Kadafi becomes Libyan prime minister as coup tightens grip
Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Kadafi, 27, took the prime minister post after ousting King Idris, placing four officers in key Cabinet roles. He heads a 12 member revolutionary council and is tightening control of government and policy. Cabinet changes announced by Tripoli radio follow the resignation of Mahmoud Muaghrmdi. Jalloud leads negotiations on British and military base evacuations with Tobruk bases to depart by March and Wheelus to Libya by June 30.
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Group forms to help Jews in Middle East faced crimes
A new committee in Paris reports at least 19 Jews were executed or tortured in Iraq last year. It says Jewish communities in Iraq Syria and Egypt faced legal or de facto discrimination violating the UN charter. In Amman the cabinet approves a 1970 budget with massive arms outlays.
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Heir to Margarine Fortune Renounces Cash Giveaway
New York reports that Michael James Brody Jr a 21 year old heir to a margarine fortune fled the United States after a spree of giving away money to strangers. He and his new wife Renee toured Manhattan distributing funds while authorities cleared his Scarsdale home. Brody says he has about 25 million in inheritance from grandfather John F Jelke and denies knowing the recipients.
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Czech Plot Aimed to End Communism Reported
Vienna reports Prague charges a Trotskyite conspiracy to overthrow the Communist system not only in Czechoslovakia but also in other socialist states including the Soviet Union. The plotters, said by the Communist press to be students and young workers, sought an anti bureaucratic revolution and a free society with armed factory security.
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Trotskyite Plot Claims Circulate In West Europe
Article reports illegal meetings and clandestine literature by Trotskyite circles in the west with preparations for armed struggle against the regime. It notes visits by Trotskyite functionaries to Czechoslovakia, a Berlin woman jailed in Prague for ultra leftist propaganda, and alleges U S and CIA manipulation behind Trotskyist movements. Kremlin labels also link Trotskyism to Maoism.
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Man receives third heart in Michigan transplant case
Gerald Rector, 41, in Ann Arbor underwent his third heart transplant after his first graft failed and kidney failure persisted. The 55 year old female donor died of a stroke, with Rector previously believed to be the third person to receive a second transplanted heart. two prior recipients in Houston and Palo Alto had died.
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Police seize art depicting Beatle in erotic lithographs
Police raided an art gallery in London and removed eight erotic lithographs showing John Lennon and Yoko Ono in sexual positions. The exhibition opened to the public and drew thousands, while gallery officials called the works straight pornography not obscene. Lithographs were priced at £40 each or £550 for a 14-piece set.
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Rhodesia Guerrilla Attack Kills One and Wounds Four
A guerrilla band attacked a South African police patrol near Victoria Falls, killing at least one African and wounding four South African officers. Security forces blocked roads, searched bushland, and reported minor damage to airport buildings. The incident marks a rare near-centre strike on a population hub, with the attackers linked to the ANC in exile.
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Peru Floods Drive 100000 From Lima Slums
Four people dead as Rimac Chilea and Chil n rivers overflowed washing away over 2000 flimsy shacks. State of emergency declared. Refugees sheltered in hospitals and government buildings. Massive vaccination drive begun to prevent epidemics. Torrential rain hit the desert coast and triggered avalanches blocking mountain passes.
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Rhodesia Deportations Send Two Journalists to London
A leading Rhodesian journalist John Roger Nicholson and Salisbury lawyer Alfred Trevor Gallaher, recently convicted of economic espionage, were deported from Salisbury yesterday and flown to London. Nicholson received 18 months hard labour and Gallaher four years with hard labour after gaoled convictions.
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Britain MP Held in Custody Over Secrets Case
Silvery-haired Labour MP William James Owen, 68, was ordered held in custody after a five-minute Bow Street hearing on charges of passing information that could aid an enemy. He represented Morpeth for 16 years and faces up to 14 years under the Official Secrets Act. Details of the alleged offences were not released.
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Grounding of USAF edge craft prompts inspections
U S air force grounded its new edge fighter and CSA jet transport due to wing structural weaknesses. A crack eight to ten inches long was found in a CSA Galaxy wing section at Marietta Georgia, following a fatal wing failure at Nellis last month. The 223 F 110 aircraft now grounded await inspections to determine flight status.
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