Administration watches Soviet Cuban moves in Africa
The Carter administration monitors Soviet and Cuban moves in East Africa with concern but limited options to influence events. Castro seeks to mediate between Somalia and Ethiopia while Podgorny tours Tanzania Zambia and Mozambique. Officials doubt Castro can forge peace between rivals, yet fear Moscow’s expanding ties and naval and air facilities in the region. Somalia’s Barre attends a Red Sea defense conference amid Arab appeals to curb Soviet influence.
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N.Y. Times News Service
Washington
East Africa
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Somalia
Ethiopia
Tanzania
Zambia
Mozambique
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Soviet Union
Podgorny
Tangania
Castro
Kremlin
Africa
Defense Department
Haile Selassie
United States
Moscow
Mohammed Siad Barre
Sudan
Yemen
Red Sea
Saudi Arabia
Callaghan’s Deal Averts Confidence Vote Save Labor
Prime Minister James Callaghan struck a tentative pact with the Liberal party to secure its 13 votes in tonight’s parliamentary confidence debate and save his Labor government. Details were not released, but he plans to outline them in a speech early in the session.
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London
UPI
James Callaghan
Liberal Party
Labor
Callaghan
House of Commons
Northern Ireland
Assassination panel hears report on Ray interview
The House Assassinations Committee plans to hear what James Earl Ray told investigators about King’s 1968 murder. Ray, serving 99 years in Tennessee, was interviewed at Brushy Mountain Park prison as committee lawyers prepared a briefing for a closed session. The panel also set a public budget discussion and a plan to reconstitute its mandate by March 31.
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UPI
House
King
Sprague
Ray
Memphis
Raoul
New Times Magazine
Jerry
Ford Reagan 83 Percent of Individual Campaign Money
Federal Election Commission figures show Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan drew 83 percent of all individual contributions in the 1976 presidential race. Expenditures totaled about 375000, with Henry C. Grover Reagan backer spending 63000. Other top donors included Joseph Coors Milton Shapp Edward Downe Jr and more.
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UPI
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Ronald Reagan
Federal Election Commission
FEC
Houston
Henry C. Grover
Texas
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W. Clement Stone
Richard Nixon
Ford
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Grover
Joseph Coors
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
Edward Downe Jr
New York City
Laos seeks end to hostile U.S. stance in rare Carter visit remarks
Laos Deputy Foreign Minister Nouphan Sipphasay urged the United States to show friendship and end its hostile attitude to heal wartime wounds. He noted U.S. aid cuts after the communist takeover and alleged Washington backs anti‑Communist rebels, while calling for information on missing Americans as a humanitarian issue.
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N.Y. Times
Vientiane
Laos
Nouphan Sipphasay
United States
Nauphan
Carter
Special Commission On
Indochina
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Washington
Thailand
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