West Virginia Flood Relief Expands as Areas Declared Disaster
Virginia and Pennsylvania join West Virginia in federal disaster declarations after floods that killed 23 in WV and 21 in VA. Gov Moore empowers state police to deputize others, guardsmen raze condemned buildings, and FEMA warns housing aid will lag for weeks while 2,800 Guardsmen deliver aid and secure towns.
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Virginia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
National Guard
James River
Emergency Services Agency
West
Potomac River
Springfield
W.va
Theodore Willoughby
Frederick
Reagan
Farmers Home Administration
Small Business Administration
Arch Moore
Fred Donohoe
Hamner
FEMA
California
Moore
Panhandle
Petersburg
El Salvador President Duarte Faces Military Ouster Push
A group of officers demanded Duarte's removal over national security concerns after his handling of the September kidnapping of his daughter Ines Guadalupe Duarte. The memorandum sparked government panic and a strong U S response before a daylong military debate defused tensions.
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New York Times
San Salvador
el Salvador
Jose Napoleon Duarte
High Command
U.S
Washington
Duarte
Ines Guadalupe Duarte
Sigifredo Ochoa
Record 475 Sicilian Mafia suspects indicted in Palermo
After three years of inquiry Sicilian magistrates indict 475 Mafia suspects in the largest crackdown yet charging criminal association with narcotics trafficking armed robbery. Twenty four face murders including Gen Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa. Trial set for February. Tommaso Buscetta aided the probe.
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Palermo
Sicily
Italy
Antonio Caponnetto
Palermo Tribunal
Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa
Tommaso Buscetta
Buscetta
Brazil
United States
New York City
Ex-Philippine president urges election boycott
Former President Diosdado Macapagal urged opposition parties to boycott a January 17 election unless Ferdinand Marcos resigns first. He called Marcos plan to resign but keep power through the vote unconstitutional and deceitful. Opposition leaders vow a National Assembly push for more favorable terms and reject the early vote.
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Manila
Philippines
Diosdado Macapagal
Ferdinand Marcos
Marcos
Macapagal
National Assembly
New Society Movement
Homobono Adaza
Assembly
U.S
Reagan
Paul Laxalt
R-Nev
Nicanor Yniguez
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