Master criminal escapes courthouse in Nice with bold motorcycle ride
Albert Spaggiari an Italian former paratrooper and right wing backer fled from a Nice courtroom by leaping from a window onto a car roof and riding away on a waiting motorcycle as police hunted him for the 10 million dollar Societe Generale bank heist. One thousand officers scoured the region while sympathizers toasted his stunt and the judge described the dramatic escape.
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Nice
France
UPI
Albert Spaggiari
Spaggiari
Societe Generale Bank
Iron ore shipments to restart from Lake Superior head
The U S Army Corps of Engineers will reopen the MacArthur Lock at St Marys River Sault Ste Marie next Wednesday enabling iron ore shipping to resume. The restart follows a Jan 18 suspension caused by severe winter ice on the Great Lakes.
Skirmishers Invade Zaire
Thousands of former Katanga rebels crossed from Angola into southern Zaire seizing towns as the invasion advances. The U S State Department plans evacuations in Shaba province while Mobutu accuses Angola of manipulation and the FNLC claims a Congolese national uprising.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
UPI
Angola
U.S. State Department
Paris
National Front For the Liberation of the Congo
FNLC
National Front
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Senate hearings to review federal disaster relief plans
Sen. Howard Metzenbaum announced spring hearings on changes to federal disaster relief programs. The Federal Disaster Assistance Administration rejected a second Rhodes request to declare Ohio a disaster area due to natural gas shortages and severe winter. Metzenbaum backs legislation for 75 percent federal funding to repair public utilities damaged by emergencies.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
James Rhodes
Metzenbaum
Weather Forecast and Local Notices
Showers and possible thunderstorms tonight with cooler temperatures in the lower 40s. Sunday remains cloudy with a chance of showers and highs in the 50s. Also listed are a marriage license filing for Eric Heyman and Diane Thomas, a birth announcement for Mr and Mrs Michael Wood, a Providence birth, and deaths of Jesse Reeley and Don C Smith in Norwalk and New London.
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Eric Jon Heyman
Norwalk
Farmer
Diane Jean Thomas
Milan
Jesse Reeley
New London
Don C. Smith
Three Hanafi Gunmen Freed After District Building Siege
In Washington the Hanafi siege ends with three leaders released on own recognizance after arraignment for armed kidnapping while eight co defendants remain jailed on bonds from fifty to seventy five thousand dollars. Prosecutor Silbert sought high bail to keep all defendants in custody, but failed for the three. The case involves potential murder charges in the death of Maurice Williams, a Howard University radio reporter. Abdul Khaalis led the sect and was freed. others from Maryland and Washington were held on bond amounts and addresses noted.
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Maurice Williams
Washington
Hamaas Abdul Khaalis
Clyde Clemon Young
Abdul Abrahman
Wheaton
Samuel L. Young
Abdul al Qawee
Phillip Alvin Young
Abdul Sallam
Kensington
Abdul Letis
Mayor Reads Radio Specs Before City Purchase
HARAHAN Louisiana residents watched as Mayor Freddie Wilcox read wattages frequencies catalogue numbers and related radio descriptions for a city purchase. He said the information was required by law to be read aloud and then offered a candid remark about his own understanding.
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Tampa
Fla
UPI
van Dyck
FBI
St. Petersburg
Holland
Nowalk Film and Local Dinners Advertised Tonight
Nowalk The Best Of Walt Disney's True Life Adventures screens at 8 tonight and 2 PM Sunday at Towne and Country Theatre. Knights of Columbus host corned beef dinner 6 to 8:30 PM at 254 E Main St. Tickets 3 dollars adults 1 50 children. American Legion Baseball benefits chicken barbecue 4 to 8 PM at American Legion Hall with adult games.
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Towne and Country
Knights of Columbus
E. Main St
American Legion
American Legion Hall
Cancer Prevention Possible, Doll States Evidence Is Overwhelming
Sir Richard Doll of Oxford argues cancer prevention is increasingly achievable and could cut late-life cancer rates by 80 to 90 percent. He cites environmental causes, dietary factors, and smoking links, noting progress varies by region and decade. He cautions prevention will be hard but not impossible.
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Robert Musel
London
UPI
Britain
Richard Doll
University of Oxford
Doll
British Medical Journal
Denmark
Connecticut
United
South Africa
U.S.A
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Boyd
Cleveland
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Leveland Clinic
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Pat Brown
Special Commission
Vietnam
White House
Carter
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Polanski
Los Angeles
Roman Polanski
Jack Nicholson
Beverly Wilshire
District Attorney's Office
Nicholson
Angelica Huston
John Huston
Zazirean
Shaba
Kapanga
Dilolo
Kisenge
U.S
Peace Corps
National Liberation Group
Mobutu Sese Seko
Tshombe
Mobutu
Agostinho Neto
AZAP
Lubumbashi
Elizabethville
Wally
Mexico City
San Diego Zoo
Lopez Portillo
Michael Wood
Berlin
Oles
Memorial
Thomas Thompson
Willard
Providence
Nowalk
Dale Schlatter
Schlatter
Parkway
Colonel Crawford
Board of Education
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