West Europe backs Sakharov hunger strike over exit visa
West European governments and citizens rally around Andrei Sakharov as his hunger strike presses the Soviet Union to issue an exit visa for his daughter-in-law Liza Alexeyeva. Demonstrations occur in Paris and Copenhagen while Britain, Belgium, and West Germany cite Helsinki human rights accords and Moscow protests grow.
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Moscow
Andrei Sakharov
Law
United States
Liza Alexeyeva
Ovir
Communist Party
Sakharov
Aeroflot
Champs Elysees
International Sakharov Committee
Copenhagen
Denmark
Kremlin
Alexeyeva
Helmut Schmidt
Leonid Brezhnev
Bonn
Soviet Union
Gorky
Yelena Bonner
Montana
Alexei Semyonov
Ronner
Brandeis University
Massachusetts
Semyonov
Favestia
Liza
KGB
Soviet Security Police
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Hijackers’ Planes Land In Central America. Negotiations Ongoing
Two of the three Venezuelan airliners hijacked earlier landed in Panama and Honduras after stops in Aruba Barranquilla and Tegucigalpa. Hijackers aboard the Aeropostal DC-9s negotiated with airport officials while the Boeing 727 from Avensa departed Guatemala City.
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Panama City
Panama
Colombia
Honduras
Omar Torrijos International
Avensa
Guatemala City
Aruba
Barranquilla
Tegucigalpa
Caracas
Venezuela
el Universal
Manuelo Rojas Lusarda
Eruesto Cortozos
United States
Cuba
Europe
Jordan
Cairo
Crackdown on Kansas Vehicle Inspection Stations Tightens Oversight
Topeka Kansas Highway Patrol will intensify surveillance of 1372 state inspection stations after admitting neglect and limited public support for funding. Forty-two stations face license revocation and about 40 face criminal charges for fraud. Charges to be filed within two weeks.
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Topeka
Kan
David Hornbaker
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas
Hornbaker
Shawnee County
Sedgwick County
Johnson County
Wyandotte County
Douglas County
K-Mart
Woolco
Montgomery Ward
J.C. Penney
Western Auto
Standard
Mobil
Skelly
Conoco
Phillips
Highway Patrol
Transportation Committee
Mysterious blast kills 8 miners in Kentucky region
Eight men died in an eastern Kentucky coal mine explosion at Adkins Coal No 18. Rescuers retrieved the last three bodies after a mud flood rushed from the mine. Victims include Orie Slone's husband Bob Slone and cousin David Slone, with others named as Clarence and Roy Perry, Keith Crager, Dillard Ashley, James Gibson, and Tommy Centers. Authorities probe causes amid reports of unexploded detonators and strong methane history. The mine employs 15 more workers and produced about 250 tons daily.
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Topmost
Kentucky
Bergoo
W.va
Adkins Coal,Co
Stanley
Orville Adkins
Surivors
Roy Conley
Beaver Creek Elementary School
Orie Slone
Bob Slone
David Slone
Kite
Clarence Perry
Roy Perry
Pinetop
Keith Crager
Hueyville
Dillard Ashley
Mousey
James Gibson
Pippa
Tommy Centers
Vicco
Hospital Stays Too Numerous in Kansas
Hutchinson Kansas news notes Fletcher Bell Kansas insurance commissioner told the Hutchinson Rotary Club that Kansans spend more time in hospitals and have more admissions than most states. He cites Blue Cross Blue Shield data showing 36 percent above the national average and urges preventive care to curb costs and days in hospitals.
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Kansas
Blue Cross Plana
Blue Cross
Blue Shield of
Hutchinson
HNS
Fletcher Bell
Hutchinson Rotary Club
Bell
Blue Cross-Blue
Shield
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