Iran replaces military commander in chief as clerics tighten grip
Ayatollah Khomeini fires President Bani Sadr from supreme military command and places top general Waloollah Fallahi in charge of the armed forces. Bani Sadr remains president but limited to a figurehead role as clerics consolidate control ahead of Rajai’s government.
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Cyprus
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Abolhassan Bani-Sadr
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Waloollah Fallahi
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Afghan MIGs Attack Bus in Baluchistan Amid Tense Border Clash
Three Afghan MIG warplanes crossed seven miles into Pakistan and fired on a passenger bus near Umer Shah Nawaz village, Nushki district injuring the conductor. The attack follows a pattern of cross border clashes tied to Afghan government tensions and Moslem guerrilla infiltration fears.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Baluchistan
Farhatullah Babbar
Umer Shah Nawaz
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Quetta
U.S
James Buckley
Mayor Byrne moves to take control of Chicago CTA
Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne plans to assume operation of the Chicago Transit Authority and run it as a city agency to avert delays in a bailout. Gov. Thompson cautioned the move would be a tragic mistake and called for legislative action. The mayor introduced three ordinances to enable city takeover.
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Chicago
UPI
Jane M. Byrne
James R. Thompson
CTA
China says arms sales to Taiwan non negotiable
Peking broadcasts a Xinhua commentary during Haig’s trip to China stating the U S position is not negotiable and rejecting any bargain linking arms sales to Taiwan with military supplies to China. The piece urges keeping Taiwan ties within the 1979 communique framework.
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UPI
China
U.S
Taiwan
Alexander Haig
Radio Peking
Xinhua
United States
Brezhnev Calls End to Arms Race Ten Years Ago
Soviet Communist Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev urged an end to the arms race with the United States a decade ago, signaling a shift in Cold War tensions. This move reflected a push for deescalation amid stalled negotiations and rising strategic concerns.
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Soviet Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
United States
Kania Survives Challenge as Polish Leader Faces Crisis
Communist Party chief Stanislaw Kania won a 89 to 24 vote on the Politburo confidence measure after a hardline push, pledging to meet Poland’s crisis with renewed responsibility and to curb Solidarity while continuing reform. The Central Committee urged a crackdown on counter revolution amid Soviet pressure.
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Poland
Communist Party
Stanislaw Kania
Central Committee
Kania
Solidarity Labor Federation
Communist Bloc
Kanin
PAP
Solidarity
Tadeusz Grabski
Panel cuts school aid in 1982 education budget
Washington AP report says House and Senate committees approve deep cuts in education and social programs for fiscal 1982. The House would restrict guaranteed student loans to families under 25 000 and cut loan spending from 7.9 to 3.6 billion. It also ends special impact aid for districts with many federal employees.
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House
Senate
House Education and Labor Committee
Senate Committee On Labor and Human Resources
Congressional Budget Office
Search Under Way for IRA Escapees in Belfast
Police set up roadblocks in nationalist areas and issued thousands of wanted posters after eight IRA prisoners escaped a high security Belfast jail with handguns smuggled inside. IRA sympathizers claimed the men are hidden in pro Republic neighborhoods as police search homes and monitor the border with the Republic of Ireland.
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Irish Republican Army
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