Explosion on Texas oil rig injures 13. 5 missing
An air rig 100 miles off Galveston exploded in flames injuring 13 and leaving five missing, with two feared dead. Coast Guard and Pennzoil officials coordinated evacuations and search efforts as helicopters and boats assisted in locating survivors and potential bodies.
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Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Pengo
Bob Harper
New Orleans
PHI (Petroleum Helicopter Inc
Kenneth Link
Link
Corpus Christi
Houston
Monroe
Freeport
Pool Offshore Co
Harvey, la
Pennzoil Co
Pennzoil
Carter Urges Unity to Push Palestinian Autonomy Talks
President Carter said domestic politics must not subvert Camp David spirit as Israel Egypt talks on Palestinian autonomy face a May 26 deadline. He again urged courage and vision in the deadlocked negotiations with Sadat and Begin, noting internal pressure in all capitals and the importance of progress toward peace.
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UPI
Carter
Camp David
Anwar Sadat
Menachem Begin
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Mideast
Egypt
Israel
United States
Sadat
Begin
New York
U.S
United Nations
Ephraim Evron
Afghan rebels plea for help as Soviet reinforcements rise
The Hizbe Islami led appeal warns that Soviet troop numbers in Afghanistan have surged by 20 000 to exceed 100 000 signaling a potential collapse of resistance without urgent aid. Rebels say 30 000 troops occupy eastern provinces near Pakistan with tanks in Kunar Nangarhar and Paktia. Pakistan's Zia predicts Afghan triumph while Kabul plans talks in Czechoslovakia and Sayyaf elected head of a new Revolutionary Council in Peshawar.
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Afghanistan
Kabul
Pakistan
Kunar
Nangarhar
Paktia
Mohammed Zia ul-Haq
Zia
Joint Services
Kabul Radio
Peshawar
Abdur Rasool Sayyaf
Revolutionary Council of the
Islamic Alliance For the Liberation of
Islamic Alliance
Sayyas
Economist Arthur Okun Dies at 51 in Washington
Economist Arthur M. Okun, a noted expert on stagflation and former youngest Council of Economic Advisers chair, died of a heart attack at 51 in his Washington home. He was a Brookings senior fellow, helped craft policy, and authored Okun's law linking unemployment and GNP. Memorial services set for Temple Sinai.
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Arthur Okun
Washington
UPI
Arthur M. Okun
Okun
Lyndon B. Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
Brookings Institution
Georgetown University Hospital
Temple Sinai
Carter
Camp David
Congress
James Tobin
Yale
Shah to Egypt Amid Move From Panama
The Shah of Iran, accompanied by Empress Farah and six aides, left Panama and headed for Cairo where President Sadat welcomed him. Dr. Michael DeBakey, famed Houston heart surgeon, may operate in Egypt if permission is granted. The Shah will stay at Maadi hospital with a 15 member medical team in a private suite.
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Houston
Texas
Michael DeBakey
Panama
Egypt
Shah
Farah
Iran
U.S. Lajes Air Force Base
Azores
Cairo
Sadat
Nile Delta
Tehran
Hitler
Maadi
Checking the checkers 14 percent of lab tests wrong
ATLANTA, UPI Scientists say about 14 percent of tests at federally licensed labs are inaccurate and unreliable, a rate that has improved since a decade ago. Dr. Routwell cites causes like incompetence and poor quality control. federal licensing began after a 1964 CDC report, with most labs regulated since 1967.
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Atlanta
UPI
Joseph
Federal
Boutwell
Supreme Court to hear Indians land claim on Black Hills
The government fights a $105 million Indian compensation claim over the Black Hills notes that the Court of Claims erred and that lands ceded after the 1870s gold discovery should be valued. An Indian attorney argues the action violates the Constitution as private property taken for public use without just compensation. The Indian Law Resource Center filed with the UN Human Rights Commission citing discrimination against Indians.
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Supreme Court
Black Hills
U.S. Court of Claims
South Dakota Hills
High Court
Indian Law Resource Center
U.N. Human Rights Commission
Ohio brief highlights include civil suit in Cleveland
A $5.4 million federal civil suit by the Revolutionary May Day Brigade targets the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services Youngstown unit and nine employees over alleged free speech violations during a Feb 6 arrest. Separately, Ohio patrol records report at least eight traffic deaths statewide over the weekend, including a newly licensed driver in Fairfield County. The roundup also notes a possible witness-threat case linked to Judge Barbuto, prison sociology insights from OSU, lottery results, and a dispute over East Cleveland party regulations involving Rick James.
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UPI
Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Fairfield County
Akro
James Barbuto
Summit County
Orval Hoover
The
Plain Dealer
Akron
Barbuto
Summit County Common Pleas
Party Center
George Howard
East Cleveland
Howard
Cuyahoga County
James
Carl Stokes
Louis Stokes
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David Spencer
CDC
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Great Sioux
George Custer
Custer
Little Big Horn
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Ohio State University
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Huff
Ohio Lottery
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Triplex Party Center
Music Hall
CSU
Kirk Reiser
Reiser
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Cleveland State University
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Ohio Rehabilitation Services
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