Indicted in Abscam Two Congressmen Deny Bribes
Rep. John Murphy and Rep. Frank Thompson Jr. faced bribery and conspiracy charges after Abscam indictments. Murphy said he refused deals with FBI agents and warned them against favors. Thompson asserted he committed no crime and denied any wrongdoing.
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John Murphy
FBI
Murphy
D-N.y
Frank Thompson Jr
D-N.j
United States
Congress
Justice Department
Thompson
New Jersey
Death toll climbs in South African race riots in Cape Town
Rioting squads backed by police moved into three mixed race ghettos in Cape Town where hospital sources report as many as 70 dead and 250 wounded. Police closed highways as gunfire echoed through Elsies River Adriaanse Estate and Eureka in a two day outbreak that rivaled Soweto 1976 violence. Hospitals warn the death toll could reach 70 with 250 injured as homes shops and cars suffer $7.6 million in damage.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Elsies River
Adriaanse Estate
Eureka
Soweto
Johannesburg
Carter heads for Rome and European summit
President Carter departs for Rome to join the Venice economic and political summit with European and Japanese leaders. He warns against reckless confrontation with the Soviet Union while stressing unity to oppose Soviet aggression and support democracy. He will meet Pope John Paul II, visit Yugoslavia, Spain, Portugal, and return June 26.
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UPI
Carter
United States
Rome
Afghanistan
Venice
Europe
Japan
Yugoslavia
Spain
Portugal
White House
West
John Paul II
Andrews Air Force Base
Air Force One
Edward Kennedy
Italy
Edmund Muskie
Colosseum
Forum
Pope John Paul II
Vatican
Rosalynn
Amy
Quirinale
Caligula ban sparks Boston court clash over porn law
Bob Guccione’s Caligula is seized as pornography in Boston and Holyoke prompting a legal fight. Guccione defends the film as paganography and vows to pursue the case to the court of last resort while Malcolm McDowell and Peter O'Toole star in the controversial release.
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Boston
Bob
Caligula
Rome
Holyoke
Guccione
Malcolm McDowell
Peter O’toole
Eric Heiden
Heiden
Kellogg’s
Eric
Chet Atkins
Steve Wariner
Richmond
Wariner
FBI
Family reunion after eight years for New Orleans wanderer
Evelyn Wilson known as Dirty Sally regained memory after two and a half years in a Louisiana nursing home. A priest helped her seek treatment and reunite with husband Frank and two children Craig and Polly in Boston. She learns son Craig has cystic fibrosis, the same disease that killed her daughter Deborah, and she vows to stay strong.
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Evelyn
Dirty Sally) Wilson
New Orleans
Fred
Polly
Boston
UPI
Sally
Latin Quarter
Evelyn Wilson
South
Deborah
Frederick
Mike Levy
Louisiana
Caildredt Craig
Mike
Wilson
Craig
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Hassan) Ayat
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