Freed hostage praises Asencio amid embassy siege debates
Mario Guzman, a Dominican businessman released from the M-19 siege of the Dominican Embassy in Bogotá, says U S Ambassador Diego Asencio leads hostages in talks with captors and remains popular among prisoners. Guzman notes Asencio defends the United States with humor and resolve while negotiating with guerrillas and Colombian authorities.
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Colombia
U.S
Diego Asencio
Mario Guzman
M-19
Matic
Angelo Acerbi
Guzman
UPI
Asencio
Mexico
Brazil
Venezuela
Monsignor
Acerbi
Predica
United States
Tass accuses Rather of prewritten White House script
The Soviet Tass agency claims CBS anchor Dan Rather was given a prewritten White House script for an Afghanistan report. Tass condemns US networks for promoting anti Soviet sentiment and cites Rather's trip to Afghanistan and a 60 Minutes preview, while criticizing Walter Cronkite's career.
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UPI
Tass
Cbs-Tv
Dan Rather
Afghanistan
White House
New York
Walter Cronkite
D. Rather
CBS
Rather
Cronkite
Car
Don Hewitt
60 Minutes
Sadat aide foresees three-way summit with Carter Begin
Osama al Baz, adviser to Egyptian President Sadat, said Washington talks with Carter and Begin likely lead to a three way summit. He noted Egypt aims to ease Israel security fears with a demilitarized West Bank and an international peacekeeping presence. He warned failure to reach a deal would fuel extremism and pressure Arab regimes.
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Carter
Anwar Sadat
Menachem Begin
Sadat
Osama al-Baz
Egypt
Israel
White House
Begin
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza
al- Baz
United States
Al-Baz
Pigeon Used in Beaverton Diamond Extortion Plot
Beaverton police tie a carrier pigeon to an extortion scheme involving a jar of cyanide laced pickles and a $250,000 diamond ransom. A note on the pigeon cage directed police to release two birds with the loot. investigators connected the case to a separate extortion probe in California. Authorities have not confirmed the Los Angeles suspect in Beaverton.
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Ore
Portland
Fred Meyer Inc
Craig Heywood
Los Angeles
Richard Q. Williams
San Diego
Sun City
Calif
Heywood
Williams
California
Heart lung transplants near reality at Stanford
Stanford researchers led by Dr Norman Shumway say a combined heart lung transplant could become clinically possible soon. The cardiopulmonary axis aims to overcome past lung transplant failures by replacing both organs in one procedure. Colleague Dr Nicholas Halasz notes challenges, but praises Shumway's track record and believes success could follow with further data.
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Calif
Stanford University
Norman Shumway
Shumway
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford Science
Nicholas Halasz
University of California-San Diego Medical School
Stanford
Halasz
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