California lawyer found guilty in Kennedy letters case
Kevin King 35 of Palo Alto was convicted of aggravated harassment for obscene letters to Caroline Kennedy and criminal trespass for attempting to enter her West Side apartment. Judge John Bradley set sentencing for next Friday with up to a year in jail and a $1000 fine. King was returned to Rikers Island on $25,000 bail after admitting he sought to meet Miss Kennedy. He claimed the letters were social and the pursuit a standard chase-the-girl scenario. Kennedy testified the letters frightened her and contained obscenities. King withdrew his marriage proposal during the trial.
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New York
UPI
California
Caroline Kennedy
Kevin King
Palo Alto
Miss Kennedy
West Side
Criminal Court
John Bradley
King
Rikers Island
Ormandy Hospitalized For Observation At 81
Eugene Ormandy conductor laureate of the Philadelphia Orchestra was admitted to Pennsylvania Hospital for observation after a fever. He is in stable condition in the special care unit with wife Gretel at his side. Doctors will monitor for 24 hours to determine the fever’s cause.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Eugene Ormandy
Philadelphia Orchestra
Pennsylvania Hospital
Ormandy
Delores Ziff
Ms. Ziff
Gretel
Ricardo Muti
Plutonium accident at Los Alamos prompts partial shutdown
Los Alamos National Laboratory halted part of its operations after an accidental plutonium release contaminated 15 workers. Tests showed one employee may have exceeded the permissible body burden. the individual is monitored and receiving medical care, though not hospitalized.
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Los Alamos, N.M
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jim Breen
Tibetan exiles die in Sikkim highway crash en route to Dalai Lama
In Sikkim a truck lost its brakes and plunged into a ravine killing at least 42 Tibetan exiles en route to meet the Dalai Lama. Three Indian border officers also died in the crash near Gangtok where climbers and Sherpa travelers were gathered.
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New Delhi
India
Dalai Lama
Sikkim
United News of India
Gangtok
Floods Kill Two in Oklahoma as Texas Rains Persist
Floodwaters swept two oil field workers, Calvin Dill and Lawrence Moos, from a low-water crossing near Marietta Oklahoma. Residents in Sherman Texas evacuated nursing homes as heavy rains fueled rising creeks. Gov Spencer Bernhardt declared a state of emergency as a flash flood watch remained for south central and southeastern Oklahoma. Searchers found the two men downstream about five miles. The flooding disrupted a nursing home and left water marks several feet high in a local apartment project.
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Sherman Nursing Home
Oklahoma
Spencer Bernard
National Weather Service
Calvin A. Dill
Lawrence N. Moos
Marietta
Okla
Love County
Sherman
Texas-Oklahoma
Chapel of Care Nursing Home
Purge in Egypt escalates after Sadat assassination
Cairo reports a wide crackdown on Muslim fundamentalist cells with hundreds arrested. Mubarak orders tough measures to curb extremism and restore stability, amid rumors of broader purges from military and civil posts. Authorities deny specifics while security tightens at airports and media exports.
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Cairo
Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Anwar Sadat
Mubarak
Sadat
Spy sentenced to life in prison in Florida case
Joseph G. Helmich Jr., a former Army Signal Corpsman, received a life term after pleading guilty to espionage conspiracy for selling secret KL-7 cryptosystem information to the Soviet Union over 17 years. He may seek parole after 10 years and faced a court that noted congressional seriousness on the crime.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Joseph G. Helmich Jr
Army Signal
Helmich
U.S. Army Signal Corps
Paris
U.S
Gary L. Betz
United States
Betz
Vietnam
Korchnoi Wins First World Championship Game in Merano
Viktor Korchnoi rebounded from three straight defeats to take his first game against Anatoly Karpov in Merano Italy. Karpov resigned the adjourned sixth game as the world title series stands 3-1 with six wins needed to claim the prize. The seventh game is set for Saturday at 5 p.m. local time.
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Merano
Italy
Viktor Korchnoi
Anatoly Karpov
Karpov
Lowa
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Henri Gabriel
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Prestonsburg
William O. Bevins
Printer
Philip Tucker
Pikeville
Tucker
United Press International
Blue Magic
Clocks
Center Pt
Army
Spy
Peter Dearing
FBI
Soviet Union
Billie Jean
Korchnoi
Amana
Iowa
cAmana
OD Vans Society
Edgewood
Edgewood RD
Johnson Ave
Detroit
2Nd Ave
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