Two U S Airmen Killed by Iranian Terrorists
In Tehran on May 21 two U S Air Force officers were shot to death on a street as they were driven to work. The assassins escaped. The embassy named the victims as Lt Col Paul R Shaffer and Lt Col Jack J Turner both 45 and assigned to the U S military assistance group in Iran. An Iranian group claimed the killings as retaliation for Iranian prisoners killed earlier.
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Tehran
Iran
Air Force
Paul R. Shaffer
Dayton
Ohio
Jack J. Turner
Carbondale
Ill
Shafer
Ohio State University
Turner
University of Nebraska
U.S
Iranian People’s Warriors
Assnm
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Ford
Washington
Paris
Currie Resigns as Cedar Rapids Schools Chief
Craig Currie has resigned as superintendent of the Cedar Rapids Community School District to take the Mercer Island Washington position. The board unanimously accepted his resignation effective Aug 1 and released him from the remaining year of his contract. Currie spoke of his seven years here as a high point and noted Mercer Island offers a strong retirement plan and similar salary scope.
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Craig Currie
Cedar Rapids
Mercer Island, Wash
Currie
Mercer Island
The
Gazette
the Gazette
Shoreline Public Schools
Seattle
Washington
Washington State
Barbara Bjornson
Norman Lipsky
Ronald Moore
Grocery prices lift overall CPI in April signaling inflation pace
The government says April CPI rose 0.6 percent led by a rebound in food prices after two declines. Non food commodities also gained while mortgage rates and some fresh vegetables fell. Real spendable earnings dropped 0.1 percent, and yearly comparisons show food up 7.9 percent from last April. Sugar tumbled but remained over 80 percent above 1974 levels.
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Washington
Labor Department
Laotians Seize U S Aid Compound In Vientiane
About 200 Lao students seized the U S Agency for International Development headquarters in Vientiane and held two American marines and an American civilian inside. They demanded the dissolution of AID and the departure of all Americans within three days. The government promised action, and protesters broadcast their demands on radio.
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Vietiane
Laos
U.S. Aid Agency
Vientiane
U.S. Agency For International Development (Aid
Savannakhet
Pathet Lao
Sanford Stone
Burke Says Social Security Taxes Must Rise This Year
Chairman James A. Burke of the Ways and Means subcommittee on social security warns Congress cannot wait for the 1976 election to boost payroll taxes. He cites a 14.6 billion deficit forecast over three years and the threat to trust fund reserves, urging steps this year and possible raising the taxable wage base from 14 000 to 18 000.
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Washington
House
Social Security Panel
Ford Administration
Congress
James A. Burke
D-Mass
Ways and Means Subcommittee On
Social Security
Burke
Health, Education and Welfare
Caspar Weinberger
Weinberger
Ford
House Delays Strip Mining Bill Vote After Veto Threat
Sponsors of a strip mining bill postpone a showdown, fearing they lack votes to override President Ford's veto, delaying the vote from Wednesday to June 10 in Washington AP report.
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Washington
Ford
Pentagon links copter crash to Mayaguez rescue operation
The Pentagon acknowledged 23 killed in the helicopter crash in Thailand were en route to Utapao air base for possible use in the Mayaguez rescue. A spokesman said the chopper carried people gathered at Utapao if air force security measures were exercised. Final figures cited: 15 killed, 50 wounded, 3 missing presumed dead.
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Washington
Pentagon
Mayaguez
Thailand
Utapao
Air Force
Florida passes far reaching malpractice reform with insurance pool
Florida Governor signs a two pronged reform establishing a four year filing limit and a mandatory mediation panel for malpractice claims. The act aims to curb rising suits and secure guaranteed coverage, with lawmakers calling it a national first and noting parallel action in California New York Tennessee and Maryland.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Reubin Askew
California
New York
John Forbes
Sirhan Sirhan Set for Parole in 1986
Sirhan Sirhan, once sentenced to death for Kennedy’s assassination, will be paroled on February 23, 1986 after 16 years and 9 months in prison. The sentence was later reduced to life, with parole possible after seven years, per Philip Guthrie of the California Department of Corrections.
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San Quentin
Calif
Sirhan Sirhan
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Sirhan
Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
State Supreme Court
Philip Guthrie
Department of Corrections
Guthrie
A Hick Town Lacks Any Safe Place to Go
A quip notes that in a hick town every spot offers risk or disapproval, reflecting social caution and limited public spaces. The line conveys a wary view of local life and norms without naming people or places.
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Associated Press
Amir Abass
Camp Pendleton
Zette
Moore
Christian Chapman
Souvanna Phouma
Phoumi Vongvichit
Tennessee
Maryland
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