World news brief roundup spans economies and conflicts
July consumer prices in Canada rose 9.8 percent over a year, driven by food costs, while U.S. inflation hit 7.5 percent as July data released. In Fiji, ports may allow nuclear ships after sanctions. in Japan, ceremonies honor war horses. Philippines logging attack kills three, 12 affected. Israel reports 2.4 percent CPI rise, and dengue devastates Honduras. Britain notes plutonium exposure at Aldermaston. Uruguay urges food production boosts. New Jersey prepares a blacklist for casinos. Montana dinosaur bones found by Princeton researchers.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
James Earl Ray Testifies Before Congress In King Case
James Earl Ray arrives at a national forum summoned by Congress to testify under oath before the House Assassinations Committee about King’s murder. Guarded by federal marshals, Ray faces skepticism as he recounts his story amid decades of varying accounts and a prior guilty plea.
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Margaret Gentry
Associated Press
Washington
James Earl Ray
Congress
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
House
Mark Lane
King
Memphis
Raoul
Lane
Balloon crew advances toward Europe on first Atlantic crossing
The Double Eagles I crew Ben Abruzzo Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman all of Albuquerque New Mexico inched closer to Europe with a Thursday landing seen as completing the first manned balloon crossing of the Atlantic. Ground staff noted the nearly two thirds time of their voyage since lifting off from Presque Isle Maine on Friday.
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Europe
Atlantic
Ben Abruzzo
Maxie Anderson
Larry Newman
Albuquerque
N.M
Presque Isle
Maine
Pistol used by Ruby delivered to group
Texas congressman Jim Mattox handed the snub-nose Colt Cobra .38 pistol used by Jack Ruby to kill Oswald to Rep. Louis Stokes chairman of the committee. Mayer, executor of Ruby’s estate, had refused surrender, ending a two month dispute over return of the weapon.
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Ruby
Washington
Texas
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
House Assassinations Committee
Oswald
Dallas
Jim Mattox
Louis Stokes
Ohio
Mattox
Jules F. Mayer
Mayer
Stokes
G. Robert Blakey
Dominicans install Guzman as president with U S backing
Antonio Guzman, 67, is sworn in as president in Santo Domingo amid U S support and global observers. The peaceful transfer marks a historic shift to an opposition party as Guzman vows to revive the economy and curb peso devaluation.
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Eloy D. Aguilar
Associated Press
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
U.S
Antonio Guzman
Caribbean
Cyrus R. Vance
Andrew Young
Hank Aaron
Joaquin Balaguer
Carter
Hua Kuo-feng Visits Romania on First European Trip
Hua Kuo feng arrived in Bucharest for his first European tour since becoming Chinese Communist Party chairman. Romania offered a warm welcome as crowds filled Scintea Square and Victory Square, with 100,000 cheering as Hua met President Ceaucescu and rang in the visit with a public greeting and Chinese and Romanian chants.
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Bucharest
Romania
Hua Juo Feng
Soviet Union
Europe
Mao Tse Tung
Communist Party
Moscow
Peking
China
Hua
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Iran
Turkey
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Hsinhua
Nicolae Ceaucescu
Ceaucescu
Scintea Square
Ion
Dinca
Victory Square
Ford
Leonid Brezhev
Nixon
Bond set in Houston extortion bid against Braniff
Houston man David C. Powell III, 32, is charged with attempting to extort 300000 dollars from Braniff International Airlines by threatening to blow up a jet from Dallas to Honolulu. Bail set at 50000 by U S Magistrate Norman Black after FBI arrest and a package drop purportedly containing the money.
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Houston
Braniff International Airlines
Dallas
Honolulu
Hawaii
U.S
Norman Black
David C. Powell III
FBI
Allege Powell
Memphis blackout unfolds amid citywide strike and sabotage
Sabotage at a Memphis power substation knocked out power for the city of 650,000 as police and fire fighter strikes spread. An estimated 1,000 National Guardsmen patrolled, with water pressures down in some areas and the airport on standby power. Authorities investigated a break in at the substation east of downtown. one man was questioned, not yet a suspect.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Jose Antonio Andino
Public Health Ministry
Leo Seago
Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Shelby County
E. Winslow Chapman
Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division
Chapman
FBI
Paula Payne
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Allen
Presidents Island
Afl-Cio Labor Council
Tommy Powell
Ray Blanton
Cials
National Guard
Blanton
Wyeth Chandler
Chandler
Memphis Police Association
International Association of Firefighters
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Zamboanga Wood Products Inc
Boise Cascade
Boise
Idaho
Moro National Liberation Front
Israel
Tel Aviv
Bureau of Statistics
Jerusalem
Haifa
London
Britain
Atomic Weapon Research Center
Ministry of Defense
Aldermaston
Montevideo
Uruguay
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
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U.N. Agvency
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N.J
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State Casino Control Commission
Princeton
Montana
Princeton University
John R. Horner
Teton County
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Hollywood
Los Angeles
Jesse Jackson
Justice Department
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Senate
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