Human rights vote advances in OAS committee
In St Georges Grenada the Political Juridical Committee approved a U S backed measure strengthening the Inter American Commission on Human Rights. It passed 14-0 with eight abstentions and now goes to the plenary session for final approval. In Bilbao Spain the body of Basque industrialist Javier Ybarra was found after ETA abductors demanded a 14 million dollar ransom.
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Grenada
Organization of American States
OAS
Inter- American Commission On Human Rights
Bilbao
Spain
Javier Ybarra
ETA
Europa Press
ERA
Ybarra
Auction of Marjorie Jackson belongings draws crowd in rain
About 2,500 bargain hunters braved chilly rain at an Indianapolis auction of the slain grocery heiress Marjorie Jackson. Valuables like luxury cars and gold items drew fevered bidding as spectators hoped for a glimpse of the fortune.
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Indianapolis
Marjorie Jackson
Jackson
Nonstop Europe service to land at DFW via UK pact
Washington Dulles and London direct flights to Dallas Fort Worth will be approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board after U S Britain negotiations. The carrier will be chosen by CAB and the move does not require Concorde landings at DFW.
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Washington
Dallas-Fort Worth International
Europe
United States
Great Britain
London
Civil Aeronautics Board
U.S
James Mattox
Dallas
Mattox
Former KCIA chief testifies on congress payoff plan
Kim Hyung Wook told House investigators that the KCIA discussed paying 15 to 20 U S congressmen to influence votes and that a $3 million deposit helped Park establish the Georgetown Club in Washington. He said two unnamed congressmen sought Park’s exclusive rights as a South Korea rice dealer in America.
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Jim Adams
Associated Press
Washington
Korean Central Intelligence Agency
Tongsun Park
KCIA
U.S
Kim Hyung Wook
Park
Lee Hu Rak
Kim
Georgetown Club
South Korea
America
Congress
Park Chung Hee
House International Relations
ECIA
Tungson Park
Neutron Bomb Debated for U S Arsenal and Public Works Plan
Senate Appropriations Committee backs a 10.4 billion bill funding energy research and weapons work, including possible neutron bomb development. Hatfield’s bid to ban production failed 10-10. details remain secret but weapon would be fitted to a Lance missile for NATO Europe use.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mark Hatfield
R-Ove
Public Works and Energy Research
House
NATO
Europe
Senate Committee
Hatfield
Congress
Carter
Clinch River
Oak Ridge Tenn
Vance to Visit China to Pursue Normalizing Talks
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance will travel to China August 22 to 26 to advance efforts toward normalizing relations, with a brief stop in Japan afterward. State Department spokesperson Hodding Carter said the trip aims to continue discussions in light of the Shanghai communique, while adding no prediction on achieving full diplomatic ties. The effort has eluded three administrations, and President Carter reaffirmed the goal six weeks ago.
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Washington
Cyrus R. Vance
China
State Department
Hodding Carter
Vance
Japan
Carter
Shanghai
Taiwan
Chi Teng-kuei
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Mao Tse-tung
Monkeys Cause Neighborhood Stir in Dallas Suit
Dallas residents clash as Mrs. Marion McCarty keeps 50 caged monkeys in Bluffview Estates. Neighbor E R Jennings says the primate display ruins sleep and devalues nearby properties. He seeks relief in municipal court amid petitions to city council.
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Dallas
Marion McCarty
E.R. Jennings
Jennings
Bluffview Estates
Prisons Not Country Clubs Says Colson In Winchester Visit
Charles Colson told Winchester High School juniors that prisons are far from country clubs, comparing life there to a cancer ward. The remarks came after Colson and John Mitchell began serving sentences in the Watergate cases, with Ehrlichman and Haldeman already imprisoned.
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Richard Buck
Associated Press
Winchester
Mass
Nixon
White House
Charles Colson
Colson
Boston
John Mitchell
Maxwell Air Force Base
Alabama
U.S
Mitchell
Democratic National Committee
Watergate Building
Washington
H.R. Haldeman
Lompoc
Calif
John Ehrlichman
Safford
Ariz
Bodyguard Buendorf to be reassigned to distant post
One of Carter era security detail Larry Buendorf, a high profile member of the bodyguard unit, will transfer to a new assignment in a far city. He rose to prominence in 1975 after wresting a loaded gun from Lynette Fromme who aimed at President Ford in Sacramento.
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Carter
Larry Buendorf
Buendorf
Lynette Fromme
Gerald R. Ford
Sacramento
Calif
Secret Service
Ford
Vail
Colo
Police kill black in Soweto rioting
In Soweto near Johannesburg police shot and killed one black man and wounded another as black students protested the detention of leaders. About 130 people were arrested after groups formed across the township. Tear gas and powder spray were used to disperse crowds amid reports of police fire.
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Johannesburg
S. Africa
Soweto
South Africa
J.J. Gerber
David Kriel
Pretoria
Gerber
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