Polish Politburo calls purge amid student protests in Poland
Politburo member Mieczyslaw Moczar urged a purge of officials tied to former leader Gierek. In Lodz, more than 2,000 students held a sit in at Lodz University with demands to limit Marxism classes, grant campus autonomy, bar police from campuses without approval, and expand printing access. Farmers pressed for government approval of an agricultural Solidarity counterpart.
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Warsaw
Poland
Mieczyslaw Moczar
Edward Gierek
Moczar
Trybuna Ludu
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Stanislaw Kanin
Gierek
Gomulka
Lodz
Education Ministry
Solidarity
Independent Labor Federation
Ship Tampamas 2 sinks after Java Sea fire with near 1000 missing
Indonesian officials report the Tampamas 2 passenger liner sank in rough Java Sea conditions after a 12 hour blaze. About 175 of 1137 aboard have been rescued. 1000+ are missing as crews and a rescue aircraft search for survivors. The ship was en route from Jakarta to Ujung Pandang 220 miles from its destination.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Java Sea
Ujong Pandang
Ujung Pandang
Kelly To Challenge FBI Abscam Probe
Former Rep. Richard Kelly vows to press his challenge of the FBI Abscam investigation after being convicted of bribery and conspiracy. He told reporters the war goes on as jurors found him and two co defendants guilty of a $250000 bribery conspiracy.
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Washington
Richard Kelly
FBI
Abscam
Florida
U.S
William Bryant
Kelly
Congress
United States
Leaders Use Hostage Settlement As Weapon In Power Struggle
Iran's President Bani Sadr denounces the US hostage settlement as a tool in his clash with hard-line clerics and Prime Minister Rajai. He faulted the agreement for returning only $3 billion of $11 billion. argued a better deal was possible. said it did not meet freeing conditions for hostages. and blamed the hostage crisis for Iran’s current troubles including the Iran Iraq war. Rajai defended the pact in the Majlis.
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Taif
Saudi Arabia
Hassan II
Morocco
Yasser Arafat
Israel
Jerusalem
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Islamic Conference
Hassan
Palestine
Beirut
Lebanon
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr
United States
Iran
Bani Sadr
Mohammad Ali Rajai
Rajai
Carter
U.S
Tehran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Iraq
Bani-Sadr
Enghelab Islami
Majlis
Companies Weigh Iran Trade Resumption After Hostage Release
Washington reports a week after hostages were freed a company may resume Iranian oil imports while others await an official go ahead. Exxon studies Iran oil imports and Gulf weighs legal aspects as Treasury warns against forced asset transfers.
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Washington
Iran
Reagan Administration
Carter
Treasury Department
Richard Davis
Treasury
United States
Commerce Department
Exxon Corp
Exxon
Mobil
Texaco
Chevron
Gulf
U.S
Susan Breen
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Mecca
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Garnsey
Kahn & Donnell
Equitable
Seventeenth Street
Denver
Colorado
Kenneth A. Wohl, Esq
Aiken Standard
Aiken, S.C
Whiskey RD
Hobart
Hobart Cheese Grater
Taco
Aiken
S.C
Hudson and Marshall
Baconsfield Park
Macon
Georgia
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