Survivors file for 27 million over Who concert tragedy
Ohio residents bury victims as survivors file a class action seeking 27.5 million dollars from The Who and promoters for 11 deaths and 14 injuries at Riverfront Coliseum. The suit charges negligence in ticketing and door openings, naming Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, Kenny Jones, Electric Factory Concerts and others. Funeral services continued for victims as families recall the crush.
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Bill Vale
Associated Press
Cincinnati
Ohio
Arnold Morelli
Hamilton County
Who
Riverfront Coliseum
Todd Volkman
Roger Daltrey
Peter Townshend
John Entwhistle
Kenny Jones
Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
Albert E. Heekin III
Electric Factory Concerts Inc
Philadelphia
Cal Levy
Levy
Nephew of exiled Shah shot dead in Paris
In Paris 16th district an Iranian man, said by police sources to be the Shah’s nephew, was shot twice in the head as he left his mother’s home. The victim, one of Princess Ashraf’s two sons, was killed by a motorcyclist around 1 p.m. His name was not released.
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Paris
Iran
16Th
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Ashraf
Finnish freighter capsizes in storm at sea
The 6,800 ton Malmi carrying coal from Gdynia to Turku capsized in heavy seas near Sweden. Four crewmen were recovered, 10 missing presumed drowned, and 14 rescued including Captain Perttu Nurminen. Weather and a 41 degree water temperature hampered rescue efforts.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Coast Guard
Malmi
Gdynia
Turku
Finland
Perttu Nurminen
U.N. staff call for more protection after arrests and disappearances
More than 500 United Nations employees adopted a resolution demanding stronger safeguards amid arrests and disappearances of seven colleagues abroad. Alicja Wesolowska, a Polish citizen, was arrested in Warsaw on the way to a new assignment, with authorities offering no reasons. Disappearances were also reported in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Chile, and Argentina.
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United Nations
U.N
Alicja Wesolowska
Warsaw
Afghanistan
Ethiopia
Chile
Argentina
Ercan Murat
Wesolowska
Iran says hostage trial date within 48 hours as Turks revolt
Iran's foreign minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh announced a near term statement on the trial date for some of the 50 American hostages held at the U S Embassy with possible death sentences, while Turks in the northwest push for rights. He said non spying hostages would be freed and visits arranged, though militants said no hostage would be released without the shah's return. The State Department criticized scheduling trials as outrageous and urged release of all captives.
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Alex Efty
Associated Press
Tehran
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
U.S
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
State Department
Walter Ramsay
Washington
Ghotbzadeh
Carter
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Khomeini
Shah
U.S. Air Force
Texas
New York
United States
Azerbaijan
Trees ban reversed over hazardous setup in public spaces
Concord city manager James Smith rescinded a Fire Department ban on real Christmas trees in public buildings. He argued danger lies in tree placement and duration, not the trees themselves, defying earlier official anger led by Kimball School Principal David Sayward who preserves a yearly real tree since 1906.
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Concord
N.H
James Smith
Smith
Kimball
David Sayward
Cuba Returns Body of Thomas Willard Ray
The body of Thomas Willard Ray returns to Alabama after 17 years in a Havana morgue. The pine coffin arrived in Miami and was taken to Birmingham by Ray’s son Tom Jr. The elder Ray, who worked for the CIA during the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, was killed by Castro militiamen. A hometown military funeral is planned in Center Point with officials and relatives attending.
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Birmingham
Ala
Thomas Willard Ray
Alabama
Havana
Miami
Ray
Tom Jr
Central Intelligence Agency
Fidel Castro
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
U.S
Edwin L. Beffel
Beffel
Center Point
John Sparkman
D-Ala
John Buchannon
R-Ala
Tom Ray
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