Amnesty leader flees Moscow after Nobel prize award
Valentin Turchin, Moscow Amnesty International chapter leader, says dissident life under pressure is unbearable and leaves with his family for New York's Columbia University. He notes several Moscow group members jailed or expelled, while Amnesty HQ knows of hundreds of political prisoners in the Soviet Union.
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Coach avoids discipline over spray painted chicken stunt
In Dubuque Iowa Hempstead High School coach Robert Timmerman 40 avoids discipline after using a spray painted gold chicken to motivate players for a game against Wahlert. The chicken was kicked by players and later destroyed after Timmerman’s instruction. no complaints were filed and the board called the matter closed.
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Andersonville author Kantor dies at 73 in Florida rest home
Sarasota reports MacKinlay Kantor author of 32 novels and many stories and poems died of heart disease aged 73 in a convalescent home. A war correspondent in World War II his novel Anderonville won Pulitzer Prize recognition for its treatment of Yankee prisoners in the Confederate camp. His wide bibliography includes Gentle Annie Happy Land and The Best Years of Our Lives film adaptation Glory for Me.
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Czech hijackers to face German trial in Frankfurt
A Czech couple who hijacked a Czechoslovak Airlines jet with 29 aboard to Frankfurt for political asylum will stand trial in West Germany. They surrendered after landing at gunpoint. authorities cite strong anti terrorism stance and seek international agreement on where hijackers should be tried. The couple, 29 and 21, were employees of Czechoslovak Airlines.
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