Wife Of Executed Mercenary Seeks Five Minutes With Him
Sheila Gearhart, widow of Daniel Gearhart, reflects on his February departure to Angola as a mercenary and his execution in Luanda. She and their four children face welfare in Kensington, Maryland, amid debt while Gearhart’s death draws rebukes from U.S. leaders and the British government.
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Washington
Angola
Daniel Gearhart
Sheila Gearhart
Kensington
Gearhart
Luanda
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Gail
Michael
Justin
Vin
Soldier of Fortune
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Central America
Zaire
National Front For the Liberation of Angola
FNLA
U.S
United States
Kissinger
Andrew Mckerzie
John Derek Barker
Costas Georgiou
Col
Tony Callan
Fieral
Popular Movement For the Liberation of
People's Revolutionary Court
Gustave Grillo
Jersey City
Gary Acker
Sacramento
Calif
Miss Messinger Crowned Israel's Miss Universe
Israeli beauty queen Bru nette Messinger, 20, won Miss Universe in Hong Kong, facing security worries shared by officials about protecting the winner from terrorists. She thanked her country, expressed hope to visit Arab nations someday, and received prizes including cash, a personal appearance contract, a scholarship, a car, and a mink wardrobe.
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Rina Messinger
Israel
Miss Messinger
Qiryat Tivan
Haifa
Tey
Venezuela
Judith Josefina Castillo
Caracas
Wales
Sian
Adey-Jones
Finland
Anne-Marie Pohtamo
Santo Domingo
Trinidad-Tobago
Margaut Elizabeth McFarlane
Araity
England
Pauline Davies
Young Delegates Blacks Support Carter At Democratic Convention
New York AP reports Jimmy Carter holds a leading share of younger delegates and black party members at the Democratic National Convention. Over 60% of pledged delegates favored Carter, aligning his delegation with the convention's overall makeup. Black delegates near 11.5%, under 30s about 14%, women 33%, reflecting shifting party demographics and Carter’s primaries’ gains.
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New York
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Associated Press
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Vot
Miami Beach
Carter Tells Women He Supports Their Causes
Carter, calm and self confident, meets women’s rights leaders on the eve of the Democratic convention and expresses support for eliminating legal barriers to women. He tours New York with his wife and daughter, then NBC Meet The Press, while fractions over gender representation at the 1980 convention shape discussions among delegates and officials.
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New York
Jimmy Cater
Robert Strauss
Amy
Hoealyn
Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church
Strauss
NBC Studios
Meet ‘the Press
Bella Abarg
D-N.y
Georgia
Henry Jackson
Washington
John Glenn
Ohio
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Frank Church
Morris Udall
Commission to coordinate state talks on women’s rights
Elizabeth Athanasakos, named head of the National Commission on the Observance of the International Women's Year, will coordinate state conferences starting February to address sex discrimination. The effort aims to educate thousands and develop concrete remedies rather than just discuss problems.
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Washington
Elizabeth Athanaekes
Ms. Athanasakos
Ford
Ms. Athanasakes
Ruckelshaus
White House
United Nations International
Congress
Athanasakes
Ft. Lawdendale
Fla
Athanasakos
Sparta
Greece
Florida Women Lawyers Assocation
Department of Education and Welfare
Cambodian exile seeks work after fleeing Cambodia
Cheng Heng, 56, former plantation operator and Cambodia’s president, remains jobless more than a year after arriving in Milwaukee with his family in June 1975. He has mailed out 100 resumes with help from Calvary Lutheran Church. only offers have been menial plant watering jobs. The Rev. Frederick Hallanger supports his case for better placement, noting his past roles including minister of agriculture.
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Cheng Heng
Cambodia
Southeast Asia
Calvary Lutheran Church of
Brookfield
Frederick Hallanger
Hallanger
Canbodia
Brookfield Church
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