North Korean diplomats expelled from two Scandinavian states
North Korea is expelling five diplomats from its Oslo embassy and ambassador Kil Jae gyong based in Stockholm amid investigations into illicit liquor and cigarette trading. Denmark followed with four diplomats ordered out, tied to alcohol tobacco and hashish trafficking. Sweden reports an inquiry into the embassy there. Norway and Denmark aim to maintain ties with North Korea.
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Oslo
Norway
UPI
Denmark
Norwegian
North Korea
Stockholm
Foreign Ministry
Kil Jae-gyong
Sweden
Copenhagen
Kim Hong Chul
Pyongyang
Peking
Wil
Nordic
Parents Charged in Torture Death of 4-Year-Old Melisha
Wanda and Ronald Maddux were bound to a grand jury on first degree murder charges in the death of their daughter Melisha Morganna Gibson. A Bradley County detective testified the child was found nude on a wet mattress after enduring days of abuse including forced standing and hot sauce. Defense lawyers argued statements were coerced and trial fairness is in question amid a highly charged courtroom scene.
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Carl A. Vines Cleveland
Tenn
UPI
Melisha
Melisha Morganna Gibson
Maddux
Robert Lawson
Bradley County Sheriff's Department
Madddux
Maddox
Bradley County
Housewife Sues Two Firms Over Rifle Blast Injuries
Suzanne Longstreet files in Third District Court seeking 25121 dollars from Olin Corp and Federal Cartridge Corp after a Winchester Model 70 chamber exploded while she fired at a deer in Owyhee County on Oct. 19, 1974. She alleges negligence and seeks 25000 general damages plus 121 medical expenses.
Missing mute boy Ronnie Rea lost in Wyoming snow
Howling winds and heavy snows hindered rescue teams in the Northern Rockies as they searched for Ronnie Rea, a near blind child who wandered from his Ten Sleep area home a week ago wearing minimal clothing. Rescuers reported harsh conditions, with 18 inches of snow along the Wyoming Montana border and fresh flurries across Minnesota Iowa and South Dakota.
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United Press International
Rockies
Midwest
Ronnie Rea
Ten Sleep
Wyo
Effel Rea
Ronnie
Wyoming-Montana
Mississippi
Sioux City
Iowa
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Huron
S.D
Trinidad
Colo
Sioux Falls
Omaha
Neb
Redwood Falls
Americans Prepare Thai Air Base At Takhli
American technicians in civilian clothes operate at Takhli Airbase ninety miles north of Bangkok to ready the facility for U.S military flights. Officials gave no confirmation but noted crews have rotated since July twenty and that no link to recent Bangkok events is indicated. Radio Thailand reports over two hundred leftist students fled to Laos and the junta purged its first general, who shaved his head and entered a monastery.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Takhli
U.S
Radio Thailand
Laos
Wage and fringe offer rejected by Sunshine Mine workers
Kellogg Idaho United Press International reports 500 Sunshine Silver Mine miners on strike since March 10 rejected a roughly two dollar per hour wage and benefit offer after an hour long meeting. Local 5089 president Laverne Melton called the talks disappointing as the union seeks about three dollars per hour more plus contract protections through 1979.
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Kellogg
Idaho
UPI
Steelworkers Union
Sunshine Silver Mine Management
Laverne Melton
Beef Market Development Plan Vital Says Chairman
Jim Faulkner of Bliss Idaho said the Beef Market Development Plan is vital to stabilize Idaho and national cattle industries. The plan funds consumer education research marketing and foreign development through a voluntary 3 percent value added contribution with a national referendum to follow after local registration and two thirds approval. Faulkner just returned from USDA hearings stressing the program as a self help effort by the industry.
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Bliss, Idaho
UPI
Idaho
Jim Faulkner
Bliss Faulkner
Congress
Faulkner
US Department of Agriculture
Trial barred reporters cover Los Angeles slasher case
Vaughn Orrin Greenwood known as the Skid Row slasher faces 11 murder counts for December 1974 to January 1975 throat cutting and two earlier killings. Judge Earl Broady barred public access to parts of the proceeding to protect the defendant's right to a fair trial while pretrial motions proceed and jury selection is set for next week.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Vaughn Orrin Greenwood
Greenwood
Earl C Broady Broady
Skid Row
Hollywood Hills
Burt Reynolds
Carter plans Boise rally to greet Jack Carter
A Boise rally on the steps of the Idaho Statehouse will greet Jack Carter as he arrives midweek to back his father’s presidential bid. Gov Cecil D Andrus and candidates Ken Pursley and Stan Kress join, with a downtown greeting and press conference follow. Carter then flies to Lewiston for more campaigning.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho Statehouse
Jack Carter
Carter
Cecil D Andrus
Ken Pursley
Stan Kress
South Statehouse
Kress
Pursley
Lewiston
Woman Dies In Two Vehicle I 80N Collision Near Orchard
Betsy J Anderson, 32, of Ketchum, died Monday in a two vehicle crash near the Orchard exit on Interstate 80N. State police report her car rear ended a double trailer truck driven by Duff McKitrick. Bellevue witnesses say she was traveling at high speed.
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Boise
UPI
Betsy J Anderson
Ketchum
Orchard
Duff MckKitrick
Bellevue
Odyssey House founder calls for boycott of Heublein over 30-proof milkshakes
Dr Judianne Densen-Gerber urged a public boycott of Heublein Inc at Odyssey House's 10th anniversary, accusing the firm of spending 3 million in 1976 to promote Hereford's Cow 30 proof milkshakes aimed at women youths and blacks to foster alcoholic taste trends, linking it to future abuse and urging funds redirected to rehabilitation.
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New York
UPI
Odyssey House
Heublein Liquor Company
Judianne Densen-Gerber
Heublein Inc
Heublein
Robbery Hits Russian Space Leader in Anaheim Lobby
Boris Petrov head of the Soviet Intercosmos Council and a Russian scientist were robbed of 35 dollars in a Disneyland area hotel lobby. Police said the gunman aimed to demand cash as the elevator doors opened and witnesses failed to notice the crime. Petrov remained at the congress through the weekend before departing for Washington for talks with NASA.
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Anaheim
Calif
UPI
Howard Johnson
Disneyland
Boris Petrov
Intercosmos Council
U.S National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Petrov
Vasily Sarychev
International Aeronauical Federation
Washington
NASA
Department
Vietnamese Man's Hearing Scheduled
A preliminary hearing is set for Saturday for Binh Cong Pham a 26 year old Boise man accused of second degree murder in the fatal shooting of Phuong Nguyen 23 also of Boise Pham a Vietnamese refugee is held on a 50000 bond.
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Boise
VPS
Binh Cong Pham
Phuong Nguyen
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