Delegation Visits Maze Hunger Strikers in Belfast
A Roman Catholic delegation visited eight IRA hunger strikers in the Maze prison seeking to end the fast. Joe McDonnell neared death on day 58 as the group pressed for prisoner privileges including clothes, work exemptions, and greater visits. The visit followed protests over political prisoner status and British refusal to grant the demands.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Maze
Irish Republican Army
Joe McDonnell
Irish Commission For Justice and Peace
Ireland
Britain
IRA
Irish Republic
Bridge Reopens Partially After Cable Snag
The Brooklyn Bridge, closed last week after a suspension cable snapped, shut briefly again Sunday when a line hit by the falling debris snagged. Youth attempted to cross by moving bikes from the pedestrian lane to the traffic lanes.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Basque Guerrillas Kill Officers in Ambushes in Spain
ETA gunmen killed Army Lt. Magin Fernandez Ferrero with 14 shots as he left Baracaldo near Bilbao. A civil guard convoy was hit in Oyarzun, killing a guardsman and wounding another, ending a 10 day lull amid Basque violence.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
ETA
Basque Land and Liberty
Magin Fernandez Ferrero
Baracaldo
Bilbao
Oyarzun
Carrington Presents European Peace Plan On Afghan Troop Withdrawal
British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington arrived in Moscow with a European Common Market backed proposal to hold a two stage conference and secure guarantees for Afghan neutrality. Tass pledged to reject the plan as Soviet forces in Afghanistan face mounting costs.
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Moscow
UPI
Lord Carrington
Afghanistan
Tass
Carrington
Andrei Gromyko
Poland
San Jose strike targets equal pay for women workers
About 1,500 municipal workers including librarians, mechanics and clerical staff walked off at 12:01 a.m. after eight hours of bargaining with San Jose officials. Union leader calls talks distant, city aims to avoid disruption though some library branches may close. Wages for women run roughly 15 percent below male city workers.
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San Jose
Calif
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 101
William Callahan
Sally Reid
Begin Leads in Israel Vote as Coalition Hangs by a Thread
Prime Minister Menahem Begin's Likud holds a one seat edge over Labor Alignment as final ballots, including armed forces returns, narrow toward a 58 seat bloc. President Navon may ask Begin to form a government though a majority coalition remains unlikely with talks centering on Tehiya Telem and Tami.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Menachem Begin
Likud
Central Elections Committee
Yitzhak Navon
Begin
Defense Forces
Labor
Tami
Tehiya
Geula Cohen
Camp David
Telem
Moshe Dayan
Gaza
West Bank
Aharon Abuhazira
Ramle
Gromyko Wraps Up Talks With Poland Leaders Comradely Tone
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko returned from Poland after three days of talks with Stanislaw Kania and other Polish leaders. A Tass communique described a businesslike comradely atmosphere, hinting on differences over Poland's planned July 14 party congress and reforms, while reaffirming Poland’s place in the Warsaw Pact and the socialist bloc.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Israel
Abdul- Halim Khaddam
Elias Sarkis
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Arab League
Saud Al-Faisal
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
Poland
Soviet Union
Warsaw
Gromyko
Stanislaw Kania
Europe
Polish People’s Republic
Seventeen Survive After Arctic Explorer Sinking Rescue
Nineteen survivors rescued from a drifting life raft off Newfoundland after the Arctic Explorer sank near St. Anthony. Thirteen remain missing. the vessel carried 24 passengers from Canada, the United States, and Australia and eight Newfoundland crew. Coast Guard searched amid foul weather for more survivors and determined the cause of the sinking was unknown.
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ST. John's
Newfoundland
UPI
Canadian Coast Guard
John Mawhiney
St. Anthony
St. John’s
Coast Guard
Atlantic
United States
Australia
Mawhiney
Geophysical Services Inc
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Islamic Revolutionary Guards
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Pars
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Mujahedeen Khaliq
Mujahedeen Khalq
Fedayeen Khalq
Bani Sadr
Islamic Republican Party
Ayatollah
Mohammad Hussein Beheshti
Majlis
Mir Hussein Musavi Khamenei
Mohammad Ali Rajai
Khamenei
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Dawn Luebbert
Shelly Lynn
Dawn
Sun
Center Pt. Rd
New York Times Service
Brenton
Brenton Bank
Cedar Rapids
Brenton Banks
Brenton Savings
Et Adelines
Brenton Bank and Trust Company
FDIC
First Avenue
Generation Next
Fine Diamonds
Ginsberg Jewars
2Nd Ave
Westdale Mall
Iowa City
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