Soviet arms sales top U.S. report
The State Department said the Soviet Union sold about twice as many major weapons to developing nations from 1972 to 1982, delivering 74 000 systems versus 44 000 by the United States. Undersecretary James Buckley called the figures precise and urged against the myth that the U.S. is the top world supplier.
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State Department
United States
Soviet Union
Asia
Africa
Middle East
Latin America
James Buckley
Security Assistance
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Buckley
Chisholm to Teach at Mount Holyoke College
Rep. Shirley Chisholm will join Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley as a Purington professor starting February. The 57 year old first Black woman in Congress will teach courses on the political process in Congress women in politics and race in American politics.
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Mass
Shirley Chisholm
D-N.y
Mount Holyoke College
Congress
Widow to refurbish shah burial in Cairo Rifai mosque
The widow of Iran's shah will redecorate his Cairo burial site in the Rifai mosque and place a silver-trimmed marble tombstone imported from Italy. An official permit allows Italian and Egyptian architects to refurbish the grave. The shah and family fled Iran in 1980 amid uprisings that brought Khomeini to power.
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Ruhollah Khomeini
Typhoon Bess Hits Japan After Typhoon Bess Strikes Central Japan
The Japanese tanker Nikkomaru lies on its side near Yokohama breakwater after Typhoon Bess battered central Japan with 50 mph winds and heavy rain. At least 59 people are dead and 25,000 homeless.
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Yokohama
Japan
Hoffa Heir Files Papers Declaring James Hoffa Dead
James P. Hoffa, labor attorney and Jimmy Hoffa’s son, filed presumption of death papers in Oakland County Probate Court. The action allows heirs to settle an estate estimated at over 1 million dollars, with monthly hearings and a December 8 filing to name Hoffa as the personal representative. The elder Hoffa vanished July 30, 1975, at a Bloomfield Hills restaurant, triggering a major FBI manhunt. no solution has emerged. The family remains hopeful but resigned to a long pursuit of justice.
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Bodies identified in Harare as three Britons found in highlands
Three badly decomposed bodies found in the Inyanga Mountains near the Mozambique border are identified as Richard Prankerd 32 Nicola 24 and Alison Jones 23 from London. A post mortem will confirm cause of death amid a wider kidnapping of six foreigners in Matabeleland as Zimbabwe faces tribal conflict.
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Matabeleland
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Joshua Nkomo
Mugabe
Nkomo
Kenya leader imposes curfew after failed coup attempt
President Daniel arap Moi extended a 24 hour surrender deadline as authorities press a crackdown on air force rebels. Nairobi remained tense with roadblocks and searches while security forces hunted remaining insurgents. More than 90 people died or were wounded in the weekend violence.
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South Africa
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Mexico raises bread tortillas and fuel prices during recession
The Mexican government doubled tortilla and bread prices and boosted gasoline and diesel costs amid a 60 percent inflation surge. Officials say higher prices curb subsidies and spur investment, while consumers face immediate purchasing power losses.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Ministry of Commerce
Juarez
Nixon to appeal Supreme Court over secret Oval Office tapes
Former President Richard Nixon will appeal to the Supreme Court to block release of about 6000 hours of Oval Office tapes. His attorney says the appeal, due by Friday, challenges lower court rulings approving the GSA plan to replay the tapes at 11 regional centers and cites privacy concerns as a former president and individual.
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UPI
Richard Nixon
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Massive Wyoming Oil Spill Contaminates 35 Miles Of Waterways
More than 250000 gallons of crude oil spilled Sunday night after a 12 inch pipeline broke near Byron Wyoming. The spill affected Yellowtail Reservoir Shoshone River and a tributary. State DEQ spokesman Jake Strohman called it one of the largest inland spills in U S history.
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Wyo
Wyoming
United States
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Tragic bus crash in Merceuil kills Crepy children
President Mitterrand and Premier Mauroy lead national mourning as 44 hearses carry the Crepy-en-Valois children to a hillside graveyard. The Alps bound collision left two private car victims and seven adults dead, with six Crepy children identified and buried in 11 graves under one monument.
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Paris
Francois Mitterrand
Pierre Mauroy
Crepy-en-Valois
Alps
Merceuil
Soviet expel Newsweek journalist Nagorski over alleged covert work
Moscow ordered Newsweek correspondent Andrew Nagorski to leave the USSR saying he posed as a Soviet official and a Polish tourist to gather information. Nagorski denied the charges as the U S embassy said it was considering retaliation. Tass cited repeated impermissible methods by Nagorski.
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Nagorski
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State Department
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Tass
Ussr
New York
Lester Bernstein
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