China’s Teng Hsiao-ping Eyes Taiwan Reunification This Year
Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping told American reporters in Beijing he hopes peaceful reunification with Taiwan by 1980 but did not rule out nonpeaceful means. He pledged to open talks with Chiang Ching-kuo while urging US dialogue with Goldwater and China.
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Barry Goldwater
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Mortgage rates top ten percent as housing costs soar
Government figures show December mortgage rates for new homes at 10.02 percent and used homes at 10.06 percent, the first time above 10 percent. New home prices average $67,600 and used homes $58,000, with both up about 17 percent year over year.
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National Association of Home Builders
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Summit Leaders Focus on Iran and China's Role
Carter and three European allies focus Caribbean talks on Iran oil prospects and China's global role. Giscard notes plain talks as Brzezinski attends as adviser, while Gates discuss multi polar world and potential arms sales to China boost British jobs.
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Soviet Union
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Thornburgh names O Bannon to welfare post in cabinet
Governor elect Thornburgh picks Helen O Bannon a Democrat public utility commissioner to head the Welfare Department joining Dr Robert Scanlon to lead Education and Clifford Jones to Environmental Resources. O Bannon becomes the first woman and youngest appointee to the PUC overseeing a department serving about 1.5 million Pennsylvanians with a 3.5 billion dollar annual budget.
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Three Ships Sink as Severe Winter Hits Europe
Severe winter weather batters Europe with three ships sinking leaving 34 dead or missing. Evacuations follow 30 foot seas as 300 residents flee two English villages. Snow reaches the French Riviera and Rome as Moscow endures minus 36.
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Oil workers return to jobs as Iran seeks economic rescue
Striking petroleum workers started going back to work in Iran amid calls from anti shah religious opposition to boost oil output. Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi takes a two day holiday at a ski resort as Bakhtiar plans a new civilian cabinet. Oil production has tumbled from 6 million to 250000 barrels daily, with domestic needs around 900000 barrels. Fuel rationing was ordered by the government last week.
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Iran
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Obituaries and Weather Notes Across Nation
Beaths Obituaries notes Lena J Herman 78 of Venus Fla and Sally L McIntyre Kelley 48 of College Park Md. A Tehran oil halt continues with Abadan and Tabriz resuming limited output while Shiraz and Tehran stay shut under strike influence. Weather outlook: tonight 10 to 15 degrees, Saturday high mid to upper 20s with possible snow, then snow or rain through Monday and into Tuesday.
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Carter
Guadeloupe
Vietnamese Troops Threaten Phnom Penh as Evacuation Discussed
Vietnamese divisions were reported moving around Phnom Penh with China weighing airlifting Cambodian leaders out of the capital. Kyodo News cited Peking sources noting a possible Thai passage for a Chinese plane. Pravda claimed a major rebel offensive continued without naming Vietnamese forces.
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Temple massacre books fail to sell as quickly as hoped
Two hastily produced volumes about the Peoples Temple massacre have not sold as briskly as anticipated. The items were rushed to press and issued for a readership hungry for grim details, with coverage noted on page three.
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