Unclear anti American rhetoric cited in Egypt dispute
A reader laments Egypt related U S policy and accuses the State Department of misreading Middle East realities. The column notes a misstatement about a Lake Mead rescue and corrects the Marina official involved, Chuck Rowland.
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Middle East
Nasser
Russia
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Uncle Sucker
Hank
Lake Mead
Chuck Nelson
Marina
Chuck Rowland
Bus Strike Talks Continue
The plan affecting 5,000 Greyhound employees including drivers and station workers prompted San Francisco Mayor John F. Shelley to ask Labor Secretary Wirtz to broker a settlement. Federal mediators William Rose, Roger Randall and George Wilson worked with both sides while union spokesmen warned no one will be stranded if drivers walk out and directed drivers to move buses to communities with train and plane connections.
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Greyhound
San Francisco
John F. Shelley
W. Willard Wirtz
William Rose
Roger Randall
George Wilson
Union
Brown attacks Nevada gamblers and Reagan on Northern California campaign trail
Governor Edmund G. Brown campaigned through six northern counties denouncing Nevada gamblers at Lake Tahoe as threats to natural beauty. He criticized Ronald Reagan for his park policy remark, saying a new breed of despoilers jeopardizes California’s quality of life as he heads toward the June 7 primary.
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UPI
Edmund G. Brown
California
Nevada
Brown
Ronald Reagan
Gem Convention Closes Today at World of Gems and Minerals
The World's Fair of Gems and Minerals at Convention Center ends today with a 3 p.m. awards session and a 6 p.m. closing. Highlights include the Mint Hotel awards ceremony, the Ecce Homo ruby exhibit carved by Harry B. Derian worth over $100,000, and foreign displays from China Brazil East Africa among others. Over 20,000 expected visitors view displays from U S museums and hobbyists exhibit desert glass petrified wood and replicas of famous diamonds.
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American Federation of Mineralogical Societies
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United States
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Africa
Jerry’s Nugget Faces Sit-Down Strike Picket Lines
North Las Vegas casino operates as dealers refuse to play and join picket lines after AFCGE walkout over a negotiated contract. Owners claim acceptance blocked by casino attorneys. police increase presence to maintain order while wage terms were already raised pending review.
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Las Vegas
American Federation of Casino and Gaming
North
Courageous bystander halts jewel thieves at store raid
Frank Freeder, 79, jumped from his car and struck at thieves as they smashed Kutchinsky's Jewel Store display. Pedestrians joined the defense with a windscreen smash, umbrella strike, and a shouted alarm as suspects fled with diamonds and rings. The event drew in bystanders and a chair-wielding neighbor.
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Kutchinsky
Scotland Yard
Frank Freeder
Lionel Dessar
Sonia Silver
Leonard Framingham
Missing Peggy Ann details abductor method and suspect profile
The account describes an abduction following a car park on a paved road, two miles through dense woods to a dirt road, with bloodhounds tracing the path. The masked sniper motif links to prior shootings. Peggy Ann, about late 30s suspect rumor, described as surly and rough voiced. Peggy Ann belonged to Future Homemakers of America and enjoyed sewing with school fashion show attendance.
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Peggy Ann
Future Homemakers of America
Huntingdon County
Snow Color Variations Tied to Fungi and Dust in Snow
Snow can appear blue green red or black depending on location and conditions. Tiny fungi or dust particles collected by falling snow cause the unusual colors as it descends.
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Chicago
Degree training costs set at seventy five thousand dollars
New York reports the estimated cost to train a PhD in chemistry at $75,000. The figure covers stipends supplies electronic instrumentation and salaries for professors machinists technicians and other personnel.
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New York
Soviets Claim Scientists Turned Spies
Izvestia asserts the CIA recruits American and other national scientists for espionage in rocket technology and related fields. It notes several agents have visited the Soviet Union, praises exchanges, and cites Yale professor Frederick Barghoorn arrested in Moscow in 1963.
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Soviet Union
Yale
Frederick Barghoorn
Moscow
Vietnamese Marines Enter Da Nang Amid Heavy Fighting
Da Nang saw 800 to 1,000 heavily armed Vietnamese marines swarm into the First Corps compound as tanks surrounded the area. Newsmen were barred from entry while Armed Forces radio urged Americans to stay indoors. Ky reportedly prepared strong action against anti government forces and Catholic protesters gathered against U S ambassador Lodge amid signs of government moves on Saigon and Buddhist youth headquarters.
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Armed Forces
First Corps
Saigon
Thich Thien Minh
U.S
Dean Rusk
Vien Hoa Dao
Two GIs Kidnaped In Vietnam Spree Unfolds
Reports say by May 11 American planes lost total 243 over North Vietnam since Feb 7 1965 while 104 planes were lost over South Vietnam since January 1961. A U S Army Air Cavalry unit traced a kidnapped Cavalry trooper near Bong Son where he was shown off by Viet Cong before being captured. The other abductee Airman Benny L Dexter was taken from a jungle highway north of Saigon.
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North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Battalion
Guerrla
Bong Son
Hal Moore
1St Cavalry
Moore
Col. Moore
An Khe
Benny L. Dexter
Saigon
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