Iranian hostages reject UN appeal in Tehran stand off
Iranian militants and Tehran government threats escalate as 50 Americans held at the U S Embassy reject a U N Security Council call for release. Tehran says hostages may face death for alleged spying and pro shah activities while foreign diplomats are held at the Foreign Ministry.
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U.S
UN Security Council
Washington
United States
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Tehran Radio
Guard dies in Iran clash near holy shrine
A revolutionary guard posted at the Qom home of dissident ayatollah Kazem Shariat Madari was shot dead after demonstrations. An aide reported isolated shooting in Qom during four hours of unrest near the city’s holiest shrine as crowds cried Death to Shariat Madari.
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Tehran
Reuter
Qom
Iran
Ayatollah
Kazem Shariat
Secrets found under hedge at Polstead Rectory
The Daily Mail reports secret British defence ministry files and four cassette tapes discovered under a hedge at Polstead Rectory near Ipswich. The material includes personnel lists and nuclear project details. A ministry spokesman downplays the classification level of the recovered items.
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The
Daily Mail
British
Defence Ministry
Polstead Rectory
Ipswich
England
John Hayward
Hayward
Britain
Margaret Thatcher
Anthony Blunt
Windfall oil tax strengthened in Senate vote
The Senate boosted the windfall profits tax on oil firms by about 26 billion in two votes. An amendment to raise the 60 percent tax rate to 75 percent for 1972 to 1979 oil production would add 22.5 billion to revenue next decade. The move, backed by Carter, also approved phasing out the tax by the mid to late 1990s after 189 billion in government revenue.
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Roberta Hornig
Washington Star Service
Washington
Carter
Senate
Bill Bradley
D-N.j
John Chafee
R-R.i
Sens
Daniel. Moynihan
D-N.y
Chafee
Sen
Russell Long
Finan Committee
Bradley-Chafee
Patrick Leahy
D-N.h
Mecca siege ends after 15 days of brutal fighting
After two weeks of siege at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, about 135 people died as Saudi forces defeated the rebels. The campaign left Juhaiman al Oteiba and other leaders captured or killed, with 170 rebels in custody to face Islamic-law trials.
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Reuter
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Islam
Nayef Ibn Abdulaziz
Grand Mosque
Nayef
Mohammed Ibn Abdullah al-Qahtani
Mahdi
Britain and Salisbury Guerrillas Reach Zimbabwe Ceasefire
British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington announced a ceasefire agreement between the Salisbury government and the Patriotic Front guerrillas in Zimbabwe Rhodesia. The accord clears the path for elections and ends seven years of war after a 15 minute plenary session with black nationalist delegates.
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Britain
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Salisbury
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Shridath Ramphal
Patriotic Front
Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Carrington
House of Lords
Lord Soames
Winston Churchill
Zimbabwe Rhodesian
Zimbabwe
Rhodesia
Pretoria
Lynch to quit leadership in Fianna Fail era
Irish Prime Minister Jack Lynch announced his resignation and called a private Fianna Fail meeting to choose a successor. He may present his resignation to President Hillery early next week amid pressure over European and local election losses.
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Reuter
Jack Lynch
Fianna Fail
Lynch
Patrick Hillery
Northern Ireland
Britain
Tories win tax plan approval
The Progressive Conservative government won second reading of a plan to grant mortgage interest and property tax credits for home owners. The bill passed 138 to 114 with Liberal and NDP opposition, three Liberals voting in favor, and debate signaling future changes to aid renters and low income homeowners unable to claim benefits.
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Steve Kerstetter
Ottawa
Commons
New Democrats
George Baker
Newfoundland
Gander-Twillingate
Marcel Roy
Quebec
Laval
Joseph-Roland Comptois
Terrebonne
Tom Lefebvre
NDP
Lorne Nystrom
Liberals
Social Credit
Fabien Roy
Waste dumping probes spark federal suits against Hooker and Olin
The Justice Department plans civil suits seeking about 150 million dollars to clean up toxic wastes dumped by Hooker Chemical and Olin across four sites including Love Canal. Niagara Falls is named as a defendant for water supply concerns. separate action targets civil penalties and reimbursement of 4 to 6 million dollars. The case, based on the imminent danger provision, is the broad opening move in a wider federal crackdown on toxic dumping.
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N.Y
Niagara Falls
Sandra Stanish
Congressional
Miss Stanish
Hooker
Love Canal
Olin
102D Street
Michael D. Reichgut
Houston
Justice Department
Charles Dana
Stamford, Conn
Dana
Environmental Protection Agency
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Long Island
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Hooker Chemical Co
Niagara River
Daley Held Dual Incomes As Chicago Mayor and Party Leader
Chicago's late mayor Richard Daley secretly drew two salaries for nearly two decades. He paid himself $25,000 yearly as Cook County Democratic Party head in addition to a $35,000 city hall salary, then raised to $60,000 in 1976 after a sixth term victory. George Dunne defended the arrangement.
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Reuter
Richard Daley
Cook County
Democratic Party
George Dunne
Daley
Dunne
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