Somoza bows to guerrillas and calls strike in Nicaragua
In Managua President Anastasio Somoza faced a nationwide strike call after Sandinista guerrillas seized the National Palace and forced his concessions. Thousands cheered as the rebels demanded a step toward overthrow, while Perez of Venezuela urged OAS intervention to prevent more bloodshed. Hostages were freed with ransom funds and asylum granted in Panama.
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Carlos Andres Perez
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National
Panama
Panama City
Missile silo blast kills one airman near Wichita
An orange vapor cloud erupted from an unarmed Titan II missile silo after a valve leak, killing an airman and forcing about 200 residents to evacuate. The cloud drifted north, winds kept it from a major disaster, and precautions will continue as evacuees remain from a 30 mile southeast farming area. A support team from Little Rock AFB aided McConnell AFB personnel. the missile had no nuclear warhead and lacked the liquid fuel at the time.
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Air Force
Karen Meier
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Arkansas
McConnell Air Force Base
Alan Defend
McConnell
Weekend Weather Outlook for New Castle County
Showers possible today and tonight with variable clouds and a 40 percent to 30 percent to 20 percent chance of precipitation. Highs in the low to mid 80s, lows mid 60s, then partly sunny Saturday with upper 70s to low 80s and cooler Sunday through Tuesday in the mid to upper 70s.
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Congressmen in Laos seek missing Americans data amid border war
A U S congressional delegation touring Indochina arrived in Vientiane after visiting Tay Ninh and a Cambodian border area where artillery fire was heard. They pressed for details on 424 Americans unaccounted for in Laos during the Vietnam War, noting remains delivered by Hanoi but no accounting from Vientiane. Refugees described harsh conditions and possible executions, with officials citing inaccessible terrain as a barrier to locating remains.
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G. V. Montgomery
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Conclave Underway as Cardinals Gather at St Peter's
More than 100 cardinals gathered at St. Peter's Basilica to begin preparations for the conclave to elect Pope Paul VI’s successor. Cardinal Jean Villot led Latin prayers, the lockup in the Apostolic Palace begins, ballots will be four daily, with black smoke signaling no result and white smoke signaling victory.
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Michele Pellegrino
Assisi
L M Boyd column questions history and trivia
The note attributes statements to L M Boyd and includes scattered trivia about indentured servants in 1619, early slavery, a moon view quip about the Soviet Union, Joan Blondell's birth name, a spider’s blood pressure, frogs underwater, and a Pope Adrian IV fact about Ireland. It ends with a request to mail responses to L M Boyd in Weatherford Texas and cites copyright 1978 Crown Syndicate.
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Weatherford
Crown Syndicate, Inc
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