Tank Rampage in Mannheim Leaves City in Shock
A stolen U.S. Army M-60 tank ran amok in downtown Mannheim, damaging vehicles and shops, injuring four, and plunging into the Neckar River with the crew member trapped inside. Rescue attempts failed due to snapped cables, with hours of effort before suspending salvage. Police foot the incident to an American soldier, while three other tanks attempted to hoist the upended vehicle from the river.
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Mannheim
West Germany
Neckar
U.S
Army
Fire Brigade
Heidelberg
Mann
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No emergency call noted in jetliner crash near New Orleans
Investigators pressed to determine cause after a Boeing 727 crashed into a residential area killing at least 153. NTSB officials reported no emergency call and no tower warning before impact. Cockpit and flight data recorders recovered and sent for analysis as crews removed bodies and examined debris in Kenner.
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New Orleans
Patricia Goldman
National Transportation Safety Board
New Orleans International
Ms. Goldman
Lynn Sherman
Jefferson Parish
PLO withdrawal aimed by August under Habib plan
U.S. envoy Philip Habib set August 1 as a tentative deadline for pulling the PLO forces from West Beirut. Israeli and PLO shelling continued around Beirut airport as France signaled readiness to back an international force to evacuate about 6,000 guerrillas.
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Gazette Wire
Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
Philip Habib
PLO
West Beirut
Israel
France
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Syria
Morris Draper
Hafez Assad
Habib
United States
Canada
Saeb Salam
Salam
Mideast
OPEC ministers fail to reach market sharing agreement
In Vienna after a stormy two day session OPEC ministers failed to agree on a new market sharing system. Iran and Libya pushed for larger cartel shares while the group kept a $34 per barrel reference price uncertain about price stability.
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Vienna
Austria
OPEC
Iran
Libya
Marc Nan Nguema
Gabon
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Abdul Aziz al-Turki
Saudi Arabia
Nguema
City moves to Alaska on giant sealift barges
A 14-year project ends as two 150 by 60 foot barges rise from San Francisco for transfer to Alaska's Prudhoe Bay. The 45 modules join two ships at sea and 11 more due to leave Seattle July 15. Built by Sohio for the Alaskan North Slope refinery, the all weather units require 1,600 workers, and the voyage covers about 3,000 miles in two weeks.
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San Francisco
UPI
Alaska
Prudhoe Bay
Crowley Maritime Co
Sohio
Standard Oil Company
Ohio
North Slope
Crowley Maritime
al Watkins
North Pacific
Watkins
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