San Francisco mayor and Milk lie in state after killings
Tens of thousands march to City Hall in mourning for Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. Dan White, a former supervisor, is jailed on slayings charges as grief spreads over the assassinations that shocked the city and nation. Milk and Moscone had been central figures in San Francisco politics and gay rights, while the Temple tragedy in Guyana compounds the day’s sorrow.
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Susan Ager
Associated Press
SAN Francisco
George Moscone
Harvey Milk
City Hall
Dan White
Moscone
White
Milk
Jim Jones
Carter
National League of Cities
St. Louis
Ken Erickson
Cheyenne
Wyo
Smith & Wesson
Boyd Stephens
World shipbuilding slump deepens amid lower orders
Lloyd's Register of Shipping reports the shipbuilding downturn worsened in the third quarter with orders totaling just over 28 million gross tons, 2.3 million less than Q2. Japan leads with about 7 million tons, Brazil nearly 3 million, the United States 2.75 million, and Poland 1.5 million. Soviet Union and China figures unavailable.
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London
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping
Lloyd’s
Brazil
United States
Poland
Soviet Union
China
Vietnamese refugees to be flown to US soon
Malaysian refugee officials say more than 2,000 Vietnamese refugees will be airlifted to the United States within two to three weeks. The Carter administration plans to seek approval to admit about 22,500 Indochinese refugees by May 1, in addition to the 25,000 annual quota, as a new wave reaches Malaysia.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
United States
Carter Administration
Indochina
U.S
Hai Hong
Justice Department
Washington
Griffin B. Bell
Congress
Vietnam
South China Sea
Secret liftoff rule to curb launches enforced nationwide
Cocoa Today cites a Pentagon source saying the 1968 directive to keep military launches secret until liftoff is being enforced nationwide. Cape Canaveral had publicized launches earlier. demonstrations of flywheel storage devices are planned for early next year at Johns Hopkins. National Steel raises prices following U.S. Steel. a dissident steel hauler strike in Pittsburgh enters its third week, with a critically wounded trucker.
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Cocoa
Columbia, Md
Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Labratory
Davide Rabenhorst
Pittsburgh
National Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
John Campbell
Council On
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Douglas Kaltenborn
Fraternal Association of Steel Haulers
FASH
Survivors of Jonestown to Begin Returning Home This Week
Survivors of the Jonestown mass deaths in Guyana will start flying back to the United States this week, possibly Wednesday, as Guyanese police complete camp inventories and question 80 sect members. U.S. and Guyanese officials say some survivors will be released while others face judicial review. two Americans are charged with murder connected to the airstrip killings of Rep Leo J. Ryan and others. The returning cultists will undergo U.S. entry procedures and interviews by IRS, INS, and HEW officials, with FBI agents also questioning them for possible conspiracies or participation in the airstrip and mass poisoning incidents.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Georgetown
Guyana
Jonestown
United States
Peoples Temple
U.S
Skip Roberts
Jim Jones
Tim Carter
Michael
Boise
Idaho
Michael Prokes
Modesto
Calif
Roberts
Larry Layton
San Francisco
Leo J. Ryan
D-Calif
Charles Berkman
Indianapolis
Miguel DePina
Charleston
S.C
Air Force Base
Internal Revenue Service
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
FBI
Rep
Ryan
Layton
Leader tries to end rumors of power struggle in China
Hong Kong reports say Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping denied offers to become premier from Hua Kuo-feng. He stated he refused due to age and to remain head of China's modernization program. Posters in Peking prompted talk of Teng’s possible elevation as premier.
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Hong Kong
Teng Hsiao Ping
Hua Kuo Feng
Mao Tse Tung
Teng
Robert Novak
Hua
China
Peking
Chou Enlai
Cuba Accuses Cuba of Aiding Nicaraguan Guerrillas
Washington based AP report cites secret intelligence claiming Cuba supplies finance and weapons to leftist guerrillas in Nicaragua. The Panama conduit is noted, but U.S. officials caution that details are not fully verifiable and that Cuban support is described as limited.
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Washington
Cuba
Nicaragua
Associated Press
Panama
U.S
Anastasio Somoza
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Woodbury
Vermont
Cyerica
Hans Mullikin
Marshall
Texas
White House
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