Tanker rams oil rig and two missing off Louisiana coast
An oil tanker struck a crewboat 75 miles off the Louisiana coast, leaving two men missing after the collision with the Stolt Viking. Rescue efforts targeted the Candy Bar crew, with one captain and a deckhand saved, as investigators planned to question the tanker crew.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Coast Guard
Candy Bar
Stolt Viking
Cameron
Galveston
Grand Isle
Pelican Island
Pony cruelty case draws global sympathy and hate mail
Plaistow police say Barbara Reed, not owner of the malnourished Shetland pony King, has become a hate mail target after the animal’s plight drew worldwide sympathy. SPCA and veterinarians say the hoofs were long but the pony’s condition was less severe than feared. the pony now is in another owner’s care in Rockingham County.
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Plaistow
N.H
Barbara Reed
King
Alexander Brown Jr
Reed
Europe
Hawaii
Union
Rockingham County
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
SPCA
Walton Hilton
Minister ousted over slander at Bethel Baptist Church
Westfield New Jersey AP Rev Miles Austin, temporarily ousted from Bethel Baptist Church pulpit after five deacons accused him of slander and neglect of duties. Judge Ackerman sent case back to congregation for judgment with a special meeting planned for January to decide if he remains as pastor. The minister pledged to continue preaching amid the dispute and claimed the work would go on despite removal.
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Austin
Eel Life Cycle: Salt to Fresh Water Migration and Spawn
The eel is the only marine spawned fish known to migrate from salt water to freshwater and back, undertaking a roughly fifteen year life cycle to spawn and die in the oceans.
Six wounded at funerals in South Africa unrest
Police fired on mourners in black townships around Port Elizabeth wounding six during funerals for four blacks believed killed by security forces amid South Africa's unrest sparked by Steve Biko's death in police custody. A white man and a black man also shot in Durban with no linked motive. others injured include Richard Turner killed and Stephen Mishall wounded in separate incidents.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Port Elizabeth
Steve Biko
Durban
Richard Turner
Stephen Mishall
Debris Signal Sighting From Indian Freighter Chandra Gupta
Coast Guard search planes spotted debris 1000 miles northwest of Honolulu from the 637 foot freighter Chandra Gupta, which reported taking on water four days earlier. A lifeboat and life raft were found scattered over a 36 mile area as crews continue to scour the seas for the 70 aboard.
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Honolulu
Here
Coast Guard
Jim Gilman
Chandra Gupta
Portland
Ore
Iran
Woman seeks share of Hunt estate in bigamy suit
In a federal case filed in Shreveport, Atlanta woman Franna Tye Lee claims oilman H L Hunt married her from 1925 to 1934 and fathered four children while secretly wed to another. She seeks half of Hunt's estate from the 1925-34 period and half of earnings since, contending a 1942 payment and signed release are invalid.
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Shreveport
Atlanta
H.L. Hunt
Hunt
Franna Tye Lee
Lee
Dallas
Tampa
Fla
Franklin Hunt
Florida
Great Neck
N.Y
Lyda Bunker
Lake Village
Ark
Ruth Ray
Hunt Oil
East Texas
Louisiana
Aspin backs arms control pact to curb missiles
Rep. Les Aspin says approving a new U S Soviet arms control treaty would strengthen U S military, save up to 20 billion dollars by avoiding an accelerated arms race. He warns Soviets could reach 3,050 missiles and bombers vs 2,059 for the U S by 1985 without a pact.
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Washington
United States
Les Aspin
Aspin
Wisconsin Democrat
Senate
Eritrean rebels claim new gains at Massawa siege
Two Eritrean rebel factions in Beirut accuse Soviet and Cuban planes of bombing Massawa, Ethiopia's port city, for a week, killing hundreds of civilians. They say rebels regroup for a ground assault while Ethiopians allegedly used napalm in the attacks.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Massawa
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Popular Liberation Forces
Eritrean Liberation Front
Popular Front For the Liberation of
Bombardment threat found near Israeli Embassy in Brussels
A man walking dogs found two 16 inch U S made ground to air missiles aimed at the Israeli Embassy hidden on a wall 164 feet away. Army experts detonated them in a park. Investigators say the missiles were connected to a makeshift battery detonator but it failed and the terrorists fled.
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Brussels
Belgium
Italian inter-party clashes rock Rome and Florence
Rightists attacked centrists and leftists for the third day after two comrades were killed. Neo fascists firebombed a Christian Democratic office in Florence and a Communist office in Rome causing minor damage with no injuries. A Naples theater was stormed with clubs and rocks, doors broken, cars torched, no injuries among 700 patrons. A terrorist firebombed the doorway to Felice La Rocca’s Rome apartment. he and his family were unharmed.
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Rome
Christian Democratic
Florence
Naples
Felice la Rocca
Tl Messaggero la Rocca
Horowits performs in New York at Carnegie Hall Jubilee
Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performed with the New York Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall in a Golden Jubilee concert conducted by Eugene Ormandy. All performers donated services to the $168000 raised for the Philadelphia Orchestra. The show marked Horowitzs 50 year milestone since his American debut and avoided the exact 1928 anniversary due to Sunday afternoon scheduling.
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New York
Vladimir Horowitz
Horowitz
Eugene Ormandy
Philadelphia Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Horowitz. Ormandy
Orchestra
Woods Predicts South Africa Uprising Over Racial Policy
Donald Woods, the banned editor who fled South Africa, predicts a general uprising by 24 million black South Africans within three years unless policies change. He says blacks would overcome 2.5 million whites in up to 20 years, and cites the West and possibly Moscow and Peking for support if aid stops. The exile editor criticizes apartheid as an international issue, not internal policy.
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New York
Donald Woods
South Africa
Woods
Fast London Daily Dispatch
Banning
Moscow
Peking
Hitler
London
Abc-Tv
Large homeowner loans tied to home equity
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