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A storm destroys about 80 percent of crops in the Loire valley Pouilly vineyards. Japan reports a 6.3 percent rise in crimes for the first half of 1978 with embezzlement and theft up and assaults down. Thousands celebrate Puerto Rico Day in Newark with 60 floats and 70 contingents for the self governing commonwealth anniversary. A Hopatcong couple sues Nestle over coffee grounds. Basques gather in Boise for St. Ignatius feast amid calls for autonomy and Spain’s reforms. Restaurateur Grisanti contemplates opening the world’s costliest bottle of wine. Air Jamaica resumes Jamaica US and Europe flights after a pilot strike. Newlyweds Princess Caroline of Monaco and Phillipe Junot enjoy a seaside weekend in Ocean City. Queen Elizabeth II travels after a fatal crash involving her motorcade.
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Newark
N.J
Puerto Rico
Broad Street
Commonwealth
Ocean City
Princess Caroline of
Monaco
Phillipe Junot
Caroline
Margaret Kelly
Princess Grace
Mineapolis
20Th Century-Fox
Junot
Tahiti
Steve Cauthen
Robert Levy
Gay Jitterbug
Atlantic City Race Track
Rhodesian raids deepen Mozambique clash amid border push
Rhodesian troops using jet fighters and bombers attacked guerrilla bases in Mozambique claiming a planned new campaign. Military sources said troops remained inside Mozambique after crossing the border over 24 hours earlier. Casualties were not reported and Mozambique offered no comment.
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Maureen Johnson
Associated Press
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Mozambique
Sarum
Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwe African National Union
Mugabe
Zambia
Joshua Nkomo
Zimbabwe African People’s Union
Federal moves to publish carbon monoxide in cigarettes
The FTC plans to test and publish carbon monoxide levels for each cigarette brand to mirror tar and nicotine data. Officials say CO figures will appear in advertising next year, guiding consumers and driving industry toward less harmful products amid ongoing anti smoking campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffrey Mills
Associated Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Michael Pertschuk
Public Health Service
National Clearinghouse For Smoking and Health
Surgeon General
Joseph A. Califano
Health, Education and Welfare
Pertschuk
Dry forces obtain court restraining order in Abilene
Attorney Buck Wood said a Texas state district judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking alcohol permits in Abilene following the local option election. The order, granted Friday by Judge Charles Mathews, affects a second canvass of the June 17 vote and remains until an Aug. 7 hearing in Austin.
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Austin, Texas
Abilene
West Texas
Buck Wood
State District Court
Charles Mathews
Wood
Austin
Coast Guard searches for three after boat capsizes near South Padre Island
Coast Guard boats and helicopters sought three people believed aboard the 34 foot Miss Laura Ann after it sank during tropical storm Amelia, washing up five miles from South Padre Island. Five boats sunk in the storm. all aboard reportedly rescued as rescuers faced channel traffic and surfers.
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SOUTH PADRE _ISLAND
Texas
Coast Guard
Amelia
South Padre Island
Laura Ann
CWO
Don Jones
Jones
Air Force
Port Aransas
Armed men seize Iraqi Embassy in Paris hostages
Three Arabic speaking gunmen with submachine guns storm the Iraqi Embassy in Paris taking employees hostage. Two embassy staffers injured. Police cordon the area as the attackers, who spoke French, remain inside with a fourth floor window gesture. An Algerian diplomat offered to help negotiate.
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Paul Treuthardt
Associated Press
PARIS
Mundhir Tawfik al-Wandawi
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Wandawi
Mohawk crash near Paxson Lake kills two servicemen
Investigators from the Army Accident Investigation Board probe a Mohawk aircraft crash near Paxson Lake Alaska en route to Cordova. The pilots were Capt. Michael D. McClendon 31 Fort Worth Texas and Sgt. 1st Class Ronald R. Conquest 37 Mission Kansas of the 172nd Military Intelligence Detachment.
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Fort Wainwright
Alaska
Army Accident Investigation Board
Paxson Lake
Cordova
Michael D. McClendon
Fort Worth
Texas
Ronald R. Conquest
Mission
Kan
172Nd Military Intelligence Detachment
Britons dismayed after 110 mile short Atlantic balloon crossing
Concarneau France AP Two Britons said they were absolutely miserable and quite disgusted at failing the first Atlantic balloon crossing by 110 miles. Donald Cameron and Maj Christopher Davy believed until the last minute they would succeed but an eight foot rip and light winds doomed the attempt. They landed off Britain after 4 days 24 minutes, 1,779 miles from Newfoundland.
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Concarneau
France
Donald Cameron
Maj
Christopher Davey
Cameron
French
Cer
Newfoundland
Brittany
Atlantic
England
Ed Yost
Maine
Azores
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Tokyo
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Pantry Pride
Boise
Idaho
Spain
Juan Carlos
America
Guardia Civil
Memphis
Tenn
John Grisanti
Grisanti
Jamaica
New York
United States
Europe
Air Jamaica
John Baumann
Royal Visitors
Moose Jaw
Sask
Britain
Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
Norman Danny O'Donnell
Prince Edward
Saskatoon
Ibaraki Prefecture
Botswana
Ian Smith
Nkomo
London
the Observer
United Nations
Federal Government Action
Coastguard
William Stansbury
Atlanta
Louisville
New Orleans
Mary Ellen Farmer
Stansbury
Tank Corps
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