Mass death by own action ends in Jonestown tragedy
Guyanese troops hunted for hundreds of American cult members after a mass death by own action killed more than 400, many from drinking cyanide laced Kool-Aid at Jonestown in Guyana. U.S. troops and identification experts prepared to retrieve bodies as autopsy rules were waived.
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Lew Wheaton
Georgetown
Guyana
U.S. Defense Department
Jonestown
Jim Jones
People's Temple
United States
Jones
California
San Francisco
Leo J. Ryan
D-Calif
U.S
Ryan
Port Kaituma
Odell Rhodes
Rhodes
Charles Krause
The
Washington Post
White House
Jody Powell
Carter
Rosalynn
Powell
Walter Mondale
Carters
Clement J. Zablocki
D-Wis
House International Relations Committee
Jonestown Colony
Italian Metaphysical Master Giorgio de Chirico Dies at 90
Giorgio de Chirico, Italy’s renowned 20th century painter and founder of the Italian metaphysical movement, died at 90 in a Rome hospital after a heart attack. Born in Greece and long based in Rome, he was famed for enigmatic streets and striking still lifes. His career included frequent court battles over attribution and a noted critique of modern art.
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Samuel Koo
Associated Press
Rome
Giorgio de Chirico
Italy
de Chirico
Spanish Steps
Greece
Munich
San Remo
Italian Riviera
Supreme Court restores $125000 award for ball injury
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reinstated a $125000 judgment to Evelyn Jones who was struck in the eye by a baseball during Pirates batting practice at Three Rivers Stadium on July 16 1970. The ruling reverses a 1977 Superior Court denial against Three Rivers Management Corp and Pittsburgh Athletic Co. No. Lawyers or dates beyond these remain in the readable text.
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Philadelphia
State Supreme Court
Pittsburgh Pirates
Evelyn Jones
Three Rivers Management Corp
City of
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Athletic Co
Pirates
Western officials interview refugees in Hai Hong case
In Port Klang Malaysia officials interview some 2500 Vietnamese refugees aboard the freighter Hai Hong as part of asylum talks. Western, U.S., French and Canadian authorities plan to resettle groups. Canada France Belgium Britain and others may take refugees with relatives. A Canadian spokesman hopes a group heads to Canada by Saturday.
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Port Klang
Malaysia
U.S
Indochina
France
Canada
Belgium
West Germany
Britain
Switzerland
Netherlands
Ottawa
South Vietnam
Jeff Robbins
Hong Kong
Senators Meet Romanian President in Bucharest
Six U.S. senators and their wives met Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu in Bucharest to discuss Romanian American relations and international issues in a cordial atmosphere. The group included Pell Jackson Hollings Javits Stevens McClure. The party planned to visit Israel after the meeting.
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Vienna
Austria
U.S
Bucharest
Nicolae Ceausescu
Agerpres
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Jacob Javits
R-N.y., Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, and James McClure
Idaho
Israel
Hershey Raises Candy Bar Price While Expanding Size
Hershey Foods Corp raises its 20 cent chocolate bars to 25 cents next Monday and increases the bar by 14 percent. The price per ounce rises 9.4 percent, still within Carter era anti inflation rules, as judged by the Council on Wage and Price Stability. The standards allow only a 9.5 percent maximum rise for the year and require average increases to stay below the benchmark.
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Washington
Hershey Foods Corp
Carter
Hershey
Council On Wage and Price Stability
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