Three congressmen confirm Korean gave campaign funds
The article reports that Rep. Morris Udall and Chairs Thomas Foley and Melvin Price acknowledged receiving or being offered contributions from Tongsun Park, a Korean rice dealer tied to an influence inquiry. Udall says the 1970 contribution was legitimate and notes Park's targeted influence attempts on military aid policy.
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Washington
Park
House Agriculture Committee
Thomas
Foley
D Wash
House Armed Services
Melvin Price
D-I
Justice Department
Park Chung Hee
Price
Udall
South Korea
Washington Social Whirl and In 1970, “the Contribution By Mr. Park
Alaska oil pipeline faces slow restart after blast
Officials expect to re start oil flow via a bypass of a demolished pump station on the trans Alaska pipeline. The plan may limit throughput, with 600 000 barrels a day possible and 1.2 million a day likely dropped. Investigators probe cause. four months for NTSB findings.
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Anchorage. Alaska
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Thompson Pass
Houston
Valdez
Edward Patton
Alyeska
National Transportation Safety Board
William Haley
NTSB
Haley
Fairbanks
Double probe on four Long Beach vice officers continues
A joint police and district attorney inquiry into four suspended Long Beach vice officers proceeds with no end date. Detectives James Abrego, David Barbee, David Kennison, and Leo Schmack were suspended indefinitely after an assault on a bar patron and a falsified report tied to the April 14 Brave Bull incident at 1262 Long Beach Blvd. Out-of-town witnesses remain to be questioned as the investigation by two homicide detectives continues and no decisions on felony or misdemeanor charges are urged until completion.
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Long Beach
Carl Calkins
James Abrego
David Barbee
David Kennison
Leo Schmack
Brave Bull Bar
Long Beach Blvd
Calkins
Atty
Bours Campbell
Special Investigations
Remnent
Fiat executive kidnapped last April freed near Versailles
Fiat France subsidiary head Lucchino Revelli Beaumont was released near Versailles after three months in captivity. Police said he was in good health but blindfolded most of the time since the April 13 abduction. No arrests reported and ransom details unclear. Initial $8 million demand reportedly reduced to about $3 million.
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Paris
Fiat Motor Company
Versailles
Lucchino Revelli-Beaumont
Besore
No blast as four deadlines pass in Helsinki hijacking crisis
Four deadlines by Soviet hijackers passed without incident as the jet landed at Helsinki airport due to fuel limits. Interventions by Soviet ambassador Vladimir Stepanov and Finnish ministers followed, with hostage releases increasing to 40 aboard. Negotiations continued as Sweden and other nations monitored the scene and prepared for safe transport of freed crew.
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Stead
Helsinki
Sweden
Vladimir Stepanov
Russia
Stockholm
Arlanda
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Vasily Sosnovsky
Kuwaiti Airlines
Beirut
Kuwait
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
South Yemen
Damascus
Abu Saed
Bsr
Saed
Popular Front
For the Liberation of Palestine General Command
Yasir Arafat
Fatah
Singapore Airlines Orders Four DC10 Wide-Cabin Jets
Singapore Airlines placed a 156 million dollar order for four DC10 Series 30 wide-cabin jets from Douglas with delivery from Long Beach between 1978 and 1979. Options for four more DC10s were also included. The deal follows VIASA’s purchase of three Series 30 DC10s.
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Singapore Airlines
STA
Douglas Aircraft Co
Lon Beach
SIA
Douglas
Venezuelan International Airways
VIASA
Orient
Europe
Australia
Postal Service backs Carter two tier rate plan
The U S Postal Service approved President Carter s two tier rate plan with a 12 cent first class letter rate for individuals and 16 cents for businesses, creating a citizen rate and raising other mail rates. The plan moves to the Postal Rate Commission with hearings possible for up to 10 months, delaying any change before next May. Officials said sorting changes for citizen rate mail would not slow delivery and discounts for pre sorted mail and publishers were approved, with average overall rate increases estimated at 22 percent.
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Washington
U.S. Postal Service
Carter
Board of Governors
Postal Rate Commission
Benjamin F. Bailor
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New York
Hugh Carey
New York State
Albany
Linda
Barner
Syracuse
van Houten
Associated Press
Manson
Miss van Houten
L.B. Cops
Fiat
Interior Ministry
Postal Service
Sale
Sun
WTA
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