French deputy Jean de Broglie shot in Paris street
AP reports Jean de Broglie 55, a National Assembly deputy and scion of an old French aristocratic family, was shot three times in the head on a Paris street after a discussion with a gunman about 20 years old. De Broglie served in four cabinets under Charles de Gaulle and held a prince title in references. In Tonga, Dennis Priven, 24, Brooklyn, is found innocent by reason of insanity in the stabbing death of Deborah Garder, 23, Seattle. The seven member jury ruled after 15 minutes. custody and Privy Council review follow.
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N.Y
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Seattle
Wash
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Taufaa Hau Tupou IV
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Marcos orders cease-fire in southern Philippines
President Ferdinand E. Marcos announced an immediate cease-fire and halt to all military operations in the southern Philippines. The truce takes effect Friday Dec 24 and follows Libyan mediation led by Col Muammar Khaddafy after nine days of talks in Tripoli with Muslim representatives.
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Tripoli
Erotic painter held in Rome charged in 13 year old murder
Italian police arrest Guido Pietri, 44, an erotic painter, for stabbing death of Christa Wanninger, 22, who sought a film career in Rome. A former investigator's book prompted reopening of the 1953 case after notebooks tied Pietri to a similar murder surfaced.
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Italy
Guido Pietri
Christa Wanninger
Renzo Mambrini
Mambrini
Pierri
Spanish Youths Clash With Police Over Carrillo Arrest
Thousands of Spanish youths in Madrid clashed with police for a second night in front of police headquarters. They threw rocks and raised red flags while police used smoke to disperse crowds. No arrests or injuries were reported. Carrillo, 62, had lived underground for about 10 months after 37 years in exile and was arrested with other Communist officials after a secret meeting.
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Spain
Santiago Carrillo
Carrillo
Communist Party
Fukuda’s Top Target to Restore Japan's Economy
Takeo Fukuda, 71, named prime minister designate to lead Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. He plans full economic recovery as his priority, aiming to cure the recession without reigniting inflation, drawing on his finance expertise.
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Tokyo
Japan
Takeo Fukuda
Fukuda
Takeo Miki
Liberal-Democratic Party
China puzzle: Who's doing what in Beijing power struggle
A 1976 Chicago Daily News analysis outlines the post Mao power struggle in China. Teng Hsiao ping, Hua Kuo-feng, and Chiang Ching face shifts as production suffers and factions maneuver. Teng, ousted last spring, is seen as wielding influence behind the scenes with cronies to weaken rivals.
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Chicago Daily News
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Gang of Four
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Teng Hsiaoping
Hua Kuo-feng
Peking
Teng
Ae Chiang Ching
Chou En-tai
Waucoma Woman Killed In Crash Near St Lucas
A rural Waucoma woman Arthalinda Bengfort aged 52 died when her car left a Fayette County gravel road near St Lucas. Her husband Virgil Bengfort 55 was injured and hospitalized in serious condition with internal bleeding. Troopers report the vehicle rolled several times after she apparently lost control early Friday. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Balloonist's windy flight ends with legal summons in New York
Ronald Di Giovanni, 23, an unemployed draftsman, launched a 68-foot hot air balloon from Staten Island for a 90 minute tour over New York City. Wind carried the craft from Staten Island to Manhattan and Queens where he landed near a power plant in LaGuardia airspace. Police issued two summons one for unauthorized landing and one for posing a threat to air traffic. Di Giovanni, who holds a pilot license, said he owns the balloon bought for 5990 dollars in March.
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Bethlehem Shepherds and Flocks Amid Changing Holy Land
In Bethlehem outskirts shepherds from Moslem and Christian communities tend flocks under the Judean Desert horizon. Auda Salama speaks of peace as shared ground while Moslem shepherds, kibbutz blocks, and military limits shape migration and livelihoods in a region where ancient rites endure amid modern conflict.
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Detroit brothers charged in murder conspiracy plot
Two Detroit brothers Antonino Rugirello and Antonio Rugirello are charged with conspiring to kill a Flint numbers man by planting a bomb in his car. They were arrested with a fake bomb device monitored by a task force and held on 100000 bonds.
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Tony) Rugirello
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Toto) Rugirello
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Jobless rate dips in Iowa for November
The seasonally adjusted Iowa jobless rate fell to 4.9 percent in November from October. Total employment slipped to 1,259,000, down 2 percent from October's 1,284,500. Unemployment rose to 52,800 in November from 51,100, a 3.4 percent increase. Year over year, employment rose 1.6 percent to 1,239,400 while unemployment was 20.7 percent from 66,600.
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Job Service of
Christmas card drive aids two jailed in Turkey
Bernice Wermes, known for a 14 year old Czech prison release via a Christmas card campaign, launches a drive for two American women jailed on drug charges in Turkey. Kathryn Zenz and Jo Anne McDaniel were arrested at the Turkey Syria border in 1972, convicted of hashish smuggling, and now face amnesty hopes as cards flow from supporters nationwide.
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D.C
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Christmas story revised by Muskegon preschoolers
In Muskegon Michigan preschoolers at Oak Crest Day Care share festive alchemy about Jesus birth. Children debate the Christmas story from childlike records while recounting Mary Joseph and God as father. They also imagine reindeer Santa and gifts prompting playful interpretation.
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Mich
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Kerry Pettis
Kerry
Oak Crest Day Care Center
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Mary
God
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Joseph
Daniel
David
Jennifer
John Morrison
Central Day Care
Santa Claus
LaKeisha Harrison
Kaja Thornton
Kaja
LaKeisha
Randy Croel
Santa granted clearance for Christmas Eve flight
The FAA confirms top priority for a flight plan filed by a pilot identified as S Claus. The agency notes yearly waivers of air regulations for Sleigh SC 1 and cites confidence in Claus's piloting. The plan was registered at Point Barrow Alaska and Claus says the cargo craft is loaded with gifts for all.
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Federal Aviation Administration
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National Airways System
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Alaska
Tough old Miss Ruple survives five days trapped in car trunk
In Niles Michigan a 70 year old woman, known as a tough old tea detective, was stuffed in the trunk of her car by an armed robber and left in sub freezing temperatures for five days with no food or water. She was found by a niece in an unheated garage and hospitalized. The assailant remains at large.
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