Moluccan holdout ends as children released in Assen siege
After four days of tension in northern Holland 105 Dutch children and a teacher were freed from a village school near Bovensmilde. Ill children were moved to a hospital in Assen while seven militants remained with hostages aboard a hijacked train north of Assen, demanding freedom for jailed Moluccan extremists and a jet escape.
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Assen
Netherlands
Bovensmilde
Holland
Red Cross
Justice Ministry
Wim van Leeuwen
van Leeuwen
Justice
Andreas van Agt
van Agt
Government Crisis Center
Red Cross Center
Groningen
Carter Threatens Veto as Congress Holds Line on Spending
President Carter signals he will veto major bills if deficit reduction is not achieved. He cites the farm bill and water projects as top targets, while Congress resists cuts to social programs and balks at balancing the budget by term end. Leaders differ over target prices and bill alignment between House and Senate versions.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Congress
Carter
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Sosing
White House
Len James Abourezk
South Dakota
Community Chorale to Give Two Final Concerts Before Austrian Tour
The Middletown Community Chorale presents two season finales before its June 10 Austrian tour. On Tuesday at Garden Manor Extended Care Center at 7 p.m. and on Thursday at Mt Pleasant Nursing Home at 7 p.m. the choir will perform religious spiritual Americana and German folk songs.
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Middletown
Mt Pleasant Nursing Home
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Eef van de Vliet
Pacific
Robert Dole
R.kan
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House
Herman E Talmadge
Senate Agriculture Committee
Community Chorale
States
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Black & Decker
Trustworth
Ovac
Wtca
Rim
V Hardware Stores
Trenton
Lafe
Armbruster Hardware
East State Street
Breiel
Monroe
First National Bank OF Middletown
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