Iran to free 52 hostages after asset deal with Algeria
The United States and Iran reach an agreement allowing release of 52 Americans held since November 4, 1979 in exchange for frozen Iranian assets. The plan calls for hostages to be moved to Algiers and Wiesbaden, with assets deposited in a third-country central bank. Carter aides coordinate with Algeria and Bank of England to activate an escrow account.
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Agnes Moorehead Kennedy
New York
State Department
UPI
Tehran
Iran
United States
White House
Bank of England
Algeria
Algiers
Turkey
Wiesbaden
U.S. Air Force
Nightingale
Carter
Nabavi
U.S
Warren Christopher
Camp David
Oval Office
Washington
Europe
London
BBC
Westermany
Jack Watson
Germany
Last days in White House turn into triumph for Carter
President Carter faced a dramatic shift in his final days as he left Camp David for urgent Oval Office meetings. With 48 hours left in his term he returned to Washington to confront critical decisions and ongoing negotiations, ending his presidency on a charged, decisive note.
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White House
Carter
Camp David
Marine One
Oval Office
Carter's Night of Victory Before a New Era
The text recalls President Carter finalizing the Iran hostages release with adviser talks and late night champagne in the Oval Office. Carter, Reagan, and aides marked the moment as the nation prepared for a transition, while Ann Carter offered quiet emotion in Powell's office.
Salvadorean raid leaves 97 leftists burned in grave
The U.S. backed junta said 300 troops raided a guerrilla camp near Penas Blancas west of San Salvador, killing 97 leftists whose bodies were dumped in a common grave and burned. The count brings total official deaths to about 806 since the rebels began a general offensive eight days earlier. The Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front is the umbrella for five Marxist guerrilla groups.
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Blancas
San Salvador
Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front
Junta
Nation Faces Snow Storm Across Southwest Amid Transit Delays
A winter storm drenches Texas New Mexico with up to six inches of snow and sleet halting travel. Florida farmers rush to save crops using wind machines as freezing temperatures loom. I-10 closures and a crumbling Mississippi River bridge add to disruptions while other regions see easing fuel shortages and moderating Northeast weather.
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New Mexico
Florida
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
New England
Hill
Lubbock
New México
Interstate 10
Amy Carter Hosts Friends in East Room Skate Session
Amy Carter, 13, hosted friends including Nancy Powell's daughter for overnight residence in the White House East Room while President Carter and family were at Camp David. Powell noted the large space and a 7-foot Lincoln bed as part of the visit. Mondale and his wife planned to stay in the Lincoln Room that night. Lester Lanin leads two orchestras for Reagan's inaugural events, one at a 1500-person GOP cocktail party and another at an 8500-attendee Kennedy Center ball. Gene Kelly received the Cecil B. DeMille Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for distinguished achievement in film.
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Iran
United States
Cutler
Hamilton Jordan
Jody Powell
Carter
White House
Reagan
Seis
Ann Carter
Powell
Nancy Reagan
Amy Carter
East
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Amy
Lincoln Room
Nan Powell
Walter Mondale
Joan Will
Inauguration Music Society
Lester Lanin
Ronald Reagan
Organization of American States
Lanin
Kennedy Center
C.B
Gene Kelly
Cecil B. DeMille
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Golden Globes honor outstanding entertainment contributions
The event will present a top contributor at the 38th Golden Globes ceremony January 31 broadcast from the Beverly Hilton on CBS. Separate notes discuss Raoul Wallenberg’s fate and a Soviet reinvestigation, Candice Bergen and Ryan O’Neal filming in New York, Ruth Laredo and Rachmaninoff-related performances, and a Tibetan manuscript recital featuring Gyto Tantric College performers.
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Beverly Hilton
CBS
N International
Soviet Union
Raoul Wallenberg
Moscow
West
Wallenberg
Hungary
Candice Bergen
Ryan O’neal
New York
Candice
Cukor
Ryan
Mike Bergman
Ruth Laredo
Rachmaninoff
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Poland
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Rome
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China
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Mao Tse-Tung
Jiang Qing
Jiang
United Press International
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Tom Fettie
Henry Daughtery
Ee Ae
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