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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1979

Page

2

Shah to Leave Iran Amid Military Denials of Coup

Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi will depart Iran Tuesday en route to the United States via Aswan Egypt amid widespread protests. The army chief assured there is no coup plan after the shah’s exit and warned punishment for any violation. The Senate backed the new civilian government of Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar as violence flared and a former U.S. colonel was slain in Kerman.

Tehran Iran Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Aswan Egypt United States Abbas Agarabaghi U.S. Air Force Kerman U.S Martin Berkowitz San Francisco Khayan Berkowitz Shahpour Bakhtiar Shah Bakhtiar

Court to study case on CIA mail opening

The Supreme Court agreed to review a 20 year CIA mail opening program case. It will decide if federal trial courts may hear suits against government officials for illegal acts and keep intact a limit on where suits can be filed for former officials. The class action seeks over 1 billion dollars from current and former leaders including Helms Colby and Gray over mail opened without warrants from 1953 to 1973.

Washington Supreme Court CIA Richard Helms William Colby FBI L. Patrick Gray Rhode Island U.S Soviet Union China

Inventories rise 1.1 percent in November signaling possible slowdown

U S Commerce data show business inventories jumped by 4.1 billion to 1.1 percent in November. Analysts warn such gains could slow production and raise unemployment if sustained, though overall inventories remain low versus sales. Posts and reports indicate Carter may propose Social Security tax cuts but sizes and link to benefits unclear. A proposed Department of Natural Resources faces Senate resistance, with plans to merge Interior and parts of Agriculture and Army Corps planning functions.

Washington Commerce Department Carter Congress Department of Natural Resources Senate White House Capitol Hill Department Interior Department Army Corps of Engineers Forest Service Soil Conservation Service Agriculture Department

Britain’s second test tube baby born in Glasgow

The Daily Mail reports Grace Montgomery gave birth to a 5 pound 12 ounce boy named Alastair James Lauchan Montgomery in Glasgow. Dr Patrick Steptoe and physiologist Robert Edwards developed the IVF technique used to fertilize an ovum with the husband’s sperm and implant it for birth.

London Britain Glasgow Daily Mail Alastair James Lauchan Montgomery Grace Montgomery Patrick Steptoe Steptoe Robert Edwards Lesley Brown Oldham England

Uganda warns Tanzania over border bombardment

Uganda accuses Tanzania of heavy artillery and tank fire on border villages and warns it may strike back if attacks continue. Government radio says the border area was pummeled last week with no casualty details and quotes a military spokesman saying Uganda will not tolerate the aggression.

Nairobi Kenya Uganda Tanzania

Carter signals new Mideast summit offer to Sadat and Begin

President Carter hints at inviting Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to another summit to secure an Israel Egypt peace treaty. Alfred Atherton heads to Cairo and Jerusalem as the U.S. renews efforts while Carter Campaigns for support of the START treaty with the Soviet Union.

Washington Carter Israel Egypt U.S Sunday Anwar Sadat Menachem Begin Atlanta Ebenezer Baptist Church Soviet Union Senate Middle East China Iran Alfred Atherton Cairo Jerusalem Sadat

Fighting rages across Cambodia amid rebel and Vietnamese clashes

Reported fighting spread across Cambodia as Vietnamese troops clash with forces loyal to Pol Pot. Thai intelligence cites heavy action near Si Sophon and Nimit while Norodom Sihanouk undergoes medical tests at Lenox Hill Hospital to gauge possible UN activity return.

Bangkok Thailand Cambodia Sisophon Nimit Po Pot Cambo Dian Phnom Penh Norodom Sihanouk United Nations Sihanouk Pol Pot Lenox Hill Hospital

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