Globetrotting brief items mix hostage talks and lions
Reports from ASSEN London Kingston Mexico City sketch a Dutch train hostage tie up with a request for unspecified mediation and caution from officials. Maurice Hopkins continues his fruitless hunt for the man-eating lion tied to an 1894 family tragedy in Africa.
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Assen
Netherlands
Justice Ministry
London
Maurice Hopkins
Hopkins
Lake Nyasa
Malawi
Mozambique
New overseas flights allow more baggage on trips
Washington reports new rules base free baggage on piece count and size rather than weight, effective Wednesday. The CAB notes the change aims to ease traveler burden on overseas flights.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Texas search called off in abduction scare
Freer Texas officials halted a late night search after Maria Elena Tovar and her daughters Belinda and Lady were found safe at their home. Authorities had feared abduction as Maria Tovar was to testify before the Duval County grand jury about drug activity. Memorial Day violence in Texas neared fifty deaths with 46 killed in the three day period including 26 traffic fatalities and eight drownings.
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Freer
Tex
Duval County
Texas
Associated Press
Fire claims 160 at Beverly Hills Supper Club tragedy
Investigators shift from search to clues as the Beverly Hills Supper Club blaze near Cincinnati leaves at least 160 dead with 58 reported missing. A crane tears down the building facade while officials inspect the Zebra Room and basement boiler area for answers.
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Steven R. Hurst
Associated Press
Southgate, Ky
Beverly Hills
Midwest
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Red Cross
John
Briscoe weighs special session to finish school finance
In Austin Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe weighs calling a special session after lawmakers failed to pass a 900 million public school finance bill. Lt. Gov. Hobby and Speaker Clayton consider options as last night’s vote fell short and other measures stalled or stalled by filibuster threats.
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Austin
Tex
Dolph Briscoe
Bill Hobby
Bill Clayton
Hobby
Sen
Oscar Mauzy
Mauzy
Senate
House
Dallas
Tom Creighton
Dmineral Wells
Peyton McKnight
Tyler
McKnight
Texas
John Traeger
D-Seguin
Briscoe
Mahon Emerges in Spring as Budget Powerhouse
Washington profile of George H. Mahon, longtime chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, detailing his low-profile style, centralized influence, and role shaping the 460 billion dollar annual federal budget while avoiding publicity and press presence.
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Robert B. Cullen
Associated Press
Washington
Nation
George H. Mahon
Mahon
House
House Appropriations Committee
The
Republic
Democrat
Lubbock
Tex
Appropriations Committee
Defense
New House
Capitol
Congress
Death shadows Memorial Day
Memorial Day weekend carried grief along with rituals as a supper club fire in Kentucky killed at least 160 and highway crashes claimed many lives. Veterans recalled lost comrades while Frank Coghlan swam from Staten Island to Brooklyn and then to San Francisco beneath the Golden Gate.
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Associated Press
Southgate
U.S
Frank Coghlan
Staten Island
Brooklyn
New York
Verrazano Narrows Bridge
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Washington
Navy
J. Graham Claytor
Seattle
Bill Fletcher
Fletcher
American Businessmen Take Top Salaries in Global Study
A study by the American Management Associations finds U S executives earn the highest pay among Western directors. American company chiefs with sales around 20 million dollars average 88 000 dollars annually, with over half as bonus. Belgium Switzerland and West Germany follow. Britain and Italy show the lowest salaries amid inflation.
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New York
Europe
American Management Associations
Belgium
Switzerland
West Germany
Britain
Italy
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Kingston
Jamaica
Rosalynn Carter
Mexico City
United Nations
J. Herbert Burke
R-Fla
Hermosillo
U.S. News
Agriculture Department
National Safety Council
Everett Neill Jr
Paula
Amtrak
Texas Today
Fort Thomas
Dick Riesenberg
Kentucky Highway Patrol
Ken Brandenburgh
Brandenburgh
Giant Club
Jack Keever
Dian
Texas Indian Commission
Davidson
John Bramlage
Fort Wright
Richchard Cavender
Bonita
Calif
Cavender
Cantini
France
Long Island
Manhasset
N.Y
Legion
North Shore
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