Socialist Leaders Meet Iran Officials Over Hostage Crisis Mediation
Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky and two European socialist leaders met Iran's President Abolhassan Bani Sadr and Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh to discuss mediation of the hostage crisis. Daoudy of the U.N. and French lawyer Bourger intensified diplomatic efforts as Tehran hosts a broad initiative to resolve the standoff and secure the release of 53 Americans.
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Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
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Bani Sadr
U.N
Adib Daoudy
Avrdasqiner
Daoudy
Christian Bourger
Kreisky
Felipe Gonzalez
Social Democratic Party
Olof Palme
Aili Reza Nabri
U.S
Weather forecast with clear skies and mild temperatures
Forecast calls for a clear night and tomorrow with a low near 42 and a high around 70. Rain chances are zero through tomorrow night. Sunset is 8 32 p m and sunrise 5 31 a m. Yesterday’s high 72, low 46. Record highs and lows for the date are 89 in 1978 and 36 in 1969. Relative humidity was 39 percent yesterday at 8 p m and 82 percent at 8 a m today. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph tonight and tomorrow.
Eruption eases pressure as ash hits Northwest
Geologist Dan Miller notes pressure relief while eruptions from two mountain points send ash 200 miles into northern Oregon and southwest Washington. Ash reached Olympic Peninsula and near the Canadian border with Longview Kelso bearing the heaviest load. Memorial Day tourists were stranded at Washington and Oregon coastal resorts as I-5 traffic halted and an eight-person, 12-car Ritzville crash followed ash winds. Portland officials urged indoors while Long Beach residents observed the event with wary caution. Cleanup shifts as winds move fallout away from eastern Washington Idaho and western Montana.
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Long Beach
Koreans in Kwangju siege face mounting casualties and evacuation
A civic leader estimates 400 to 600 deaths and 4,000 to 6,000 injured in nine days of anti-government unrest in Kwangju, while Seoul officials report 127 dead and reports place total deaths up to 161. Foreign nationals are advised to evacuate as rioters block aid and government paratroopers attempt delivery of emergency supplies.
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Cubans escape at Florida tent city amid base clashes
At Eglin Air Force Base Florida a group of Cuban refugees fought with guards and broke from the tent city processing center. Six people were injured as 50 to 100 refugees fled during Saturday’s melee and more attempted escapes followed.
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Boat captains plan protest in Key West gathering
Hundreds of commercial fishing boat captains plan a Wednesday protest against Coast Guard seizures of nearly 600 vessels linked to the Cuban refugee flotilla. Leaders (Trujillo and Cesaroni) vow resistance as the agency has impounded 567 boats since Carter halted the sealift and 44 more with 2,570 Cubans arrived.
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Census crews slowed by Mount St Helens eruption and Miami riots
Volcanic ash from Mount St Helens shut census offices in Olympia Yakima Washington and Billings Montana and halted field follow ups. Miami rioting forced two downtown Miami census offices to close while staffing woes in big cities slowed mail returns and door to door work, though the count must be delivered by January 1 1981.
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James Alder
Seattle
Prairie fire controlled as Rockies face winds and blizzard
Firefighters contained an 80 000 acre prairie fire in eastern Montana while Wyoming winds reach 75 mph and Colorado endures a spring blizzard with 21 foot snow drifts. The storm halted roads, sent river floods rising, and forced evacuations as tornadoes were reported across Colorado, Montana and Wyoming.
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Talks could pave way for arms sales to China
Chinese Vice Premier Geng Biao visits Washington for five days to pursue talks with Defense Secretary Brown and other officials on potential U S arms sales to China. Despite existing bans, a policy shift after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan could allow purchases of military-support gear and certain civilian tech with military uses.
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Carter
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Cycle gang member killed at concert
A motor cycle group member was killed and two others injured when Maine’s Freaker’s Ball rock festival erupted in gunfire. George Jones, 23, Lewiston, faced murder and attempted murder charges over the death of Harold Sargent, 40, of Portland, and wounding Kenneth Fisher, 25, of West Buxton. Donald Tunison was stabbed in the thigh during the melee. no stabbing arrests were made. Dozens of troopers curbed possible riot as 3500 fans mostly stayed.
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Portland
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