Argentine Violence Resumes After Coup Nightfall
General Jorge Videla to become president as junta tightens grip after Peronist collapse. Violence resurges with at least 10 killed Friday and total toll rising to 193 for the year. U.S. recognizes new regime. Arrests extend to toppled officials as security forces clamp down.
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Peron
Buenosires
Videla
United States
Navy
Air Free
Noticia A Argentinas
Buenos Aires
Ford Motor Co
Argentina
Cordoba
Adolfo Cesar Phillipedux
Chile
Phillipeaux
Mrs Peron
High drama hour before they seized him from his escape
A tense scene unfolds as a suspect reportedly lunges through a window, pursued by an armed group. He flees onto a fire escape with his daughter in tow after an argument with his estranged wife, SP Wiroghor.
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Melvin David
Ebony
Harlem
David
Washington subway opens its first 4.6 mile leg today
The Washington Metro begins operation with 4.6 miles of track from Capitol Hill to the downtown area. Regular service starts Monday as fare at peak is 55 cents and 40 cents off-peak. more lines and funding details follow, with completion targeted for 1982.
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Washington Subway
Washington
James K. Taylor
Treasury Department
Metrorail
Sear Capitol Hill
National Airport
Virginia
Tornadoes Strike Seven States Across the South and Midwest
The Associated Press reports 24 tornadoes across Illinois, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Florida and Mississippi on Friday into early today. In Spiro Oklahoma two killed and about 50 injured as a line of rubble stretches through town, with power outages and train derailment reported.
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Associated Press
US Weather Service
Mid
Mississippi Valley
Alabama
Mississippi
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Florida
Spiro
Okla
Last Battle Fought In N C Evidence Says So
Carteret County historian Jean B Kell argues the last battle of the Revolutionary War occurred in Beaufort in April 1782 after Yorktown. British ships entered Beaufort Harbor on April 4 and left April 17 after clashes with local residents, raids, and a failed attempt to burn ships. Kell cites accounts in New East magazine and notes some historians question the designation but deem the research significant to state history.
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N.C
Beaufort
Carteret County
North Carolina
Yorktown
Jean B. Kell
Greenville
Kell
U S Seeks Return In Turkey in new cooperation accord
Washington reports Kissinger and Turkish Foreign Minister Caglayangil signed a four year accord to restore U S military footing in Turkey near the Soviet border. The pact, worth about 1 billion dollars in aid, awaits congressional approval with details to come. Cyprus and embargo history noted. current measures discussed include cash sale limits.
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Washington
Congress
Turkey
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Ahsan S. Caglavangit
Kissinger
Caglayangil
Soviet Union
Cyprus
Greece
Senate
House
Ford Defends His Budgets For Military
President Ford campaigned in California defending large peacetime defense budgets and warning that the nation must stay strong against the Soviet Union as Carter claws toward the New York primary. Carter accused state election officials of omitting delegate slates in New York, aiming for about one fifth of 206 Democratic convention delegates. Ford aides said Carter is a serious contender, with Humphrey still expected as the Democratic nominee. Ford planned stops in California, then Wisconsin for a public forum after fundraising in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Associated Press
Ford
Ronald Reagan
California
Jimmy Carter
New York
United States
Soviet Union
Republican State Central Committee
Reagan
Richmond
Carter
Rochester
Buffalo
State Board of Elections
Washington
Henry Jackson
Jackson
Arizona
Morris Udall
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
Alabama
George Wallace
Georgia
Peter Kaye
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Fresno
LaCrosse
Wis
Frayed Cable Suspected In Colorado Lift Mishap
A frayed cable may have caused the derailment of two aerial gondolas at Vail Mountain ski area, dropping about 100 feet and killing three people while injuring nine others. A Forest Service team investigates as witnesses describe mangled cars and frayed lines.
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Vail
Colo
Vail Mountain
Bob Parker
Vaii Associates
Parker
Vail Associates
U.S. Forest Service
Ford
Harriet Cooper
Woodbridge. Conn
Moslems to contest until Franjieh resigns in Lebanon
In Beirut and across Lebanon savage house to house fighting continues as Moslem armies vow to persist the civil war until Christian President Suleiman Franjieh resigns. Police report 98 killed and 157 wounded by Friday midnight amid the two mile Beirut front. Kamal Junblatt travels to Damascus with Yasir Arafat for talks with Hafez Assad on ending the 11 month sectarian conflict. Junblatt refuses to back down on leftist demands, signaling resistance to Syrian influence over arms routes.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Suleiman Franjieh
Acknow
Kamal Junblatt
Damascus
Yasir Arafat
Hafez Assad
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Howard Bronson
Franjieh
Junblatt
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Mount Lebanon
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