Judge orders psychiatric observation for bank hostage taker
Raymond H. Olsen 23, charged with holding 10 hostages at a New York bank to demand Patricia Hearst's release, is ordered held without bail under 24 hour guard and sent for psychiatric evaluation at Bellevue Hospital. Defense says Olsen is a spaced-out addict who may not recall last night’s events and has prior suicide attempts. Hearing set for November 7.
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UPI
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Patricia Hearst
Olsen
Manhattan Criminal Court
Morris Goldman
Stanley L. Siegel
Bellevue Hospital
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Merrick
N.Y
Miss Hearst
Grateful Dead
Prince Valiant
Goldman
Saudi Arabia Sees Oil Price Freeze
Saudi oil minister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani told UPI editors that consumers will not face the full 10 percent price rise approved last month. He urged continuing the price freeze past June 30 and said the net effect will be less than 10 percent, with Saudi policy aimed at keeping prices down.
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London
UPI
Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
United Press International Editors and Publishers
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Yamani
Sheikh Yamani
West
Oil prices and European unity urge action
Yamani argues oil price rises helped end wasteful consumption and urged careful price management for recovery. Viscount Davignon says Europe must move toward genuine union now or youth may reject opportunity. Rickard reports tiny radioactive traces in abandoned goose eggs from fallout, posing no danger.
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Yamani
Europe
Etienne Davignon
International Energy Agency
Richland, Wash
UPI
William Rickard
Hanford Reservation
Rickard
San Francisco Mayor Alioto Found In Conflict Of Interest
A jury ruled Mayor Joseph A. Alioto had a conflict of interest by guaranteeing a 5.4 million loan enabling relatives to acquire a 49 percent stake in Pacific Far East Lines. The seven men and five women advisory panel sent its verdict to Superior Court Judge Albert J. Axelrod, who planned a ruling by month’s end. The suits questioned violations of city charter provisions and the mayor’s dealings with PFEL and the Port of San Francisco.
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San Francisco
UPI
Joseph A. Alioto
Pacific Far East Lines, Inc
Superior Court
Albert J. Axelrod
Alioto
John J. Ferdon
Freighters, Inc
Kleppe Approved as Interior Secretary Nominee
Senate Interior Committee voted to recommend confirmation of Thomas S. Kleppe as Interior Secretary after he agreed to divest securities tied to natural resources from his blind trust within nine months and to abstain from future purchases. The panel approved the nomination 8 to 0 with questions about the trust's contents deemed unfounded.
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Washington
Kleppe
SBA
Maryland
FDA proposes medical exams before hearing aid sales
The FDA plans a rule requiring medical exams within six months before buying hearing aids, with waivers for adults showing no seven specified warning signals. Brochures would detail proper use, and labels would state that aids do not restore normal hearing or treat underlying conditions.
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FDA
AFL-CIO Backs Right To Strike Over Public Safety
The AFL-CIO urged Congress to guarantee the right to strike for all public employees including police and firefighters, rejecting compulsory arbitration for public safety workers. The convention rejected Wurf's plan to carve out exemptions and upheld universal strike rights despite safety concerns. In Seattle, Arctic scientists face weather delays locating a new ice base after their original floe began breaking up. no injuries reported.
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UPS
Afl-Cio
Congress
Jerry Wurf
American Federation of State
George Meany
Wurf
Baltimore
Maryland
Marvin Mandel
Seattle
University of Washington
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