U S envoy faces rejection in Israel and Egypt
In Jerusalem and Cairo, U S envoy Robert Strauss saw Israel reject amendments to Security Council Resolution 242 and Egypt raise questions and reservations about his pro Palestine proposals. Begin and Sadat met Strauss during a three day visit before a Security Council debate. Carter weighs Young’s fate and possible replacement with Dick Clark mentioned.
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U.S
Robert Strauss
Israel
U.N
Egypt
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Menachem Begin
Anwar Sadat
U.N. Security Council
Begin
Carter
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Sadat
Jody Powell
Middle East
U.S. Mideast
Security Council
United States
Andrew Young
United Nations
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Young
CBS
Nyad completes 87 mile Gulf Stream swim to Florida
Diana Nyad finished an 87 mile swim from Bimini to Florida in 27 hours 38 minutes, becoming the first to challenge the Gulf Stream and swim ashore near Jupiter Inlet. She endured jellyfish stings and a shark brush with help from a support crew and latex skin coating.
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Gulf Stream
Florida
Jupiter, Fla
UPI
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Bahamas
Jupiter Inlet
Joan Highfield
Miss Nyad
Stella Taylor
English Channel
Ken Gunderson
Cuba
The
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Lupe Gunderson
Florida Keys
British
Coast Guard
John Erikson
Erikson
Chicago
Dover
France
OPEC Faces Antitrust Trial Over Oil Price Fixing
Los Angeles AP says OPEC goes on trial in U S District Court on price fixing claims under Sherman Act. IAMAW seeks damages and injunction to curb imported crude prices with expert witnesses prepared to propose inflation linked pricing reforms.
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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A. Andrew Hauk
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Davis
Weekend tides wash oil from Texas beaches
Offshore oil spill near Padre Island eased as weekend tides disrupted heavy oil and carried it seaward. Coast Guard officials reported light to moderate contamination remaining on shore and predicted no new significant arrivals for two to three days. Recon flights found no large slick threat along the Texas coast.
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Texas
Coast Guard
Roger Madson
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South Padre Island
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Jim McGranahan
Indian Prime Minister Charan Singh resigns cabinet and calls mid term vote
Facing defeat in a confidence vote the 76 year old Charan Singh resigns his 24 day minority cabinet and proposes Parliament be dissolved to trigger mid term elections. Jagjivan Ram seeks to succeed him as Singh bows out after Indira Gandhi withdrew support. A loss would have forced resignation.
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India
Charan Singh
Sanjiva Reddy
Singh
Jagjivan Ram
Indira Gandhi
Pileup in Kenya Kills Dozens Near Nakuru
At least 44 people were killed in a multi vehicle crash near the Rift Valley farming town of Nakuru about 100 miles northwest of Nairobi, with police noting they did not know the cause of the collision.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Rift Valley
Nakuru
Earthquakes Shake Pakistan and Afghan Border Regions
Earthquakes rattled mountainous areas in Pakistan and along the Soviet Union Afghanistan border, with no damage or injuries reported. The Peshawar region experienced a moderate tremor as the event was logged by the Upper Atmospheric Research Station.
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Islamabad
Hindukush
Hagfors Observatory
Sweden
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Upper Atmospheric Research Station
Peshawar
Bus Crash Injures Dozen Campers in Tennessee
A church bus carrying 47 campers from Nashville West End Church of Christ overturned after hitting a bridge railing on Interstate 40 near Smith County Tennessee. Thirty eight injured, three seriously, as two buses headed to Nashville from Fall Creek Falls State Park.
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Carthage
Somoza and Family Granted Temporary Paraguayan Residency
Anastasio Somoza and his family arrived in Asuncion Paraguay aboard a Paraguayan jetliner from Guatemala and were granted 90 day temporary residence visas. Interior Minister Augusto Sabino Montanaro confirmed the move saying Somoza is in Paraguay as a temporary resident, not an exile.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Hoy
Augusto Sabino Montanaro
Beirut car blast kills seven as theater bomb damages venue
In Ashrafiyeh Beirut a car loaded with TNT exploded at dawn killing seven people including three in the car and four pedestrians. The blast heavily damaged a theater showing a controversial film and injured at least seven others. authorities cited about 66 pounds of TNT.
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Lebanon
UPI
Ashrafiyeh
Christian East Beirut
Israeli jets strike suspected guerrilla bases in Lebanon
Israeli warplanes attacked two suspected Palestinian guerrilla bases in southern Lebanon. One strike hit Ras el-Ayn near Rashidiyeh, another targeted inland about 19 miles from Metulla. The raids followed a naval interception three days earlier that captured three guerrillas and left one missing.
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Israel
UPI
Lebanon
Metulla
Ras el-Ayn
Rashidiyeh
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