El Salvador war aid eyed as battles rage
U S plans to resume military aid to the junta as fighting continues in El Salvador. six helicopters and several million dollars in equipment plus six U S advisers would be rushed to the country. leftist groups claim continued control of San Francisco Gotera and Zacatecolucas amid curfews and blackout reports. a South African photographer died when a land mine exploded near San Salvador. two accompanying American photographers were injured but evacuated.
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el Salvador
Jose Duarte
U.S
Washington
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Morazan
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Democratic Revolutionary Front
San Francisco
Gotera
Ian Mates
John Hoagland
San Diego
Susan Meiseles
New York
United States
Meiseles
Time Magazine
Hoagland
Newsweek
Miami
Judge escorts girls to busing order hearing
In Alexandria a state judge arrives with three white junior high students for a hearing over a federal desegregation order. Judge Lee accompanies Michelle Laborde Lynda McNeil and Ramona Carbo amid temp orders and potential contempt fines. Demonstrations are planned outside as Scott weighs permanent limits on state officials involvement.
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Alexandria
Richard Lee
U S
Nauman Scott
Lee
Scott
Buckeye High School
State of Louisiana
Buckeye
Buckeye High
Michelle Laborde
Lynda McNeil
Ramona Carbo
Ku Klux Klan
Citizens’ Coalition Against
J. Minos Simon
Jones Street Junior High
Reagan bids California farewell as he heads to Washington
Ronald Reagan vows to keep politics out of the Oval Office as he leaves California as a private citizen. He pledges to return authority to local government after taking the oath on January 20 and plans to visit the West frequently during his presidency.
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Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan
Oval Office
California
Reagan
Washington
Air Force One
Carter
Road Reports for Iowa Highways by Area
Road reports list current highway conditions with phone numbers for up to date information. Areas include Coc Cedar Rapids Cedar Falls Davenport Maquoketa.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls
Davenport
Maquoketa
Namibia guerrillas vow to fight to final victory
SWAPO leaders vow to return to bases and press the liberation war until final victory after a Geneva conference on Namibia collapsed. President Sam Nujoma pledged ongoing struggle as the U.N. mediation effort struggles amid Western veto tensions and renewed pressure at the United Nations.
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Namibia
Geneva
Switzerland
South West Africa
Sam Nujoma
South West African People’s Organization
Danie Hough
U.N
South West African People's Organization
South Africa
Nujoma
New York
U.N. Security Council
Ronald Reagan
Security Council
Britain
United States
Margaret Thatcher
SWAPO
Theo-Ben Gurirab
United Nations
Angola
Brian Urquhart
Decline in Smoking by U.S. High School Seniors
A University of Michigan study of 17 000 seniors shows daily smoking falling to 21 percent from 29 percent in 1977. Both genders show reductions, with researchers noting peer pressure and health concerns as factors and predicting long term health benefits for the nation.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
U.S
University of Michigan
University of Michigan Institute For Social Research
Temperature controls extended to nine more months
President Carter extended mandatory energy conservation thermostats for 2.8 million nonresidential buildings for nine months. Reagan could overturn the move on entering office. DOE says compliance is about 80 percent and the program saves oil while few complaints have been logged.
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Washington
Carter
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Energy Department
U.S
DOE
Begin delays decision on early elections amid party talks
Prime Minister Begin again postponed a Friday Likud meeting to settle whether to call early elections. Aides say he favors June elections but seeks to build support to keep power through November as cabinet sessions loom.
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Jerusalem
Menachem Begin
Likud
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