Lobster for inmates highlights jail crowding in St Louis
Two prisoners and guards dined in luxury at Chase Park Plaza in rooms overlooking Forest Park. Sheriff Percich says the hotel stay was a protest against jail overcrowding, while hotel officials prepare a potential damage suit. Thirty six dollars billed for rooms and meals plus a two dollar tip are part of the dispute as the city faces federal limits on jail population and out-of-town housing.
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ST. Louis
Chase Park Plaza
Raymond C. Percich
Percich
Forest Park
Itate
Eugene J. Camp
Chase Park
Scott Morrison
New City
West End
Morrison
Missouri
Kansas City
Miami
U.S. Justice Department
Edward J. Gurney
Florida
Tampa
Gurney
Justice Department
Joseph Bastien
Bastien
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Bangladesh Shakeup Shocks Government and Army
Bangladesh announced four cabinet ministers resigned with two arrested on corruption charges. President Mushtaque Ahmed's power appears diminished after a military realignment naming Khalid Sharef as army chief, amid high level negotiations and a presidential decree.
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New Delhi
Bangladesh
India
Khondakar Mushtaque Ahmed
Mushtaque Ahmed
Khalid Musharef
Ziaur Rahman
Food aid rule tightens to aid neediest countries
The Senate added an 80 percent minimum of food for peace loan credits to aid the poorest nations. The amendment, approved 52 to 39, targets allocations to countries with per capita GNP under 250 dollars, under a foreign aid bill.
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Washington
Senate
Mark O. Hatfield
R-Ovo
Threats prompt security for Calley at ASU appearance
Authorities boosted security for Lt. William Calley as he prepared to address Grady Gammage Auditorium in Tempe after threats alleging SLA ties surfaced. A caller warned of danger, and copies of letters were sent to The Associated Press and The Arizona Republic, with Phoenix police promising heavy airport and campus protection.
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William Calley
Arizona State University
Tempe
Symbionese Liberation Army
ASU
Associated Press
Arizona Republic
Phoenix
Allen C. McKinzie
SLA
McKinzie
Sky Harbor
Calley
Grady Gamma
Wife of Australian envoy mugged near Embassy Row
Lady Catherine Shaw wife of Sir Patrick Shaw Austrailian ambassador to the United States was mugged on Washington's Embassy Row. She suffered facial and hand abrasions and was hospitalized overnight in good condition with a purse snatching incident in daylight.
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Thailand
South Vietnam
United States
Liberation Radio
Thuong Tin
Guam
Saigon
Washington
White House
Ford
China
Peking
George Bush
Central Intelligence Agency
Embassy Row
Catherine Shaw
Sir Patrick Shaw
Shaw
Peter Townsend
George VI
London
Princess Margaret
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Danny Hampton
Eugene Frison
Beirut
Lebanon
Rashid Karami
Karami
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Camille Chamoun
U.S
Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
United Opposition Front
Franco
Juan Carlos de Borbon
Wichita
Kan
Pat McEwen
Lady Shaw
Nielson
Francis O’donnell
Frank Rizzo
O’donnell
Democratic City Committee
Pocahontas
James
G. William Whitehurst
Virginia
Norfolk
Old Dominion College
Townsend
Antibion
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