World News Briefs Span Botulism Warning to Queen Syrup Gift
Health officials warn against canned salmon from the United States and Canada after four Birmingham residents fall ill with suspected botulism from a 72 ounce John West can. Other items note Aldo Moro memorial renaming in Rome, rising art auction sales in London, a San Juan pipe bomb, Britain waiving aid debt, Queen Elizabeth II receiving Quebec maple syrup gifts, Nobel-like medallions given in New York, an extortion case in Los Angeles, and a Georgia marijuana seizure near St Simons Island.
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Health Department
United States
Canada
Birmingham
Siege at Iraqi embassy in Paris ends after gun battle
French police captured three Iraqi security agents after a 82 hour embassy siege in Paris that ended in a gunfight. One police officer and one Iraqi guard were killed, two policemen and an Arab League official were wounded, and the terrorist linked to Al Fatah was wounded.
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Paul Treuthardt
Associated Press
Paris
Yasser Arafat
Arab League
Britain
16Th
London
Mundhir Tawfik al-Wandawi
Elysee Palace
Valery Giscard
Marcel Leclerc
Christina Onassis Marries Soviet Communist for Third Time
Christina Onassis, heiress of Aristotle Onassis, wed Sergei Kauzov in Moscow in a 10‑minute civil ceremony at the Central Palace of Marriages. The couple, attended by 11 guests and about 300 onlookers, left in a loaned yellow car for a reception at Intourist before a planned Lake Baikal honeymoon.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Christina Onassis
Aristotle Onassis
Sergei Kauzov
Kauzov
Intourist
Christina
Drink sales jump in Texas spring and summer
Comptroller Bob Bullock reports mixed drink sales rose sharply from April through June, reaching 167 million dollars and up 24 percent from 1977. First half 1978 totals hit 821 million, with 16.7 million in state and local tax revenue and 11.8 million allocated to state government.
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Austin
Texas
Bob Bullock
Bullock
Cuban handyman escapes Cuba by raft amid sharks near Key Largo
Ramon Estevez Cordova, 27, says he rode two inner tubes bound with burlap for seven days using ping-pong paddles as oars to flee Cuba. He dodged Cuban navy patrols, battled sharks, and finally was rescued five miles off Key Largo by the Xtabay. He was reunited with foster sister Sonia Batista in Miami after showing the American flag symbol of freedom.
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Florida Keys
Freedom
Ramon Estevez Cordova
Key Largo
Cordova
Sonia Batista
New York
Habana del Este
Havana
Coast Guard
Key West
Vance Plans Mideast Weekend Trip Despite Egyptian Demands
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance will visit Jerusalem and Cairo despite Sadat’s demand that Israel cede all 1967 territories as a condition for talks. Officials say the trip aims to restart talks and salvage peace hopes, with Dayan and Begin signaling US-led talks are needed. Saudi Prince Fahd meanwhile seeks an Arab summit to unify positions on Israel.
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Mideast
U.S
Anwar Sadat
Israel
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Vance
Jerusalem
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Menachem Begin
United States
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Begin
Egypt
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Isreal
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Damascus
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