Columnist Jack Anderson paid ransom for Peace Corps worker
Three years after his kidnapping in Colombia, Peace Corps biologist Richard Starr is freed. Syndicated columnist Jack Anderson borrowed 250000 to pay the ransom and will seek donations to repay the loan. Starr was abducted on Valentine’s Day 1977 by guerrillas. his release ends a tense, cloak and dagger effort involving Anderson and associates.
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Jack Anderson
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State Department
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Edmonds
Wash
Bogota
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U.S
Macarena
Charlotte Jensen
Marines to sail to Indian Ocean near Persian Gulf
The Carter administration orders an amphibious unit of 1 800 Marines to sail next month toward the Arabian Sea for exercises in the Philippines before joining carrier led forces off Oman. Officials say the move is a deterrent signal to the Soviets and not tied to the Tehran hostages.
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Coral Sea
Newscam uncovers honesty in New York City
The New York Daily News staged a sting named Newscam using a $5 wallet and undercover watchers to gauge honesty among passersby. Of 10 volunteers who found the wallet, eight notified a supposed recipient Fergus McNulty of Berkeley Place Brooklyn that they saw his name and wished to return the billfold.
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New York
New York City
FBI
New York Daily News
Newscam
Brooklyn
Fergus McNulty
Berkeley Place
Court martial for Garwood at Camp Lejeune
The commanding general ordered a court martial for Pfc. Robert Garwood on desertion and collaboration with the enemy in Vietnam. Garwood, 33, spent nearly 14 years in Vietnam. if convicted he could face execution, a potential first for a U.S. serviceman this century.
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Camp Lejeune Marine Base
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Robert Garwood
Vietnam
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Garwood
Carter calls boycott of Moscow Olympics amid Afghan crisis
President Carter urges the US Olympic Committee to refuse sending teams to Moscow and jeopardizes funding as IOC debates the Western boycott stance. IOC notes concerns but reaffirms commitments to Moscow games. USOC and NBC weigh options while 28 Chinese athletes plan ceremonies despite Taiwan rule.
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N.Y
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Soviet Union
Afghanistan
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White House
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U.S
NBC
Simone Harris
Lord Killanin
Killanin
USOC
Robert Kane
People’s Republic of China
New York
Republic of China
Tom Hsueh
Taiwan
Army probe finds lax discipline in trainee abuse cases
A House Armed Services subcommittee report concludes the Army mishandles abuse at Fort Jackson and Fort Dix. Reforms are urged after deaths and beatings linked to weak drill-sergeant supervision.
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Army
House
Armed Services Investigations Subcommittee
Fort Jackson
S.C
Fort Dix
N.J
Sex bias lingers in education despite federal orders
A government study says teachers still discourage young women from vocational courses that lead to high paying jobs. The Office of Education cites a deeply embedded cultural definition of traditional sex roles as a major factor in continuing bias. The report was released today in Washington.
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Office of Education
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Turkish woman nicknamed Scorpion linked to four American killings
Nazli Caglayan dubbed the Scorpion is said to have led a gang that killed four Americans at NATO's Cakmakli depot near Istanbul. Turkish martial law authorities arrested 71 leftist terrorists in the crackdown. The victims included one serviceman and three Boeing subsidiary engineers.
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Turkey
Nazli Caglayan
NATO
Cakmakli
Boeing Aircraft Corp
Seattle
Wash
Tito's health worsens as leg amputation looms
Belgrade report says ailing President Josip Broz Tito shows no improvement and fears rise he may not survive after an amputation. Eight doctors issued a bulletin stating his condition remained the same with kidney function problems and occasional heart weaknesses. They continue indispensable treatment.
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Yugoslavia
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