Egypt Parliament Forms Panel Over Sadat Measures
Cairo reports that Egypt's parliament and the Shura Council created committees to review Sadat's new anti opposition and sectarian measures. The move followed the ouster of Pope Shenoudah III, a nationwide referendum looms, and Sadat announced purges including newspaper closures and arrests as Christians mourned yet accepted the change.
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Cairo
Egypt
UPI
Anwar Sadat
Shura
Sadat
Middle East
Shenoudah III
Ethiopia
Solidarity leaders blast Polish hardline foes in Gdansk
In Gdansk Solidarity delegates condemn official hardline policy as treasonous while urging concrete economic action. The union cites growing unemployment and lower living standards and vows to craft an active economy strategy, delaying specific reforms until later convention debates.
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Gdansk
Poland
UPI
Solidarity
Union
Baltic Sea
Mosco%r
Solidarity Union
Andrzej Celinski
National Coordinating Commission
Tere
Ing
Sturgis flees Turks and Caicos after Cuban exile escape
Watergate burglar Frank Sturgis fled Providenciales illegally after a boat smuggled him to Mayaguana. Exile leader Rafael Montes took over among 60 plus stranded Cubans as deportations were rescheduled for three flights, with 23 already evacuated.
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Blue Hills
Turks,and Caicos Islands
UPI
Frank Sturgis
U.S. Navy
Guantanamo
Turks and Caicos Islands
Sturgis
Providenciales
Cubans United Group
Mayaguana
Bahamas
Polite
Rafael Montes
Red
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
U.N. Troops Fire Back At Beit Leif Militias Near Lebanon
U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon traded mortar fire with Israeli-backed Christian militiamen in Beit Leif late Saturday. The Dutch battalion returned fire for about an hour on the village of Yater, eight rounds causing material damage but no casualties, according to U.N. spokesman Samir Sanbar.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
U.N
Samir Sanbar
Beit Leif
Israel
Yater
Sanbar
New War Charged In Palestinian Conflict Scene
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate escalating hostilities across areas near Palestine and surrounding regions with mentions of Kuwaty and PLD groups. No clear dates or outcomes present in the readable text.
Nixon says Soviets must talk on disarmament
Former President Richard Nixon told Bild in Hamburg that the Soviet Union must conclude disarmament agreements with the United States or risk losing an arms race. He argued the Soviet economy is a disaster and questioned their plans for Poland and China during a European tour stop in Flensburg.
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Hamburg
West Germany
UPI
Richard Nixon
United States
East
Nixon
Poland
China
Bild
Flensburg
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Larry Pitt
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