Emergency chopper fails. heart patient dies near Edinburgh
In a dramatic emergency flight from Aberdeen to Glasgow the RAF helicopter carrying 46 year old Robert Anderson was forced to land twice in a blizzard. After refueling near Edinburgh he suffered a heart attack and died, ending the bid for urgent surgery.
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Aberdeen
Robert Anderson
Glasgow
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Edinburgh
Johannesburg
South Africa
Malcolm Richardson
Richardson
Carter Schmidt Heads of states blamed for strained relations
Bonn and Washington face tense ties amid disputes over the neutron bomb Brazil nuclear deals and currency policy. CDU accuses Chancellor Schmidt of worsening the alliance while Genscher warns Carter’s decisions threaten alliance rationality.
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West Germany
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Carter
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Brazil
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Schmidt
Christian Democrats
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der Spiegel
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Soviet asylum bid shadows UN official Shevchenko
Arkady N. Shevchenko the top Soviet UN official defected and seeks asylum in the United States. The under secretary general for political and Security Council affairs left six days ago citing differences with Moscow. The State Department confirmed contact with his American lawyer Ernest Gross and noted no asylum request yet, while officials speculated on meetings with Soviet representatives. He reportedly refused orders to return home and his wife and daughter left for Moscow amid family tensions.
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United States
Arkady N. Shevchenko
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U.N
Washington
State Department
Ernest Gross
Shevchenko
Soviet Union
Tom Reston
Gross
Reston
Moscow
Soviet Foreign Service
Francois Giuliani
Kurt Waldheim
New York Times
New York
the Times
Lost Earhart plane search sparks atoll voyage
Vincent Loomis leads a seven member team to a Marshall Islands atoll in hopes of locating and identifying Amelia Earhart's missing twin engine Lockheed Electra from the 1937 disappearance. Loomis cites weather and navigational errors as reasons for the potential find while detailing past Air Force ties and long research.
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Air Force
Pacific Atoll
Amelia Earhart
Vincent Loomis
Orlando
Fla
Marshall Islands
Miss Earhart
Loomis
Atoll
Fred Noonan
New Guinea
Howland Island
Oomis
Howland
Noonan
Gilbert Islands
Gilberts
Marshal Islands
Eniwetok
Acount
U.S
South Korea Offers Access to Ex-Ambassador
Washington AP report says Seoul offered House investigators access to former ambassador Kim Dong Jo amid ethics probe into envelopes filled with $100 notes handed to several congress members. Ethics panel says discussions continue and words access may be the issue. Kim Hyun Chul delivered the offer to Speaker O Neill after a meeting in Washington.
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South Korea
Washington
House Ethics Committee
Thomas P. O'Neill
Kim Hyun Chul
Seoul
Kim Dong Jo
Objections rise to Soviet line use for buses
The DOT asks import firm AM General to ship as many West German built buses on U S flag carriers for federal transit work. Currie says DOT may not cover the extra cost to switch from the Soviet line. NMU protests 25 buses on a Soviet vessel.
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Department of Transportation
U.S
James Currie
AM General
Marshall, Texs
DOT
National Maritime Union
Ment
Currie
Secretary of Transportation
Brockdams
National Labor Relations Board
NMU
Skulptor Golubkina
West Germany
Israel Begins Pullback in Southern Lebanon Amid Beirut Clashes
Syrian forces guard Beirut as Israeli units withdraw 1.2 to 3 miles along the Litani River after a month of invasion. UN and Israeli spokesmen report no major hitches. Syrian armor positions in Beiruts Ein Rummaneh and Chiyah districts face Christian and Moslem snipers. Eight people killed and 27 wounded over two days of fighting amid the pullback.
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Lebanon
Israel
U.N
Litani
Ein Rummaneh
Chiyah
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