Chrysler to Cut White-Collar Jobs by Up to 28 Percent
Detroit based Chrysler Corp plans major cost cuts with salaried layoffs up to 28 percent and closure of the Huber Avenue foundry plus part of the Mack Avenue stamping plant. Estimates indicate 7 000 white collar workers affected and up to 1 600 idle due to plant shutdowns as the firm seeks profitability in late 1980.
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Castro Calls Reagan a threat to world peace
In Managua on the first anniversary of Nicaragua's revolution Fidel Castro praised the U.S. but called Ronald Reagan a threat to world peace. The U.S. delegation walked out during the Sandinista anthem protest, led by U.N. Ambassador Donald McHenry.
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California Aviator Circles Statue of Liberty in Hang Glider
A 28-year-old California pilot uses a 34-foot wingspan hang glider with a snow blower engine to circle the Statue of Liberty three times on Friday. He then plans a trans Atlantic flight aiming to land in Paris.
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Ku Klux Klan member testifies in shooting case in Tennessee
In Chattanooga Marshall Thrash admitted firing shotgun blasts from a car targeting four elderly black women. Co-defendants William Church and Larry Payne face four counts of assault with intent to commit murder as Klan splinter group members.
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Iran denies Bhaktiar assassination link
Iran's Foreign Minister Shadegh Ghotbzadeh condemned terrorism and denied Tehran's involvement in the assassination attempt on Shapour Bakhtiar. Police said two more suspects were arrested, totaling five in custody after a gunbattle killed a police officer and a woman.
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Former Turkish prime minister assassinated in Istanbul
Four young assailants killed former prime minister Nihat Erim and his bodyguard in Istanbul on a day of escalating far left and far right violence in Turkey. A note claiming responsibility by Dev Sol labeled the act as punishment for Erim’s crackdown on leftists during his 1971 72 tenure.
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Khomeini orders purge and new Islamic army
Ayatollah Khomeini ordered a purge of the Iranian military and the creation of a new Islamic army, as trials began for dissidents linked to the coup plot. The move followed arrests of hundreds and a push to place the armed forces under Islamic guidance.
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Reagan and Bush kick off campaign in Houston rally
Ronald Reagan and George Bush launched their general election bid at a large Houston rally. Reagan proclaimed America can be great again and urged Texas and California support while Bush urged vigorous campaigning for the ticket. Both wore cowboy hats and spoke briefly to thousands.
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