War threat drives mass Angola exodus to Portugal
thousands flee Luanda as civil war looms Angola’s three guerrilla groups battle for power amid mounting casualties from mid 1974 to early 1975. refugees are evacuating by air to Portugal with government support as leaders of FNLA MPLA and UNITA meet in Nairobi to seek truce.
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Angola
Luanda
Africa
Portugal
Brazil
The
Front For the National Liberation of Angola
FNLA
Holden Roberto
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
MPLA
Agostinho Neto
National Union For the Total Liberation of Angola
UNITA
Jonas Savimbi
Nakuru
Kenya
British judge backs American in Scotland Yard counterfeit bust
American Mark Yarry received an Oscar like tribute from Judge Meyer King Hamilton at the Old Bailey after posing as a Mafioso for nine weeks to help Scotland Yard smash a counterfeit gang led by Cyril Fentiman. Three gang members were jailed and a fourth got a suspended sentence. Yarry admitted the undercover stint cost him his job and forced his family into hiding.
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London
Mark Yarry
Scotland Yard
Meyer King-Hamilton
Yarry
Jim Goldie
Old Bailey Criminal Court
Cyril
Fentiman
MS fund drive to start Monday in Douglas County
A residential canvass for the Douglas County MS Drive begins Monday with David Kendall in charge. About 580 volunteers will participate. Last year the drive raised 7 358 dollars. Sixty percent stays local while forty percent funds MS research and victims’ treatment. Researchers cite possible viral or autoimmune causes and environmental factors as MS risk contributors.
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Douglas County
David Kendall
Sage Brush Dr
Kendall
Canadian Anglican Church approves women as priests
The Anglican Church of Canada authorized the ordination of women as priests at the General Synod in Quebec City. With about 1.5 million members, it becomes the first Western Anglican body to allow such ordinations, a move with potential worldwide implications for the Anglican communion.
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Kansas City
Metropolitan Community College
Penn Valley
Longview
Maple Woods
Community College
New York
Anglican Church of Canada
Pal
United States
General Synod
Quebec City
Canada
Nadian Church
Hong Kong
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Goldie
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McCoy’s Sale
Buskens
Ladies
Seersucker
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