Moroccan Troops Enter El Aiun as Morocco Annexes Spanish Sahara
Moroccan troops massed into El Aiun and declared annexation of Spanish Sahara under King Hassan II. Algeria denounced the move as monarchist aggression and closed frontier points while Polisario Front fighters vowed to resist. Algiers reported 5000 aggressor troops entering El Aiun as clashes and ambushes were reported.
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Rabat
Morocco
UPI
Spanish Sahara
Hassan II
Algeria
Algiers
Polisario Front
el Aiun
Hassan
Morocco Seizes Spanish Sahara Territory in Northern El Alun
About 12,000 Moroccan troops occupy northeastern Spanish Sahara since November 14 when Spain agreed to transfer the territory to Morocco and Mauritania. In El Alun, officials proclaimed annexation while Rabat observers say a southern section may be ceded to Mauritania. King Hassan sent 350,000 peaceful pilgrims to back Morocco claims as Spain yields to avoid conflict.
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Spanish Sahara
Spain
Morocco
Mauritania
Rabat
Hassan
Iceland Fires On British Vessel in Cod War Escalation
The Icelandic gunboat Thor fired on a British tug after being rammed by three ships guarding Britain’s fleet in gale conditions off Iceland. London says British ships rammed the Thor in retaliation. no casualties reported.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
UPI
Icelandic Coast Guard
Thor
Britain
Atlantic
Royal Navy
London
Cida
Helgi Halvarsson
Halvarsson
Intended Victim Captures Suspect In Lot Heist
An ex-Policeman from Travers City Mich wrested a 25 caliber pistol from Bernard Hurd 20 of McWilliams St after the suspect pointed it at him in a Bonanza Rancho shopping center lot. The gun fired four times during the 9 p.m. struggle. Hurd was jailed after emergency care and Niedzielski 43 was treated for a hand wound and released.
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Bonanza
Rancho
Travers City
Mich
Bernard Hurd
McWillams St
Lindy Niedzielski
Metro
Niedzielski
Freshman Dead In Bomb Blast At Cathedral High
In Indianapolis two 14 year old Cathedral High School freshmen Glenn Achgill and David Bitter were killed when a homemade bomb exploded in a garage before the boys carried it to a gravel pit by the Devon Country Club. Fred Ruess 15 was critically injured and Dan Happel 14 was unhurt.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Glenn Achgill
David Bitter
Fred Ruess
Dan Happel
Cathedral High School
Devon Country Club
Motherhood For Men Takes Just 10 Days
NEW YORK. In ten days a man can become a mother by hatching chick eggs at home under body heat. Murray Zaret of the Animal Nursery in Coney Island placed an ad seeking 100 volunteers to incubate fertile eggs, promising a chick by Christmas if successful.
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New York
UPI
Murray Zaret
Coney Island
Zaret
Village Voice
Cleanup of U S Water Clean Up Plan Delayed by Funds and Red Tape
A U S government commission says the effort to clean up lakes and streams is behind schedule due to inadequate federal funds bureaucratic hurdles and widespread legal challenges. It cautions private industry may miss 1980 cleanup targets and public sewage works may miss 1986.
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Washington
UPI
America
National Commission On Water Quality
Congress
Commission
Informant Guides Hoffa Body Search in Jersey City Dump
An informant told federal authorities where to search for a possible Hoffa body buried in Moscato's Dump Jersey City. Investigators have also eyed a 55 gallon drum theory and questioned Gateway Trucking in steel drum shipments. Digging began after a warrant and survey of the 47 acre site. officials warned the search would take time.
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Newark
N.J
UPI
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Jersey City
Hoffa
New Jersey
Pulaski Skyway
Detroit
Gateway
Faugne
FBI
Hoffa disappearance probe widens with Newark hearings
The Newark Organized Crime Task Force brought informant Hoffa before Judge H Curtis Meanor who appointed Stephen Greenberg and sealed the hearing transcript amid a gag order. FBI warrants targeted Salvatore Bruguglio's Union City cabinets and a Union City bank deposit box as a federal grand jury probes Teamsters pension fund misuse.
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Newark Organized Crime Task Force
U.S. District Court
H. Curtis Meanor
Newark
Stephen Greenberg
FBI
Hoffa
Salvatore Bruguglio
Teamsters Local 560
Union City
N.J
Union
Briguglio
Detroit
Garden State Bank
Teamsters
FBI Harrassing Settled Outside Philadelphia
A federal judge approved an out of court settlement in a four year old suit accusing the FBI of political harassment during the Media burglary probe. Plaintiffs include Philadelphia Resistance and American Friends Service Committee with 16 individuals seeking 390000. The FBI pays 1600 in costs and agrees not to surveil without cause or interview permission in advance.
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Philadelphia
UPS
FBI
Media
Philadelphia Resistance
The
American Friends Service Committee
Donald W. van Artsdalen
Cabinet revision ushers liberal Spanish government
Prime Minister Carlos Arias Navarro formed Spain's first post Franco cabinet replacing most members with reform advocates. Key posts go to Manuel Fraga Iribarne Jose Maria Areilza and Antonio Garrigues Anas. Army ministries go to conservative generals as workers strike nationwide demanding amnesty and political freedoms.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
Carlos Arias Navarro
Arias
Alias
Juan Carlos
Francisco Franco
Chrysler
Manuel Fraga Iribarne
Jose Maria Areilza
Antonio Garrigues Anas
Fernando de Santiago Y Diaz Mendicil
de Santiago
Army amphibious trucks flagged as flawed by GAO study
Senator William Proxmire cites a GAO review finding the 1.4 ton Gamma Goat amphibious truck sinks unless payload and tailpipe conditions are perfect. It also breaks down frequently and emits 95 decibel noise inside the cab as mud sloshes onto the windshield. The Army plans to buy 14,000 units at about 14 285 dollars each despite cautions.
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Washington
UPI
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Army
Proxmire
General Accounting Office
GAO
Proxmuire
Sovet backed Angola group to free three journalists
In Johannesburg UPI reports the Soviet backed movement for Angola's liberation has decided to release two CBS newsmen and one South African journalist who were detained last month for suspicious activities. Radio South Africa said Thursday.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
CBS
BGA Accuses Ford SBA Nominee Over Bank Ties in Chicago
The Better Government Association claims Mitchell Kobelinski, Ford’s Small Business Administration nominee, was an officer at Parkway Bank involved with Cook County official Floyd Fulle. Fulle, who later became a bank director, bought stock as county deposits grew, with event tied to significant interest-free funds. Fulle’s federal extortion sentence was recent.
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Chicago
UPI
Better Government Association
Mitchell P. Kobelinski
Ford
Small Business Administration
Cook County
BGA
J. Terrence Brunner
Kobelinski
Parkway Bank and Trust Co
Floyd Fulle
Fulle
Parkway Bank
Brunner
Dennis Voss
Parkway
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