Pakistan Supreme Court upholds Bhutto death sentence
The Supreme Court of Pakistan upholds former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s death sentence for ordering a political opponent’s assassination. Four Bhutto co-defendants receive similar verdicts. The ruling allows a grace period for clemency petitions, with final appeals possible to President Zia.
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Pakistan
Supreme Court Today
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Bhutto
Amnesty International
Zia Al-Haqq
Zia
Ahmad Raza Kasuri
Lahore
Senators Differ Over Taiwan Security Assurances
Liberal and conservative senators told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the United States should offer more assurances on Taiwan's future security. Barry Goldwater urged a pledge to oppose Communist China’s aggression, while Edward Kennedy favored a readiness to act only in unlikely danger to Taiwan’s peaceful well being. The panel examined administration plans to formalize unofficial relations with Taiwan.
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UPI
United States
Taiwan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Congress
China
Edward Kennedy
Dmass
Carter Welcomes Thai Leader At White House
President Carter greeted Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanan of Thailand at the White House and said the United States is deeply committed to Thailand's freedom. He reaffirmed security ties as Thailand boosts its military in response to Cambodia and regional shifts. The prime minister called Southeast Asia's realignment dangerous.
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Carter
Kriangsak Chomanan
Thailand
White House
United States
U.S
Cambodia
White House South Lawn
Kriangsak
Southeast Asia
Iran Faces Mass Protests as Planes Air Support
Tens of thousands marchers rally behind Mehdi Bazargan while Iranian jets and helicopters buzz Tehran. Americans abroad continue to depart with about 400 more leaving on military transports and 5,000 Americans reportedly remaining.
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Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Andrew Young
United Nations
der Spiegel
United States
Robert Huyser
Europe
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Khomeini
Huyser
Bakhtiar
Mehdi Bazargan
SAVAK
Shah
GAO doubts Carter power to withhold contracts
GAO says President Carter lacks authority to withhold government contracts to press wage and price controls. It cautions the move would have limited impact, calling the plan mainly a psychological focus on inflation. Meanwhile the Communications Workers of America backs Carter’s wage-insurance tax credit to curb 1979 pay demands.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Carter
GAO
Jerome Stolarow
Congressional Auditing Agency
Communications Workers of America
Glenn Watts
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wyoming Eyes 65 MPH Trade Off With Gas Tax Hikes
Wyoming officials say federal energy and transportation officials are receptive to 65 mph speed limits in states that raise gasoline taxes. Pamela Able, conservation director for Gov. Ed Herschler, notes legal uncertainties in whether federal law allows the bargain after the state Senate approved a 55 to 65 mph increase.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Energy and Transportation
Wyoming
Pamela Able
Ed Herschler
Cultist Cleared as Beikman Ordered to Stand Trial
In Georgetown Guyana Stephan Jones son of Rev Jim Jones walked free from court while Charles Beikman 42 was ordered to stand trial for the murder of Sharon Amos a top aide to Rev Jones and the deaths of Amos and her three children at the Temple headquarters on November 18 amid the Jonestown mass deaths.
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Georgetown
Guyana
Stephan Jones
Jim Jones
Peoples Temple
Charles Beikman
Beikman
Sharon Amos
Jonestown
Teng Hsiao-ping Cancels Tokyo Talks Over Cold
Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping arrived in Tokyo from the United States but canceled the start of talks with Japanese leaders due to a cold. He planned meetings with Sunao Sonoda and Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira to discuss his U S trip, the Korean peninsula, and Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia. He is to fly to Peking on Thursday.
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Teng Hsiao-ping
United States
Teng
Japan
Sunao Sonoda
Sonoda
Masayoshi Ohira
Korean
Cambodia
China
Southeast Asia
Peking
Births and incidents in local notices
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs Hall a son and Mr and Mrs Cox a daughter and Mr and Mrs Diefenderfer a son in St. Luke's area. Tulsa couple welcome a son for Charles Thompson and his wife, daughter of Mikulecky. Local emergency calls include a carburetor backfire, medical emergency, overheated blower motor, gas odor, a needless call, and a broken gas line at several addresses.
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Ninth Ave
Larry Cox
N St. SW
Keith Diefenderfer
Palo
Tulsa
Okla
Charles Thompson
Thompson
William Mikulecky
19Th St. NW
16Th Ave
18Th St
Twin Pine Drive
First Ave
Gordon Ave
34Th St
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