Leftist rebels seize hotels in Beirut amid heavy fighting
In Beirut the leftist militiamen captured the Phoenicia and St Georges hotels and gained ground along the seafront despite a declared cease-fire. Fighting killed at least 20 and wounded 40 with totals nearing 300 dead since the latest flare up.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Phoenicia Hotel
St. Georges Hotel
Alcazar
Holiday Inn
Phoenicia
Abu Adell
Rashid Karami
Karami
Coordination Committee
IRA gunmen resume talks with police in London siege
Irish Republican Army gunmen holed in a downtown apartment end a 36 hour silence and again speak to police through a bullhorn. They refuse to discuss hostages but accept a portable toilet after police query. The exchange follows a rope-delivered toilet and food offerings.
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London
UPI
Irish Republican Army
James Nevill
Nevill
Loch Ness Monster May Gain Endangered Status
A group of scientists presented underwater photographs to Parliament suggesting Nessiteras rhom bopteryx could be protected as an endangered species. Critics argue the images are insufficient to prove a living creature exists while supporters push for legal protection and a formal scientific name.
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London
UPS
House of Commons
Nature
David James
Scotland
Robert Rines
Academy of Applied Science of Boston
Peter Scott
Rines
Scott
Loch Ness
Gordon Shields
British Museum of Natural History
British Museum
Eight bodies found in swamp near Prospects farm area
An eighth body a child aged two to four was found buried near a swamp in Florence County near Prospects. Three men Walter Leroy Neely Donald Henry Gaskins and James K Judy are charged with murders of identified victims with more area searches planned.
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Barnes
Walter Leroy Neely
Donald Henry Gaskins
James K. Judy
Florence
Neely
Gaskins
Junior Parrott
Dennis Bellamy
John Henry Knight
Johnny Sellers
Judy
Sellers
General Assembly skirts Angola intervention issue
The United Nations General Assembly avoids a vote on foreign involvement in Angola. U.S. Ambassador Moynihan accuses Cuba of aiding the Soviet Union with about 3,000 Cuban troops in Angola and possible deployments in Guinea-Bissau Guinea Equatorial Guinea Namibia Congo and Somalia. He calls Cuban soldiers agents for the Soviets and defends the U.S. stance against “colonization” of Africa.
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UN General Assembly
Angola
United Nations, N.Y
UPI
U.N. General Assembly
United States
U.S
Daniel Moynihan
Africa
Moynihan
Popular Movement For the Liberation of
National Front For the Liberation of
Zaire
Soviet Union
Guinea- Bissau
Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Namibia
Congo
Somalia
Moluccans Free Two Hostages on Train Siege
South Moluccan gunmen freed an 82 year old man and an elderly woman from the hijacked train near Beilen Netherlands. The two walked to a police post unaided and were taken to a medical center. Mediators also exited the train after a 1 hour 50 minute stay as negotiations continued for independence.
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Beilen
Netherlands
UPI
Reformists Capture Key Posts in Spain's New Cabinet
Prime Minister Carlos Arias Navarro forms a post Franco government with Foreign Affairs Interior and Justice in reform minded hands. Thousands strike in Madrid and Barcelona as police clash with demonstrators near the capital’s central campus. An army backed cabinet includes Gen. Fernando de Santiago as first vice premier amid calls for parliamentary democracy. An outlawed leftist coalition intensifies protests urging faster reforms.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
Carlos Arias Navarro
Arias
Barcelona
Juan Carlos
Francisco Franco
Navy
Gabriel Pita da Veiga
Jose Soolis Ruiz
the National Movement
Fernando de Santiago Y Diaz Mendicis
de Santiago
Ford has eyelid wart removed
Washington UPI report says President Ford had a small benign wart removed from his left eyelid on Tuesday. Deputy press secretary William Greener said the operation was kept quiet because it was not significant and Ford will undergo his annual physical at Bethesda Naval Hospital soon.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
William Greener
William Lukash
Bethesda Naval Hospital
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Martha Bendimer
Mike Ruffino
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