Hostages escape Costa Rican Embassy raid in El Salvador crisis
Five hostages freed from the Costa Rican Embassy as leftist attackers still hold the embassy, the Metropolitan Cathedral, and six hostages in the French Embassy. Ambassadors report escape through the garage while Costa Rican and Salvadoran officials negotiate.
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Gordon D. Mott
Associated Press
San Salvador
el Salvador
Julio Esquivel Valverde
San Jose
Rose Marie Guevara
Anabelle Castillo
Popular Revolutionary Bloc
Jose Antonio Arroyo
Esquivel
Jose Antonio Rodriguez Porth
Revolutionary Bloc
Michel Dondonne
Jean Durffaud
Jets Press Israel to Stop Attacks in Lebanon Amid U S Egypt Pressure
AP report from Jerusalem details U S and Egypt urging Israel to halt bombardments in Lebanon as Begin vows to keep fighting guerrillas. U S Ambassador Lewis pressed Israeli officials. Egypt calls for firm intervention. Also notes Islamic Movement talks in Fez and Dusty Lee Patrick cancer care event in Ohio.
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Arthur Max
Associated Press
Jerusalem
United State
Egypt
Israel
Lebanon
Menachem Begin
State Department
Washington
U.S
Samuel Lewis
Butros Ghali
Middle East
Sinai
Mohmara
Reihah
Begin
Nahariya
Family of Arab Nations
Fez
Morocco
East Jerusalem
Libya
Iraq
Syria
Algeria
South Yemen
Bank employee hid Master Charge payments worth millions
A Maryland National Bank worker, unnamed, diverted over 25 000 Master Charge bill payments totaling about 2.5 million dollars. John Fletcher said payments were found after the worker telephoned they were in a stockroom and customers complained of uncredited payments. Sixty staff worked weekends to update accounts.
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Baltimore
Maryland National Bank
John Fletcher
Consumer Banking Services
Fletcher
Tuna Fines Possible as Porpoise Kills Exceed Quotas
The National Marine Fisheries Service says fines may be sought against individuals and vessels for exceeding porpoise kill quotas tied to tuna fishing. Porpoise deaths remain a concern as yellowfin tuna fishing in nets entangles them, with declines in deaths noted over three years. United Airlines and the IAM may return to bargaining in Denver this week to end a strike that has grounded all flights since March 31.
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Associated Press
National Marine Fisheries Service
United Airlines
United
National Mediation Board
Denver
International Association of Machinists
Executions by Tehran Courts Reach 21 in One Day
Iranian revolutionary courts under Ayatollah Khomeini executed 21 men in Tehran at dawn, including former ministers Mohammad Reza Ameli Tehrani and Gholam Reza Kianpur, a former Parliament head Javad Saeed, and Brig. Gen. Ali Sati Amin. The group marks the largest single-day purge since February, bringing total executions to 191. A reporter for Etelaat was stabbed to death in Abadan amid threats.
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Thomas Kent
Associated Press
Tehran
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Revolutionary Courts
Shah
Radio
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Khomeini
Mohammad Reza Ameli Tehrani
Information
Gholam Reza Kianpur
Javad Sa’eed
Fereidun Shad Afza
Savak Secret Police
Army
Etelaat
Abadan
Persian Gulf
Abdol Hassan Rahbar
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Valletta
Malta
Voice of Friendship and Solidarity
Anwar Sadat
the Times
Ankara
Turkey
Idealists Club
National Action Party
Alpasian Turkes
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton
Air Sea Rescue Center
Caraquet
New Brunswick
Lyon
France
Sunnyvale
Ernie Sanchez
California
Sanchez
Dusty Lee Patrick
April
West Union
Ohio
Cincinnati
Childrens Hospital
Middletown
Patricks
New York
American Council On Science and Health
Independent Council
Council
Stephen Barrett
Fort Worth
Star Telegram
Tuckerton
N.J
First United Methodist
Washington Briefs
Sae
South Eddy Furniture
S. Eddy
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