Surviving Jonestown members to depart for United States
Fifteen more survivors of the Jonestown mass murder suicide are to leave Guyana for the United States under armed escort. The group includes two adopted sons of Rev. Jim Jones and is scheduled to arrive at JFK at 6 p.m. EST aboard a Pan Am flight. U.S. officials will assist with onward flights to their hometowns.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Georgetown
Guyana
Jonestown
Jim Jones
United States
Kennedy International Airport
New York
Pan American
U.S
Jones
Jim
Tim
Peoples Temple
Vibert Mingo
Peter Arnett
Ministry of Information
Forbes Burnham
Peoples National Congress Party
Mingo
John Victor Stoen
Stoen
Fred Wills
Burnham
Wills
Burl Osborne
Petr Arnett
Arnett
Paula Adams
Ukiah
Calif
Passengers survive 11 hours in wrecked Colorado crash
Eleven people were rescued after a de Havilland Otter crash in the Rockies near Walden Colorado. One woman died and 21 survivors endured 35 mph winds and subfreezing temperatures at 10 000 feet. A bridal gown plugged a hole in the fuselage as rescuers reached the site by snowmobile following a downed high voltage line.
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Walden
Colo
Rockies
Scott Alan Klopfenstein
Steamboat Springs
Dennis Heap
Klopfenstein
Denver
Ponti and Loren face mixed verdicts in absentia
Italian court proceedings regarding producer Carlo Ponti and wife Sophia Loren drew mixed outcomes. A prosecutor urged a 36 million dollar fine and a three year prison term for Ponti over alleged transfers of six million dollars out of Italy. Loren was urged to be acquitted. Both defendants are tried in absentia. Ponti is wanted by Italian authorities and resides in Paris, with France not having an extradition treaty.
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Carlo Ponti
Sophia Loren
Ponti
Italy
Miss Loren
Pointi
Paris
France
Europe
Fled Iran as death toll rises amid Moharram unrest
Hundreds of Americans and other foreigners fled Iran as at least 15 demonstrators were killed by police. The exodus followed Moharram tensions and upcoming Ashura ceremonies. Reports also noted shootings in Dayer and Zanjan, with several killed or wounded and dozens arrested as authorities cracked down on protests.
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Philip Dopoulos
Associated Press
Tehran
Iran
Europe
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
U.S
Ashura
Imam Hossein
Mohammad
Persian Gulf
Dayer
Borozjan
Bushehr
Abu Ashari
Sha
Zanjan
Niavaran
Steel hauler shot in face during 26 day trucker strike
AP reports a 39 year old Fraternal Association of Steel Haulers member was shot in the face outside a Jones Laughlin plant in Cleveland amid a 26 day strike for bargaining independence higher rates and unified trucking rules. No arrests reported as police investigate while other incidents linked to the strike surface in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburgh
Fraternal Association of Steel
Ohio
Gilbert Kudrin
Lakewood
Jones & Laughlin Steel
Cleveland
Kudrin
FASH
Paul Dietsch
Gary
Ind
Pennsylvania
St. Clair Township
Hoxha says Albanians prefer grass to kneeling to Soviet bloc
In Vienna Enver Hoxha denounces revisionists in Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union and China while framing Albania’s struggle as a global Marxist example. In Dublin Vincent Manning laments lawlessness as anti litter laws fail and a car blocks Dublin Castle entrance. In Cairo two Israeli doctors attend a toxicology conference in their first international gathering. In Rome a 15 year old is sentenced to eight years for killing his father claiming he did so to protect his mother from abuse.
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Vienna
Austria
Enver Hoxha
ATA
Hoxha
Albania
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
China
Dublin, Ireland
Vincent Manning
Rome
Marco Caruso
CBS to broadcast 90 minute Sunday news show begin January
CBS will air a 90 minute Sunday morning news program anchored by Charles Kuralt from 10 to 1130 a.m. The show aims to resemble a Sunday newspaper with weekly news and features, marking a shift in morning programming.
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Buffalo
N.Y
CBS Television Network
Charles Kurault
Gene Jankowski
CBS Broadcast Group
Jankowski
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