Coup Altering Seychelles Regime Seizes Power
In Victoria Seychelles Prime Minister France Albert Rene ousted President James Mancham after a night of gunfire and imposed a curfew. Rene's government, backed by police, suspended the constitution and ordered new elections while accusing Mancham of Soviet links and pro Western policies. Mancham, in London, blamed Soviet subversion and defended his lifestyle.
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China Army Steps Up Major War Preparations
An editorial in People’s Daily urges the army to accelerate modernization and prepare for an early major war amid perceived Soviet and U.S. encroachment. Hua Kuo-feng highlights the 6th Company as a modernization model, noting its role in China’s 1947 northern campaigns during the civil war.
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Korea Bribe Probe Progress Slow Amid Public Pressure
The House Ethics Committee has not met for nearly a month while pursuing its investigation into South Korean influence buying by Tongsun Park. Aiding staffer calls the pace slow and uncertain, with hearings unlikely before August recess and the panel planning a Wednesday session for a progress report.
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Violence and tight race in Turkey election battle
Early returns show a close race between Bulent Ecevit and Suleyman Demirel in Turkey with Demirel leading 56 to 55 seats after 25 percent counting. Violent clashes left two dead and at least 21 wounded as army guarded polling stations and women backed Ecevit’s law and order message.
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Park Spy For Korea Agency
Former KCIA director Kim Hyung Wook says Tongsun Park was his agent and worked to persuade U.S. lawmakers to back South Korea. Kim cites cash bribery in the rice sale scheme, noting Park received substantial commissions and funneled payments to congressmen, while falling out of favor with KCIA by 1975 amid FBI surveillance concerns.
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Nevada Prison Locks Down In Tense Rally At Carson City
Warden orders 448 inmates locked in cells at Nevada’s maximum security prison after four inmate assaults in a week including a Saturday stabbing. No visitors for now and meals in cells as population exceeds design capacity. One inmate remains hospitalized in stable condition. The other prison nearby remained quiet. A separate note mentions the first female Episcopal parish rector in Sherrill New York.
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