Assault team ends 27 hour Tennessee inmate takeover
FBI agents and state troopers storm Greene County Jail in Greeneville using a helicopter and negotiator to free deputy David Rader after a 27 hour hostage siege. The deputy was injured and treated. inmates led by Earl Neeley initiated the takeover Tuesday afternoon demanding a getaway car and threatening inmate Cal Malone.
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Tennessee
Greeneville
Earl Neeley
Kingsport
Rader
Cal Malone
Winstead
Malone
Iran says rounds fired at U S held people site
Gunmen fired at a Mashad site where some of the 53 U S held people are believed kept. No injuries reported. Militants claim the Mashad incident was internal U S provocation while labeling it an obstacle to growth of the Islamic revolution. Letters from three captives say they are in good condition.
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Iran
UPI
Mashad
Pars
U.S
America
Carter
State Department
Washington
WRC
Robert Oole
Kathryn Koob
Jesup
Iowa
Elizabeth Ann Swift
Cocaine Charge Against White House Aide Dropped
Special prosecutor Arthur Christy found insufficient evidence to charge Hamilton Jordan with cocaine use. The 53 page report questioned accusers credibility and sparked White House celebration as President Carter hailed the result. The probe began under the Ethics in Government Act linked to Studio 54 investigations and Beverly Hills sightings.
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Washington
Hamilton Jordan
Jordan
Arthur Christy
White House
Christy
Carter
New York
Rubell
Studio 54
Benjamin Civiletti
Beverly Hills
Calif
Leo Wyler
Civiletti
Carter and Reagan hold separate Columbus rallies in Ohio
President Carter and Ronald Reagan stage mid day rallies six blocks apart in Columbus while Carter also plans a 12 hour trip to Cleveland. A fundraiser at Nationwide Insurance Company details a $250 per person event hosted by Dean Jeffers, with no meeting planned between the candidates.
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Carter
Ronald Reagan
Columbus
Ohio
White House
Cleveland
Reagan
Capitol
Nationwide Insurance Co
Dean Jeffers
Insurance Company
Denver youth wins spelling bee in dramatic 14th round
Jacques Bailly a 14 year old eighth grader from Denver Colorado won the 53rd National Spelling Bee spelling elucubrate. He defeated Paige Pipkin a 12 year old from El Paso Texas who misspelled glitch as glitsch. The Denver Rocky Mountain News represented the entrant in the Scripps Howard contest among 113 participants in a two day bee.
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Washington
UPI
Jacques Bailly
Denver
Colo
Jacques
Paige Pipkin
el Paso
Texas
Denver Rocky Mountain News
Scripps- Howard
Lederer Accused in Second Abscam Bribery Indictment
Federal prosecutors charge Representative Raymond J. Lederer with taking a fifty thousand dollar bribe from an undercover FBI agent. The four count indictment alleges Lederer promised to aid fictitious Arab businessmen to remain in the United States. The scheme involved three co defendants and an undercover operation known as Abscam.
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Washington
Abscam
Raymond J. Lederer
United States
Lederer
FBI
Philadelphia Democrat
Hilton Inn
Kennedy Airport
New York City
Love Canal contamination may threaten more homes, families
An Assembly inquiry finds Love Canal pollution possibly broader than thought. Military units may have dumped poisonous chemicals in the area starting before 1941, expanding the contaminated zone beyond the commonly known Love Canal blocks.
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Albany
N.Y
Love Canal
U.S
State Assembly
United States
Energy Department proposes looser thermostat rules for offices
The Energy Department proposed easing limits on non-residential cooling and heating. The plan suggests a maximum 74 degree summer setting and a 68 degree winter setting, with qualification criteria for building owners to meet.
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Washington
Energy Department
Energy savings rule to stay pending until summer decision
Officials said restrictions will remain in effect while a proposed rule is reviewed. A decision on the rule is expected sometime this summer and could change how buildings manage lighting hours and insulation.
Kennedy calls for open convention and debate with Carter
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy urged an open Democratic National Convention and said he will release delegates if President Carter debates him. He argued the convention should freely nominate Carter, Kennedy, or a third person and urged a debate before the primary season winds up or at the convention in New York in August.
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Reagan
White House
Ohio
Carter
New Jersey
California
Edward M. Kennedy
Cleveland
Kennedy
New York
Bus crash in Saskatchewan kills 23 workers
SWIFT CURRENT Saskatchewan 23 persons died and 11 were injured after a bus carrying Canadian railway workers was sideswiped by a car, rolled over, and struck from behind by a truck carrying hot asphalt oil. The vehicle explosion burned the wreckage. several victims were crushed or burned. The disaster is described as the province’s worst transportation tragedy since a 37‑fatal plane crash 26 years earlier.
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Swift Current
Saskatchewan
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