Demands Studied In Kidnapping Case In Tanzania
US and Tanzanian officials study demands from Zairean guerrillas holding two Americans and a Dutch woman. A third kidnapped American, Barbara Smuts, freed near Kigoma, while letters to the Tanzanian government and U.S Ambassador Beverly Carter hint at release conditions. Victims include Carrie Hunter, Kenneth Smith, and Emilie Bergman. In Portugal, the Armed Forces Movement convenes on possible abolition of political parties amid a 10 day crisis between Communists and Socialists.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
U.S
Beverly Carter
Barbara Smuts
Ann Arbor
Mich
Kigoma
Lake Tanganyika
Carrie Jane Hunter
Atherton
Calif
Kenneth Stephen Smith
Garden Grove
Emilie van Zinnick Bergman
Netherlands
Lisbon
Portugal
Armed Forces Movement
Abolition debate amid varied 1970s protest activity
In Lisbon a five hour rally drew about 10,000 as Socialist gains topped Communists 3 to 1 in constitutional assembly elections. In Florida, fifteen students wait tables for scholarships while auditioning as musical staff for Musicana. In D C, refugees and Vietnam negotiations progress under UN oversight. Burns forecasts a 4 5 percent GNP rise in H2, while Ullman predicts delays and higher joblessness. Congress members head to Europe for NATO tours and other research during a Memorial Day recess. A U S woman seeks to marry a jailed Russian artist facing trial for anti-Soviet propaganda.
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Lisbon
Vero Beach
Fla
John T. Lascha
Roger Rycacki
Musicana
Democrats Blame Leadership Over Energy Bill Delay
Washington AP reports Congress faces blame from Democrats for stalled energy conservation legislation. Explanations cite leadership gaps, inexperience among freshmen, and Senate friction from overlapping committee jurisdictions led by Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield. In Laos, AP notes intensified anti American sentiment as Embassy staff burn documents and move riot gear upstairs amid reduced evacuee flights.
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Mike Mansfield
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Vientiane
Laos
Lebanon Premier Rifai Resigns After Three Days in Power
Moslem opposition forced Brig. Gen. Noureddin Rifai to quit as Lebanon’s military premier amid street battles and gunfire. President Suleman Frangien named Rifai after weeks of fighting between Palestinian militants and Phalangist militia. cease-fire efforts and joint patrols were ordered to quell the violence. Israeli-Lebanese clashes followed across the border with casualties on both sides as regional tensions mounted.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Noureddin Rifai
Rifai
Suleman Frangien
Phalangist Party
Palestine
Yasir Arafat
Arafat
Abdul Halim Khaddam
National weather storms sweep Plains to mid Atlantic
Thunderstorms rumbled from the Plains to mid Atlantic with teens to 20s temperatures in the Rockies and Plains. Tornadoes touched down across central states, with Illinois seeing six and other states reporting twos and ones, while some areas logged damaging winds and hail. No serious injuries reported as alerts spread nationwide.
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Rockies
New England
Illinois
Central States
Kansas
Nebraska
Ohio
North Dakota
Garrison
Oregon
Idaho
Georgia
Evanston
Wyo
Needles
Calif
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Atlanta
Boston
Journalists Expelled From Vietnam Reports Say
American AP correspondent Matt Franjola and French novelist Jean Larteguy were expelled from South Vietnam. They arrived in Vientiane on a North Vietnamese plane with about 40 other newsmen and 40 French teachers. another AP reporter, George Esper, was not affected. Franjola said no reason was given. He quoted a Hanoi official who suggested he had damaged the revolution. This marked the first known press expulsion since Vietnam’s surrender.
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Vientiane
Laos
Matt Franjola
Associated Press
Jean Larteguy
South Vietnam
Franjola
Larteguy
Saigon
George Esper
Nguyen Nhu Doi
Information Department
Military Management Committee
United States
Vietnam
Panic at Mexico City cinema injures crowd of hundreds
In Mexico City a theater blast of panic erupted when a spectator yelled fire as a film ended. About 35 people were injured, 15 admitted to hospitals, five in serious condition, with another 20 treated on site. No fatalities reported. Doors torn, fights and trampling followed as crowds surged toward exits. The theater seated 3,200. an additional 2,000 waited outside.
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Mexico City
Red Cross
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