Two French TV crew freed in Beirut hostages release
In west Beirut Shiite kidnappers freed Philippe Rochot and Georges Hansen, two of four French television crew members held since March. They described three months of captivity with meals, reading material, and showers, and said Aurel Cornea and Jean-Louis Normandin remain missing but in good condition.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Philippe Rochot
Georges Hansen
West Beirut
Beau Rivage
Rochot
Associated Press
Hala Jaber
Hansen
Middle East
Antenne-2
Aurel Cornea
Jean-Louis Normandin
Cornea
Normandin
Ramlet al-Baida
Odessa eyes $13.35 million one way street plan
Odessa's traffic engineer proposes converting two downtown two way streets to one way pairs at a cost of 13.35 million to cut congestion and boost traffic flow. City officials invite public comment during upcoming budget workshops this summer as senior planners anticipate improved travel times.
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Odessa
Jack Hoffman
Fire damages plant on South Grandview Avenue in Odessa
A Friday afternoon blaze heavily damaged parts of the Fl Paso Products Co Polymer Plant on South Grandview Avenue. No hazardous fumes were released, and workers were evacuated. Cause and extent of damage were unknown while officials planned a morning review and cleanup efforts proceeded.
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Odessa
Fl Paso Products Co
Grandview Avenue
Bill Gruer
Gruer
Prosecution chief unaware of withholding rapist case file
Ector County district attorney Eric Augesen said he learned on Wednesday a file naming the rape victim was not turned over in a 1985 case. The file referenced alleged assaults by the victim’s mother’s boyfriend. Judge Connally noted the jury had no knowledge of the file when Dyer was convicted for raping the Odessa girl after her abduction on June 13, 1985.
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Ector County
Eric Augesen
Augesen
Midland
William Mitchell Dyer
Odessa
Joe Connally
Connally
Dyer
Anthony Foster
Water Wonderland
Soviet diplomat arrested as spy Izmaylov expelled from U.S.
FBI arrested Col Vladimir Izmaylov at a Maryland dead drop site while attempting to obtain secret U S Air Force documents. He claimed to seek a fishing spot. A second Soviet spy, Oleg Agramiants, defected to the United States after serving in Tunis, now under interrogation.
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Washington
United States
FBI
U.S
Vladimir M. Izmaylov
Maryland
Izmaylov
North Africa
Arab
Oleg Agramiants
KGB
Tunis
Agramiants
Agrariants
Dana E. Caro
Washington Field
Caro
U.S. Air Force
Lamaylov
Amaylov
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