France probes $15 million fake Startron night vision swindle
Paris police investigate a scheme where arms dealers allegedly sold Libya 3000 fake Startron night vision binoculars after original units were seized. A senior executive at Thomson-CSF resigned after his name appeared in the probe, while a small Paris maker produced the counterfeit units.
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Paris
France
Libya
Europe
Muammar Khadafy
Thomson-Csf
Tcsf) Co
Madrid
Guerrillas seize southern Lebanon amid Christian siege near border
More than 25,000 Palestinian guerrillas move into southern Lebanon and siege a Christian village near the Israeli border. Phalange leader Bashir Gemayel threatens to send forces south, potentially reviving Arab League ceasefire tensions.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Phalange
Bashir Gemayel
Arab League
al Ahrar
Christian National Liberal Party
Kowkabeh
Arkoub
Israel
Phalange Party
Frozen chicken found under hat after woman's faint
In London a frail woman fainted in a supermarket and a manager lifted her hat to comfort her. Under the hat lay a frozen chicken with price tag. A doctor diagnosed the fainting as hypothermia from sudden cooling of the body.
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London
Reuter
Townships in South Africa fire and killing flare
Police shot and killed two Black residents in Langa during a night clash as a 500 strong crowd attacked patrols. Rioting and arson killed 24 in Guguletu and Nyanga while migrants and militants clashed. Fresh units flown in as order was said to be restored.
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Langa
Guguletu
Nyanga
Baca
Transkei
Pretoria
Bantu Administration Board
Andrew MacLachlan
Bantu Board
P.A. Cerff
Western Cape Police Division
Gyrocompass failure tied to Argo Merchant grounding
Court testimony details the Liberian tanker Argo Merchant running aground 24.5 miles off course with a non functioning gyrocompass causing a switch to a magnetic compass. The vessel split, spilling 7.5 million gallons of heavy oil while the captain and officers testified.
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New York
Argo
George Papadopoulos
U.S. District Court
Manhattan
Papadopoulous
Marcus Hook
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Thames River
Connecticut
U.S. Coast Guard
Oswego
Thames
Coffee Boycott Sparks NYC Price protest and tea shift
New York City supermarkets display protest signs as consumers are urged to curb coffee use amid rising prices. Elinor Guggenheimer leads the action with tea as a substitute, predicting coffee could reach four dollars per pound in 1977. Local restaurants join by offering non coffee specials while traders note no drop in coffee requests.
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New York
Consumer Affairs
Elinor Guggenheimer
West List Street
O’dwyer
Rory O'Dwyer
Paul O’dwyer
National Coffee Association
Entebbe revenge planned against Israel vows
A Palestinian group told Uganda's President Amin it would avenge Israel's Entebbe raid with incidents across America Europe Africa and Asia in 1977. The group did not name itself and gave no targets. Amin has denied Israeli charges of complicity and vowed retaliation.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Uganda
Israel
Entebbe
America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Uganda Radio
Amin
Air France
Radio
Kampala
Relatives urged to aid in nursing home fire identifications
RCMP ask relatives and friends of 20 deceased at Goulds near St. John's to supply medical details to assist pathologists in identifying the charred bodies. Fire officials and RCMP advance probe into the blaze with a Newfoundland Supreme Court public inquiry planned. Lewis Dunphy ran the home. his daughter Juanita woke the family, saving others.
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ST. John's
Mld
RCMP
Goulds
St. John’s
Frank Ryan
Herbert B. Morgan
Appeals
Newfoundland Supreme Court
Lewis Dunphy
Juanita
Gary
One-time Manson follower granted new murder trial
Leslie Van Houten, 27, appeared before Judge Jack Goertzen in Los Angeles and was ordered to a new murder trial on January 28 for the LaBianca killings. Bail set at 200000 dollars. her conviction reversed over attorney substitution during the 1969 trial.
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Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Leslie van Houten
Miss van Houten
Superior Court
Jack Goertzen
California
Leno
Rosemary LaBianca
LaBiancas
Sharon Tate
Manson
Maxwell Keith
Criminal Courts
Lena LaBianca
Julie
Girl aids in arrest in fatal Wentworth Arms Hotel blaze
A 10 year old girl, Julie Ferris of Caledonia, alerted Hamilton police to a loitering man near the Wentworth Arms Hotel. The fire killed six, and Vaughan Andrew Copp, 26, formerly of Toronto and Ottawa, is charged with six counts of first degree murder and to appear in provincial court.
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Hamilton
Caledonia
Wentworth Arms Hotel
Julie Ferris
Gordon Ferris
Hamilton-Wentworth
Vaughan Andrew Copp
Toronto
Ottawa
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Gaston Gingras
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Mate
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Doug Brown
United States
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Massachusetts
Daniel McMahon
U.S. Army
Khadafy
Abbatucci
Orly
Amerada Hess Co
Groton
Coast Guard
Long Beach
Calif
James Moreau
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