FBI To Investigate Nuclear Plant Shutdown
A Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant reactor tripled within a week prompting eight suspensions and an FBI probe. TVA said public safety was not affected and officials would not confirm deliberate action. FBI agents in Birmingham pursued possible federal violations while the TVA noted minor security breaches at Browns Ferry and a Sequoyah plant incident.
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Athens
Ala
FBI
Browns Ferry
Tennessee Valley Authority
John Schlatter
TVA
Knoxville
Tenn
Schlatter
Birmingham
Joe Ross
Alabama
Tennessee
Sequoyah
Chattanooga
DPS Adds Hypnotism To Law Enforcement Arsenal
Ottawa's Department of Public Safety expands its training with investigative hypnotism. Lt. Daryl Shutt, trained in Oklahoma City, says hypnotism aids memory recall in witnesses and victims, while suspects are not hypnotized. Training covers seven steps from preparation to de-hypnosis, and officials warn against overuse or improper depth.
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Ottawa
Department of Public Safety
Daryl Shutt
Oklahoma City
Shutt
London
Ohio
Visalia
Calif
Denver
Colo
Maynard Brazil
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center
Hutchinson
State of
Kansas
California
Midwest
Soviet Spring Offensive Pressed by Massive Afghan Airlift
Soviet forces mass for a spring attack in Afghanistan with 80,000 troops to be expanded to 150,000. Kabul reports conscripts and callups as Mazari Sharif and Barikowt see heavy Soviet movement. U S analysts note rockets and gas used to clear villages and expect a broader push with improved weather.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Soviet Union
Russia
Babrak Karmal
Radio
Mazari Sharif
Kabul Radio
U.S
Konar
Barikowt
Pakistan
Diplomat warns of massacre as talks resume in Colombia
The Colombian government agrees to renewed negotiations with M-19 militants holding 19 foreign diplomats including the U S ambassador Diego Asencio. Austrian Ambassador Edgar Selzer, freed earlier, warns of a catastrophic massacre if a peaceful path fails. Hostages include 14 ambassadors and other officials while ransom and prisoner demands drift.
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Bogota
Colombia
Dominican Republic
U.S
Edgar Selzer
Diego Asencio
Foreign Ministry
Arbitration OK For Teachers In Kansas
Attorney General Robert T. Stephan says binding arbitration of school labor disputes does not violate the Kansas Constitution, despite limiting local school boards’ near-absolute control over teacher salaries. The opinion was sought by Sen. Joseph Harder, who leads the Senate Education Committee, which is considering a bill to authorize binding arbitration in Kansas schools.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert T. Stephan
Joseph Harder
R-Moundridge
Senate Education Committee
Kansas
Stephan
New Nursing Homes Eye Ottawa
Two groups seek state certificates of need for Ottawa nursing homes. Sunflower Care aims to replace Crestview with a 120 bed facility, while Nationwide Management plans an 88 bed skilled care home in the city. Officials caution the market cannot sustain both, and location and ownership questions hinge on county decisions.
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George B. Pyle
Ottawa
Sunflower Care
Jim Lewis
Crestview
Lewis
Nationwide Management, Inc
Marion
Ind
Nationwide Management
Belleville
Kaw
Indiana Company
Kansas
Iola
Rodney Benson
Benson
Barry Kramer
State Health Planning Office
Topeka
Cedar House
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Brad Allen
Willard Rogers
S. Oak
Allen
Rogers
Fred Solis
Robert Harder
SBS
Connally
South Carolina
By Jay Bemis
Washington
Selzer
Vienna
Asencio
Camilo Jimenez
Ramiro Zambrano
Ricardo Galan
M-19
Movement 19
New Nursing Homes
Eye
Henning
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