First mate says men felt platform shift before collapse
In Galveston a Coast Guard inquiry heard Delta Seahorse first mate Joe Pillsbury recount that the rig platform shifted hours before it toppled into the Gulf of Mexico. Captain Van Meter Fayard testified he heard radio chatter from someone on the Atlantic Pacific Marine Corp. rig saying he’d had the hell scare earlier.
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Michael A. Lutz
Associated Press
Galveston, Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Joe Pillsbury
Delta Seahorse
Coast Guard Board of Inquiry
Mac Johnson
Pillsbury
Fayard
Coast Guard
William Whaley
Edwards plans 50 supercops for New Orleans crime rise
Gov. Edwin Edwards proposes a force of about 50 state supercops to aid New Orleans police amid a spike in violent crime, including 10 killings in three days, with 70 homicides in the first quarter of 1979 up from 45 last year.
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New Orleans
Edwin Edwards
Edwards
James Parsons
Immigration Service to add 81 port inspectors this summer
The Immigration and Naturalization Service will boost its port of entry staff by 81 inspectors starting July 1. The move aims to detect illegal immigrants and counterfeit documents, with 66 new inspectors slated for Texas California and Arizona.
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Washington
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Justice Department
Texas
California
Arizona
American pilot escapes ransom captors in Colombia
Roy McLemore of Houston, held 17 days by Indians near Maicao, fled with four Colombian soldiers in civilian clothes after negotiator Dale Everitt arranged a park meeting. He was arrested by troops and taken to an army base near Riohacha. McLemore and companion William Spradley face illegal entry charges. Spradley wounded, both to be fined if guilty.
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Associated Press
Richacha
Colombia
Roy McLemore
Houston
Maicao
Riohacha
Dale Everitt
Houston Fire Department
Maicao Park
Everitt
McLemore
William Spradley
Spradley
Venezuela
United States
Barranquilla
Pilot held in Colombia tale shifts after escape
Houston pilots William Spradley and Ray McLemore were held in Colombia since April 29. McLemore escaped captors in Maicao near the Venezuelan border and recanted earlier claims of flying to Colombia to pick up marijuana for $20,000 each. Rescue by Dale Everitt, Houston Fire Department spokesman, confirmed. Spradley remains in Riohacha.
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Houston
William Spradley
Ray McLemore
Colombia
McLemore
Dale Everitt
Houston Fire Department
Barranquilla
Everitt
Spradley
Maicao
Riohacha
Bogota
Forces seize Lira as Amin troops slain in war drive
Ugandan and Tanzanian forces capture the Acholi capital Lira 180 miles from Idi Amin's stronghold after an assault that leaves 65 Amin troops dead, 15 captured, and widespread destruction across the town. The strike narrows Amin's remaining strongholds to Gulu and Arua as pursuit continues.
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Lira
Uganda
Idi Amin
Amin
Gulu
Arua
Masindi
West Nile
Kampala
Kenya
Mbale
Soroti
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Guard Board of Inquiry
Plainfield
Ind
Daniel Kelly
Kelly
China
Indiana
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Charles Thone
Thone
State Justice Department
By Tom Wells
Washington Briefs
Congress
Stanford Ross
House
Mary Rose Oakar
Ohio
Carter
Jerry Wurf
American Federation of State
Wurf
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Capitol
Christian Acholis
Lake Kyoga
F. Hall Butler
Audrey
Long Beach
Calif
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Morning Glory
Sai
South Eddy Furniture
S. Eddy
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