Dutch and Moluccan mediators named to end siege
Dutch officials and South Moluccan extremists agreed on two mediators to negotiate an end to an 11 day siege outside Assen. Dr Hassan Tan and Mrs Soumokil were named after a Hague meeting with Moluccan leaders.
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Assen
Netherland
Goverment
Toos Faber
Justie Ministry
Hassan Tan
Soumokil
Faber
The
Hague
Pieter
Willem Lokollo
Wee
All 100 aboard saved as ferry hits iceberg
The 1,300 ton Canadian National ferry William Carson struck an iceberg off the Labrador coast and sank. All 88 passengers and 22 crew were rescued, with 42 airlifted to Marys Harbor and St Anthony by helicopter. the rest were rescued by government ships. The incident was confirmed by a CN spokesman.
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Halifax
Canada
Wiliam Carson
Labrador
Canadian National Ferry
Mary's Harbor
St. Anthony
Newfoundland
Humphrey Gilbert
Carson
Br. John's
Newfound
Sand Island
Alantic
Goose Bay
John
Square Islands
George Pike
Sai
Pike
Prince Edward Island
Unemployment rate dips but job prospects mixed in May
The May jobless rate slipped to 6.75 million unemployed with women at 6.6 percent and men rising to 8.5 percent. White House aides called the overall employment and wholesale price trends encouraging though not a sign of inflation improvement. A separate sea disaster near Labrador saw the ferry Carson sink after an ice rupture, with 1000 tons of cargo lost and crews evacuated.
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Jody Mees
White House
Powell
Labor Department
Sirhan seeks return to Kennedy murder site in memory gaps
Sirhan Sirhan requests to be brought back to the Ambassador Hotel kitchen where he fired at Senator Robert Kennedy on June 5, 1968. Prison officials note his amnesia from entering the hotel to the steam table confrontation as investigators consider hypnosis and further psychiatric treatment. The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors concludes a second probe into possible third party involvement while Sirhan expresses desire for parole and societal reintegration.
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Senator Kennedy
Sirhan
Kennedy
Ambassador Kitchen
California
Hahn
Ward
Isaac
Sirkan
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Halon
Haba
Tsaae
Energy department plan moves in Cabinet approval
A House Senate conference committee will be named to resolve differences on a bill creating a new energy department. The proposal would consolidate scattered energy offices, abolish nine agencies, and delay agency termination for five years, amid opposition over efficiency and control of oil imports.
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Tary
White Howe Energy
James R. Schlesinger
House
Senate
John Conyers
Pro & Dow
Aeseral Ynes Commission
Net
Esearch
Federal Energy Administration
John Moss
Calif
Two Redondo Beach Men Sought in Nude Murders
Riverside County authorities issued warrants naming two Redondo Beach men in the slayings of two young men whose nude photos were found along county roads earlier this year. The victims Arturo Marquez, 4, of Oxnard and John O LaMay, 17, of El Monte were identified among eight nude remains found since April 1915.
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Redondo
Riverside
iTwo Rikiondo Beach
Ben
Riverside County
Arturo Marquez
Oxnard
Tounlain Roid
Banning
John
LaMay
Wheder
River Iine
Orange
San Diego
Los
Los Angeles
Peter J. Pitchess
Te Viet al Horaneerual
Burton drops big Redwood expansion plan in California
SAN FRANCISCO AP Washington, Representative Joan Burton signals support for expanding Redwood National Park by 74 000 acres and adding a jobs package to protect Humboldt County’s economy. The Carter administration’s modest expansion proposal faces a federal test as lumbering interests press for park land purchases.
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San Francisco
Congress
Joan Phillie Burton
Carter
Hanoi reveals names of missing Americans in talks
A U S commission headed by labor leader Leonard Woodcock returns remains of 11 Americans. Vietnam promises to locate 24 more missing Americans and to provide information on a CIA operative and a crewman. Talks to resume soon with embassy channels to set a meeting date.
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Leonard Woodenelle
CIA
Tucker
Guggie
Hanoi
Enerapee
Bolbrocke
City council weighs Grand Prix funding and contract bid
Auditors report a press release states Grand Prix fund bid will be formed by Queen Mary Tours Inc and Long Beach Convention News Bureau. The plan allocates 725,008 in bed tax and state funds with councilors questioning secrecy and amounts while city officials seek clarity on services and use of funds.
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Queen Mary Tours Inc
Long Beach
Wallace Edgerton
John Dever
Fraake
Couccil
Thomas Clark
Simon
Verrut
Ieee
Tivee-Masa Board
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Kenneth Hahn
Baxter Ward
Godfrey Isaac
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Haieal
Vinis
Orr Calle
Pacific
Lone Beach
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