Soviet oil find said to be largest in history
PetroStudies in Malmo cites 4.55 trillion barrels of high quality oil found in western Siberia as the biggest discovery ever. The Soviet Ministry of Geology confirmed the find, with reserves far surpassing Saudi Arabia’s 113 billion barrels, prompting a new Soviet exploration plan.
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Swden
UPI
Soviet Union
PetroStudies
Malmo
Sweden
Siberia
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Petro- Studies
United States
Iran signals on hostages split and held in many places
A high Iranian official says the American hostages are split up and held in different places. Swedish radio quotes Iranian sources saying the hostages have been turned over to the government. Nabavi hints they may be kept safely or handed to judicial authorities if the U.S. delays. Meanwhile the Persian Gulf war continues as Iran and Iraq attack oil facilities.
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Swedish Radio
Tehran
Pars
Nabavi
United States
Iran
U.S
Iraq
Abadan
Fao
Fury over NC Wesleyan cheerleader murder case unfolds
Three Wesleyan College cheerleaders were abducted after a basketball game. Whelette Collins, 20, was found murdered in a rock quarry with head injuries and a cinder block bound to her feet. Two other captives escaped after overpowering their abductor with a tire tool. Kermit Smith, 23, of Roanoke Rapids, was arrested on rape robbery and murder charges.
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Collins
Yolanda M. Woods
Baltimore
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Miss Woods
Bailey
Miss Killen
Fire at Stouffer's Inn kills 26 executives in Westchester
A hotel fire at Stouffer's Inn in Westchester County killed 26 people including Arrow Electronics and Nestle executives and injured at least 40. Fire officials said the blaze was electrical, flames melted partitions, and many victims died within minutes from smoke inhalation. Sprinklers were absent in the affected area.
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N.Y
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Stouffer Chain
Gary Paparo
Westchester County
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Nestle Co. Inc
Franz Eichenauzer
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Purchase
Robert Makowski
Makowski
Carl Vergari
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Arrow
Nestle
General Foods Corp
International Business Machines Corp
Pepsico Inc
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Arrow Electronics of
Greenwich
Thomas Goodrum
Danbury
Nancy Yates
Arrow Electronics Room
Arrow Company
United States
Mgm Grand Hotel
Las Vegas
Mgm Grand
Man seeks release on bond in Atlanta kidnapping case
Ronald Larry Johnson, 37, of Forest Park, was freed on 5300 bond after being charged with attempted kidnapping and simple battery in the Nov 25 abduction attempt of Kent Meritt, 19, amid investigations into the disappearances of 15 black children in Atlanta. Police say there is no indication the case is linked to the slayings.
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Atlanta
UPI
Ronald Larry Johnson
Forest Park
Kent Meritt
Marian Lee
Nuns and Volunteer Murder in El Salvador Trigger U.S. Outcry
The El Salvador junta accuses right wing terrorists of killing four Americans including Sisters Dorothy Kazel Ita Ford Maura Clarke and lay missionary Jean Donovan. Bodies exhumed near 30 miles south of San Salvador as Ambassador White observes.
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el Salvador
Dorothy Kazel
Cleveland
Ursuline Order
Ita Ford
Maura Clarke
Maryknoll
New York City
Jean Donovan
U.S
Robert White
NCEC targets conservative lawmakers in 1982 elections
The National Committee for an Effective Congress announces a target list of conservative congressmen to defeat in 1982. The list includes S J Hayakawa William Roth Richard Lugar Harrison Schmitt and Harry Byrd with no current House or Senate members on it.
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Washington
UPI
National Committee For An Effective
Congress
NCEC
Russell Hemenway
California
S.J. Hayakawa
Delaware
William Roth
Indiana
Richard Lugar
New Mexico
Harrison Schmitt
Virginia
Harry Byrd
Haig may face opposition over closeness to Kissinger
Transition sources say advisers to Ronald Reagan oppose Gen. Alexander Haig for secretary of state fearing he is too close to Henry Kissinger. George Shultz praised Haig as an outstanding candidate but said he is not interested in a return to Washington. Reagan has agreed with several top Cabinet choices including Weinberger Casey Lewis and Drew Lewis.
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Washington
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Alexander Haig
Henry Kissinger
George Shultz
Labor
Treasury
Nixon
Reagan
al Haig
Shultz
HEW
Caspar Weinberger
William French Smith
William Casey
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