Bolivian coup leaders justify takeover to curb leftist rise
Gen. Juan Pereda says he seized power to prevent a leftist extremism surge and claims majority support plus armed forces backing. Banzer resigns to avoid civil war as Pereda’s forces seize Santa Cruz, Cochabamba and Oruro, with curfew and siege in effect. Tin miners at Catavi begin a 48 hour strike supporting Siles Zuazo.
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Juan Pereda
Hugo Banzer
Pereda
Santa Cruz
Cochabamba
Oruro
Banzer
Hernan Siles Zuazo
Catavi
Siles
Debating the use of informants in law enforcement
Ten weeks after FBI director Webster praised informants as the most effective tool, debate grows among officials judges and civil liberties groups over controls and risks. Attorney General Bell faces contempt of court for refusing to name paid informants in a Socialist Workers Party case. The Senate Judiciary Committee weighs a charter to govern informers while Kennedy seeks workable limits.
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Atlanta
FBI
William H. Webster
Griffin B. Bell
Socialist Workers Party
Senate Judiciary Committee
New Jersey
Nevada set to execute Raymond Shuman in gas chamber
National briefs report a planned Aug. 1 execution of Raymond Shuman in Nevada, with a deputy state public defender set to file a federal court challenge. Shuman, 43, is serving a death sentence for killing a fellow inmate at Nevada State Prison.
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Raymond Shuman
Nevada
Shuman
Nevada State
Solar energy study aims to dry hops at WSU
The Agriculture Department awarded Washington State University $32,821 to test using solar power to dry hops. Researchers will convert the hop drying kiln roof into a solar collector and modify other systems to cut fuel oil use.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Washington State University
Pullman
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Wildcat postal walkout spreads to New Jersey and California
Postal workers in Richmond California and Jersey City New Jersey staged a two day wildcat walkout protesting a tentative national contract they call a sellout. At the San Francisco Bulk Mail Center about 70 percent of the morning shift stayed off duty while in Jersey City about 80 percent of the 400 morning shift workers joined picket lines.
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N.J
San Francisco
New York
Bob Condon
Condon
Jack Brennan
California
New Jersey
New York Bulk Mail Center backs up as union contract reached
New union members push the largest bulk mail center in the United States into a 10 hour backlog affecting deliveries. Postal service spokesman Harry Nigro says workers would cause a one day delay if they resume work. In Baltimore, union Local 650 cites wage offers under 10 percent over three years, urging a slowdown and informational picketing.
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New York
United States
Postal Service
Harry Nigro
Nigro
Baltimore
Ron Liszewski
Baltimore American Postal Workers Union
Post Office
Liszewski
Big cleanup begins as Philadelphia workers strike ends
Garbagemen and street cleaners cleared rotting rubbish after an eight day municipal employee strike that halted street cleaning and garbage collection. The ratified contract includes a seven percent first year pay raise and layoffs up to 3500 jobs, with about 600 initial layoffs likely within two weeks.
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Philadelphia
Iff
American Federation of State
Stewart Memorial Fund Reported in Cedar Rapids
A Stewart memorial fund is established by Boy Scout Troop 12 in Cedar Rapids to honor Stewart who served as principal at McKinley Junior High School since 1972 and was active in Scouting. Donations may go to Troop Treasurer Max Thompson at 407 Parkland Drive SE. He died Thursday.
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Thompson
Parkland Drive
Stewart
McKinley Junior High School
Montreal Bus Hijacked by Knife-Wielding Man
A knife wielding man seized a Montreal city bus and forced the driver to take him 52 miles into the United States where U S customs and state police halted the vehicle in Chazy New York. No injuries reported. The suspect Claude Sasseville 27 of Montreal faces kidnapping sequestration and theft charges in Montreal.
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Montreal
United States
Claude Sasseville
U.S
Chazy
N.Y
Sasseville
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