Farm equipment theft ring tied to Mexico sales
Warrants issued for 14 people on interstate theft charges linked to thefts of 13 tractors and backhoes across Kansas, Arkansas, and Iowa over 12 months. Equipment valued around 320000 was moved to the Mexican border for sale at half price. Indictments allege a 16-person scheme headquartered in Hidalgo, Texas and Kansas City, Kaw.
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Brownsville
Tex
UPI
Mexico
U.S
Kansas
Arkansas
Iowa
Jesus and
Socorro Davila
Davila
FBI
Hidalgo
Kansas City
Kaw
Jim Powers
Houston
Fire kills dozens at Abidjan nightclub Pasha
A flash fire at the Pasha nightclub in Abidjan trapped patrons on the second floor. Police said 41 people died, most Europeans, with about 12 hospitalized. The front entrance was blocked, forcing escapes through a rear window and a backyard exit as firemen arrived 20 minutes after the alarm. The club had one main doorway.
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Abidjan
Ivory Coast
UPI
West Africa
Police
Anti gay group plans national drive after Dade repeal
Miami activists report Save Our Children Inc led by Robert Brake and Anita Bryant will open a Washington office to lobby against similar bills and launch a national fundraising drive. Opponents warn of legal challenges and threaten a Miami boycott after Dade County voters repealed the gay rights ordinance 202 319 to 89 562.
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Miami
UPI
Dade County
Robert Brake
Anita Bryant
Save Our Children Inc
Washington
Congress
Edward I. Koch
D-N.y
Snake
National Committee To
Boulder
Colo
Bryant
All America
Minneapolis
San Antonio
San Francisco
Philip Carlton
Carlton
Bob Kunst
Miami Victory Campaign
Dade County Coalition For Human Rights
Kunst
Black parents vow to fight desegregation plan in Kansas City
In Kansas City, black parents promise to challenge a court approved desegregation plan that provides for busing of black students only. The Board of Education backed the plan with minor changes while U S District Judge Earle O Connor had ordered a plan to end desegregation. About 80 black residents met at a church to discuss tactics and expressed anger at the one way bus plan. Gerald Hall a board member criticized the decision and LaDora Murphy called the plan absurd but urged restraint. School officials said they would work with concerned parties while some parents threatened to keep children from school.
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Kansas City, Kan
UPI
Board of Education
U.S
Earle O'Connor
Supreme Court
Gerald Hall
LaDora Murphy
O.L. Plucker
Black Northeast
Kansas wheat crop forecast sets fresh record
Kansas crop officials project a 1977 wheat harvest of 396 million bushels, surpassing the 1973 record by 11.2 million. If realized, the yield would rise 17 percent from last year's 339 million as Kansas expects to harvest on 12 million of 13.2 million seeded acres, with national winter wheat also trimmed.
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Topeka
UPI
Kansas
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
ECLRS
Reporting Service
Burgers for Books Amnesty Hits Woonsocket Library
Harris Public Library director Charles Moore launches a 10 day amnesty offering free hamburgers for overdue books. A local fast food outlet provides coupons to patrons returning items between now and June 18, aiming to reclaim about 900 books worth 4500 dollars.
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Charles Moore
Harris Public Library
Moore
Tiny Tim Leaves Honolulu for Mainland, Police Say
Police report evidence that missing entertainer Tiny Tim boarded a Los Angeles bound jet from Honolulu with a ticket waiting for him. Detectives say sightings and a possible cross country connection remain unconfirmed as Tim left without his personal effects except his ukulele.
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Honolulu
UPI
Tiny Tim
Mainland
Tim
Herbert Buckingham Khaury
Western Airlines
Miami
New York
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Oakland
Aldine
Mission, Tex
Reynosa
Cotton Cardean Een
East Main Chanute
KCLRS
Burgers
Woonsocket, R.1
Woonsocket
Stainless
Eamodm
Santa Ee
E.imcolm
Tiny Tim Tiptoes
N. Santa Fe
Kansas City Royals
KBMA
Great Sports
Royals
Cablevision OF
Chanute
N. Lincoln
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