Rebels Block Salang Highway In Afghanistan Fighting
Rebels closed a key highway linking the Soviet Union with Kabul and fought Soviet troops near Doshi and Khenjan bridges about 90 miles north of Kabul. Sources say Soviet reinforcements continued, with at least 85 000 Russian troops in country across seven divisions.
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Barry Shlachter
Associated Press
Kabul
Afghanistan
Soviet Union
Salang
Doshi
Khenjan
U N Assembly Acts Over Afghan War as U S Pushes Sanctions
The U.S. won a move to arraign the Soviet Union at the General Assembly over Afghanistan, while the Soviet veto blocks Security Council sanctions on Iran. An emergency session of the 152-nation assembly is set for today at 3 p m EST to address the Afghan crisis.
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United States
Soviet Union
General Assembly
Afghanistan
Security Council
Iran
Kurt Waldheim
Indira Gandhi Returns to Parliament as Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi triumphantly returned to Parliament and was named prime minister after a landslide victory. She urged national reconciliation and rejected vendetta while recalling emergency rule and subsequent ouster in 1977, saying opponents faced pending court cases.
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Shi
India
Indira Gandhi
ILA Boycott Reviewed and White House Talks
White House officials say the president should set U S foreign policy and are speaking with the International Longshoremen's Association about its boycott of Soviet shipping The move would broaden existing trade limits and the grain embargo in retaliation for Soviet actions in Afghanistan It could also affect cargo on Soviet ships bound for other nations State Department spokesman Hodding Carter said the administration hopes policy decisions remain with the executive and legislative branches The ILA said it had no prior discussions with the administration about its plan to refuse to work on Soviet ships after currently docked vessels are cleared ILA president Thomas Teddy Gleason stated the decision Wednesday was made by the union
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White House
U.S
ILA
Carter
Afghanistan
State Department
Hodding Carter
Thomas
Teddy” Gleason
Minesweeper to Inspect Sacramento Channel After Bomb Claim
The USS Gallant from Treasure Island was sent to the 28 mile deep water Sacramento channel after an anonymous radio call claimed a surplus navy canister was filled with explosives to block the Soviet freighter Karamzin. The ship carries 200000 metric tons of yellow feed corn.
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Sacramento
Calif
Gallant
Treasure Island
San Francisco Bay
KZAP
Charles Weiss
Karamzin
Prices Rise 12.5 Percent at Wholesale in 1979
The Labor Department reports 1979 wholesale prices up 12.5 percent the highest in five years with energy and metals driving the surge. December PPI up 0.8 percent, food costs offset by moderating December gains, and a 1967 base index at 227.8.
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Washington
Labor Department
John Early
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
OPEC
Early
Release Of Laingen Sought By Iranian Students
A Tehran meeting with Ayatollah Khomeini follows student demands to hand over U S Charge d Affaires Laingen and two aides held since November 4. Iran awaits Khomeini ruling as protests clash in Tabriz leaving several dead and many injured.
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Alexander G. Higgins
Associated Press
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U.S
Qom
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
L. Bruce Laingen
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Khomeini
Laingen
Foreign Ministry
Iran
John Thomas
International Indian Treaty Council
America
Thomas
Tabriz
Prison Health Budget Sparks Medical Concern In Aiken County
Dr. Steve Symonski warned that one gunshot wound can drain four to five days of the county inmate medical budget. The Industrial Medical Consultation Associates staff the jail three days weekly, while officials noted the county must cover emergency care even before jail admission.
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Aiken County
Industrial Medical Consultation Associates
Symonski
Robert L. Worrell
Wagener
James Byars
First Alert Team Forms in Jackson for Medical Emergencies
Jackson residents form the First Alert Team to bridge ambulance gaps with volunteer EMTs and on call responders. The group, funded by donations, operates with five EMTs and 15 volunteers, aided by the Jackson Town Council with vehicle use and monthly gas funding.
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Robert S
Bob) Garland
Belvedere
Aiken County
Garland
Carolyn
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