Ugandan health minister defects to Britain
Henry Kyemba, Uganda's health minister and ally of Idi Amin, defects and seeks asylum in Britain. He accuses Amin of killings and identifies Dora Bloch and Archbishop Janani Luwum among massacre victims in Uganda since 1971. He cites a Sunday Times interview and cites estimates from 50,000 to 300,000 killed.
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London
Henry Kyemba
Uganda
Idi Amin
Britain
Home Office
London Sunday Times
Kyemba
Amin
Dora Bloch
Bloch
Miller
International Commission of Jurists
Foreign Office
Commonwealth Confernce
Sunday Times
World Health Organization
Geneva
The
Kenya
Henry
Susan
Nairobi
Drowning victim found with two bullet wounds
A 24 year old man from La Crosse, Michael Bentzen, was found in the Mississippi River with two bullet wounds while officials say the death appears to be drowning. The case is under investigation by Houston County Sheriff and La Crosse Police with bullet fragments recovered.
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Brownsville
Minn
la Crosse
Mississippi River
Houston County
Philip H. Utz
Michael Hurley Bentzen
Farnam St
Utz
Houston County Sheriff Department
Bentzen
Clayton Bentzen
Farnam St la Crosse
Minnesota
Minnesota Crime Bureau
Schumacher Funeral Home
U S Pressure Seen On South Africa and Rhodesia Over Racial War
U S warnings to South Africa and Rhodesia urged power handovers to black majorities or face possible full scale race war. Rhodesia leader Ian Smith defended raids into Mozambique claiming defensive action while expanding the draft as South Africa's Vorster voiced frustration with Western mediation and U S pro-black stance.
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U.S
South Africa
Washington
Carter
Rhodesia
Africa
Subcontinental
United States
Britain
Namibia
South West Africa
Republic of South Africa
John Vorster
Waler B. Mondale
Vienna
Ian D. Smith
Mozambique
Smith
Vorster
Mondale
America
Molitor resigns from Western Wisconsin Health Agency
Eugene Molitor of West Salem will leave as executive director of Western Wisconsin Health Systems Agency effective July 15 to become associate director of the Southeastern Wisconsin Health Systems Agency in Milwaukee. Molitor, 45, has led WWHSA since its formation and previously headed its predecessor group. A nine member committee will search for his replacement.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Western Wisconsin Health Systems Agency
WWHSA
Milwaukee
Eugene Molitor
West Salem
Southeastern Wisconsin Health Systems Agency
Molitor
Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
Marquette University
University of Wisconsin
The
Wisconsin
Western Wisconsin Health Planning Organization
la Crosse
Ristow
Transit ridership rises at La Crosse system in May 1977
La Crosse Municipal Transit Utility reports fare box passengers up 6.8 percent in May 1977 versus May 1976 with 67 598 riders. For January–May 1977 fare passengers rose 6.5 percent from the same period in 1976, totaling 418 737 riders.
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la Crosse
Board of Public Works
Gers
Prairie du Chien to air charges against sewer chief
Prairie du Chien officials schedule a closed meeting Monday to air allegations against sewer superintendent Charles Welsch. Mayor Jack McPhee suspended Welsch with pay on May 26 after a seven week probe into falsified water quality records and improper chemical orders costing the city. State agencies confirm investigations into the charges and water quality testing at the plant.
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Prairie DU Chien
Common Council
Charles Welsch
Jack McPhee
Welsch
State Department of Natural Resources
DNR
The
Tribune
McPhee
State Attorney General's Office
John la Fontain
Inside Iowa youth collapse on field at age 15 in 1969
Tribune notes page 7 by Gayda Hollnagel evaluates Amtrak. Page 9 covers Central’s track team tying for 13th but winning the 880 yard run on page 23.
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Iowa
Tribune
Gayda Hollnagel
Amtrak
Central
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Roger Hawkins
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U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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