Tanzania rejects demands in hostage crisis with guerrillas
U S and Tanzanian officials report three Stanford students and four others held by guerrillas in Zaire face demands from captors demanding $460,000 and the release of leaders. President Nyerere vows not to yield to blackmail while efforts to contact captors surface amid mounting concerns for hostages Carrie Hunter Kenneth Smith Emilie Bergman and Barbara Smuts.
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Tanzania
Julius Nyerere
U.S
Africa
Nyerere
Zaire
Lake Tanganyika
Carrie Jane Hunter
Atherton
Calif
Kenneth Stephen Smith
Garden Grove
Emilie van Zinnick Bergman
The
Netherlands
UFW Marchers Protest Shooting of 10 Supporters
Union activists marching toward FEI Texano Ranch in Texas after a farmer wounded 10 UFW supporters with an automatic shotgun. C L Miller Jr. surrendered and posted bond. Affected workers included Mexican laborers who boycotted melon fields amid the clash.
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United Farm Workers Union
Fei Texano Ranch
UFW
Texas
Tony Orendain
South Texas
C.L. Miller Jr
Miller
Kgbt-Tv
Union
Rogers Denies Knowledge Of Forgery In 1971 Petition
Oklahoma Secretary of State John Rogers faced a House investigation committee denying prior knowledge of forgery on the 1971 liquor by the drink petition. He admitted a pancake house meeting where forgery was discussed and said he signed but did not write letters urging an assistant's hiring, with impeachment recommendations to follow.
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U.S
Alahoma City
John Rogers
House
Rogers
Oklahoma City
Arkansas
Callaway
Gary Payne
D-Atoka
Jerry Blumenthal
Blumenthal
Norman
Cecil Drummond
Pawhuska
Rep
Payne
Secretary of State
Robert V. Sanders
Oklahomans For Modern Alcoholic Beverage Control
OMABC
Sanders
Kegan
Bucharest
David Hall
State Supreme Court
Hall
High Court
Tulsa
Thomas RK. Brett
State Senate
David Boren
Senate
Robert Murphy
Stillwater
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Beren
Loopholes Save Top Taxpayers Over $7.3 Billion
A Treasury study reports the wealthiest 160000 taxpayers saved 7.3 billion dollars last year through loopholes. They paid higher brackets but benefited from deductions for state local taxes mortgage interest and charitable contributions.
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Ashington
United States
Treasury Department
Treasury
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Surrogate Moms Thinking Of Cash
A Los Angeles area housewife notices money is the main lure for responders to her surrogate mother ad in the San Francisco Chronicle. She cannot have children and says offers range up to a thousand to two thousand plus hospital bills, far below other couples’ asks. A separate ad by a Sunday school teacher with an infertile wife has drawn over 100 replies, some offering to carry the child free.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles Area
San Francisco Chronicle
California Senate approves farm labor bill in holiday session
California Senate approves Gov Brown plan for state supervised secret elections for union recognition as part of a landmark farm labor measure. The compromise earns support from Cesar Chavez United Farm Workers and Teamsters while factions warn of risks to agriculture. Elections could be held as early as September if the bill clears Assembly hurdles.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Senate
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers Union
Teamsters Union
State Senate
Clare Berryhill
San Joaquin Valley
Ceres
C. L. Miller Jr
World Population Programs Spur Slower Growth in Poor Nations
Washington AP reports rising interest in family planning as a tool to slow population growth in impoverished countries. Lawrence R. Kegan of the Population Crisis Committee cites UN funding demand surpassing $80 million and notes mixed success of birth control in India and China, with cooperation from many Catholic nations.
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Washington
Lawrence R. Kegan
Population Crisis Committee
Kegan
Washington Journalism Center
Bucharest
India
People’s Republic of China
Memorial Day toll rises as teen dies in Oklahoma crash
Del City teen Sally A. Wainscott, 17, died from injuries after a motorcycle passenger collision in Oklahoma City. Newcastle boy Mark W. Larson, 12, was killed when a car crossed the center median on Interstate 240. Other fatalities followed in Cherokee and Garvin counties.
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Associated Press
del City
Oklahoma
Sally A. Wainscott
Oklahoma City
Mark W. Larson
Newcastle
Lou Ann Brady
Conway
Ark
Tulsa
Tahlequah
Oklahoma 82
Cherokee County
Cleo M. Vanhouten
Pauls Valley Hospital
U.S. 29
Interstate 33
Garvin County
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Stanford University
Jane Goodall
Milan
Italy
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Linda Callaway
Ron Shotts
R-Moore
Mondale
Cash
California Senate
Twe Assem
United Nations
Vatican
Mayaguez
Charles Miller
Cambodia
McLoud (Ap
McLoud Honor Farm
Louis Donnell Evans
Oklahoma County
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