Dissident Plyushch Details Soviet Mental Hospital Persecution
In Paris, dissident mathematician Leonid Plyushch described forced apathy, brutal handling, and mixing with criminal patients during his 1972 release from a Dnepropetrovsk hospital. He called the crackdown a savage tattoo on communism and urged Moscow release for other political prisoners with Amnesty International present.
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Paris
Plyushch
Communist Party
National Teachers Union
Socialist Party
Francois Mitterrand
Moscow
Italy
Britain
Amnesty International
Joan Baez
Bukovsky
Mustafa Djemilev
Valentin Moroz
Djemilev
Moroz
Cybernetics Institute
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Ukraine
Samizdat
Guatemala City Racked by Massive Quake and Aftershocks
A powerful earthquake hit Guatemala City and shaken neighboring nations with unconfirmed reports of up to 300 dead in the capital. Red Cross and fire crews pulled survivors from collapsed buildings as aftershocks toppled walls and cut electricity and phone lines.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Mexico
Red Cross and Fire Department
Mexico City
Romeo Acas
KPRC
Houston
Tex
U.S
Belize City
British Honduras
David C. Pierce
Honduras
Belize
el Salvador
Seismological Observatory
Tacaya
Fuego
Observatory
Jose Vasaux
U.S. National Earthquake Information Center
Golden
Colo
Central America
Managua
Nicaragua
Radio Careano
Red Cross
Private tracks gain boost as pari mutuel bill advances
Penny Tweedy of Doswell owner of Secretariat testified before the House General Laws Committee as it considers the pari mutuel bill sponsored by Del. Raymond R. Guest Jr. The testimony supported privately owned tracks while a separate Concorde resolution was killed.
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Richmond
Penny Tweedy
Doswell
Secretariat
House
General Laws Committee
del. Raymond R
Andy) Guest Jr
Peter K. Babalas
Norfolk
del. Guest
Guest
Racing Commission
Commission
Senate
del. Alson H. Smith Jr
Winchester
Virginia
French sharpshooters kill hijackers on bus near Djibouti
A siege ends after French troops open fire on a hijacked bus holding 30 French children and two adults near the Somali border. Four children and a French lieutenant are wounded. all other children are freed. Gunmen demand immediate independence for Djibouti and promise executions if demands fail.
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Djibouti
Afars and
Issas
Somalia
Red Sea
Ali Aref
Radio Luxembourg
Their
Liberation Front
Front
Radio Monte Caro
Mogadishu
France
Poisonous fumes kill 10 in New York West Side fire
A smoky six story West 94th Street building fire killed 10 people including seven children and injured 10 others. Residents fled into subfreezing air as the blaze began in a first floor rear apartment around 12 20 am and was under control by 2 39 am.
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New York
Upper West Side
West 94Th Street
Hudson River
Yves Dossous
Mead to Visit Winchester for March Activities
Anthropologist Margaret Mead will visit Winchester in March for a day of events sponsored by the Northwestern Mental Health Association. Clarke Compass notes Gary Van Sickle is this week’s Clarke County recreation feature subject.
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Handley High School
PTA
Handley
Margaret Mead
Winchester
The
Northwestern Mental Health Assn
Clarke Compass
Clarke County
Gary van Sickle
Clarke
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Russia
Pyotr G. Grigorenko
Vladimir Bukovsky
Avenue of the Americas
Colombia
Charles Waddell
Loudoun
Del
James Thomson
Alexandria
Dulles
Waddell
Concorde Resolution
By Ellen Layman
Ali
Grass Roots
Lowe's of Winchester
Front For the Liberation of the
Handley Pta
George Craig
Aref
Front Royal
Smith
Ellen Smith
Areens
Abby
Spectator
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