Rescue effort to free 372 miners in India flood disaster
In northeastern India at the Chaswala colliery officials fear 372 miners are dead after an explosion and flood. Prime Minister Gandhi pledged full rescue work with 500 workers and five pumps expected to take ten days to drain 110 million gallons, as countries consider sending equipment.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Chaswala
Calcutta
Chandrajit Yadav
Mrs
Suspect remanded in murder case in Dartmouth
Allan Craig MacDonald 22 a construction worker from Elmsdale Nova Scotia was remanded to January 6 for a murder charge in the Dartmouth shooting that killed detective Eric Spicer and taxi driver Keith McCallum. He received a medical exam and no plea was entered.
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Dartmouth
N.S
Allan Craig MacDonald
Elmsdale
MacDonald
Eric Spicer
Halifax County Correctional Centre
Kenneth Crowell
Crowell
Cpl. Spicer
Cpl
Spicer
Keith McCallum
Bible Hill
Truro
Angus L. Macdonald
Halifax
Roger Smith
Smith
Highway 102
Halifax International Airport
Ouellet Ordered to Appear After Sugar Case Acquittal
Montreal judge directs Consumer and Corporate Affairs Minister Andre Ouellet to explain remarks following the acquittal of Redpath Industries Atlantic Sugar Refineries and St. Lawrence Sugar on price fixing. The minister says the decision is a disgrace and may seek an appeal. The ruling came after a 16‑month trial with over 60 witnesses across seven countries.
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Montreal
Andre Ouellet
Ouellet
Holden
Justice Mackay
Canada
United States
Quellet
Redpath Industries Ltd
Atlantic Sugar Refineries Co. Ltd
St. Lawrence Sugar Ltd
Ford hailed as an athletic skier during Christmas trip
White House press secretary defended President Ford against claims of clumsiness noting his health and grace on Vail Mountain. Olympic and former officials who skied with Ford praised his coordination and said he did not fall, countering widely publicized photos.
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Colo
Ford
Vail Mountain
White House
Ron Nelsen
Nessen
Washington
U.S
Salzburg
Austria
Susan Chaffee
Winton Blount
MPLA offensive in Angola expected early New Year
Western sources say Soviet backed MPLA forces may launch a major offensive in Angola to seize ground before the OAU meeting in Addis Ababa on Jan 10. South Africa hints at troop withdrawal if its southern Angola interests are protected and cross border attacks end.
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Reuter
Angola
Organization of African Unity
OAU
Addis Ababa
South Africa
South-West Africa
Defence
Pieter Botha
Rand Daily Mail Today
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
MPLA
Soviet Union
National Front For the Liberation of Angola
FNLA
Pretoria
UNITA
Luanda
Timor evacuation plan outlined by Australian supporters
Australian Fretilin supporters announce a Dunkirk style evacuation from East Timor as Fretilin leaders hide from Indonesian troops in the mountains. Bill Roberts says vessels in northern Australia may assist with 15 to 20 volunteers preparing boats for the mission while Canberra reportedly offers a negative response. Fretilin seeks civilian withdrawal to avoid capture in the ongoing conflict.
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Darwin
Reuter
East Timor
Fretilin
Melbourne
Australia-East Timor Association
Bill Roberts
Alarico Fernandes
Roberts
Timor
Fernandes
BBC Journalists Strike Stuns BBC Across Network
London AP reports 700 BBC journalists walked off for 24 hours in the BBC’s first strike in 50 years, disrupting radio and TV news as unions push pay for unsocial hours from 390 to 800 dollars a year. Lady Jane Wellesley observed off picket lines.
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London
Jane Wellesley
Prince Charles
British Broadcasting Corp
BBC
BBC Radio World Service
Corporation
National Union of Journalists
Jane
Duke of Wellington
Radio Times
Julian O’halloran
Time names 12 Women of the Year in 1975 choice
Time magazine selected twelve women for its woman of the year including Betty Ford Ella Grasso Billie Jean King Carla Hills Barbara Jordan Susan Brownmiller Susie Sharp Kathleen Byerly Addie Wyatt Carol Sutton Jill Ker Conway and Susie Sharp. The dozen are honored for broad social emergence and individual achievements amid a year of progress.
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New York
Reuter
Time Magazine
Betty Ford
U.S
Connecticut
Ella Grasso
Billie Jean King
Henry Kissinger
Andrei Sakharov
Anwar Sadat
Time
Carla Hills
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Agency
Barbara Jordan
Texas
Susan Brownmiller
Alison Cheek
St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal
Washington, D.C
Susie Sharp
North Carolina Supreme Court
U.S. Navy
Kathleen Byerly
San Diego
Calif
Addie Wyatt
Amalgamated Meat Cutters
Soviet airmen freed after 21 months in China
Three Soviet helicopter crew members detained in China for 21 months on a stray into Chinese territory left for Moscow amid emotional farewells. They were released after China accepted the Soviet account of the incident. Diplomatic aides and families accompanied the crew as they boarded the Aeroflot jet.
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Reuter
China
Moscow
Alexander Kurbatov
A. F. Uskov
V. G. Buchelnikov
Vasily Tolstikov
Tolstikov
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