World News Roundup From Bucharest To New York
A four nation U S delegation led by Milton F Rosenthal met Cornel Burtica Romania s deputy premier to discuss trade in Bucharest while in Tokyo a Hsinhua report notes a drive to locate scientific personnel in China The Brussels EU unemployment tally fell 214 000 in May to 5 552 000 with a 5 3 percent rate Montreal promotes Quebec products with a wine party Levesque jokes about Berlin Wall London projects a 1977 78 world wheat crop of 400 410 million tons Settlement reached in Rosenberg FOIA lawsuit The Rosenbergs sons to receive 195 802 from the U S government A House bill enables widows of certain retirees to receive survivor benefits before 60 in Washington U S arms sales proposals total 349 5 million to several nations Dirt sample from Utah prompts nuclear waste concerns Amtrak service cut eyed in ICC hearings Proxmire backs NYC aid bill Boys Scouts sue a fashion firm over Be Prepared baby sets in New York
Russians and American freed in parallel spy swap
In a parallel move, two Russians charged with espionage were released from a New Jersey prison in a trade for American businessman Francis Crawford. The Russians, UN employees, were placed in Soviet custody but still face trial. Bail was set at 2 million dollars each, drawing Kremlin anger and a formal U S complaint from Andrei Gromyko. Crawford’s arrest June 2 may have sparked the exchange.
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Washington
New Jersey
Moscow
Carter
United Nations
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Kremlin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Cyrus R. Vance
Francis J. Crawford
Crawford
Matamoros riot burns city hall and jail after student protests
Federal troops patrolled Matamoros streets to quell a riot by about 4000 students who looted and burned the jail city hall and police headquarters. At least one person was killed and 30 injured as protests demanded the firing of Police Chief Emiliano Del Toro and an investigation into a teenager's police custody death.
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Matamoros
Mexico
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Texas
Emiliano del Toro
Antonio Cavazos Garza
del Toro
Social Security Hospital
Guadalupe Garza Rudeas
Mexico City
Fighting rages as Ismail consolidates power in Aden
In Aden, pro-Soviet Abdul Fat Tah Ismail's militiamen press supporters of slain President Salem Rubaye Ali. Gunfire and shelling echo after midnight as Ismail tightens grip on the port city at the southern end of the Red Sea oil route. Ali and two aides were executed after a special court verdict, while the United States reroutes a diplomatic mission away from South Yemen amid regional turmoil.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Aden
Abdul Fattah Ismail
Salem Robaye Ali
Arabian Peninsula
Ismail
Yemen
Red Sea
Europe
Ali
National Front
United States
Saudi Arabia
North Yemen
South Yemen
Kuwait Radio
Ali Nasser Mohammed
Ahmed al Ghashmi
Horn of Africa
Ax attack kills foreigners outside Moscow hotel
A 24 year old Soviet man attacked three tourists with an ax outside the Intourist Hotel on Gorky Street in central Moscow. Two foreigners, a man and a woman, died, while a second man was seriously injured. Officials said all tourists were from Sweden and the assailant was mentally ill.
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Moscow
Intourist
Sweden
Gorky Street
Kremlin
Police shift to arrest battering husbands under NY agreement
New York police agree to arrest husbands for assault after mediation policy failed. Under the out of court settlement with 71 women, at least one officer must respond to every wife beating report and arrest if a crime seems committed, removing marital status as justification. The deal, shaped by lawyers for the women and City Corp. Counsel Allan Schwartz with Police Commissioner Robert McGuire, ends prior discretion.
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NEW York
New York Police Department
City Corporation
Allan Schwartz
Robert McGuire
Tempers flare as Monaco announces Caroline’s wedding plan
Monte Carlo reports a palace tension over Caroline 21 and Philippe Junot 38, a Parisian commoner. The couple set a Thursday wedding and will live in Paris with a Monaco villa, while Rainier and Grace face invitations and privacy strains amid jetset demand.
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Monte Carlo
Monaco
Caroline
Philippe Junot
Prince Rainier Ili
Princess Grace
Grace Kelly
Paris
Janot
Grace
Rainier
France
Mediterrean
Mental competency examination ordered in Schofield murder case
SAN ANTONIO Texas AP A psychiatrist is to evaluate David S Schofield to determine his competence to stand trial for the murder of his wife Nancy Perry Schofield whose body was found in a refrigerator at their apartment Schofield 38 is jailed on 100000 bond Judge H F Garcia appointed Dr Martin B Giffin UT Medical School to conduct the exam at the request of his attorney Robert H Spicer who cites a history of medical and mental inadequacy.
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San Antonio, Texas
David S. Schofield
Schofield
Nancy Perry Schofield
Bexar County
H.F. Garcia
Martin B. Giffin
University of Texas Medical School
Robert H. Spicer
Spicer
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