Spain Severs Guatemala Ties Over Embassy Attack
Spain cuts diplomatic relations with Guatemala after a police assault on the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala City, killing 39 people including five embassy staff. Spain cites the action as brutal and demands a full explanation from Guatemala.
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Madrid
Adolfo Suarez
Hero
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Cajal Y Lopez
Hijacked Cuban barge bound for Florida Keys
A group of 67 Cuban refugees seized a 100 foot barge at Cardenas and headed toward the Florida Keys. Coast Guard boarded the vessel, towed it to Miami, with six armed hijackers among the evacuees and no reported injuries.
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Scientists See No Proof to Ban Nitrites in Meat
GAO report questions reliability of studies linking nitrite fed meats to cancer in animals. Auditors say insufficient scientific proof supports a federal ban on nitrite as a preservative.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Pain reliever buprenorphine lowers heroin craving
Researchers at McLean Hospital Belmont test buprenorphine on seven heroin addicts. The experimental pain reliever dulls desire for heroin and provides a sense of well being without creating physical dependence, combining qualities of methadone and naltrexone. Findings appear in Science.
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Nancy K. Mello
Jack H. Mendelson
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Belmont
Science
FBI Probes Air Traffic Controllers Over Kennedy Jet Incident
FBI agents grilled dozens of air traffic controllers in New York as part of an in-house FAA probe into possible computer tampering that allowed a Soviet jet liner carrying Russian diplomats to fly through airspace set aside for others. Officials cautioned the cause could be technical mechanical or human error and said no final determination had been made.
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Basque terror attack kills six Guardia Civil officers
In northern Spain Basque terrorists ambushed a police bus killing six Guardia Civil officers, the bloodiest act in 140 years of the force. The attackers used submachine guns, seized a van with mortars and over 50 hand grenades, then fled leaving the van abandoned.
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Francisco Franco
Franco
Madrid
Thousands in Tehran gather for Khomeini on anniversary return
Tens of thousands march to a Tehran hospital for Ayatollah Khomeini amid prayers and mourning. Guards with flowers stand by as U.S. Embassy hostages mark 90 days in captivity while six escaped staff rest at Dover awaiting Washington talks.
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Delaware
Pierre S. du Pont IV
du Pont
Washington
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Canada
Mohammad Adeli
Ottawa
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Tehran Radio Today
Ali predicts Moslem anger over Moscow Olympics
Muhammed Ali, Carter's envoy, says Moslems will fight Russians and go to heaven if killed. He aims to persuade five African nations to boycott the Moscow Games while on a 12 day India tour to raise charity funds and film India. He plans visits to Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, Liberia and Senegal.
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Ali
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Senegal
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Americans favor draft but split on drafting women
AP NBC poll shows 62 percent back resuming the draft, while 50 percent favor drafting women and 45 percent oppose. Opinions vary by age with 18 to 24 largely against the draft, 25 and older largely for. Leaders split with Carter contemplating women’s registration, while critics warn it equates to war.
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