Hard-line Islamists win majority in Iran parliament
The Islamic Republican Party and allied fundamentalists gain a parliamentary majority as results from Majlis elections trickle in. Khomeini says the legislature will decide fate of the 53 U.S. Embassy hostages still in Tehran, with runoffs completing later. The U.S. moderate bloc under Bani Sadr fails to secure a strong position.
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Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Radio Tehran
Islamic Republican Party
IRP
Majlis
Khomeini
U.S
Tehran
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
United States
Egypt
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Iran
Cynthia Dwyer
Buffalo
N.Y
Bahamas Protest Cuba After Gunboat Seizure Clash
The Bahamian National Security Council protested Cuba's actions after the Flamingo gunboat seized two Cuban fishing boats. Cuban MiG jets strafed the Bahamas gunboat, and Cuban forces simulated rocket runs near Duncan Town Ragged Island. The U S Coast Guard searches for four missing Bahamian seamen while Nassau demands territorial respect and UN consultation.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Cay San Domingo
Flamingo
Royal Bahamas Defense Force
Duncan Town
Ragged Island
Cuba
Washington
State Department
Nassau
Bahamas
Hood Flips On Camaro Near USC Aiken Bypass
A Camaro traveling the bypass near USC Aiken hurled its hood into the air and over the car as the driver slowed briefly then continued onward leaving the hood on the highway. A boy questioned about eating an unpeeled cucumber voiced doubt despite his father’s assurances.
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Usc-Aiken
Balloonists Near Splashdown End First North American Nonstop Flight
Max Anderson and his son Kris drift toward a splashdown in the St Lawrence River near Ste Anne des Monts after a long northeast crossing from San Francisco. Quebec police and Canadian forces prepare at the projected site as calm water and favorable weather aid the final approach.
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Moncton
New Brunswick
Max Anderson
Kris
Canada
St. Lawrence River
North America
Carl Ross
Bangor
Maine
Andersons
San Francisco
Ross
Quebec
Ste.-Anne-des-Monts
New Brunswick Wilds
Jim Mitchell
Bedford, Mass
Max
Mother Nature
Anderson
Kitty Hawk
N.C
North Carolina
Albuquerque
N.M
Quebec City
Presque Isle
Maine-New Brunswick
Misery
France
Mitchell
Brian Lawler
Ballooniagazine
Maxie
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Hitchcock Woods
Aiken County
Aiken
Alicia
North Augusta
Aiken Today
Abby
Erma Bombeck
Kris Anderson
Nevada
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