Carrasco hostage crisis enters 10th day with media blackout
Texas prison officials imposed a news blackout on negotiation details in the Carrasco hostage standoff at Huntsville prison. The move aims to protect the 13 hostages as authorities prepare for resumed talks and consider Carrasco's demand for an armored truck and radio to use as a shield.
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Huntsville
Tex
UPI
Texas
Fred Gomez Carrasco
Texas Department of Corrections
TDC
Ron Taylor
W.J. Estelle
Taylor
Carrasco
Julia Standley
Elizabeth Beseda
Novella Pollard
Joseph O’brien
End of an era as Mama Cass dies in London
Copley News Service reports Mama Cass Elliot died on Monday July 29 in London after choking on a sandwich. The piece notes her shift toward a quieter life, her 219 pound weight loss, two hospitalizations for overwork, and the 33 year old singer's reflection on fame and family. It also mentions her London Palladium show and her role in the Mamas and the Papas.
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Copley
London
Mama
Cass
Jimi Hendrix
Judy Garland
Janis Joplin
Mayfair
Harry Nilson
Debbie Reynolds
Ethel Merman
Palladium
Curzon Place
Ringo Starr
Hollywood Hills
New York
Denny Dougherty
The
Mamas and the Papas
Public chapel to hold Peron mausoleum ceremony
The body of President Juan D. Peron rests in a specially constructed chapel to be opened to the public Saturday. President Maria Estela Peron, his widow, attended ceremonies marking the transfer from a private chapel to the mausoleum at the presidential residence in Olivos.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Juan D. Peron
Maria Estela Peron
Peron
Olivos
Bell Phone negotiators seek to avert nationwide strike
Washington July reports negotiators for the Bell Telephone system and unions representing 725000 workers resumed talks to head off a strike set for midnight Sunday. Union leader Glenn Watts says strike action appears inevitable. AT&T cautions the outcome remains uncertain.
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Washington
UPI
Bell Telephone System
Jim Mundis
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Mundis
Glenn E. Watts
CWA
Chuck Dynes
American Telegraph and Telephone Co
Mormon Church Revises Black Scout Leadership Rule
The Mormon Church announced a policy change lifting the ban on blacks from the top leadership post in Boy Scout troops operated with church guidance. Church president Spender W Kimball said the guideline was not meant to discriminate and will allow any qualified scout to become senior patrol leader, except deacon ranks remain restricted by doctrine.
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Salt Lake City
Boy Scouts of America
Utah
The
NAACP
Church
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ASU
Jen
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Bell System
Communications Workers of America
International Brotherhood of Electrical
Camelback House
Reuben’s
Neptune’s
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68Th Street
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