Moynihan Positioned for U N Ambassadorship
An administration source indicates Daniel Patrick Moynihan may replace John A. Scali as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Moynihan, a Harvard professor returning from posting in India, urged a tougher, more vocal U.S. stance toward the third world and daily expressions of displeasure.
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Supreme Court weighs death penalty fate in historic review
The nation prepares for a major Supreme Court term as justices revisit capital punishment amid debate over its constitutionality. The 1972 ruling said current applications were unconstitutional, while states rework laws to curb arbitrariness and 219 inmates remain on death row across 22 states.
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France pledges aid and loans to Greece amid shifting influence
Prime Minister Constan tine Caramanlis returned from France with promises of loans totaling 880 million dollars and arms, signaling France may supplant the United States as Greece's dominant foreign power. Greece criticizes U S policy over Cyprus and Nato bases, while Amnesty International reports 252 women imprisoned for politics across 25 countries. In Japan an earthquake disrupted transport injuring four.
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Greek Cypriot Women Protest at UN Checkpoint
About 20 000 Greek Cypriot women demonstrated at the U N military checkpoint in Cyprus demanding permission to return home from Turkish occupied areas. Melina Mercouri and Lady Amalia Fleming joined the protest as demonstrations spread to Athens and London with thousands marching for action.
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Rhodes injures shoulder and cancels TV appearance
House Republican leader John J. Rhodes dislocated a shoulder while reaching for his dog in Washington on Sunday and canceled a scheduled appearance on ABC. His wife said Rhodes has recurring shoulder trouble. Charlie Myrick, billed as the world's greatest escape artist, nearly his final act at a Kansas City dinner theater. At a stunt with chains and a candle burning rope, he freed himself but an arrow pierced his left side, ending the act.
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Washington’s health woes loom in new medical history
Tufts physician Dr. Thomas Berger reports George Washington faced repeated illnesses from adolescence to adulthood. He battled ague and fever at 17, smallpox in Barbados at 19, and later dysentery flu malaria quinsy rheumatism and chronic dental pain affecting his duties as planter general and president.
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