Non-aligned summit reaffirms traditional principles
The 6th non aligned summit in Havana ended after 13 hours with unity and concerns over Fidel Castro's three year influence. Castro and Tito embraced as the movement reaffirmed non alignment while debating seating in Kampuchea and Egypt's status. Baghdad hosts next in 1982 as Cuba leads the bloc.
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Castro
Josip Broz Tito
United States
Soviet Union
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U.S
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Latin America
Africa
Tito
Baghdad
Iraq
Dobrynin Returns to Discuss Cuba and SALT II
Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin arrived back in Washington to discuss Cuba with U.S. officials as SALT II concerns linger. Senator Church urged a strong response to the Cuban troop presence while signaling support for the treaty if Cuba’s actions change. Carter and Brzezinski advised keeping the issues separate.
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Cambodia
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Moscow
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Russia
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Frank Church
Senate
Robert Byrd
Brzezinski
Church
United States
Missing Michigan State student hunted in steam tunnels
Police and private investigators combed eight miles of 115 degree steam tunnels under Michigan State University for 16 year old James Dallas Egbert III a sophomore computer science student last seen Aug. 15. Tips from a Dungeons and Dragons community spurred searches and a Kenosha Wisconsin convention is being checked for a possible link.
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Mich
Michigan State University
James Dallas Egbert III
Texas
Dayton
Ohio
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Kenosha
Wis
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Badgley
TSR Hobbies
Lake Geneva
TSR
Richard Riddle
J.R.R. Tolkien
Riddle
Physician testifies on Valium withdrawal at Senate hearing
Dr William Thomas of Long Beach General Hospital recounts withdrawal pain from Valium and Librium as Senate health subcommittee examines dangers of tranquilizers. Kennedy calls tranquilizer use a big national issue while urging safe treatment paths.
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Senate Health Subcommittee
William Thomas
Long Beach
Calif
America
Kennedy
Beehive School Opens Desegregation Busing in Cleveland
Kathryn Cobb the Beehive School principal welcomes students on the first day of desegregation busing in Cleveland. Officials report a peaceful start despite mixups and small demonstrations as the gradual plan rolls out with 3 500 students bused today and 9 500 planned by Friday.
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Cleveland
Beehive
Chicago fire killer admits 1958 Our Lady of the Angels blaze
An unnamed man on parole told WGN-TV he set the Our Lady of the Angels School basement fire that killed 92 students and 3 nuns and injured many others on Chicago's West Side. Authorities have never ruled the blaze arson and consider possible accidental origins.
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Our Lady of the Angels
West Side
Wgn-Tv
Tropical Storm Frederic Lingers Off Cuba as Gloria Moves Offshore
Frederic stalls off western Cuba's south coast with winds near 50 mph and a potential Gulf of Mexico track. Meanwhile, Gloria shifts northwest at 10 mph, about 900 miles southwest of the Azores with top winds near 75 mph.
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National Hurricane Center
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Escaped convict hunted in Waterbury Purolator robbery slayings
Lawrence Buddy Pelletier, 36, fled from New Haven Community Correctional Center after squeezing through air ducts and leaping into the lobby during an escape. He is one of four suspects held on 750000 bond in the April 16 Purolator Security Inc garage robbery in Waterbury, facing possible execution under Connecticut’s death penalty statute.
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New Haven, Conn
UPI
Purolator
Lawrence
Buddy” Pelletier
New Haven Community Correctional Center
Pelletier
Purolator Security Inc
Waterbury
Fistfight at NBC over Holocaust miniseries in New York
A bloody clash broke out between German nationalist demonstrators and Jewish youth groups outside NBC Rockefeller Center as the Holocaust miniseries aired a second time. Police arrested one man for throwing a rock. the dispute began when the Ridgewood Group of German Americans marched to the NBC offices during a Jewish youth protest.
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United States
Rockefeller Center
Ridgewood
NBC
Taleghani dies, Iran PM bans public mourning
Ayatollah Syed Mahmoud Taleghani, head of Iran's Revolutionary Council and a leading reformist figure, died in his sleep aged 68 from heart failure after chest pains. Prime Minister Bazargan declared a three day mourning period and public holiday.
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Iran
UPI
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Islamic Revolutionary Council
Taleghani
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Revolutionary Council
Mehdi Bazargan
Autonomy Talks Accelerated by U S Egypt Accord
United Press International reports a general accord between Robert Strauss and Mustafa Khalil to speed up the Palestinian autonomy negotiations with Israel. Strauss outlined stepping up tempo through next May as Mubarak heads to Washington for talks with Carter aides. Sadat said his Haifa summit with Begin could draw in the PLO by year’s end.
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Mustafa Khalil
Israel
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Khalil
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Gaza Strip
Hosni Mubarak
Washington
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Mobarak
Hussein
Sadat
Menachem Begin
PLO
Haifa
Hindu man beheaded in Durban argument over business deal
Police report a 55 year old Hindu man Buster Nadasen was killed in Durban when four men arrived during a dispute over a business deal. He was allegedly beheaded with a knife used for goat sacrifices while peeling garlic outside his home.
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Durban
South Africa
Buster Nadasen
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