Uganda warns Americans and Britons over false claims
World brief notes Uganda under Idi Amin warns all Americans and Britons about spreading lies, while regional tensions rise. Reports from Zaire describe a major military push in Shaba as invaders hold three towns, with no casualty figures yet. Pakistan protests escalate against Bhutto ban, and Australia’s queen not harmed after a placard incident. Montreal police hunt a gunman who killed four at Bar Salon de la Galle, while Ethiopia accuses a British lecturer of espionage. Rabin rejects Carter on 1967 borders, and a Turkish bus crash kills 22 with many injured.
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Montreal
Canada
Salon de la Galle
Uganda
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
William Hastings Morton
Addie Ababa
Swiss voters reject bans on foreigners in Swiss election
Swiss ballots Sunday rejected right wing proposals to expel 256000 foreigners over ten years and curb naturalization. Conservatives control six of 200 seats in the lower house, yet faced voter resistance as foreigners make up about 15 percent of Switzerland's 6.3 million population.
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Bern
Switzerland
Carter hears prayer after Washington siege ends
President Carter attends church with Rosalynn on a rainy Sunday, praising the end of the Hanafi siege in Washington. The sermon lauds the mayor, police, Cabinet, and ambassadors for their roles while Carter says he stayed informed but did not lead the negotiations.
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President Carter
Rosalynn
Rev
Charles Trentham
Washington
First Baptist Church
Carter
Bee
Czech dissident philosopher Patocka dies after stroke in Prague
Czech dissident philosopher Jan Patocka, a spokesman for Charter 77, died in three Prague hospitals Sunday morning after a stroke. He had been hospitalized following intense interrogations for his human rights work and had met Dutch Foreign Minister Max van der Stoel during a Prague visit. Patocka, a noted academic and Marxist thinker, faced government criticism and mounting pressure in recent months.
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Jan Patorka
Prague
Vienna
Patocka
Interior Ministry
Max van der Stoel
van der Stoel
No regrets over prison as Joan Little eyes work release
Joan Little, 22, acquitted of first degree murder in the icepick death of a jailer, says she has no regrets about prison or the trial and will begin a daily work release as a clerk typist the week of March. She remains in a 7 to 10 year sentence for breaking and entering at Beaufort County jail. Warden Powell calls her adjustment to prison ongoing, while federal appeals court upholds contempt against her lawyer Jerry Paul in a related ruling.
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Joan Little
Miss Little
North Carolina Correctional Center
Raleigh
N.C
Beaufort County
Clarence Alligood
Louis Pow
North Carolina
Richmond
United States Court of Appeals For
Fourth Circuit
Jerry Paul
Paul
Red Skelton Returns to Carnegie Hall After 40 Years
Red Skelton, nearing 64, headlines two shows at Carnegie Hall after decades away from New York. The veteran comic delivers a clean family program with his trademark rubbery face and nimble body language backed by a 17 piece band, blending humor and sentiment to leave the audience laughing heartily.
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Hed Skelton
New York
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie
Red Skelton
Skelton
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