Gunmen Kill Three Spanish Policemen in Madrid Attacks
Gunmen killed three policemen and wounded three others in two Madrid postal substation attacks, as Spain faced its worst political violence since Franco era repression. Police tightened checkpoints and the government ordered arrests of extremists amid a nationwide crackdown.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Adolfo Suarez
Franco
Juan Carlos
Suarez
Madrid Bar Assn
Informaciones
Diario 16
Europa Press
Four Soviet Dissidents urge world leaders to defend Sakharov
Lidia Chukovskaya Vladimir Voinovich Lev Kopelev and Vladimir Kornilov appeal to Carter the Pope and other leaders saying Andrei Sakharov faces mortal danger from the Soviet authorities. They warn silencing him would threaten world peace and violate the Helsinki accord.
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Moscow
UPI
Carter
Pope Paul VI
Andrei Sakharov
Sakharov
Elizabeth II
England
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Helmut Schmidt
Bruno Kreisky
Olav
Norway
Gustav VI
Sweden
Soviet Union
Lidia Chukovskaya
Vladimir Voinovich
Lev Kopelev
Vladimir Kornilov
U.S. State Department
Russia
Birthday Surprise for 81st Milestone Gazette Deliverer
Harley Steele, a 30 year Gazette carrier from 251 Thirteenth Street NW, collected about 20 papers daily for Mercy and St. Luke's hospitals. On his 81st birthday, coworkers Shirley Raymer and Stella Gallaher joined friends from The Shrine and Trinity UnitedMethodist Church to present a cake and help fund his papers, though he handles all deliveries himself.
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Harley Steele
Steele
Thirteenth Street NW
Mercy and
St. Luke's Hospitals
Shirley Raymer
Twenty-seventh Street
Stella Gallaher
Twenty-sixth Street
Trinity United Methodist
Gandhi Court Pick Sets Off Furor
New Delhi India AP Prime Minister Indira Gandhi bypassed the ranking judge Justice Hans Raj Khanna to name Mirza Hameedullah Beg chief justice, triggering protests from the Supreme Court Bar Association and opposition leaders who say seniority was ignored. Khanna resigned in protest and Beg faces scrutiny over votes favoring the government. The government defends the choice citing retirement timelines and emergency rule context. The Bar Association calls for adherence to seniority to protect judicial independence.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Supreme Court
Hans Raj Khanna
Gandhi
Khanna
Mirza Hameedullah Beg
Beg
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Ajit Nath Ray
Ray
Bar Association
Khannan
Space Age Glass Dome Over Acropolis Is Proposed
ATHENS AP A $40 million glass dome to cover the Acropolis proposed to protect antiquities from decay would preserve them in place while allowing full visibility and access. Former mayor George Plytas cites UNESCO cooperate funding and Swiss designers with a $15 million international fund share.
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Acropolis
Athens
Greece
Athen
George Plytas
U.N
Unesco
Plytas
Geneva
Constantine Caramanlis
Olivier Rossel
Caramanlis
Sonal
International Fund
Buckminster Fuller
Ethiopian Students Rally Fire at U S Information Service Building
Pro Marxist students in Addis Ababa hurled gasoline bombs and bricks at the U S Information Service offices and tried to burn the British cultural agency. Police and troops fired sporadic volleys as they chased demonstrators through the streets. One student reportedly killed and six wounded, though no injuries were reported at the British office. Bombs hit the library on the ground floor causing minor damage.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
UPI
U.S. Information Service
Information Service
Town Hall
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U.S
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