Rogers Signs U S Czech Pact in Prague Visit
Secretary of State William P. Rogers signed a consular agreement with Czechoslovakia marking the first such pact between the two nations since World War II. The accord, described as a significant step, expands consular facilities and sets time frames for contact with nationals detained by police. Rogers, arriving from Helsinki, planned talks with Premier Strougal and party leader Husak as part of a broader outreach.
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Prague
UPI
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Bohuslav Chnoupek
United States
Czechoslovakia
Helsinki
Chnoupek
Secret Service
Lubomir Strougal
Gustav Husak
Communist Party
Guerrilla raid on Rhodesian mission sparks hostage search
Rhodesian troops and trackers comb jungle near the Mozambique border for guerrillas who seized 292 students and staff from St. Albert's mission. Thirteen hostages remain missing with teachers and workers feared among captives. authorities say the group is within 40 miles of Mozambique.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
UPI
Mozambique
Egon Rojek
St. Albert's Mission
Ian Smith
Britain
Rojek
Bathtub sailor sails to near International Dateline
Leonard Moore, 48, of Oakland California sailed a used bathtub five miles into the Bering Sea from Wales Alaska releasing 1000 letters of friendship from Americans to Russians. He faced six foot seas and rain and returned to Wales saying the trip was weather constrained.
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Wales
Alaska
UPI
California
Bering Sea
Leonard Moore
Oakland
Moore
Siberia
Russia
The
Ussr
United States
California governors mansion plans draw denouncement
Secretary of State Edmund G Brown Jr and Senate leader George Moscone condemned a 1.3 million mansion planned for Carmichael overlooking the American River and on a Maidu burial site. Brown called it unnecessary luxury and “virtual Taj Mahal” while Moscone warned it would widen the divide between Californians.
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Edmund G. Brown Jr
Senate
Democratic
George Moscone
San Francisco
Brown
Carmichael
American River
Nationwide severe weather sweeps across Plains and Texas
Violent weather disrupted the northern Plains with tornadoes in South Dakota and flash floods in South Texas. Heavy storms dumped rain along the Texas coast while dust storms reduced visibilities near Phoenix. Toward the Midwest and Great Lakes showers extended from New Mexico to Minnesota as heat surged in the Northeast and West Coast.
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United Press International
Plains
South Texas
South Dakota
Texas
San Antonio
Hill Country
Arizona
Phoenix
Superstiition Mountains
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Rockies
Dakotas
Iowa
Minnesota
Great Lakes
New York City
Steubenville
Ohio
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
West Coast
Alpena
Mich
Needles
Calif
Protester Simpson Celebrates Birthday in Capitol Custody
Robert H. Simpson, a longtime Capitol protester and dean of demonstrators, was arrested for the 234th time after a birthday cup of coffee. He returned to the rotunda for cake with tourists, insisting his actions defend the right to complain.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Robert H. Simpson
State Capitol
Simpson
Capitol
Catherine van Dyke
Hamburg
N.Y
Ireland
Salvation Army
Nixon
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
John Summers
R. H. Simpson
van Dyke
Crackdown on Obscene Material Spreads Nationwide
Authorities raid blue movies and seize hard core sex books as states adopt antipornography laws after the Supreme Court ruling allowing local standards. Playboy plans editorial adjustments. many towns have already removed magazines while some states must rewrite laws to fit the new standard.
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Supreme Court
UPI
Playboy Magazine
Senator Nelson questions drug firms two price policy abroad
Sen Gaylord Nelson says drug industry's explanations for pricing drugs overseas at half the U.S. price are unsatisfactory. He cites a Justice Department study backing findings that firms charge domestic wholesalers lower prices for exports, despite higher transport costs.
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Washington
UPI
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Nelson
U.S. District Court
Sylvester E. Ryan
Senate Select Committee On
Eli Lilly & Co
Justice Department
Congressmen tour Alaska pipeline route for trans Alaskan bill
Six House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee members viewed 48 inch pipe and met oilmen on a three day tour across Alaska. They gathered information to advance a bill to remove obstacles delaying the trans Alaskan pipeline. In Rapid City Governor Milliken urged delaying final decision to favor a trans Canadian route saying oil is needed east of the Rockies. At Valdez they saw 420 miles of pipe stored since the project stalled three years ago due to lawsuits and environmentalist criticism.
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Anchorage
Alaska
UPI
Washington
Rapid City
S.C
William G. Milliken
Milliken
Rockies
House
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Port of
Valdez
Explosion toll rises to eight in Kingman gas tanker blast
Eight people died and 70 were injured as a propane tank car exploded in Kingman Arizona. Among the dead were five volunteer firefighters and school principal Richard Lee Williams who died from severe burns. Funeral services began for Casson as investigators reassemble wreckage.
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Kingman, Ariz
UPI
Richard Lee Williams
Good Samaritan Hospital
Phoenix
Ariz
Bill Casson
Las
Vegas
Nev
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