Japan seeks landing country for Red Army terrorists
Five armed Japanese Red Army militants who seized the U S consul and 14 other hostages waited at Kuala Lumpur airport to fly to a new country. Tokyo said Libya might grant permission but voiced reluctance and Japan pressed Cuba Syria and South Yemen. Malaysian officials later said Libya had granted landing but snags remained over weapons and crew size with the terrorists as the two sides argued over crew limits.
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Malaysia
Red Army
U.S
Tokyo
Libya
Japan
Cuba
Syria
South Yemen
Japan Air Lines
Ramli Omar
Communications Ministry
Osman Cassim
Home Ministry
Sayonara
Robert C. Stebbins
Fredrik Bergenstrahle
Francis Netto
U.S. Information Service
Bernard Joseph
Joseph
President Signs Pardon For Gen. Lee
President Ford signed a resolution restoring full citizenship to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, ending a 110 year wait after his 1865 pardon request. The effort, led by Sen. Harry Byrd, culminated with Lee’s descendants attending the Arlington ceremony.
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Washington
Robert E. Lee
Lee
Ford
Andrew Johnson
Congress
State Department
National Archives
Harry F. Byrd
Ind.Va
Senate
Byrd
House
Arlington
Robert E. Lee V
UN Debating On Two Koreas Two Vietnams
United Nations Security Council opens public debate on membership bids from South Korea and two Vietnams amid behind the scenes clash over whether to consider all three together. The United States backs South Korea while China and Russia may veto the Vietnamese bids. Ambassadors urge separate handling and removal of U.S. troops from South Korea, as council president prepares agenda with Waldheim.
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N.Y
Security Council
South Korea
United States
China
Russia
U.N
Nguyen van Tuy
North Vietnam
Dinh Ba Thi
South Vietnam
U.S
North Korea
Council
Shizuo Saito
Japan
Kurt Waldheim
Austria
Poll Favors Nuclear Plants
New York AP Harris poll finds 63 percent of about 1500 U S households favor building more nuclear power plants while 19 percent oppose. The survey indicates broad public support contrasting with leaders and environmentalists.
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New York
Harris
Louis Harris
Federal workers to test flexible work hours plan
The Civil Service Commission proposed a three year experiment allowing federal employees to choose their hours around a midday core period and use credit hours to balance extra time. The trial aims to reduce absenteeism and extend service hours with minimal cost, with about 3000 US Geological Survey workers in Reston, Virginia already in a similar program reporting higher morale.
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The
Civil Service Commission
Congress
Commission Project
Barbara Fiss
U.S. Geological Survey
Reston
Fiss
Mexican jumping beans trigger fake bomb scare in Greeley
A postman feared a bomb after a package to a Greeley store made noises. Weld County deputies alerted police, bomb squad checked the box, then found the contents were Mexican jumping beans.
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Greeley
Colo
Weld County
FTC Bans Instant Tax Refund Slogan In Consumer Loans
The Federal Trade Commission ordered Beneficial Corp. and its subsidiary to stop offering loans misrepresented as instant tax refunds. The agency barred use of confidential tax data to solicit loans and prohibited further use of the "Instant Tax Refund" slogan, a registered trademark.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Beneficial Corp
Wilmington
Del
Beneficial Management Corp
Morristown
N.J
Beneficial
Runoff Required In Mississippi
Lt. Gov. William Winter leads in a Democratic primary with 128,878 votes and faces Cliff Finch in the Aug. 26 runoff. Finch trails with 99,698 votes. others divide the rest as counting continues across 1,031 of 2,133 precincts. The runoff pits Winter against Finch to challenge Carmichael and Kirksey in November.
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Jackson, Miss
William Winter
Cliff Finch
Winter
Jackson
Finch
Batesville
Dist
Alty
Maurice Dantin
Columbia
Dantin
John Arthur Eaves
Leman Gandy
Biloxi
David Perkins
Gil Carmichael
Meridian
Henry Kirksey
Evelyn Gandy
Brad Dye
Arkansas couple charged in Centralia murder case
Billie John Jones, 39, a Centralia truck driver, was found murdered in his truck with a slashed throat and multiple stab wounds. Charles Richard Bush, 30, and Shirley Irene Bush, 21, were arrested in Conway on first degree murder charges as they confessed after polygraph results. The couple reportedly met Jones in Columbia, Louisiana, and drove his body to the truck stop where it was later found.
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Billie John Jones
Arkansas
Faulkner County
Ark
Charles Richard Bush
Shirley Irene
Conway
Jones
Bush
Perry County
Merle Allison
Charles
Shirley
Little Rock
Columbia
Clawson
Missouri Election Commission May Use Patrol for Probes
Missouri Attorney General Danforth ruled the Highway Patrol may assist the Missouri Elections Commission in investigating possible violations of the Campaign Finance and Disclosure Law. The opinion answered a query from Al Kemp Jr., executive director of the commission, and cited a law requiring state law enforcement officers to provide information and aid in such investigations.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Elections Commission
Highway Patrol
Atty
John C. ‘Danforth
Danforth
al Kemp Jr
Commission
Motor City rolls out old trolleys for downtown revival
Detroit unveils three 75 year old trolley cars destined for a new urban line along Washington Boulevard to revitalize the downtown economy. City planner Alex Pollack notes the plan costs about 600000, with 40 passenger cars and fares of 25 or 10 cents, possibly free if demand soars.
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Motor City
Washington Boulevard
Alex Pollack
U.S
Pollack
General Motors
State Highway Department
Cobo Hall
St. Louis
Proposals on Liquor Taxes Kept Secret
Washington AP HEW blueprints urge higher liquor taxes and ad limits to curb alcohol harm and seek federal caps on cigarette tar and nicotine. Reports note the suggestions require Congress, none are mandated, and Weinberger resists public release as he prepares to depart HEW.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Caspar W. Weinberger
Nile
Department
Weinberger
University of Alabama
F. David Mathews
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