Congo President Ngouabi Assassinated as Coup Proclaimed
President Marien Ngouabi was shot dead in Brazzaville. A military committee seized power and a Capt. Kikadidi led the attack at the army staff quarters. Congo curfew and mourning were announced by the BBC monitor in London.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
Marien Ngouabi
People’s Republic of the
Kikadidi
London
British Broadcasting Corp
BBC
African Monitor Service
Congo
Wilson Abel Ndessabeka
Ngouabi
Republic
France
Alphonse Massamba-Debat
Congo Republic
Zaireina
Punishment Not Purpose Of Transfers
Federal Power Commission Chairman Richard L. Dunham denies transfers of 29 FPC attorneys were retaliation for criticism of oil companies. He says moves aimed to reduce backlogs, not punishment, as hearings by Rep. John Dingell press for linkage to natural gas case transfers involving Russell Mamone and George Lewnes. Dunham cites backlog as motive.
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Tom Raum
Associated Press
Washington
Federal Power Commission
Richard L. Dunham
FPC
Dunham
House Commerce
John Dingell
D-Mich
Russell Mamone
Lewnes
Mamone
Congress
U.S. Mission Returns With MIA Remains From Vietnam Flight
In Vientiane the five member presidential commission greeted by Nouphan Sithphasay as they arrived aboard a U.S. Air Force jet carrying 12 American pilot remains. The mission plans talks with Laotian officials and a Sunday meeting with President Souphanouvong before returning to the U.S. The commission aims to resolve Americans listed as missing or unaccounted for in Indochina with possible talks in Cambodia and Vietnam.
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Vientiane, Laos
U.S. Air Force
Vietnam
United States
Bangkok
Clark Air Base
Philippines
U.S
Clark
Nouphan Sithphasay
Commission
Vientiane
Souphanouvong
United Shaanseam
Leonard Woodcock
Cambodia
Radio Phnom Penh
Radio Phnom Pen
Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Reuben Conley given life in Virginia trooper murder
Superior Court Judge Lacy Thornburg sentenced Reuben Sonny Conley to a mandatory life term after a Granville County jury convicted him of first degree murder in the Nov 15 roadblock shooting that killed Virginia state trooper Garland Fisher. The defense plans an appeal within 50 days.
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Oxford
Lacy Thornburg
Reuben Sonny Conley
Conley
Virginia
Thornburg
State Supreme Court
Atlanta
Granville County
Garland Fisher
Dinwiddie County
Here
Fisher
Sandra
Beverly Haynes
John H. Pike
Hodge Wins Deceptive Label Case Over Foot Long Wieners
Charlotte lawyer John E. Hodge Jr. sued Wiener King Corp alleging a Foot Long hot dog was not 12 inches. The company conceded, pledging to sell 12 inch dogs to avoid more controversy and denying a legal violation.
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Charlotte
N.C
John E. Hodge Jr
Hodge
Wiener King
Consumer Protection Division
State Justice Department
Ronald W. Howard
Measles Cases Rise Nationwide Says CDC
The CDC reports measles cases in the first ten weeks nearly doubled from a year earlier with over 12 600 cases by March 12. Immunization gaps persist in Alaska outbreaks at Shungnak and Anchorage and in other areas, signaling continued spread without higher vaccination rates.
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Atlanta
National Center Ln Disease Control
Associated Press
Fairbanks
Anchorage
Alaska
Shungnak
Radiation area cleared after truck incident near Winston-Salem
Radiation experts announced the accident site clean in Winston Salem after a truck hauling radioactive material sparked evacuations. A state Radiation Protection Office team in Raleigh confirmed no radiation remains and a Forsyth County sheriff spokesman said the Duke Power Co. truck contained no radioactive materials.
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Winston-Salem
State Radiation Protection Office
Raleigh
Forsyth County Sheriff's Department
Duke Power Co
Women Still Held Hostages in Orlando Apartment
In Orlando Florida a gunman remained inside an apartment holding two women after three children were released at daybreak. Police said one woman identified as Alice Simmons is linked to the gunman with negotiations ongoing.
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Orlando
Fla
Alice Simmons
Twinity DuBose
Pat Carson
Aschie
Denard
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New England
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Laos
China
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High Point
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Enterprise
Carol Wilson Utley
North Carolina
Howard
U.S. Center For Disease Control
Public Health Department
CDC
Simmons
James York
Bruce Henson
Catalina Lodge
Florida
Henson
Louis Smith
Patricia Truss
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