Khomeini vows revenge after aide's death in Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini blasted American “lackeys” over the assassination of his adviser Ayatollah Assadollah Madani in Tabriz vowing revenge. Tehran Radio reported Madani’s funeral with thousands marching. Khomeini also ousted Iran’s air force chief Col. Javad Fakuri and named Col. Mohammad Moinpoor as acting commander amid electoral prospects for a new president before month end.
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East
Azerbaijan
Madani
Namaz
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Mohammad Moinpoor
Fakuri
Armed Forces Command
Soviet urge to use stale bread amid harvest shortfall
In Moscow officials push bread conservation as grain yields look poor for 1981. An exhibition in Bakery No. 886 shows 11 stale bread dishes as women crowd to view recipes and tastings are limited. Posters stress bread’s value amid low prices and subsidies, with officials warning of possible shortfalls compared with 235 million tons in 1980 and goals of 238 to 243 million for 1981.
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Moscow
Perovsky
Associated Press
Italian pilgrim killed in grenade attack in Jerusalem Old City
An Italian pilgrim died and 27 others were wounded when a grenade was thrown into a crowded street in Jerusalem's Old City. Police linked the attack to an Arab terrorist, detaining several suspects. 24 Italians in a tour group were among the injured. the victim was Pietro Bocchio. The blast occurred near a souvenir shop by New Gate as Begin visits the United States.
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Old City
Pietro Bocchio
New Gate
Menachem Begin
United States
Yellow River flood threatens Longyang Gorge hydro plant
Xinhua reports the Yellow River flood peak reaches a 27 year high endangering the Longyang Gorge hydroelectric project in Ginghai province. Authorities order intensified measures to raise and shore the 177 foot cofferdam while downstream regions brace for impact. The flood rushes through pastures and marshes as rainfall remains light. Nearly 1,800 lives lost and over 1.7 million displaced in Sichuan and Shaanxi from summer floods.
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OPEC seeks single oil price amid glut in London
OPEC ministers held intensive talks in London to press for a unified crude price to stabilize the world market amid a glut. Kuwait's Sheikh Ali Khalifa al Sabah and Libya's Abdesalaam Mohammed Zagaar were seen in the city, though they denied a meeting. An unnamed OPEC source said ministers were in continuous contact by phone trying to craft a magic formula for one base price.
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OPEC
Khalifa al-Sabah
Libya
Abdesalaam Mohammed Zagaar
Missile blast near plane echoes 1980 Itavia crash
Italian newspapers report a missile exploded about six miles from a DC-9 postal flight on August 8 during a Tyrrhenian Sea naval exercise. Capt. Eraldo Tortarolo notes the incident occurred north of Palermo near Punta Raisi Airport, in the same area of the Itavia DC-9 crash that killed 81 people on June 27, 1980.
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