Guerrillas Release Austrian Ambassador in Colombia
Austrian Ambassador Edgar Selzer was freed by the leftist M-19 guerrillas at the Dominican Embassy in Bogota and flew to Vienna after his wife fell gravely ill. He appeared at the airport smiling, as negotiations for the hostages continued with no immediate talks planned.
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April 19
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United States
Angelo Acerbi
Vatican
John Paul II
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Park Chung-hee
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Park
Kim Jae-kyu
West Germany Signals Boycott Question Over Moscow Games
Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and President Carter concur on not sending a West German team to Moscow amid Soviet actions in Afghanistan. Schmidt, departing Washington, said the visit and results were satisfactory though he stopped short of pledging a formal boycott.
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Helmut Schmidt
West Germany
Carter
Afghanistan
Blair House
Schmidt
U.S
Moscow
Oil storage plan stalls as U S delays SPR purchases
President Carter aims to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve with a billion barrels, but Energy Secretary Charles Duncan said the United States will not resume buying oil from Saudi Arabia until the world market stabilizes. He declined to estimate a restart date.
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Washington
Carter
Charles Duncan
United States
Soviet deploys mobile launch ramps in Afghanistan report
Quotidien de Paris cites Western sources claiming the Soviet Union installed mobile self propelled ramps for nuclear missiles in Kabul Bagram and Kandahar possibly Frog or Scud missiles with about 90 mile range. It also says special units trained in chemical and bacteriological warfare are present.
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Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Quotidien de Paris
Kabul
Bagram
Kandahar
Nkomo Joins Mugabe Coalition In Rhodesia
Joshua Nkomo accepted Prime Minister-designate Robert Mugabe’s offer to form a coalition government giving Mugabe a strong parliamentary majority. Nkomo will serve as non executive president, according to Mugabe spokesman Justin Jyoka. Mugabe planned talks with Ian Smith to enlist white minority representatives.
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Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Mugabe
Nkomo
Justin Jyoka
Ian Smith
Baker Cr an e fades from GOP race while Ford eyes White House return
Howard H. Baker Jr. withdraws from the Republican presidential contest amid debt and poor primary showing. Rep. Philip Crane ends key-state ads and trims staff. Edward Kennedy criticizes Carter on foreign policy while John Anderson contemplates stepping up efforts with Baker’s exit potentially aiding his Tennessee bid. Ford signals renewed interest, with Connally noting a possible late entry could help his campaign.
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Senate
Gerald R. Ford
White House
Baker
Tennessee
Washington
Philip Crane
Illinois
Crane
Jerry Harkins
New York
Edward Kennedy
Carter
U.S
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State Department
John Anderson
New England
Anderson
Connecticut
Texas
John Connally
Florida
Bush
Connally
South Carolina
Ford
Saccharin studies find no serious cancer threat
Boston AP reports new studies find saccharin poses no broad cancer risk for most Americans. Harvard researchers studied 1,118 people and found bladder cancer rates 10 percent lower among users. A Health Foundation study of 367 bladder cancer patients is also published, while officials advise pregnant women and non diabetic children limit use.
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Harvard School of Public Health
Harvard
New England Journal of Medicine
Ernest Wydner
Steven Stellman
American Health Foundation
Science
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