Saudi Crown Prince Signals Oil Price Rise and U.S. Deal Link
Crown Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia says Saudi Arabia is ready to gradually raise oil prices to reach the upper OPEC level this year. He ties cooperation to a just Middle East settlement and US pressure for peace, while promising help for U.S. energy programs.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Fahd
Saudi Arabia
OPEC
Carter
Middle East
United States
U.S
America
Khaled
al Anwar
Ten dangerous inmates escape Matteawan hospital
Ten dangerous inmates from Matteawan State Hospital escaped early Saturday by cutting through bars and scaling a barbed wire fence. Two were recaptured quickly. eight remain at large as police, state troopers, and sheriffs search from Dutchess County to New York City. The break followed a planned transfer to Marcy that is stalled by a court challenge.
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Beacon
N.Y
UPI
Matteawan State Hospital
William Schnitzer
Fishkill
SALT Pact talks continue as deadline looms
Soviet foreign minister warns treaty could give U.S. an unilateral edge while Secretary Vance says real agreement may miss the October expiry. A three year protocol and an eight year framework shape the negotiations with a tentative August China visit for Vance.
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U.S
Vance
China
President Fires General Singlaub Over Public Clash
President dismisses General Singlaub for publicly opposing Carter on Korea troop withdrawal. Singlaub warned that pulling out 40,000 ground troops over four to five years could trigger war, echoing the MacArthur conflict over chain of command and private channels.
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Carter
South Korea
Defense Department
Harry Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Carter-Singlaub
MacArthur
China
Truman
Singlaub
Washington Post
Washington
Arkie Wins Governor Cup in Calaveras Jumping Frog Prelims
Arkie the Arkansas frog, under Gov. Pryor’s banner, leaped 16 feet 8 inches to claim first in the prelude to Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee. Ice Cream from South Carolina and We’re No. 1 from Nebraska also placed, with San Francisco’s delay prompting special service. The main event runs Sunday before thousands of spectators.
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Angels Camp
UPI
Arkie
Arkansas
David Pryor
Calaveras County
North Dakota
Arthur Link
We're No. 1
Nebraska
James Exon
South Carolina
James Edwards
San Francisco International Airport
Yosemite Airlines
Denny Matasci
Two U S Pilots Join Lindbergh Celebration Flight
Two U S pilots, David Gray and Joe Wolf, landed within 15 minutes at Le Bourget, completing a Piper Cherokee hop from Farmingdale. Gray described rough air and fog over Paris while comparing his flight relief to Lindbergh’s historic crossing.
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Paris
David Gray
Joe Wolf
Farmingdale
Gray
Lindbergh
le Bourget
Toussus le Noble
Lindberg
Roosevelt Field
Las Vegas Man Arrested in Major Bookmaking Ring
A 26 year old Las Vegas man Michael Keith Roxborough was arrested and jailed in a federal bookmaking roundup tied to a Columbia South Carolina grand jury indictment. The case involves interstate gambling and transportation of wagering information with an operation estimated at $100000 per day. Six other suspects from South Carolina and one from Florida were jailed or released on bonds as authorities executed 24 search warrants.
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Las Vegas
Columbia, S.C
Michael Keith Roxborough
Eastern Ave
Roxborough
Clark County
South Carolina
Robert Lester Brown
Anderson
William H Payne
Travelers Rest
David G. Hawking
Greenville
Charles J. Devie
FBI
Brown
Payne
Devie
Carolinas
Nevada
Chilean Torture Charged by Inter-American Commission
A confidential Inter-American Human Rights Commission report accuses Chile’s right wing regime of ongoing torture and failure to prosecute torturers. It urges enforcement of detention laws, criticizes secrecy of camps, and questions jail in Montes case linked to Cuba swap talks. The panel appeals to Pinochet to rethink citizenship revocation laws.
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Washington
UPI
Chile
Inter-American Human Rights Commission
Commission
Organization of American States
OAS General Assembly
Caribbean
Grenada
Cyrus Vance
Santiago
Jorge Montes
Cuba
Huber Matos
Fidel Castro
OAS Human Rights Commission
Montes
Augusto Pinochet Ugart
Regents honor Las Vegas figures with Distinguished Nevadan awards
Board of Regents chair James L. Buchanan honors Hank Greenspun with a Doctor of Human Letters. UNLV President Dr. Donald H. Raepler and others applaud as Mabel W. Hoggard Elton Garret and former Mayor Oran Grayson receive Distinguished Nevadan Awards for lifelong contributions in education business and civic life in Las Vegas.
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Board of Regents
James L. Buchanan
Las Vegas Sun
Hank Greenspun
Center
Donald H. Raepler
UNLV
Nevada
Mabel W. Hoggard
Boulder City
Elton Garret
Las Vegas
Oran Grayson
Unlv Board of Regents
Las Vegas Regents Honor Prominent Nevadans at Commencement
The Board of Regents honored Greenspun and three other Nevadan leaders for civic achievement and service. Mabel Hoggard, Elton Garret and Oran Grayson received Distinguished Nevadan Awards for education, civic work, and city leadership. UNLV granted 986 degrees across disciplines during the ceremonies.
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Greenspun
Mabel W. Hoggard
Elton M. Garret
Boulder City
Las Vegas
UNLV
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Department of Mental Hygiene
Marcy
Utica
Gander
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Royce
Arier
Ers
Yne
George Kontalonis
Greenwood
John W James
West Palm Beach, Fla
Ken Jones
Grads
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