U S Embassy Staff Expelled in South Africa Spy Charges
CAPE TOWN South Africa AP report says Washington hedged in its first response to South Africa expelling three U S Embassy military staff and their aircraft on charges of aerial spying. The embassy declined to comment.
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South Africa
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State Department
Washington
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William P. Edmondson
Botha
Soviet Union
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Alvin M. Crews
Bernd McConnell
Horace E. Wyatt Jr
Hodding Carter
Seven More Executions Reported in Iran Amid Protests
Tehran sources say seven more of the shah's men were executed including the Qasr Prison political prisoner chief and the air force counter intelligence head. Demonstrators gathered as 1,000 Khomeini supporters paraded. five policemen jailed, one freed. State radio tallies 116 executions since Khomeini ousted the monarchy two months earlier.
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Iran
Qasr
Islamic Revolutionary Courts
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Bijan Yahyai
Yahyai
Air Force
Hashem Berenjian
Khorramshah
Iranian Father in Iran Fights for News on Fate
A Virginia college professor, whose father is jailed in Iran, waits for word from short-wave radio about midnight secret trials at Qasr Prison. He reports personal losses from the revolution, including house seizures and family distress, while fearing further oppression of Islam followers.
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Star
Iran
Virginia
Qasr
Komiteh
Bazargan
U.S
Ibrahim Yazdi
Transcripts show NRC officials “in the blind” during Three Mile Island crisis
Nuclear technicians and officials scrambled to grasp the Three Mile Island accident as meetings transcripts reveal their uncertainty. NRC Chairman Hendrie warned they had no good grip, while discussions on evacuation and hydrogen risks continued during late March and early April.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Three Mile Island
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Joseph M. Hendrie
Dick Thornburgh
Hendrie
NRC
Tornado Toll and Shelter Crisis in Wichita Falls
The North Texas city faced 44 deaths from a tornado that erased a 12 square mile area. About 20,000 residents were homeless of 96,000, with 6,400 homes destroyed and 1,100 apartments damaged. Two funeral homes held hourly services as families sought graveside rites. President Carter designated the city a disaster area and aid centers were planned.
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Wichita Falls
Texas-Oklahoma
Lawton
Okla
Vernon
Harrold
Texas
Carter
American Insurance Association
Red Cross
Richard Balnicky
California
Wichita County
Balnicky
Tornado Relief Measures Lock City Down After Disaster
Authorities imposed a 7 p m to 6 30 a m curfew on the disaster site and 9 p m citywide curfew. Twenty people were arrested for looting since the tornado struck as businesses closed early and volunteers at Midwestern State University aid victims. Gasoline price complaints were addressed under an emergency price freeze while many locals received tax extensions and cash aid. Southwest National Bank operates from two mobile homes after its destruction and recovered records.
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Jamie Henderson
Midwestern State University
Coliseum
Local Sawmill Loss Triggers Family Pallet Plant Work
The McFarland family suffers a $250,000 loss at a sawmill while continuing a pallet making business. Country Roads features the tale as part of this week’s local page. Gas station owners react to proposed oil price decontrol on Area News. A Shenandoah mock disaster training exercise injured many, testing rescue and medical response.
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McFarland
Area News
SASS
Eee
Shenandoah
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