Zambia Says Guard Mistook Hikers for Attackers
Lusaka states a power station guard fired by mistake during a patrol at Victoria Falls on the Rhodesian border killing two Canadian women and wounding an American man. The guard believed four hikers were armed attackers and mistook waterproof gear for explosives. Christine Sinclair, 20, of Guelph Ontario, was recovered. Marion Iduma Drijber, 19, of Rockwood Ontario, remains missing.
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Lusaka
Zambia
Victoria Falls
Zambezi
Christine Sinclair
Guelph
Ont
Marion Iduma Drijber
Rockwood. Ont
Venezuelan Airliner Hijacked To Panama
Venezuelan airliner with 32 passengers and five crew was hijacked by four guerrillas calling themselves Punto Cero. The vessel forced a fuel stop at Curacao and was steered toward Panama with possible diversion to Lima or Havana, as officials kept options open. The hijackers demanded ground crew in bathing suits during refueling.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Panama
Arenas
Curacao
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Lima
Peru
Avenas
Henry L Boulton
Havana
Boulton
Valera
Barquisimeto
Caracao
Punto Cero
Five Remain In Hold Em World Series
Five men remained in competition Friday in a $120,000 hold em game at the fourth annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Pearson leads with about $60,000, followed by Strauss at about $35,000, while Amarillo Slim Preston was eliminated after a late pot loss.
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Las Vegas
New
Bryan ‘Sailor’ Roberts
Fort Worth
Tex
W. C. “Puggy Wuggy
Pearson
Southwest
Nashville
Tenn
Jack
Strauss
Houston
Thomas Austin
Amarillo Slim
Preston
Amarillo
Slim
Court upholds Texas ban on citizen run health groups
U S District Judge John H Wood Jr upheld Texas statutes restricting citizen controlled health maintenance organizations saying the laws protect the doctor patient relationship and stop indirect medical practice by nonphysician board members. The San Antonio groups challenged incorporation limits claiming monopoly but the court ruled due process and equal protection are not violated and the statutes apply to all non licensed physicians.
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San Antonio. Tex
Texas
U.S. District Court
John H. Wood Jr
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
Wood
State Medical Examiners’ Board
Texas Secretary of State
San Antonio Community Health Maintenance Association
City Wide Welfare Rights Organization
Sutton Homes Association
Martha Mitchell Calls Nixon Resign Over Watergate
Martha Mitchell urged President Nixon to quit, saying her husband John Mitchell and she had not profited from Watergate. She accused the White House of shielding the President and linked her support to TV hearings and NBC Nightly News remarks.
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New York
Martha Mitchell
Manhattan
Nixon
Nbc-Tv
Nightly News
John Chancellor
Mitchell
Washington
Mark
Gulf oil narrows gas allocations amid supply strains
Gulf Oil Co U S announced further gasoline allocations Friday and warned some Gulf stations may face shortages. Premium and regular grades in late May will be limited to original distributor estimates, though most dealers may see higher month allocations overall. June supply depends on octane reductions, refinery gains, imports, and sales.
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Houston
Gulf
Gulf Oil makes 2.3 million gallons diesel for farmers
Gulf Oil Co announces immediate sale of 2,300,000 gallons of diesel to U S farmers for farm machinery in Missouri Minnesota and Illinois. Dispatched from five terminals with Missouri and Minnesota receiving about 1,000,000 gallons each and Illinois 300,000. Gulf cites added imported diesel and agency requests in Washington.
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Houston
Gulf Oil Co
U.S
Missouri
Minnesota
Illinois
Gulf
Midwest
Washington
William E. Simon
State Files Suit Over Gas Royalty
Atty General John Hill filed suit in Travis County District Court against Exxon Corp formerly Humble Oil Co to recover full market value of gas produced on state lands. The suit seeks not less than 500000 or royalties in kind. UT and the Public Free School Fund are primary beneficiaries of the leases.
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Austin
1Ex
John Hill
Exxon Corp
Humble Oil Co
Bob Armstrong
University of Texas Regents
Texas Senate
Hill
Public Free School Fund
Travis County
Exxon
Lesee
Federal Power Commission
Amex and OTC Markets Lose Ground on Friday Trading
US stock exchanges extended declines with the Amex price-change index down to 22.81 and the NASDAQ composite falling to 102.89. Volume reached 7.0 million shares as major names such as Interstate, American Express and IMS International moved lower amid broad market losses and several block trades.
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NEW York
American Stock Exchange
Amex
Recrion
Amic Corp
Imperial Oil
Bowman Instruments
Interstate
American Express
IMS International
Pennsylvania Life
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OTC
TWA
USDA
Dome Petroleum
Teleprompter
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Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Trade and Commission House
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