Nuclear war hint as Mideast tensions rise
Egypt's Al Ahram warns a future Middle East war could become nuclear if Israel fails to secure a just peace. PLO leader Farouk al Kaddumy threatens nuclear retaliation if Israel arms, while Rabin declares an epoch of perpetual war and Kuwait calls a regional Arab conference to act. Sadat states the war will not end until Arab lands are liberated and Palestinian rights restored.
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Tole Nation Organization
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Sheikh Jabar al Ahmed al Sabah
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Anwar Sadat
Gairo Radio
Sadat
Suez
Thai burglar perishes in bathtub fire escape attempt
A burglar trapped inside a Bangkok suburb home tried to flee by setting the house ablaze. With doors locked, he climbed to the second floor, filled the bathtub, and jumped in as firefighters controlled the blaze, dying in the tub. Police identified no suspect name.
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Bangkok
UPI
Hacky
Workmen seal home door to tomb by mistake
In Sheffield England workmen boarding up a house for demolition flooded the widow Katherine Godfrey’s home with sound and darkness. They were later blamed for turning the residence into a tomb by sealing the wrong address. a relative arrived three hours later to rescue her.
Portugal moves to curb strikes with new labor law
The government prepares legislation to curb a wave of strikes since the April 25 coup. It orders seamen on four tankers to work to secure oil supply and plans lengthy cabinet meetings to draft rules covering janitors shipbuilders bakers streetcar drivers fishermen postal workers and others amid a eight year ban prior regime. The Merchant Navy Union had banned overtime to back wage hikes from 116 to 275 dollars monthly.
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Lisbon
UPI
Poltinal
Guerrillas jailed for murders by Sudanese court
Eight Palestinian guerrillas were sentenced to life imprisonment by the Sudanese High Court in Khartoum for the March 1973 killings of American diplomats Clo A Noel and George C Moore and Belgian Guy Eid. The defendants, linked to Black September, asserted their group’s ties and shouted defiance after conviction. The trial marked a first in which Palestinian militants faced an Arab state court for terrorist acts.
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Beirut
UPI
Khartoum
Clo A. Noel
George Curtis Moore
Guy Eid
Saudt
Ortown
TV advertisers urged to avoid promoting risks
Washington report from the National Advertising Review Board warns that TV ads can push viewers toward unsafe behavior by implying misuse of products. It urges safety minded, age aware ads with consumer safety panels and concrete do's and don'ts, citing microwave, motorcycle, and fast car examples.
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National Advertising Review Board
Washington
New York
Conmuraer
Mev
Bus riders stranded as Marin drivers walk off job
More than 6,000 Marin County commuters were stranded this morning after bus drivers walked off following late paychecks. Amalgamated Transit Workers Union business manager Id Kelnett said drivers on 19 commuter runs between San Rafael and San Francisco voted in a spontaneous walkout when pay was not received on schedule June 23.
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Marin County
Id Kelnett
Amalgamated Transit Workers Union
San Francisco
Murder suicide shocks Wayne family in Oklahoma tragedy
In Wayne and Purcell, Oklahoma, Curtis Ray Brakefield his wife Shirley and two children were found dead in a murder suicide. Police say a death note offered no motive. Shirley had worked as Vane school secretary and the family ran a homebuilding partnership withBrakefield’s brothers. Funeral services were planned in Purcell and Wayne.
