Talks in Algiers push to resolve Iran hostages crisis
The Associated Press reports a new round of talks at the Algerian Foreign Ministry as U S and Iranian negotiators seek to resolve the 14 month hostage crisis by trading frozen Iranian assets for 52 American captives. Clarifications were requested by Iran on asset transfers while medical teams prepared evacuations.
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Algiers
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Iran
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State Department
John Trattner
Pars
Nabavi
Tehran
Mohammad Ali Rajai
Ali Reza Nobari
Beirut
Carter
Camp David
Wiesbaden
West Germany
Cal
Ted Kennedy
Christopher
Christopher Ross
Foreign Ministry
Herrin fire claims three victims in tragic apartment blaze
A Herrin apartment fire killed Alice Rose Brown and her two children Kevin Michael Brown, 4, and Christina Louise Brown, 3, found together in a bed on the second floor of a federal low rent complex at 511 S Fifth St. Calvin Brown, 24, the husband and father, left for work at 5:45 a.m. and learned of the blaze. Fire officials suspected an accidental cause possibly wiring, and firefighters fought smoke and a challenging double roofing layout as residents looked on in the frigid morning. The bodies were recovered at 9:15 a.m. and investigators began work at the scene.
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Christopher Columbus Club
Brown
Williamson County
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Mrs. Younger
Herrin
Rocky Bright
N. Fifth St
King
Wilson
the Kings
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Pat Creek
Barney West
Lindell Corrasco
Carter Still Hopes to Free 52 by Tuesday
Washington AP reports three days before leaving office the Carter administration works to finalize an accord to free 52 Americans held in Tehran. Officials say Iran seeks clarifications on asset release tied to the hostages. U.S. bankers coordinate to convert frozen assets, with figures cited between 9.5 and 14 billion dollars and a prepositioned 2.2 billion in Iranian assets ready for transfer upon release.
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Tor
Behzad Nabavi
Pars
Iran
Carter Administration
U.S
Tehran
Nabavi
Trattner
State Department
Rajai
Edmund S. Muskie
Anatoly Dobrynin
United States
Washington
Carter
John Trattner
White House
Jody Powell
Treasury Department
G. William Miller
New York Times
Weisbaden
West Germany
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Vance
Ben H. Read
Sunny and warmer today with 40s. partly cloudy tonight
The forecast from the National Weather Service calls for sunny skies and warmer conditions with highs in the low to mid 40s. Tonight will be partly cloudy with lows reaching the mid to upper 20s and Monday will be partly sunny with a high in the 40s.
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