Quake relief planes crash near Yerevan in Armenia disaster
A Yugoslav relief flight bound for Armenian quake victims crashed near Yerevan, killing seven crew members. The accident follows a separate Soviet cargo jet crash on the same mission, as rescuers race to reach thousands trapped under rubble after a devastating earthquake. More than 45,000 to 60,000 dead, half a million homeless, with over 300 Soviet relief flights in operation and aid from 40 nations.
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Leninakan
U.S.S.R
UPI
Yerevan
Armenia
Valentin Nikiforov
Tanjug
Armenian Republic
Moscow
Vartan Vaskanyana
Soviet Union
International exchange students share Christmas customs
Three Dixon High School exchange students describe their Christmas traditions from home and compare them with American practices. Irene Frederiksen of Odense Denmark notes candlelit trees and Advent Sundays, Denise Fujita from Baura Brazil recalls summer Christmas, beach holidays, midnight dinners, and street dancing, while Terje Herfjord of Trondheim sees Norwegian Christmas as similar to Denmark with a big New Year party.
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Telegraph
Jerry Pauser
Dixon High School
Terje Herfjord
Norway
Denise Fujita
Brazil
Irene Frederiksen
Denmark
Odense
Baura
Trondheim
America
Frederiksen
Irene
Fujita
Dixon
Illinois
Gulf leaders prepare for summit in Manama
Gulf foreign ministers from Bahrain Saudi Arabia UAE Kuwait Qatar and Oman met in a closed session in Manama to ready a December GCC summit aimed at turning the Aug ceasefire into lasting peace. Officials said the talks would cover defense security oil policy and regional issues including the Palestinian question Lebanon and Iran Iraq tensions.
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Manama
Bahrain
UPI
Persian Gulf
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Kuwait
Qatar
Oman
Saud al Faisal
Gulf Cooperation Council
GCC
Gulf
Sheikh Mohammad bin Mubarak al Khalifa
Iraq
Iran
OPEC
Vienna
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Lebanon
Gulf Region
Baghdad
U.N
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Iran-Iraq
Shatt al Arab Waterway
Refugee tries to hijack TWA jetliner bound for Cuba
A Mariel boatlift refugee, Felix Sanchez Rodriguez, 26, of Miami, claimed a bomb aboard TWA Flight 469 and forced an emergency landing in Grand Turk Turks and Caicos Islands. The plane carried 121 passengers and seven crew. no one was injured. Rodriguez, unable to speak English, was arrested after disembarking thinking the island was Cuba. He reportedly planned to reach Cuba to see his sick mother. The pilot landed at Grand Turk as the nearest airport.
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Miami
API
TWA
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Turks and Caicos Islands
Felix Sanchez Rodriguez
Robert Blattner
San Juan
Grand Turk
Blattner
Rodriguez
FBI
Paul Miller
Miller
Bahamas
United States
Mariel
Tom Patri
Vera
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Hereford
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