Dutch holdout Moluccans block trains and school in Assen
Dutch authorities cut telephone links between two groups of South Moluccan militants and ringed a school remain holding 59 hostages in the building and a train nearby near Assen. Negotiations stall as 1,200 troops and hundreds of police surround the sites and demand the release of 21 prisoners.
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Assen
The
Netherlands
Justice Ministry
Indonesia
Dutch East Indies
A.J. Fonteijn
Bovensmilde
Dick Mulder
Moluccan
Celebes
West Irian
Jakarta
Imprisoned American Victor Herman Reunites With Daughters at Kennedy
Victor Herman an American who spent 19 of his 45 years in the Soviet Union and hard years in a Siberian camp embraced his daughters Svetlana and Janna at Kennedy Airport. He hopes his wife Galina and mother in law Tanya can join them in Detroit next year. He is believed to be one of the last Americans from 1931 Ford project to return.
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New York
Victor Herman
Siberia
Soviet Union
Kennedy Airport
Galina
Tanya
Detroit
Herman
Ford Motor Co
United States
Montreal
Svetlana
Janna
Air Canada
Kennedy
British Airways
Raft
Russia
Ukraine
Gorky
U.S
High Point Enterprise Subscription Rates Notice
The High Point Enterprise announces mail and carrier subscription rates including 1 2 and 6 month options with quarterly and annual pricing. The notice states rates in North Carolina and notes AP news use rights and carrier independence with advance payments not the paper’s responsibility.
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High Po Point Int Enterprise
High Point Nt’ Enterprise
O Hee Tet Church Avengemen
N.C
Associated Press
AP News
High Point
High Point Enterprise, Inc
London Associates
National Advertising
Fire kills 160 at Jacksonville State University event
A deadly blaze at a crowded venue killed 160 people including Clark Mayfield's son and staff. entertainer John Davidson escaped. A Cabaret Room with comedians Jim Teter and Jim McDonald housed the show before flames forced an exit. Busboy Walter Bailey helped alert patrons as smoke spread rapidly. Davidson survived unharmed, later explaining the fire’s swift spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Mayfield
Jacksonville State University
Jim Teter
Jim McDonald
John Davidson
Mary Ann Kitka
Walter Bailey
Bailey
Davidson
Los Angeles
River Projects Hit Snag in Public Works Bill
The Falls of the Neuse Dam, B Everett Jordan Dam, and Randleman Lake face cuts in a $10.2 billion public works bill after the House Appropriations Committee trims three percent. If approved, Neuse and Jordan funding drop to $14.5 million and $9.4 million respectively, risking delays and possible foregone aspects next year. President Carter demands removal of 17 water projects, threatening a veto. Rep Ike F Andrews notes likely futility in restoring Neuse funds. U S Corps spokesman Dave Hewitt warns delays may occur.
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Raleigh
Neuse
North Carolina
Carter
Congress
Jordan
Randleman Lake
Ike F. Andrews
Dn.c
First Lady Rosalynn Carter Begins Seven Nation Latin Tour
Rosalynn Carter departs Brunswick on a 13 day Latin American tour aimed at more than goodwill. She plans daily reports to President Carter and Secretary Vance on talks with leaders along the route. Amy Carter joins the departure as the First Family travels from St Simons Island.
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Brunswick
Rosalynn Carter
United States
Latin America
Carter
Amy Carter
Ethiopians Order Americans Out
In Addis Ababa the Ethiopian Marxist government orders a major cut in the U S presence. Thirty two American officials and their families will start leaving Tuesday as embassies adjust. Britain and Egypt receive similar instruction to close military attach offices.
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Nairobs
Kenya
Ethiopia
U.S
Addis Ababa
Britain
Egypt
Man Builds Geodesic Bubble Home Near Chapel Hill
A Chapel Hill area family lives in a three-quarter sphere geodesic dome built by architect Giles Blunden. The 26 foot high 36 foot wide structure rests on elevated poles and contains two floors three bedrooms and about 1300 square feet. Blunden funded about 12000 dollars in materials with labor doubling the cost. Neighbors were startled yet amused by the unconventional home amid community conservative norms.
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Chapel Hill
Giles Blunden
Pat
Blunden
Bunden
Stolen Audubon Watercolors At Key West Museum
Police report thieves stole over 400 Audubon watercolors of North American birds valued at 400000 dollars from the Audubon house museum. The prints dating to 1827 are the rare elephant folios on display until the break in. A burglar alarm was disabled during the theft.
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Key West
Fla
James J. Audubon
Audubon House
Tower Weds Washington Attorney at SMU
Senator John Tower of Texas and Washington attorney Lilla Burt Cummings married for the second time in a ceremony at Southern Methodist University. Tower, 51, heads the Senate’s Alican Leadership Conference. his prior marriage ended six months ago. Cummings, 48, is a former member of the District of Columbia zoning board. The ceremony was led by Rev. David Switzer.
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Washington
John Tower
Texas
Lilla Burt Cummings
Southern Methodist University
Tower
Senate
Alican
Cummings
Zoning Board of Adjustment
District of Columbia
David Switzer
Legislation Aims to Aid North Carolina Deaf Community
Asheville AP report shows Tanya Nix backing a bill to form a North Carolina Council for the Hearing Impaired to oversee interpreter services under the Department of Human Resources. About 350,000 residents have some hearing loss and 42,000 are functionally deaf. the measure seeks a $195,000 appropriation to fund interpreters and improve access to education.
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Asheville
Tanya Nix
North Carolina Registry of Interpreters For the
North Carolina
Department of Human Resources
Nix
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