Testimony begins today in Guyana murder probe
Surviving Peoples Temple members begin closed grand jury testimony in San Francisco over the Jonestown deaths of Rep. Leo Ryan and four others in Guyana. Eleven of 17 subpoenaed survivors arrive. investigations aim to identify shooters. Security, motives, and related questions frame several days of proceedings.
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Ager
Rayn
Laura Johnston
Grand Jury
Ryan
Georgetown
Guyana
Jim Jones
Jonestown
United States
Jones
Ms. Johnston
Paul McCann
Chuck Kirkendale
San Francisco
Peoples Temple
Sacramento
General Foods
Jet-Sert Inc
Chicago
Sacramento Bee
Feinstein fills Dan White’s seat on San Francisco board
Mayor Dianne Feinstein names Don Horanzy to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to replace Dan White who resigned after his murder accusations in Moscone Milk case. White had urged restoration before the shootings on November 27 altered city politics.
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San Francisco
Dianne Feinstein
Don Horanzy
City Board of Supervisors
Dan White
George Moscone
Harvey Milk
White
Moscone
Horanzy
Testimonial for Indicted Congressman Flood Ends as Bust
Indicted Pennsylvania Congressman Daniel Flood faced a failed fundraiser at the Treadway Inn where only about 300 attendees showed for a planned 20 000 audience. Organizers had hoped to raise 500 000 for his federal perjury and bribery defense as wait staff joked through the sparsely filled event.
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Wilkes Barre
Pennsylvania
Daniel Flood
Flood
Peggy Scapalis
Treadway Inn
William Reichstein
Lefty
Lee Vincent
Reichstein
Iran braces for Moharram turmoil as exiles flee
Tehran tightens control under martial rule as Ayatollah Khomaini supporters plan marches outside Teleghani’s home amid threats of a bloodbath. Foreigners rush to depart, with U.S. authorities arranging limited evacuation for dependents. Clashes near Ahwaz leave three dead and unknown wounded.
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Philop Dospoulos
Associated Press
Tehran
Iran
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Gholamali Oveisi
Ayatullah Teleghani
Moharram
Imam Hossein
Mohammed
Ayatullah Khomaini
Karim Sanjaby
National Front
Teleghani
Pentagon
Washington
Carter
U.S
Ahwaz
Khuzestan
Pilot dies after Steamboat Springs crash in Colorado
The Rocky Mountain Airways pilot Scott Klopfenstein died in a Denver hospital after a crash that killed 29 year old Mary Kay Hardin of Steamboat Springs and left fourte n others hospitalized. Co pilot Gary Coleman was in guarded condition and safety inspectors planned interviews. The twin turboprop was returning to Denver from Steamboat Springs when icing forced a turn back.
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Colo
Colorado Rockies
Rocky Mountain Airways
Scott Klopfenstein
Fritz Opel
Denver
Opel
Mary Kay Hardin
Klopfenstein
Gary Coleman
Kremmling
U S Aircraft Crash Foils Landing at Ramstein
A U S Air Force F-4D Phantom crashed in an open field during approach at Ramstein West Germany Thursday night. Both crew members escaped injury and no ground casualties or damage were reported.
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Ramstein
West Germany
Air Force
Military gays win court ruling
The Pentagon weighs new guidelines after a federal appeals court overturned discharges of two gay service members. Aiming to curb forced dismissals, officials consider procedures that could cut such actions by up to 90 percent, though final plans depend on decisions on the guidelines. The court demanded specific grounds beyond admission of homosexuality for discharge.
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Armed Services
Pentagon
Army
Navy
Air Force
U.S. Court of Appeals
Leonard P. Matlovich
Vernon E. Berg
Nadovich Or
Berg
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British High Commissioner's Office
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Harvard Law School
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