Extortion case nets safe return for Grand Rapids banker family
Grand Rapids police say an extortionist who held banker Willard Van Single's family for 35000 dollars released the money at an Ottawa County intersection before slipping past roadblocks. The Van Singles and their son were found safe at home, and cash was recovered. An FBI spokesman identified the suspect as a white man in his 30s driving a green Ford station wagon.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Grand Rapids
Willard van Single
Jean
John van Gemert
John
Ann FBI
van Single
Ottawa County
Tourists urged to pay for upkeep of England’s cathedrals
The English Tourist Board proposes charging the world’s 20 million annual cathedral visitors a share for maintenance, noting average donations are just six cents. It cites nuisance issues like pot smoking, littering and petty theft in sacred sites.
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London
England
English Tourist Board
Bomb Explodes in Jerusalem Wounds Ten Near Taxi Stand
An explosion in a trash can by a taxi stand on Jaffa Road near Zion Square wounded ten people in downtown Jerusalem. Police reported damage to a clothing store and a pizza stand as witnesses described the blast and dust filling the street. The attack followed Prime Minister Begin’s departure for the United States and heightened security for the Egypt–Israel peace treaty signing.
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Israel
Jerusalem
Israel Radio
Jaffa Road
Luntz Street
Zion Square
State Radio
Menachem Begin
United States
Kurdish Rebellion Sees Uneasy Truce Amid Negotiations
In Sanandaj Iran negotiators led by Ayatollah Taleghani pressed to curb the Kurdish rebellion as troops and guerrillas observe a fragile cease fire. Kurdish crowds in Freedom Square demand autonomy while the army holds Sanandaj, hostages remain inside the garrison, and talks continue.
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Richard Tomkins
Associated Press
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Iran
Ayatollah
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Mahmoud Taleghani
Tehran
Khomeini
No Man’s Land
Taleghani
Kurdistan Region
Gharani
Valioah Gharani
Ayatollah Mehdi Beheshty
Bell assigns broad powers to peanut probe investigator
Attorney General Griffin Bell issued a charter granting Paul J. Curran wide authority and job protection as special counsel to probe Carter family peanut business finances and Ware house loans. Critics push for a full independent prosecutor. Bell resists declaring Curran a special prosecutor while citing due process.
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Robert Farlow
Associated Press
Washington
Griffin B. Bell
Carter
Bell
Department
Robert Havel
Justice Department
Havel
Marine Held on Okinawa for Medical Checkup in Garwood Case
Pfc. Robert R. Garwood, a U.S. Marine long in Vietnam, was held on Okinawa for a medical examination as the Navy and Marine Corps opened a court martial inquiry into alleged collaboration with the enemy. An attorney for Garwood’s family protested the three to five day delay.
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Maryland
Bruce Johnston Sr
David
Norman
Edward Otter
Johnstons
Otter
Edith M. Lederer
Associated Press
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U.S
Vietnam
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Okinawa
Marine Corps
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Robert R. Garwood
Greensburg
Ind
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Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon
United States
New York
Garwood
Dermot G. Foley
State Department
Washington
Liberation Armed Forces
Violent weather traps space shuttle in Texas for third day
NASA reports ongoing delays as the space shuttle Columbia and its carrier remain grounded in Texas amid severe thunderstorms and wind. Deke Slayton notes weather controls the schedule while thousands watch the delayed departure from Kelly Air Force Base.
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Greg Thompson
Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
NASA
Florida
Kelly Air Force Base
Deke Slayton
Cape Canaveral
California
el Paso
Slayton
Fitzhugh Fulton Jr
Evans says he is ready for execution in Alabama
Johnny Louis Evans III, prepared for death, smiles while talking to a reporter in Atmore, Alabama, where he is scheduled for electrocution on April 6. He says he has come to grips with death after a life he calls wasted.
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Johnny Louis Evans III
Atmore
Ala
Evans
Illinois River Flood Forces Mass Evacuations Across 100 Miles
In Peoria area, thousands flee as Illinois River rises toward a record 11 feet above flood stage. Civil Defense counted 357 homes damaged and the Red Cross says over 2,000 people displaced from Hennepin to Beardstown along the 100 mile stretch.
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Peoria
Ill
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