Plea to save British lecturer disregarded
In Kampala Uganda President Idi Amin rejected Britain Queen Elizabeth II appeal to spare Denis Hills a 61-year-old retired lecturer convicted of treason. Amin said only British Foreign Secretary James Callaghan could save Hills before Monday and would consider the political aspects if Callaghan arrives. The plan involved expelling Ugandan exiles and halting propaganda, while Hills stood to be executed at the site of a 1898 massacre unless action occurred.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Radio Uganda
Amin
Hills
Uganda Rifles
Uganda
Sir Chandos Blair
King’s African Rifles
Ian Grahame
Kampala
London
Africa
Blair
Brussels
the Common Market
Hill
Callaghan
Stanley Smolen
Hostages letters bring renewed optimism on return hopes
U S and Dutch embassies received letters Friday from Carrie Hunter Kenneth Smith and Emilie Bergmann claiming the three hostages are in good health and offering renewed confidence in a safe return The letters dated June 15 16 and 17 were deemed urgent by the U S and Dutch governments The trio were captured May 20 from a wildlife research station in western Tanzania Barbara Smuts was released after a ransom demand of 500000 and 60 day deadline passed Tanzania has not met the demands
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U.S
Carrie Jane Hunter
Atherton
Calif
Kenneth Stephen Smith
Garden Grove
Stanford University
Emilie Bergmann
Holland
Ture
Tanzania
Barbara Smuts
Ann Arbor
Mich
American businessman dives into English gang bust as undercover buyer
Mark Yarry, a 40 year old New Yorker, posed as a gangster to aid Scotland Yard in cracking a counterfeit ring led by Cyril Fentiman. After nine weeks undercover, Yarry helped seize forged notes worth about 138000 dollars, earning five years for Fentiman and ending Yarry’s job with a U.S. eyeglass firm. He remains in seclusion in England amid safety concerns.
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London
Mark Yarry
Scotland Yard
Cyril Fentiman
Bank of England
Fentiman
Yarry
Jim Goldie
Pilgrimage of faith from Wichita to Kansas City
A religion editor recounts a Midwest pilgrimage mixing faith and life. He profiles his 89 year old mother Dr May H Clutter an ordained minister, visits Swope Ridge Convalescent Home and a 20 year wedding anniversary Mass at St James Church. He meets old friends in Wichita including Darrell Bartee Joanna Kruckenberg and Betty Dickerson while noting urban renewal progress and a joyful youth service at St Luke's Episcopal Church with dancing and hymns.
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Kansas City
May H. Clutter
Pioneer
Nebraska
Edward Clutter
St. James Church
America
Dale
Darrell Bartee
Peace Corps
Colombia
Tropics
Joanna Kruckenberg
Cop
Department of Administration of Justice
Wichita State University
Marka Bianchi
Rockies
Jim Fisher
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Don Granger
Wichita Eagle
Betty Dickerson
Bill
Dean
Edie Lesler
St. Luke’s Episcopal
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