Rhine and Danube threaten flood in Europe
Heavy rains and Alpine snowmelt raise river levels across Europe with the Rhine and Danube swelling. No casualties reported yet but Cologne faces potential flooding as waters threaten the commercial district. Towns along the Rhine like Koenigswinter Linz Neuwied Koblenz are under water and highways along the river are closed. In Bonn high waters reach the riverside parliament building blocking entrances.
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Alps
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IOC hears appeal to move Moscow Games during Afghan war
The IOC executive board weighs moving the Summer Games from Moscow amid Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. President Carter urges action as the full IOC session opens with Cyrus Vance remarks. Judge Norman L. Harvey says the Games should not be used for politics and allows Taiwan teams to compete as the Republic of China with its flag.
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Carter
Norman L. Harvey
County Supreme Court
Plattsburgh
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Republic of China
Tax windfall profits tax clash delays 1981 cuts
A Senate House conference panel inched toward agreement on diverting windfall profits tax revenue to general tax cuts. A 1981 package could total at least 10.4 billion, risking inflation and enlarging the 15 billion deficit if spending is not trimmed. A final vote was postponed to about February 20 due to a congressional recess.
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Washington
Senate House Conference
Carter
Lincoln
North Korea and Romania Back Kremlin Afghan Intervention
North Korea and Romania joined Yugoslavia in backing the Soviet led military action in Afghanistan. Tass reported they refused to sign a communique urging solidarity with Afghan President Babrak Karmal after a Dec 27 coup and the stance was decided at a gathering of parliamentarians from 12 communist nations.
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Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Afghanistan
Tass
Babrak Karmal
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