Last Americans evacuated from Addis Ababa area
United States evacuates the last Americans from Asmara Eritrea region amid rebel raids. About two dozen U.S. citizens remain, many at Kagnew military outpost and the U.S. Consulate. Americans were flown out in small groups over the past week as fighting surged around the city.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
UPI
United States
Asmara
U.S
Kagnew
Eritrea
Christianthiopia
America
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
Massawa
Killing Ends Lull in Northern Ireland Religious War
In Belfast two gunmen shot Catholic photographer James Breen at his doorway ending a weeklong pause in sectarian violence. Breen, 45, died from head and stomach wounds. police blamed Protestant extremists and said the IRA ceasefire remains intact.
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Belfast
UPI
Northern Ireland
James Breen
Lurgan
Irish Republican Army
Breen
IRA
Social Democratic and Labor Party
Nevada rejects ERA amendment in Senate vote
Nevada becomes the fourth state this year to reject the Equal Rights Amendment as the state senate votes 128 against the proposal. At this rate, 34 states have approved ERA, and success hinges on four of the remaining 16 states approving before 1976 to reach the 27th state.
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Washington
UPI
New York
Senate
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Bernard Bergman
Moss
Senate Special Committee On
Bergman
Charles H. Percy
R-Il
Percy
Carson City
Nev
Nevada
State Senate
Mike O’callaghan
Helen Herr
Las Vegas
Evada
Georgia
Oklahoma
Navy jet ejection kills sailor in California crash
Three Navy servicemen ejected as a Viking jet landed at Hollywood Burbank Airport. A Detroit sailor, Airman Apprentice James M. Solomon Jr., 20, died when his parachute failed to open. Lt. Cmdr. Daniel L. Rumbley and Lt. Cmdr. Bruce A. Johnston, both 31, survived with minor burns and were treated and released. The aircraft was en route from North Island to a Lockheed plant for modifications.
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Burbank, Calif
James M. Solomon Jr
Detroit
Daniel L. Rumbley
Coronado
Calif
Bruce A. Johnston
Chula Vista
St. Joseph's Hospital
North Island Naval Air Station
San Diego
Lockheed Aircraft
Viking
Teenager Replogle Home After Israel Grenade Attack
Dejean Replogle, 16, who lost her leg in a December grenade attack in Jerusalem, returned to Jacksonville with her family and church members to a warm greeting from civic leaders and friends. She thanked supporters and said she bears no ill will, as she undergoes evaluation for her amputated leg at St. Luke’s Hospital.
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Jacksonville
Fla
UPI
Dejean Replogle
Israel
Dejean
Jacksonville International Airport
New York
St. Luke’s Hospital
Jerusalem
Hadassah Hospital
E. C. McDaniel
Main Street Baptist Church
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Berkeley
Steve Weed
Tania
SLA
Willie Wolfe
Los Angeles
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Ed Rodgers
Ronald McDonald
MecDonaldland
Santa Maria
McDonaldland
Ronald
McDonald's
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