Iran unrest grows as mourners attack U.S. embassy demands dead shah
Tehran protesters swelling past 50,000 carried the coffin to the U.S. Embassy gates and chanted Death to America as Moslem militants hold 50 American hostages for 46 days. Khomeini demands the shah be handed over and vows violence against the former ruler and his wife.
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Tehran
U.S
America
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Iran
United States
Shah
Panama
Khomeini
Qom
Farah
Texas
Ayatollah Sadegh Khalkhali
Latin America
Pars
Khalkahali
Paris
Shahriar Moustapha Chafik
Liberals Recommit To Election Bid With Trudeau Return
Liberal strategists rush to map a campaign led by Pierre Trudeau after he abandons retirement to head the party. MPs plan a bare bones platform to unseat Joe Clark, with Trudeau aiming to win Western votes and present a Liberals led by a team rather than a single figure.
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Ottawa
Pierre Trudeau
National Liberal Caucus
National Liberal
Joe Clark
Trudeau
Clark
New Democratic Party
Ed Broadbent
Ontario
Lloyd Axworthy
Winnipeg-Fort Garry
Stuart Smith
Rhodesia ceasefire talks delayed over assembly points
In Salisbury the Muzorewa government blocked a London ceasefire signoff over a British concession for a 16th guerrilla assembly point. Silas Mundawarara said such points must be negotiated in Rhodesia, delaying the signing as Mugabe and Nkomo return from exile and Nkomo calls for reconciliation.
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Salisbury
Reuter
Abel Muzorewa
London
Patriotic Front
Muzorewa
Silas Mundawarara
Britain
Rhodesia
Peter Walls
Robert Mugabe
Joshua Nkomo
Nkomo
Zambia
Herald
Air Rhodesia
Loans a step closer for ailing Chrysler
The House approves a bailout framework urging the United Auto Workers to double wage concessions to 400 million as part of a 3.43 billion dollar mix of public and private support for Chrysler. Senate votes on amendments to a related bill were planned amid pressure for higher worker sacrifices.
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Washington
Chrysler Corp
House of Representatives
United Auto
UAW
Douglas Fraser
Senate
Chrysler
Carter Administration
Congress
House
Thomas O'Neill
Dem. Mass
Marxist Leninists denounce NDP and Rhinoceros party
Marxist Leninists launch federal campaign denouncing the NDP as a life insurance for capitalism and attacking the Rhinoceros party for confusing the masses. Party president Hardial Bains, denied citizenship, cites security concerns and vows candidates will sacrifice for revolution in urban can porches across all provinces.
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Toronto
NDP
Hardial Bains
Bains
Canada
India
Joseph Stalin
Britain
Sweden
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Manitoba
The
Rhinoceros
Union Populaire
Quebec
Rhinos
Rhinoceros Party
Ontario
Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada
Mudslides drive evacuations around Vancouver area
Fears of further mudslides prompted evacuation of 78 families in Vancouver region as heavy rains ease. A mudflow in Port Moody damaged homes, while North Vancouver and Nanaimo areas also evacuated residents. Officials criticized response delays and ongoing dangers from unstable hillsides as showers return. Doris Chu and her son survived a wall of mud that split their house and flooded the basement.
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Vancouver
Port Moody
North
Ian Young
Burrard Inlet
Young
Vancouver Island
Nana
John
Robber Poses as Clerk Then Slips Away With Cash
In Bakersfield California an armed man wearing a black stocking mask tied hands of clerk Bruce McDowell 19 in a cold storage locker. He waited on customers for 20 minutes then left with 86 dollars 29 of which came from sales while posing as the clerk and told police a citizen’s robbery tip was false.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Bruce McDowell
OPEC Fails to Agree on Unified Oil Price Amid Talks
In Caracas two days of talks end with no consensus on a base price as members push for higher premiums. Saudi Arabia and UAE seek price holds into 1980, while Libya hints prices could reach $34. Nigeria Iraq output plans and a $1.1 billion boost to OPEC aid fund accompany production news.
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Caracas
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Saudi Arabia
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
OPEC
Iran
Nigeria
Iraq
Opec Special Fund
Manhunt for four killers after Brinks guard murder
A nationwide search is under way for four men linked to a Brinks guard’s murder during a bank robbery in Hull Quebec. The robbery netted at least 350000 dollars, with a getaway car recovered and roadblocks set around Ottawa Hull.
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Hull
Que
Ottawa
Maurice Prudhomme
Aylmer
Bank of Nova Scotia
Wayne Bussett
Prudhomme
Annette
Chantal
Laval
Montreal
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Ruhollah Khomeini
Tehran University
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Hassan Habibi
Revolutionary Council
Ghotbzadeh
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Broadbent
Walter Baker
Conservative House
John Reid
Jean Chretien
Mr. Trudeau
Axworthy
Neil Young
Rhino
Humberto Calderon Berti
Venezuela
Economic Commission
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Libya
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