Jamaica Elections Open Under Tight Security
Prime Minister Michael Manley’s socialist government imposed heavy security as Jamaica held parliamentary elections after opposition leader Edward Seaga survived an election eve sniper attack in Kingston. Police fired at least 200 rounds at the attackers, one bystander injured, while Seaga pressed on with campaigning in the capital’s slums amid a year of political bloodshed and violent incidents. The nation’s 990,000 voters faced about 6,500 polling stations opening at 7 a.m. and closing at 5 p.m., with results expected around midnight.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Michael Manley
Edwards Seaga
Manley
Seaga
Nannyville
Caribbean
Roy McGann
People’s National Party
Mandeville
Pope Guidelines Relaxed for Priestly Dispensations
Vatican experts report Pope John Paul II lifted a two year ban on dispensations from celibacy with guidelines seen as looser than those of Paul VI. The directive, sent to bishops, covers priests not nuns and aims to address rising priest defections amid strict vows.
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John Paul II
Paul VI Hall
Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Rome
Franjo Seper
Sacred Congregation For the Doctrine of the Faith
Paul
Iraq closes in on Abadan amid oil refinery siege
Iraq says its forces mop up resistance on the Khorramshahr Abadan highway and eastern approaches to Abadan as Tehran reports artillery strikes and hit and run raids. Tehran cites Iran's defence holding the bridge exit to the 10 mile road toward Abadan. Abadan refinery region under siege, city of 350000.
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Lebanon
Iraq
Khorramshahr-Abadan
Abadan
Tehran
Iran
Shatt al-Arab
Persian Gulf
Khor
Ramshahr
Khorramshahr
Mashahr
Nixon testifies in Watergate era courtroom scene
In a federal court linked to Watergate battles Nixon appears in the witness chair to challenge FBI powers. He testifies about the director's authority to approve warrantless break-ins in foreign intelligence cases during early 1970s terrorism concerns. Hecklers are escorted out as secret service guards him.
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Watergate
Richard M. Nixon
FBI
Nixon
U.S. District Court
White House
Secret Service
U.S
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