Peasants Press for Land Rights in Mexico City March
Thousands of northern peasants press for immediate land reforms as they plan a march from Las Muchis toward Mexico City. Leaders of three groups back the action to secure 26 000 land claims in Sinaloa and oppose prior government promises.
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Suliacan
Mexico
UPT
Mexico City
Jose Lope
Portillo
Singlua Ie
Portilla
Agriculture Workers and Peasants Independent Central
Sinaloa
Sinaloa University
Las Muchis
Here
Guasave
Viet leader calls for unity at Vietnam Workers party congress
In Hanoi 88 year old President Ton Duc Thang opened the first congress in 16 years with a call to consolidate victory over U S backed rebels. He led 1,008 delegates and foreign observers as Le Duan spoke, noting Vietnam's decades long fight and the lifting of an alleged Coxcoburt occupation.
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Bangkok
Thatiarat
UPI
Thang
Vietnam
Hanoi
Party First Secrtary
le Duan
Jio Chi Minh
Coxcoburt
Saigon
Smith: Geneva talks adjourned not collapsed in Rhodesia
Prime Minister Ian Smith says the Geneva conference on Rhodesia's future is adjourned not ended and that Britain and the United States will keep it from breaking down. The five point Kissinger plan seeks a pre majority rule interim government, rejected by black nationalists, with potential resumption on implementing the Anglo American agreement. Security forces report 16 more dead, mostly civilians, in Rhodesia's conflict with black guerrillas.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Geneva
Rhodesia
Henry Kissinger
Smith
Security Forces
Final conferences set today in Geneva talks on Rhodesia
British Rhodesia conference chairman Richard ends private meetings with white minority delegation in Geneva and plans a January adjournment. He met Mark Partridge and four black nationalist leaders, with a news conference slated but no date set. Talks may resume late January at Geneva or Nairobi, after Carter inauguration.
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Geneva
Switzerland
UPS
Richard
Mark Partridge
Pieter van der Fyl
Anthony Crosland
London
Jimmy Carter
Nairobi
Time bomb near Phalangist official in Beirut escape noted
A powerful time bomb attached to a car of Kerim Pakradouni a Phalangist party politburo member failed to kill him as he left the vehicle 30 minutes earlier authorities said the blast devastated the car and heightened sectarian tensions in Beirut s eastern Christian sector The event comes amid a wave of bombings and shooting incidents and a push by an Arab League disarmament commission to confiscate weapons from militias
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Phalangist
Kerim Pakradouni
Tigers
Camille Chamoun
Arab League Disarmament Commission
Elias Sarkis
United National Radio
Egypt
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Jamaican hopeful shot amid violent Jamaica campaign
In Kingston a prominent government candidate Ferdie Neita was shot in the abdomen at a political rally as Jamaica’s election campaign ends with a ban on meetings. Prime Minister Manley defends his socialist course while opposition Labour leader Edward Seaga accuses him of stifling reform.
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Kingston
Jamaica
UPI
Michiel Manley
Ferdie Neita
Neita
Manley
People’s National Party
Caribbean Islands
4 Nation
Edward Seaga
Socialists win local elections in Portugal amid austerity
In Portugal, the Socialists secured a clear local election victory with about 33.2 percent of the vote, surpassing predictions despite harsh austerity and a mini-crisis over Lisbon water supply. The Communist vote rose to 17.7 percent, Center Democrats 16.6, and radical leftists fell below 3 percent. Prime Minister Mario Soares called it an indisputable victory for ruling alone.
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Lisbon
Portugal
UPL
Verdrist
Social Democrats
Mario Soares
Socialist Party
Center Democrats
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Unitr
Orn
Petr
Jean
Rabin faces crucial no confidence vote in Knesset
In Jerusalem, Prime Minister Rabin’s Labor coalition faced a no confidence motion over aid for new U.S. jets. The government could lose its majority if National Religions abstains, with several coalition deputies abroad and the defense minister among them.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Rabin
Labor Labor Party
National Religions Party
Ary Hci
Ime
United
Torah Front
Likwt
Shion Peres
United States
Ben-Gurion
Odds Against a White Christmas Across Regions
Unclear text frames odds against a White Christmas with mentions of William Hill and December 25. The snippet references bookmakers, drought context, and potential regional bets, but readable details and names are severely garbled.
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Lonnoe
UPI
Ei Habeck
Lormien
William Hill Apeloreman
Gehen
Willian Hill
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Luis Echeverria
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Barcelona
Spain
Antonio Maria Oriol
Charnoun
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