Paratroopers Rescue in Kolwezi as 44 Europeans Killed
In Kinshasa A P report says 400 French legionnaires parachuted into rebel Kolwezi to free 2,500 trapped foreigners. Four dozen Europeans were found dead amid heavy fighting with rebels supported by three Soviet tanks. Belgian and American aid involvement noted.
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Zaire
French Foreign
Kolwezi
Shaba
Zambia
Katanga
Angola
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Paris
Brussels
Leo Tindemans
Kamina
Tindemans
Belgium
United States
Maine GOP convention debates death penalty plank
At the 1978 Maine Republican convention in Augusta a rejected platform call for capital punishment sparked the only heated debate. Rep. Stanley E. Laffin of Westbrook led the push while other delegates opposed it citing inhumanity risk of executing innocents and potential damage to the party’s image with youth.
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Augusta
Maine
Republican Party
Stanley E. Laffin
R Westbrook
Hartford Diarrhea Case: Two More Children Admitted
Two additional children from the Church of Christ Jesus, Jason Pitts aged 3 and Cherise Pitts aged 5, were admitted to St Francis Hospital in Hartford for a diarrhea infection. Officials said they were treated in isolation and described as in good condition. Police linked the family to a group of three women and 13 children who recently left Hartford in a van toward Nashville, Tennessee.
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Hartford
St. Francis Hospital
Jason Pitts
Cherise Pitts
Richard Anderson
Church of Christ Jesus
Nashville, Tenn
Brzezinski to Discuss Global Issues in Peking Talks
President Carter's national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski leaves Saturday for Peking to discuss global issues with China's Communist leaders. Topics likely include U S relations with the Soviet Union Korea peninsula and the U S military presence in Asia.
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Tokyo
Carter
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Peking
China
Soviet Union
Korean Peninsula
U.S
Asia
Ex-USIA Employee, Expatriate Convicted of Spying
In Alexandria a U S District Court jury found Ronald L. Humphrey and David Truong guilty on six of seven counts in the spying indictment. Each man faces possible life sentences. Humphrey, 42, allegedly stole sensitive documents and passed them to Truong, 32, a Vietnamese expatriate who has lived in the United States for 13 years.
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Alexandria
USS
Ronald L. Humphrey
David Truong
Vietnam
Humphrey
U.S. Information Agency
Truong
Sleek sloop taking shape in Kittery
A Concordia 27-foot sloop is under construction by George Patten Jr. in Kittery. Started in February, the boat will be finished this fall for John Porter of Kittery Point. The piece outlines lofting, white oak framing, steam-bent ribs, and riveted planks, with a 6,000-pound lead keel and a small diesel engine planned.
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George Patten Jr
Norton Road
Kittery
Holly Young
Patten
John “Chip” Porter
Kittery Point
Portsmouth
William G. Gebow
New Castle
Navy sees no date for EB improvement
The Navy told Congress it cannot forecast when improvements will finish at Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics or when cost overruns will be halted. Delays push five Trident submarines 19 months beyond contract, with average $50 million more per boat vs Newport News. Management changes and training begun, but effect not yet measurable.
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Navy
Congress
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
Adm
Clarence R. Bryan
Sea Systems Command
Joint Economic Committee
Electric Boat
Groton
Conn
Newport News
Bryan
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Postal Service approves 2 cent hike for letters
The U S Postal Service board of governors unanimously voters approved a 2 cent increase in first class rates, boosting the price from 13 to 15 cents effective May 29. The agency rejected the Carter administration plea for a citizens rate and described the process of rate changes through the Postal Rates Commission before final approval.
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Washington
Postal Service
Carter Administration
U.S. Postal Service
Board of Governors
Postal Rates Commission
Commission
Authorities seek clues to identity in Brown boy abandonment case
A two year old boy left in the entryway of King's Department Store on Lafayette Road is in temporary foster care as authorities search for his mother. Portsmouth District Court awarded welfare custody after a Thursday hearing. Police and welfare officials urge anyone with information to contact 431-6180 or 436-2145. A note under the boy’s shirt read I am about two and need a Mom and Dad.
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King’s Department Store
King’s
Lafayette Road
N.H. Division of Welfare
Welfare Division
Portsmouth District Court
Alvin E. Taylor
Martha Hogue
Miss Hogue
Division of Welfare Office
Portsmouth Police Department
Michael Fracher
Police Department
Youth
Fracher
Massachusetts
the Herald
PSC seeks broader injunction at Seabrook site
Public Service Co of New Hampshire will ask Rockingham County Superior Court to extend the April 1977 injunction to cover the entire fenced construction area at Seabrook. The move aims to keep demonstrators out of valuable equipment as a June 24 protest looms, while opponents say the court action won’t halt plans.
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Manchester
N.H
Public Service Co
New Hampshire
Rockingham County
Seabrook
Gordon McKenney
McKenney
Robin Read
Clamshell Alliance
State
Richest Senators Named Danforth Heinz In Asset Estimates
Washington AP reports Missouri Senator John Danforth and Pennsylvania Senator H. John Heinz lead the Senate in wealth with assets up to about 18 million each. Danforth cites 7.33 to 17.75 million in assets and no liabilities, largely from Ralston Purina holdings. Heinz lists 10.25 to 17.85 million in assets with 1.13 to 2.36 million in liabilities, including a five million debt from his campaign committee.
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Missouri
John Danforth
Pennsylvania
H. John Heinz
Senate
Danforth
Ralston Purina Corp
Heinz
H.J. Heinz
Ted Kennedy
Russell Long
Kennedy
D-Mass
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Rhodesia
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Red Cross
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