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Wayne
Curtis Ray Brakefield
Brakefield
East Oklahoma
Shirley
Vane
Brakefields
McCrab
Joe Huddleston
Wilburn Wiles
Kidnapped nurse asks relay of apology for killing
Addis Ababa AP Ethiopian guerrillas killed Dutch nurse Anna Sickwerda who was kidnapped with Deborah Dortzbach a 24 year old pregnant missionary from Freehold New Jersey Dortzbach said the guerrillas asked her to relay apologies for the death They released Dortzbach unharmed after her account to SI Missions in Asmara The nurse was killed when she fell behind during a forced escape toward a guerrilla hideout The incident occurred near Asmara with a helicopter overhead apparently seen by the guerrillas The ELF claimed the shooting was an accident and Dortzbach was freed while five captives remained The Society of International Missions confirmed the conditional release of Dortzbach The details come from Dortzbach and associates in Asmara via the mission group
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Ethiopia
Aps
Deborah Dorlzbach
Freehold
N.J
Anna Sickwerda
Frogt
Dort
Asmara
Dortabach
Aguerr Ha
Per Indehrad
Guerrila
Vna
Grant Wyatt
Wyatt
ELF
Dornbach
Society of Internal Jus ‘Missions
Guemilas
Dortzbach
Socialist backed Independent wins Austria presidency
Rudolf Kirchschlaeger, a longtime independent with Socialist support, defeated Alois Lugger 2.39 million to 2.23 million votes in a special election. He will be sworn in this week and intends a largely ceremonial presidency while Peter Jankowitsch may succeed him as foreign minister.
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Vienna
APT
Rudolf Kirchschlaeger
Austria
Socialist Party
Kirchschlaeger
Bruno Kreisky
Kreisky
Kirchschlueger
Innsbruck
Alois Lugger
People’s Party
Upper
Lower Austria
Salzburg
Franz Joris
Peter Jankowitsch
United Nations
Jankowitsch
Krelsky
Newsmen
Soldier kidnapped on emergency leave near Londonderry
In Northern Ireland three gunmen abducted a British soldier attending his father’s funeral near Londonderry. The 26 year old Eugene John Patton was seized from Saint Johnstown in the Irish Republic seven miles southwest of Londonderry as police and troops expansive search for him continued. The incident closed a violent weekend that saw three killings and multiple bomb attempts.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Irish Republic
Londonderry
Saint Johnstown
Eugene John Patton
Germany
PRI Regroups After Kidnapped Guerrero Governor Candidate
Mexico City UPI reports the ruling party PRI moves to select a new candidate for Guerrero state governor after Senator Ruben Figueroa, kidnapped by Lucio Cabanas on May 30, raises concerns. PRI leaders warn an absentee candidate risks an absent election and may replace him.
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Mexico City
UPI
Ruben Figueroa
Guerrero
Lucio Cabanas
Figueroa
Revolutionary Institutional Party
PRI
PRI Power House
Carlos Sansores Perez
Floods kill 51 in Chittagong port area and flood debris
Reports from Dacca say floods around Chittagong have left 51 dead and about 50,000 homeless after embankments broke following heavy rains. Rice fields flood as seawater invades coastal areas along the Bay of Bengal. In the Philippines cholera toll grows in Marawi City with 60 deaths confirmed and 100 cases overall. authorities request airlift of doctors and medicines.
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Chittagong
Bangladesh
Bay of Bengal
Manila
UPI
Marawi City
Philippine
Uhink
Assault on river blindness in Africa and beyond
A 20 year, 120 million dollar plan aims to eradicate onchocerciasis or river blindness in the Gotta River basin spanning seven West African nations. About 10 million people live in the area, with 1 million affected and 74,000 blind or severely visual impaired, as the plan targets reduction of blackfly through widespread larvicide and aerial spraying.
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London
LPT
Medical Journal
Africa
South America
LN Development Program
UN, Food and Agriculture Organization
International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
World Health Organization
Gotta
Dahomey
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Mali
Niger
Togo
Upper Volta
Suspect Mafia pair slain in Brooklyn bakery attack
Police said two Colombo family associates were killed in a weekend gangland shooting outside a Brooklyn bakery. John Cairo, 35, and Thomas Barbagea, 44, both New York residents, were found early Saturday. Undercover agents cited a power struggle within the Colombo faction.
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Ering
Joseph Colombo
Elyla
John Cairo
Thomas Barbagea
Brooklyn
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