Jonestown tape signals final mass murder calls
The tape from Jonestown in Guyana captures Rev. Jim Jones urging followers to take the poison as U.S. Rep. Leo Ryan and four others are killed at an airstrip. NBC aired excerpts on Today. defector accounts and CIA/FBI harassment claims surface amid the mass death following the killings.
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Peoples Temple
Guyana
Ryan
California
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Prokes
CIA
FBI
U.S
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Mike Carter
Georgetown
Russia
Jonestown
America
NBC News
Robert Hager
Leo Ryan
NBC
Greece
God
Major quake rattles downtown Mexico City
A severe earthquake struck downtown Mexico City before dawn causing damaged buildings and shattered glass. The Red Cross reported injuries but no immediate deaths, with the quake measured on the Richter scale per Seismo- records.
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Mexico City
Red Cross
Major Mexico City quake rocks region near Acapulco
A powerful earthquake struck about 200 miles southwest of Mexico City with an epicenter 100 miles northwest of Acapulco. The U S Geological Survey calls it a major quake with a Richter reading near 7.9, potentially the strongest of the year, causing landslides and power outages in the capital while Acapulco reported no damage. An aftershock hit about an hour later as the city of 13 million faced disruptions.
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Mexico City
U.S. Geological Survey
Golden
Colo
Acapulco
Pacific
Israeli cabinet endorses terms of peace accord
Israel's cabinet approves key provisions of the peace accord with Egypt, setting stage for treaty documents to be presented to Parliament within days. The deal covers Israel's right to buy Egyptian oil, a nine month withdrawal timetable from the Sinai, and a possible 15-year American oil guarantee. Prime Minister Begin warned he would resign if Knesset blocks the pact as Carter pressed peace efforts.
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Sina
Desert
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Samuel Lewis
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Cleveland banks may demand payment on defaulted city notes
Cleveland faces potential bankruptcy or drastic service cuts as Cleveland Trust Co may sue for repayment of nearly one third of $15.5 million in short term notes defaulted last December. The Federal Reserve report reportedly clears Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co and the Cleveland Trust of wrongdoing while warning banks against further credit extensions until the city stabilizes. Mayor Dennis Kucinich and Ralph Nader had prompted federal intervention.
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Ohio
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Dennis Kucinich
Ralph Nader
U.S
Benjamin Rosenthal
D-N.y
House Banking and Monetary Affairs
Kucinich
CEL
Two Dead In Columbus Plane Crash In Back Yard
A twin engine Aero Star crashed into a north Columbus backyard amid gusty winds. Initial reports conflicted on fatalities. authorities later said at least one person was killed, while others suggested two may be dead. Eyewitnesses described the plane dropping straight down and narrowly missing surrounding homes.
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Ohio State University
Joe Kakabar
Grenada rebels ready to counterattack after ousting PM Gairy
In Grenada, Tagtag leftist rebels prepare defenses for an anticipated counterstrike by exiled prime minister Eric Gairy. Gairy, 57, appealed to Washington and London for military aid after a dawn takeover. A curfew was set, police and loyalists remained in headquarters, and a policeman and a civilian were killed in the brief uprising.
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Oklahoma City suspect linked to 13 more slayings
Roger Dale Stafford, a 27 year old from Sheffield Alabama, is jailed in Chicago on six Oklahoma City steakhouse murders and three Air Force family killings. Police say he may be tied to 13 additional deaths across the country, with his wife Verna a key witness. Authorities in Oklahoma issued a nationwide bulletin as charges grow.
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UPT
Chicago
Air Force
Texas
Roger Dale Stafford
Sheffield, Ala
Speedway
Ind
Stafford
Cook County
Verna
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Mike Heath
Panel questions viability of nuke plants
A UPI report notes a federal task force retreating from a pro nuclear stance and questioning whether more atomic plants should be built before waste disposal is solved. The final report, for President Carter, reflects doubts from states and other agencies about expanding reactors beyond today’s 72 plants.
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UPI
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Ohio news in brief Reformatory escapee captured
MARION Ohio State Reformatory escapee Chester Ray Sprouse 20 was captured at a private residence after a tip. He had escaped from the Mansfield reformatory on Feb 22 while serving an auto theft sentence. COLUMBUS The federal government charges Ohio 177809 for inspections not made during the Blizzard of 1978. FREMONT Three children were left orphans after their father fatally shot their mother and himself. Jerome Brooks 36 died from a chest wound.
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Marion County
Chester Ray Sprouse
Mansfield Reformatory
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Reformatory
Columbus
Ohio
Geoffrey Webster
State Welfare Department
Fremont
Jerome Brooks
Linda
Brooks
Ohio tightens school bus stop law for drivers
Ohio drivers who fail to stop for school buses loading or unloading children now face up to a one year license suspension and a $500 fine. The new rule requires bus crews to report license plate numbers to local police and triggers an investigation to identify the operator for citation.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
CEI rate boost bid opposed by Cleveland group
Eckhart used NRC 1978 Operating Status Report volumes to compare Davis-Besse with other plants though barred from direct comparisons. The hearing examined CEI rate hike implications, cost studies, and power purchases, with critics arguing plant inefficiency and high investment in Davis-Besse. Ohio Consumers' Council also opposed the proposal.
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Davis-Besse
Cleveland
CET
CEI
Bingham
Ohio Power Company
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Ohio Power
Chapman
Ceus
Ohio Consumers’ Council
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Lorain
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