Carter urges Cambodia aid with church collections urged
President Carter asks U S religious leaders to match 69 million dollars in government aid for 2.5 million starving Cambodians and calls on churches and synagogues to hold weekly November collections. Senator Kennedy backs rapid airlift of food and medicine as relief funds flow through Congress and international aid ramps up.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
U.S
Kennedy
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Thailand
Leftists seize labor and economy ministries in El Salvador
About 1 000 leftists occupied the Labor and Economy Ministries in San Salvador taking 134 hostages including officials and 130 others. They demanded wage hikes price controls and release of political prisoners from the junta that toppled the government ten days earlier. No violence was reported as police stayed away.
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San Salvador, el Salvador
el Salvador
Labor Ministry
Gabriel Gallegos Valdes
Maria Teresa de Avile
Carlos Humberto Romero
Economy
Manuel Heints
Oscar Menjivar
Byrd to endorse SALT II pact in news conference
Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd plans to endorse the strategic arms limitation treaty with the Soviet Union in a news conference. The Foreign Relations Committee weighs amendments to boost monitoring of Soviet weapons developments and verify compliance with SALT II terms.
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Washington
Senate
Robert Byrd
Byrd
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Kennedy and McClure propose gun control acts in Senate
Senate debates two Gun Control Act options. Senator Edward Kennedy proposes banning Saturday night specials, mandating prison terms for gun use in federal felonies, and six month penalties for unlicensed hand guns outside home or business. Senator James McClure seeks to kill Kennedy bill and repeal the 1968 act.
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Washington
Senate
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
James McClure
Idaho
Sadat Sees Secret Path to Palestinian Autonomy Talks
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat spoke of undisclosed reasons for optimism about the U S Israel and Egypt negotiations on Palestinian autonomy meeting the May 1980 deadline. A London round of talks was delayed and the Egyptian diplomat offered no explanation. U S envoy Philip Habib shifted from Beirut to Amman on a fact finding mission amid reports of a broader peace plan. Two Palestinians were convicted of the 1978 Tel Aviv Haifa highway murder that killed 34 Israelis. the rest of their raid party died in the Israeli response.
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Anwar Sadat
London
U.S
Philip Habib
Beirut
Lebanon
Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Habib
Damascus
Tel Aviv-Haifa
Pope Plans Brazil Visit Not Yet Scheduled
Vatican spokesman Rev Romeo Panciroli said Pope John Paul II is pleased by the invitation to Brazil and intends to visit, but no date or programs have been set. Separately Brezhnev announced a troop reduction with no destination named, while NATO warned of a meaningless move if troops move to a Warsaw Pact country.
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John Paul II
Brazil
Vatican
Romeo Panciroli
U.S.S.R
Ustinov
Pravda
Communist Party
Brezhnev
East Germany
NATO
Palestinians Sentenced in Turkey and Israel Attacks
Four Palestinians were condemned to death and two received life terms by Ankara martial law and Lod Israel military courts for deadly embassy takeover and related attack. The July assault in Ankara killed two guards and an embassy employee died escaping.
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Turkey
Israel
Ankara
Lod
Suspect Arrested in Chicago Subway Slasher Deaths
Chicago police say a 24 year old man James Ward was arrested after the body of 64 year old Joseph Ardell was found at a Loop station. Ardell shared the deep neck wounds reported in a string of subway slasher attacks in recent weeks. A bloodstained knife and blood on the suspect's clothing were cited.
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Chicago
UPI
Joseph Ardell
Ardell
James Ward
City Council bans sect sales at O Hare Airport
Chicago voters approve a measure by a 43 to 4 vote prohibiting Hare Krishna and other religious sects from selling religious articles at O Hare International Airport. The law targets harassment complaints and is expected to be enforced within two weeks.
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Chicago
UPI
O’hare International
Soviet to Withdraw Troops From East Germany Within USSR
Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov said troops and tanks pledged by Brezhnev would be pulled back inside Soviet borders. It is the first public response to NATO concerns about the withdrawal offer. Up to 20,000 Soviet servicemen and 1,000 tanks are involved.
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Moscow
Dmitri Ustinov
Leonid Brezhnev
East Germany
Soviet Union
NATO
Brainerd Votes to Fluoridate Water After 10 Years
The Brainerd City Council voted to fluoridate the municipal supply ending a decade long fight. The plan requires free unfluoridated water allotments and fines levied on holdouts were up to 250 dollars daily unless action was taken. Fluoridation equipment costs about 5000 dollars and installation could take four months.
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Brainerd, Minn
Brainerd
Ramsey
Harold Schultz
Top General Open to End of Women in Combat Ban
Joint Chiefs chair Gen. David Jones said Congress could lift the ban on women in combat zones without his personal advocating a policy change. He noted the services could decide missions for women based on each service needs after removing the prohibition on ships or planes with combat roles. Jones spoke at a private Congressional Women’s Caucus meeting.
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Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
David Jones
Five Bomb Explosions Hit Paris Dozens Injured
Corsican National Liberation Front claimed responsibility for five blasts in Paris causing heavy damage to government buildings and a blaze at an army fuel depot. Interior Minister Bonnet ordered hundreds more police deployed and roadblocks set across the region. No deaths reported.
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Paris
UPI
Jean Bonnet
Corsican National Liberation Front
FLNC
Corsica
Doctors study shah's test results in New York surgery
In New York City the exiled Shah of Iran underwent gallbladder removal to relieve jaundice while tissue samples were taken to gauge lymphoma spread. Doctors hoped for a final cancer diagnosis today as protests swirled outside and militants urged demonstrations in front of the hospital.
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Iran
New York
UPI
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Robert Armao
Armao
U.S
Khomeini
Shah
Tehran
Ettelat
United States
Soviets Plan Move to Remove Children for 1980 Olympics
Moscow authorities announced an international youth camp on the Klyazma River to house up to 1500 youths during the 1980 Games. The Tass report said attendees would stay in three tall buildings with a sports complex cinema restaurant bar and dancing hall and would attend the opening and closing ceremonies.
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Moscow
UPI
Klyazma
Tass
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