Korea Lets Park Return to Testify in Koreagate Case
South Korea agrees under U S pressure to allow millionaire Tongsun Park to return to Washington and testify on Koreagate. Park seeks immunity from a 36 count indictment over mail fraud bribery and tax evasion tied to U S Korean rice sales in the early 1970s. U S diplomats say negotiations continue with no final agreement.
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South Korea
UPI
U.S
Tongsun Park
Washington
United States
Park
Capitol Hill
State Department
Ken Brown
Foreign Ministry
Korea
Alfred Sheinwold on a tricky bridge hand in 1977
The column reports a North American bid faced with a challenging club and diamond sequence. South finds a winning plan after the ruff by East, leading to a recommended two diamonds bid and spade raise sequence. The Los Angeles Times note invites readers to request a backgammon booklet by mail.
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South
Dummy
North
Alfred Sheinwold
P.O. Box
Los Angeles
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Navy helicopter ditching near San Clemente Island
Six Navy crewmembers escaped serious injury after a controlled ditching of their helicopter about 40 miles south of San Clemente Island. The craft sank in about 5000 feet of water west of San Diego before rescue teams from USS Sterett recovered the crew. Officials cited mechanical problems reported shortly after takeoff from North Island as the likely cause. one sailor sustained a sprained ankle.
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Coronado
Calif
North Island
Sid Hudson to Tour for City of Hope
Sid Hudson a Las Vegas dry cleaning executive and City of Hope National Man of the Year for 1978 will undertake a 15 city tour next week for testimonial dinners and functions. The 30 year resident was honored in Detroit by Mayor Coleman Young in a Oct 30 event attended by about 1000. A testimonial dinner is planned March 12 at the Las Vegas Hilton before a Rome trip next year to meet the Pope.
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Sid Hudson
City of Hope National Medical Center
Hudson
Hudson Cleaners
City of Hope
Detroit
Coleman Young
Las Vegas Hilton
Rome
Raleigh Hills Hospital
Nevada
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