Israel said to have spurned PLO pact before Lebanon invasion
Paris reports quote Tourism Minister Avraham Sharir saying Israel rejected a PLO overture for a non aggression pact, to avoid boosting the guerrilla group. Coalition member cites army briefing claiming PLO sought to protect its operations and widen attacks overseas. government says war aimed at Hezbollah-like shelling and Palestinian terrorism.
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Likud
Knesset
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London
Shlomo Argov
MASH final episode filming stirs cast and crew emotions
On the M A S H set in Los Angeles Hawkeye signed autographs Hot Lips Houlihan cried and fellow cast hugged as the last half hour of the series was shot The crew noted the scene of 4077th burying a foot locker. Producer Burt Metcalfe and actor Harry Morgan comforted Lor etta Swit during takes.
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Hawkeye
Hot Lips
Burt Metcalfe
Loretta Swit
Maj
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Hot Lips” Houlihan
4077Th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
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Metcalfe
Harry Morgan
Col
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Alan Alda
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Mexico disbands secret police force amid reform drive
President Miguel de la Madrid announced sweeping police reforms that abolish the 1,500-strong Direction of Investigation to Prevent Delinquency in Mexico City. Interior Minister Manuel Bartlett called for security over repression as officers lined up to surrender weapons and badges.
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Mexico City
UPI
Miguel de la Madrid
de la Madrid
Republic
Manuel Bartlett
Proceso
Guillermo Dominguez
FBI pursues surrender of Indian leader Dennis Banks in New York
The FBI opened talks with Onondaga Nation leaders to persuade Dennis Banks to surrender and face a 1975 riot and assault conviction in South Dakota. Banks’ lawyer Kunstler opposes extradition, citing safety concerns if sent back. Banks, 52, has a fugitive warrant awaiting resolution.
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Albany
Custer County
California
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Mario Cuomo
Cantrell to Return to Moscow for Eye Treatment
Todd Cantrell the 13 year old from Dalton Georgia heads back to Moscow for further treatment of retinitis pigmentosa a degenerative eye disease. He previously traveled with his mother 14 months ago to the Helmholtz Institute of Ophthalmology for controversial procedures.
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Helmholtz Institute of Ophthalmology
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Soviet China tensions rise over territorial claims in New Times
The Soviet Union accuses China of maintaining old border claims and anti Soviet sentiment. Western diplomats see the New Times article as prelude to March Moscow China talks. Podgorny buried in private ceremony. Brezhnev funeral previously more elaborate. Crocker warns U S may pull out of Namibia talks if requested by African nations.
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Zimbabwe
Chester Crocker
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Namibia
Crocker
Resignation Rejected by Marcos for Romulo
Manila Philippines The 84 year old foreign minister Carlos P Romulo tearfully offered his resignation but President Ferdinand Marcos refused saying he is indispensable and extended Romulos term for at least one year Romulo after the meeting at the Manila Hotel Inter continental spoke of reorganization plans and said he is tired.
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Philippines
Carlos P. Romulo
Ferdinand Marcos
Republic
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Skydiver dies filming Right Stuff scene in California
Joseph Leonard Svee, 35, of Houston, an FAA parachute association officer hired for the shoot, died when his parachute failed to open during a stunt at California City Airport while filming a Yeager bailout sequence for the movie The Right Stuff. The accident occurred at 11 10 a.m. at the California City facility, two miles high in the air.
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Tom Gray
Ladd Production Co
Gray
Chuck Yeager
Yeager
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Ken Mylander
Joseph Leonard Svee
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Ex Marine commandant David Shoup dies at 78
Gen. David Shoup, Medal of Honor winner for Tarawa, former commandant of the Marine Corps, died at 78. The Navy ordered flags at half staff until his burial in Arlington on Monday. Shoup, who led the Betto Island assault, retired in 1963 after a notable career and later opposed Vietnam War escalation.
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Bill Hudson
Hudson
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