Freddie King dies at 42 in Dallas blues scene
Freddie King a Gilmer, Texas native and influential blues rock guitarist, died at 42 after a blood clot and ulcers. He built a Dallas base since 1962 and inspired rock guitar giants Clapton Beck and Page. King had not achieved national stardom but was hailed as Texas blues royalty.
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Freddie King
Dallas
UPI
King
Gilmer
Tex
Presbyterian Hospital
Jack Calmes
Chicago
Oten
Eric Clapton
Jeff Beck
Jimmy Page
Dogs Ride Unattended Car During Stop In Vallejo
Vallejo California police stopped a vehicle and found 26 dogs riding inside. The 62-year-old female driver was taken into protective custody for a psychiatric examination, and the dogs were placed in protective custody at the animal shelter.
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Vallejo
Calif
UPI
Prisoners End Hunger Strike In Mexican Jails
A large group of U.S. Latin American and Canadian prisoners in Mexican jails largely abandoned their 25 day hunger strike seeking parole concessions. Some inmates may continue the fast but others see no success this year and consider stopping.
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Mexico City
UPI
U.S
New York
Alice Levine
Santa Marta
Carolyn Johnson
Alameda
Calif
Philip Mallard
SLA Pal Slapped With Fine
Michael A. Bortin 28, linked to Patricia Hearst Wendy Yoshimura and others, released on probation with warning to avoid revolutionaries. Judge Lionel J. Wilson reinstated probation, fined $400 for violation, and barred association with more than a dozen people of known revolutionary tendencies.
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Oakland
UPI
Michael A. Bortin
Patricia Hearst
Wendy Yoshimura
Lionel J. Wilson
Bortin
Wilson
Bartin
U N Official Slave Charge Hits Diplomat
A United Nations official and his wife face removal of diplomatic immunity over charges they kept a Filipino woman as a slave for six years. The woman's lawyer Eugene Marley planned to ask U N Secretary General Kurt Waldheim to lift immunity from Indraprasad Patel, deputy administrator of the U N Development Agency.
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Washington
UPI
Flying Tiger
U.S
Los Angeles
Civil Aeronautics Board
Bureau of Enforcement
CAB Enforcement
Joanne Young
Anna C. Chennault
Republican National
Charles H. Wilson
D-Calif
Thomas C. Bradley
Park Chung-hee
Treasury
John Connally
New York
United Nations
Eugene Marley
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Indraprasad Patel
India
U.N. Development Agency
Patel
Alaknanda
Perlita Diza Winthal
Robert Fiske
Mendez
Aga Khan's Ex Begum Dies At Seventy In Cannes
Princess Andree, former wife of Aga Khan and mother to UNHCR head Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, dies at 70 in Cannes. She earlier lived in Aix les Bains, worked selling chocolates, and married Sir Mohammed Shah Aga Khan, a leading Ismaili leader. The obituary notes the romance that inspired a 1931 film and references unrelated legal cases involving a separate U.N. official.
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Cannes
France
UPI
Andree
Aga Khan
Andree Caron
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees
Sadruddin Aga Khan
Grand Palace Hotel
Aix-les-Bains
Sir Mohammed Shah Aga Khan
Uranium Worker Singed In Lab Fire At Battelle Northwest
A 30-year-old machinist at Battelle Northwest near Richland Washington received minor radioactive contamination after a spark from a grinder ignited depleted uranium dust. He was released after about 22 hours with no inhalation detected. Three other workers escaped contamination and cautions were taken.
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Richland, Wash
UPS
Battelle-Northwest Laboratory
Larry Rader
The
Energy and Research Development Administration
Washington City
Douglas Olesen
Battelle
Rader
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