Sadat pushes new Camp David like talks after elections
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat urged a U S sponsored Egyptian Israeli summit in the United States after the November vote to salvage stalled peace talks. He sent the idea to Prime Minister Menachen Begin in a 35 page letter urging a summit to bridge wide gaps over Palestinian autonomy and East Jerusalem. The plan faces no immediate Israeli comment due to the Sabbath and follows Egypt’s suspension of talks after Israel declared Jerusalem indivisible.
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Anwar Sadat
Israel
United States
Sadat
Menachen Begin
Washington
U.S. State Department
David
Passage
Sol Linowitz
Carter Administration
Middle East
Jerusalem
East Jerusalem
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Camp David
Begin
Carter
Egypt
Dairymen clash with drought aid rules in Manitoba
Winnipeg dairy producers say federal drought assistance details are unclear and unfair. Manitoba Milk Producers' Co-op president Armand Desharnais claims grants per animal dropped from 140 to 70 and qualification rules shifted, leaving farmers unsure whether to keep herds. provincial and federal officials offered no confirmation or comment.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Milk
Armand Desharnais
Desharnais
E.P. Hudek
Agriculture Department
Hadek
Agriculture Canada
Eastern jet hijacked to Havana by nine hijackers
Nine Spanish speaking hijackers seized an Eastern Airlines jet with 52 aboard as it flew from Miami to Orlando and diverted to Cuba. FAA spokesman Jack Barker said the plane landed in Cuba at 7:15 a.m. and was expected to return to Miami later today according to Eastern Airlines spokesman Jim Ashlock.
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Miami, Fla
Eastern Airlines
Cuba
Havana
Orlando
Miami
Fla
Jack Barker
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
Atlanta
Eastern
Jim Ashlock
London club fire toll rises to at least twenty
Flames swept through two adjoining London nightclubs on Markham Street near Charing Cross Road locking in a blaze that killed at least 20 people and left 23 injured. Fire officials warned the death toll could climb to 27 as arson is considered a possible cause.
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London
Denmark Street
Charing Cross Road
Roy Baldwin
Baldwin
London Fire Brigade
Mike Luckman
Scotland Yard
Rodos
Victor Gonzalez
The
Press Association
Britain
Colombia
Billy Carter to testify at probe hearings set for next week
William Hines reports Billy Carter will testify publicly about Libyan ties next Thursday or Friday as the Senate Judiciary subcommittee begins hearings in the Senate Caucus Room. Henry Coleman Jack McGregor and Charter Co. figures lead off. questions loom over President Carter.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Washington
Billy Carter
Senate
Henry
Randy” Coleman
Jack McGregor
Lewis Nasise
Charter Co
McGregor
Charter
Tone
Carter
White House
Robert Dole
Benjamin R. Civiletti
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Fone
South Korea starts transition as Choi resigns power
Caretaker President Choi Kyu Hah resigns clearing the way for Gen Chun Doo Hwan to take de facto control within weeks. Acting Prime Minister Park Choonghoon becomes acting president while electoral college moves to name Chun by month end. Military and foreign policy shifts outlined with a new constitution and indirect presidential election planned.
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Seoul
Choi Kyu-hah
Chun Doo-hwan
South Korea
Park Choonghoon
Choi
Chun
Park Chunghee
Washington
U.S
Park
John Wickham
Wickham
Foreign Ministry
Defence Ministry
Cameras track Titanic wreck study by research ship
A 60 crew expedition off Newfound land uses a scanning sled and television cameras to attempt the first live view of the Titanic wreck in 68 years. Expedition leader Mike Harris says the sonar matches the liner’s dimensions as 22 scientists aboard the H J W Fay seek closer confirmation.
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New York
Mike Harris
H.J.W. Fay
Newfoundland
Harris
Associated Press
Atlantic
Tampa
Fla
Jack Grimm
Texas Oilman
Grand Canyon
Box Canyon
Abilene
Tex
Grimm
Fay
Port Everglades
Wreckage of Breadalbane Found North of Beechy Island
Toronto explorer Dr. Joseph MacInnis reports the HMS Breadalbane wreck appears intact after its 1853 sinking near Beechy Island, 850 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle. He will dive next year with John A MacDonald icebreaker for a closer look using sonar imagery.
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Breadalbane
High Arctic
Toronto
Joseph MacInnis
Canadian Coast Guard
John A. MacDonald
MacInnis
Beechy Island
Arctic Circle
Sir John Franklin
Northwest Passage
Franklin
King William's Island
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England
Canada
Sharon Bacon
National Geographic Society of
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Paul Sampson
Chris Matthews
Upper Canada College
Maurice Haycock
Ottawa
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Salem, N.H
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