Egypt returns Israelis bodies in goodwill gesture
Egypt delivered 19 Israeli soldiers bodies to Israel at El Kirba Sinai in a formal ceremony attended by UN troops. The coffins were draped with Israeli flags as rabbis prayed, recognizing the deceased from the Bar Lev line era. The event followed BeIGIN seeking US aid and a peace plan while in Washington.
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Egypt
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Washington
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Bomb blasts injure several in Nahariya and Jerusalem
Two bombs exploded within ten minutes of each other in Nahariya and at Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo. Five people were wounded in Nahariya, including a 10 year old boy, while the Jerusalem blast caused no injuries. Police suspect Palestinian guerrillas and detained Arab suspects in Nahariya.
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Israel
UPI
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Jerusalem
Washington
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Carter
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West Bank
Jordan
Jerusalem Zoo
Massachusetts moves to honor Sacco and Vanzetti on 50th anniversary
Gov. Dukakis proclaimed August 23, 1977, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti Memorial Day in Massachusetts. The declaration notes prejudice against foreigners and unorthodox ideas, calling the case an injustice the state must never repeat, while stopping short of overturning the convictions.
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UPI
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Massachusetts
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Sacco
Vanzetti
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Progressive Liberals win election in Bahamas
In Nassau Bahamas Prime Minister Lyndon O Pindling leads his Progressive Liberal Party to a landslide victory capturing 30 seats in the 38 seat House of Assembly with about 55 percent of votes. The PLP could gain one more seat pending out island returns.
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FNM
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National and Socialist Party
United Bahamian Party
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Ransom note found at Chowchilla estate links motive in bus kidnapping
A $5 million ransom note and a victim list were found at Frederick Woods IV's 100-acre estate as pre trial testimony ties motive to the Chowchilla school bus kidnapping. Police opened the note noting a map, firearms, and other items among 1,400 seized pieces in relation to the 1976 case.
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UPI
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Alameda County
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San Francisco
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Livermore
Ed Ray
California
Ray
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Superior Court
Leo Deegan
Herbert Yanowitz
Freighter Adrift with Sulfuric Acid Threatens Offshore Rigs
The 300-foot Liberian freighter Chemie Carrier carrying sulfuric acid drifts in the Gulf of Mexico south of the Louisiana Texas coast. Coast Guard reports power loss and no radio contact. Rigs in the area notified. Blackthorn with escort to scene. no evacuations yet.
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UPI
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Louisiana- Texas
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Cameron
Davis
Blackthorn
Galveston
Tex
Miss Davis
Huey Newton pleads innocent at arraignment in 1974 case
Huey Newton former Black Panther leader pleads not guilty to murder of a 17 year old girl and assault of a tailor in 1974. Judge Courtland Arne sets bail at 80 000 and a preliminary hearing for Sept 14. Newton fled to Cuba in 1974 after posting 50 000 bail and returning to the United States now seeks release without bail.
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UPI
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United States
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Arne
Newton
Cuba
Sheldon Otis
California
Willie Brown
Black Panther
Elaine Brown
Ronald Dellums
D-Calif
Ramsey Clark
Kathleen Smith
Kissinger denies cover up of secret Vietnam aid pledge
Henry Kissinger testifies before the House International Affairs Committee on the Nixon letter offering 4.75 billion in aid to North Vietnam. He rejects claims of a cover up and says he knew of no undisclosed agreements beyond Nixon's letter, urging readers to view it in the broader Paris peace talks context.
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UPI
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D-N.v
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Carter to discuss U S Soviet relations in Southern Conference address
President Carter will deliver an update on U S Soviet relations at the Southern Legislative Conference in Charleston South Carolina with no new initiatives and a view to placing events in perspective He favors a mixture of cooperation and competition as detente and will also visit Yazoo City Mississippi and an oil rig near New Orleans before returning to Washington
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