Iran guards chief resigns amid internal power struggle
Abu Sharif, commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard, resigns citing factional conflict within the force. President Bani-Sadr has not yet accepted the move, as Iran faces pressure over the 53 American hostages and UN efforts to secure their release.
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Iran
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
U.N. Commission On
Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Abu Sharif
Pars
Abolhassan
Bani Sadr
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Shah
U.S
Ghotbzadeh
U.N
Adib Daoudy
Daoudy
Renewed Violence in Bonteheuvel and Soweto Unrest
Police used batons and tear gas to disperse barricaded crowds in Bonteheuvel Township near Cape Town where oil drums burned. Elsewhere clashes marked Soweto’s fourth anniversary with 35 wounded as police fired birdshot and tear gas to quell mobs. journalists were restricted to a select press group escorted by police. Desmond Tutu warned of a potential bloodbath if violence continues.
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South Africa
Bonteheuvel
Cape Town
South African Press Association
Soweto
Noordgezicht
Desmond Tutu
Tutu
South African Council of Churches
Mike Geldenhuys
Anderson disowns GM heir's influence on campaign
John Anderson rejects the efforts of GM heir Stewart Mott to influence his independent campaign for president. Anderson calls Mott's actions disruptive and says the activities were not authorized. Reagan meanwhile attends unity events in New York and backs Europe-visit objections after nomination.
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Massachusetts
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Newsweek
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Europe
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Carter
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Jim Flug
Baby to Florida prison custody birth case
Three week old Marc Stephen Miller moved to the Florida Correctional Institution for Women after a judge ruled the baby could stay with his mother in prison. Prison officials say more babies may follow and five other pregnant inmates are at the facility.
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Fla
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Elizabeth Miller
Florida Correctional Institution For Women
Bill Booth
Miss Miller
Florida
Ocala
Marion County
Wallace Sturgis
Explosion injures nine at Cypress Cloud Nine Motel
Firemen dig through wreckage after an explosion at the Cloud Nine Motel in Cypress California injuring nine and leaving one missing. About 60 registered guests were present when eight motel units were destroyed and no cause was yet known.
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Cloud Nine
Cypress
Calif
Nuke bill moves to Carter after approval by Congress
A broad nuclear safety overhaul passed the House and Senate, directing the president to craft a national contingency plan, raise penalties, require emergency plans, train inspectors, and notify governors before waste shipments. The measure also tightens siting rules and expands NRC powers after the 1979 Three Mile Island accident.
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Three Mile Island
Carter
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House
Pennsylvania
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Fire kills seven children in Niagara Falls home
Seven children aged 2 through 15 died in a Niagara Falls house fire. Three others were injured and victims were pronounced dead on arrival at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. Authorities believe the children came from two families, possibly visiting from out of town.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
UPI
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
World Cambodians Going Home Amid Thai UN Repatriation
Thailand and the United Nations launched a voluntary repatriation for Cambodian refugees in Khaodang. About 413 of 130 000 refugees signed up and rode buses to Nong Chan border camp where 6 000 refugees rely on aid. An additional 98 Cambodians from Sarok Kok were moved to a border crossing. This marks the first mass organized return since last fall.
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Khaodang
Thailand
United Nations
Nong Chan
Sarok Kok
Cambodia
Lava dome rises from Mount St Helens crater
Lava dome pushes up from the crater floor at Mount St Helens and glows at night. USGS geologist Pete Rowley calls this moment real after earlier false reports and notes possible lava spillout before the volcano quiets.
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Vancouver
Wash
Mount St. Helens
Pete Rowley
U.S. Geological Survey
Rowley
Small income gain in May signals stagnant personal income
Washington reports May personal income rose only 3.1 billion dollars to 2.07 trillion, a 0.1 percent increase. April's figures are revised to show a 0.1 percent drop, the first decline since July 1975 amid the current recession.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Union Leader Denies Charge of Mob Control
Angelo Fosco, head of the Laborers International Union, rejects a Mother Jones report based on a Justice Department memo alleging mob influence over union decisions. He says there is no truth to the claim. The item also notes that on this date in 1967 China announced it had detonated a hydrogen bomb.
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Iran
Clark
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Shah
White House
Jody Powell
Washington
Carter
Justice Department
Powell
Laborers International Union
Angelo Fosco
Mother Jones
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