Farmers and Taiwanese stage Plains protest near Carter home
Farmers demanding higher crop prices join around 400 Chinese demonstrators in Plains Georgia. Tractorcade encircles town square and blocks Highway 280 as arrests occur. A bald eagle statue donated by Taiwan is toppled during an all night vigil.
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Plains
Jimmy Carter
Carter
U.S. Highway 280
Montgom
Kersey
Secret Service
Taiwan
A.L. Blanton
University of Tennessee
Atlanta
Georgia
Washington, DG
Gacy’s Home Excavations Reveal More Victims
Investigators using hammers and saws unearthed two more bodies from John Wayne Gacy’s yellow brick house as part of a widening search into the suspected murder of up to 32 youths. Medical examiners report four skulls found among remains, with diggings paused for Christmas and likely to continue for weeks.
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Chicago
UPI
John Wayne Gacy
Houston
Cook County
Robert J. Stein
Stein
Terry Sullivan
Gacy
Des Plaines River
Joliet
Kankakee River
Braidwood
City of
Kankakee
Journalists Flee Cambodian Attack Unhurt in Phnom Penh
St Louis Post Dispatch reports two American journalists Richard Dudman and Elizabeth Becker escaped unhurt when terrorists attacked a government guest house in Phnom Penh. Malcolm Caldwell of the University of London was killed, Dudman described gunfire in a hallway and at his door while Becker was held at pistol point.
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ST. Louis
Cambodia
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Saturn
Post-Dispatch
Richard Dutland
Elizabeth Becker
Iashington Post
Bhreasts
Malcolm Caldwell
University of London
Phnom Penh
Dudman
Peking
Caldwell
Becker
Vance Dayan Meet in Brussels on Reviving Talks
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan conferred Saturday night in Brussels on U S efforts to revive stalled Israeli Egyptian peace negotiations. Vance said they hope to resume negotiations. He looked tired and serious on arrival.
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Brussels
Belgium
Cyrus R. Vance
Moshe Dayan
U.S
Vance
Pope names mediator for Chile and Argentina dispute
Pope John Paul II designated Cardinal Antonio Samore as special representative to Chile and Argentina to mediate their territorial island dispute and regional maritime limits. Samore, 73, famed Latin American diplomat, will travel to Buenos Aires and Santiago to begin mediation amid border tensions and UN, OAS cautions.
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John Paul II
Chile
Argentina
Antonio Samore
South America
Vatican
Samore
Latin America
Buenos Aires
Lamore
Holy Roman Church
Vatican Secretariat of State
Colombia
Age confusion over hijack girl's case in Illinois
Authorities seek her exact age to decide if Robyn Oswald will be charged as a juvenile or an adult after a jet hijacking to free her mother's lover. The 16 or 17 year old remains in a juvenile detention facility as prosecutors weigh federally and state options.
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Belleville
Ill
UPI
Robyn Oswald
Miss Oswald
U.S
East St. Louis
James Burgess
Illinois
Illinois Law and the Younger Age Would Make Her A Juvenile.” Burgess
Burgess
St. Clair County
Bethlehem Christmas lights rise under military patrols
In Bethlehem soldiers tighten security as Christmas lights go up around Manger Square and the Church of the Nativity. The Latin Patriarch leads a Sunday procession with police on white horses as choirs prepare for a televised midnight mass amid fears of Palestinian attacks during the holidays.
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Bethlehem
West Bank
Jesus Christ
Manger Square
Elias Freij
Ings
Christmas
Palestine Liberation Organization
United States
Belgium
Norway
Sweden
Spain
South Africa
Shepherds’ Field
Christ
Monsignor
Bertritti
St. Catherine's Basilica
Bridge collapse on East Market Street in Scranton injures four
The 100 foot East Market Street Bridge fell into the Lackawanna River at 4 30 am trapping two cars and an oil truck. Four people were rescued, one hospitalized with head cuts. Names include Alan Zapotochny Bernard O Malley John Conrad and Edward Conrad. The truck spilled a small amount of oil.
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Scranton
East Market Street
Lackawanna River
Pennsylvania
Robert Sparaney
Sparaney
Alan Zapotochny
Bernard O'Malley
John Conrad
Edward
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Geneva
Switzerland
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Khalil
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Nabawi Ismail
Sadat
Middle East
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