two weeks after devaluation. West German state banks purchase 2.7 billion in unwanted dollars while other European banks intervene. Paris and Tokyo markets halt trading as governments consider measures to stop further devaluations.
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Wounded Knee Hostages Freed. 10 Stay On Pine Ridge
Militant Indians released 11 hostages at Wounded Knee with 10 choosing to remain. Indian leaders warned of further violence as U.S. officials and South Dakota senators McGovern and Abourezk brokered a fragile DMZ. Tensions rose over tribal corruption and power struggles in Pine Ridge.
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Lynch toppled in close Irish vote ends 16 years of Fianna Fail rule
In Dublin a coalition of opposition parties defeated Prime Minister Jack Lynch and Fianna Fail after 16 years in power. Fianna Fail won 64 of 144 seats with 42 results outstanding. Fine Gael and Labor led as counting continued. Lynch conceded defeat as Cosgrave emerged as a potential successor amid ongoing Northern Ireland tensions.
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Judge Refuses Guilty Plea in 10 Murders Case
Santa Cruz California UPI reports Herbert Mullin, facing 10 murder charges, tried to plead guilty while in court. Judge Donald R. May refused and entered an innocent plea, appointing a public defender and setting a March 13 preliminary hearing. The DA plans to seek indictment by grand jury.
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May
Nolo Contendre
Young boy charged in deadly Springfield classroom murder
An eight year old boy faces murder charges after the stabbing of seven year old Lisa Green, a Tapley Elementary classmate. Police say the suspect took a four inch knife from home, attacked her behind a garage, then fled before being taken into custody three hours after the body was found. The case is among the youngest ever linked to a murder investigation in the nation. The victim was identified as Lisa Green, daughter of Delores Robinson and James Robinson Jr. in Springfield. The suspect was to be arraigned in Springfield Juvenile Court.
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Mayor escapes kidnapping in Gallup gun battle
Gallup New Mexico mayor Emmett Garcia shattered a glass window to flee two militants who abducted him. In the ensuing shootout at Sterns Sporting Goods one assailant surrendered, the other, Casuse, was found dead from a facial gunshot, possibly self-inflicted, as police and officials described the chaotic escape.
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Fort Defiance
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Asian experts head list to the new envoy to China
Washington sources name John Holderidge NSC Asian affairs chief and Alfred Jenkins State Department China desk director as leading candidates to become America's first diplomatic envoy to China. Both have long careers in Far East postings and close ties with Henry Kissinger, with Mandarin and Chinese studies noted.
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San Quentin appoints first woman guard amid inmate pushback
San Quentin California guards the first woman officer Wilma Schneider 31 of Sonoma oversees 1400 inmates from a gun rail amid protests. Inmates object to showers and body searches claiming invasion of privacy while the advisory council plans a petition. Schneider aims to handle trouble and foster a more normal atmosphere.
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