Americans Ordered to Leave Ethiopia as Facilities Closed
About 300 Americans were to depart Ethiopia after the leftist military government ordered the closure of five U.S. facilities. An estimated 100 U.S. staff and 200 family members would fly out, with the government giving until Wednesday but stating no pressure to meet the deadline. Facilities affected included the Information Service center and the Consulate in Asmara, plus the Military Assistance Advisory Group, Naval Medical Research Center, and Kagnew radio center.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
U.S
State Department
Washington
United States
U.S. Information Service Center
Military Assistance Advisory Group
Naval Medical Research Center
Kagnew Radio Communications Center
Asmara
Eritrea
Kagnew
Haile Selassie
Soviet Union
Carter
Eritrean Liberation Front
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with cool period
Weather forecast shows partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with a high near 60 on Tuesday and a 20 percent chance of rain. Yesterday’s high reached 67 and overnight low 5. Weekend rainfall measured 0.58 inches. Extended outlook calls for showers Wednesday and fair Thursday and Friday. The report notes Ethiopian political events and consulate closures in Asmara tied to regional tensions.
Skyride Rescue At Kings Island After Storm Binds Riders
Firefighters using a cherry picker rescued several of the 45 people trapped aboard the Skyride at Kings Island after a storm and a mechanical malfunction left riders stranded for as long as seven hours.
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Kings Island
Sheckler
Senators to press Carter on Piketon uranium plant plans
Ohio's senators Glenn Metzenbaum plan to meet President Carter to urge keeping the Piketon uranium enrichment plant at Goodyear Comic Corp site in Pike County. A decision on site location and technology is due within weeks with jobs for about 6200 and a key regional unemployment issue at stake.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Carter
Southern
Goodyear Comic Corp
Piketon
Pike County
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Robert Fri
Thenergy Research and
John Glenn
Glenn
Len Howard
Metvenbaum
D-Obie
Piketon Addition
James A Rhodes
William Harsha
K-Ohio
American Legion Hall
Fri
Federal Energy
Tennessee
Goodyear
Wallace Defends Sheriff Record Amid Grand Jury Probe
Warren County Sheriff Roy Wallace defends nine years in office at a press conference and releases the latest state audit showing no findings. He calls the grand jury inquiry political, rebuts Enquirer reports, explains a bounty and off duty security roles, and notes a fund was terminated for bookkeeping reasons. He says no disciplinary action against deputies and cites leaks and a preexisting decision to dismiss Chief Investigator Robert Cole.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Roy Wallace
Wallace
Grand Jury
Cincinnati Enquirer
Lebanon Raceway
Kings Island
Enquirer
Becky Syphers
Ralph Royal
Steve Salyer
Robert Cole
Cole
Runaway North Sea oil well plug plan under way in Norway
American experts prepare to cap the runaway North Sea crude leak off the Norwegian coast. Phillips Petroleum operates the 180 mile offshore rig as firefighters from Red Adair join a crew aboard to install a Christmas tree cap. Weather and sea conditions influence a completion window of one to three days.
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Stavanger
Norway
North Sea
Phillips Petroleum Co
Adair
Boots Hansen
Richard Hattenberg
Red Adair
Phillips
Norway braces for winds as oil slick drifts in North Sea
The wind shifts to light gale force from the south and southwest and may complicate offshore work. Antipollution teams begin cleanup as officials note the 12 mile slick drifting in the North Sea with potential to stay offshore for days. The well spewed 49 000 gallons an hour forming a 180 foot geyser.
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Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Hans Bugge
Norway
Gro Harlem Brundtland
North Sea
Denmark
Olav Carlsen
Supreme Court rejects Manson appeal in 1971 murders
The Supreme Court declined to hear Charles Manson and three followers appeal their 1971 slayings verdicts. California's fair trial ruling stood, with lawyers arguing trial errors publicity and prosecutorial misconduct. Manson faces life in prison. Kasabian key witness alleged mental incompetence issues.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Charles Manson
California Supreme Court
Manson
Los Angeles
California
Kanarek
Linda Kasabian
Miss Kasabian
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Skyride Rescue
Development Administration
Metzenbaum
Southern Ohio
Harsha
White House
Sheriff's
Sheriff Wallace
Ann Landers
Eee
Athsee
Reinervouwe
Middletown
Area
Taree
U.S. Supreme Court
Irving Kanarek
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