Kolwezi recaptured by French Belgian troops in Congo
French and Belgian paratroops linked up to recapture Kolwezi after eight days of siege. AZAP reported 60 European men killed by rebels and their wives raped. Belgium held Kolwezi airport while refugees were flown to Kamina. U.S. transports delivered supplies.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
Kolwezi
AZAP
Kamina
Defense Ministry
Legionnaires
United States
White House
Jody Powell
Bus Shooting Injures Eight From Philadelphia Zoo Outing
A school bus carrying 50 students and four adults from Downingtown Junior High School was hit by a high powered rifle bullet on the Schuylkill Expressway near Philadelphia. Eight students were injured, Krista Lang among the most seriously, all treated and released. Police have no leads or suspects and the driver proceeded to Paoli Hospital.
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Philadelphia
James F Kisenhardt
Downingtown Junior High School
Schuylkill Expressway
Krista Lang
Downingtown
Paoli Hospital
Miss Lang
Eisenhardt
Krista
Joseph Gudosh
Stamp hike to 15 cents approved by USPS board
The Postal Service plans a May 29 price rise from 13 to 15 cents for first class letters, expected to raise about $1.9 billion annually. Stamps will be sold without a printed price due to a shortage of 15 cent stamps. The decision passed 5-1 at a secrecy cloaked meeting of governors.
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Washington
Postal Service
Board of Governors
Peru declares emergency after protests nationwide in Lima
Peru's military government declared a state of emergency to restore normality after nationwide demonstrations that left at least 11 dead. President Francisco Morales Bermudez convened his 14 member cabinet and announced plans to address the nation tonight about the emergency and price hikes for gasoline, food, electricity and transport.
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Lima
Peru
Francisco Morales Bermudez
Narita Airport opening met with mass protest and violence
Thousands of protesters fought police outside Narita as the terminal opened. Rioters hurled rocks and firebombs, damaged air traffic cables, and a truck was set ablaze while officers used water cannons. Three hours of flight disruption and 114 domestic cancellations followed amid prior deadly riots and arrests.
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Narita
Japan
Narita Airport
Tokyo
Shingo Adachi
Haneda International Airport
Haneda
Tokyo Air Traffic Control Center
Tokorozawa
Rocket on its way to twin Venus takes Pioneer Orbiter
An Atlas Centaur rocket launched the Pioneer Venus Orbiter from Cape Canaveral at 9 13 am EDT. The drum shaped 1300 pound craft is to reach Venus by December 4 and orbit for at least eight months. The sister satellite will fly in August to surface Venus probes. The $250 million program aims to map Venus by radar study its atmosphere and cloud cover.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Venus
Earth
NASA
Hugh Harris
Senate assets show wealth gap among members and spouses
Newly released disclosure forms reveal 15 senators reporting assets of at least one million dollars and 23 with assets over that threshold. Among the wealthiest are Edward Kennedy, H. John Heinz III, and John Danforth whose holdings reach into the tens of millions, while others show smaller sums and varied liabilities.
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Washington
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
H. John Heinz III
R-Pa
John C. Danforth
R-Mo
Persha
Kennedy
Danforth and
Heinz
Danforth
Ralston Purina
Cincinnati man acquitted after claiming self defense in wife murder
Jack Hennessee, 55, was found not guilty by a Hamilton County jury of murdering his common law wife Marilyn Gilboy Hennessee. He testified he killed her with a sledgehammer in self defense as she beat him in the garage and said he tried to dispose of the body on Lookout Mountain, Georgia. The panel deliberated nine hours.
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Sen. Russell Long
Dla
Daddy Huey
Kingfish
Sen. S. I. Hayakawa
California Republican
Cincinnati
Jack Hennessee
Hamilton County
Mountain
Hennessee
GM backs anti inflation drive at 5 percent pay rise limit
General Motors will cap executive salary and bonus increases at 5 percent this year to support President Carter’s anti inflation program. Chairman Thomas Murphy announced the cap at the annual meeting as Ford Motor Co had said its management pay would rise significantly less than in recent years. United Auto Workers President Fraser urged GM to keep price increases in check for consumers.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Carter
Thomas Murphy
Ford Motor Co
Murphy
United Auto Workers
Douglas A. Fraser
General Motors
Firestone under scrutiny for tire safety record
Firestone, a leading rubber maker, is pressed by a House subcommittee to defend the safety of its Steel Belted Radial 500 tire. Rep. John Moss links the Firestone tire to 15 deaths and 31 injuries in 16 blowouts, as witnesses cite repeated failures and separations, prompting Friday hearings on the issue.
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Washington (Ap) Firestone
House Oversight and Investigations
John Moss
Weekend Forecast Promises Mild, Dry Days Ahead
The outlook shows afternoon thunderstorms today with highs in the low 80s. Showers end tonight with lows in the low 50s. Sunday remains fair and cooler with highs in the mid 70s. Extended forecast calls for fair, mild weather through Wednesday with highs in the 70s and lows in the upper 40s and 50s.
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Riverside
R.J
Women’s and Infants Hospital
Providence
Paul Cavarrot
Brussels
Gydosh
Senate Is Rich Men’s Club
Sen
John Tower
Texas
Tower
Patrick Leahy
Dvt
James Abourezk
D-S.d
William Hathaway
Maine
Firestone Tire
California
Democrat
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