PLO terrorists turned over to Turkish military court
Four Palestinian gunmen who occupied the Egyptian embassy for 45 hours and killed two Turkish guards were handed to a Turkish military court. Anatolia said they were interrogated by the national intelligence service. Funeral services were held for the victims with Egyptian and Turkish officials in attendance. Egypt had claimed the PLO and its factions bore responsibility for the attack.
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Ankara
Anatolia
Ahmet Kamal Olema
Jerusalem
PLO
Egypt
Turkey
Israel
Carter proposes $142 billion energy program funded by windfall tax
President Carter unveils a $142.2 billion energy plan financed entirely by a windfall profits tax on U.S. oil companies over 10 years, plus an 8.2 million barrel daily 1979 import quota and steps to cut consumption, expand conservation, and boost mass transit and fuel efficiency.
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Kansas City
Reuter
Carter
U.S
National Association of Counties
United States
Canada
Tokyo
Congress
Energy Security Corporation
White House
Energy Mobilization Board
War Production Board
Canada backs Carter energy plan and eyes 1990 self sufficiency
Ottawa agrees with President Carter on curbing import oil and outlines a Canadian response. Energy Minister Ray Hnatyshyn will table proposals after cabinet consults provinces, aiming for energy self sufficiency by 1990 with a $142.2 billion program and a windfall profits tax.
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Ottawa
Ray Hnatyshyn
Canada
U.S
Jimmy Carter
Hnatyshyn
Carter
Somoza Fires Army Officers as Pressure Mounts in Nicaragua
President Anastasio Somoza dismissed more than 100 veteran army officers with 30 years of service and may flee the country as U S backed negotiations with Sandinista rebels and other nations continue. Observers cite possible concessions to Bowdler and fears of Sandinista prosecutions. several officials have already left Managua while Sandinistas control roads into the capital.
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Managua
Anastasio Somoza
United States
Somoza
U.S
William Bowdler
State Department
Washington
Nicarraguan
Intercontinental Hotel
Central Bank
Home Loan Bank
Social Security Administration
Carter envisions oil import cuts and synthetic fuel push
President Carter proposed a 4.5 million barrel daily import reduction by 1990 and a goal for solar energy to supply 20 percent of U.S. needs by 2000. Economists questioned feasibility and potential need for gasoline rationing, while the oil industry welcomed synthetic fuels despite criticism from Ralph Nader and others.
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Washington
Carter
U.S
Theodore Eck
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Heller
Lyndon Johnson
Congress
Ralph Nader
Charles Dibona
American Petroleum Institute
Desai May Try Comeback After Resignation
In New Delhi Defence Minister Jagjivan Ram and Finance Minister Charav Singh compete to lead the Janata party and a possible new government after Morarji Desai, the 83 year old prime minister, resigned before a no confidence vote. Desai hints at forming another government while blaming personal selfishness for the crisis. Ram, 71, and Singh, 76, vie for leadership with Ram showing a slight advantage.
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India
Morarji Desai
CP Laserphoto
New Delhi
Jagjivan Ram
Charav Singh
Ganata Party
Desai
Janata
Ram
Untouchables
Singh
Jats
Australian teen eyed as Skylab prize winner
A 17 year old Australian, Stan Thornton, may win up to 100000 for delivering a Skylab piece to the San Francisco Examiner. Thornton, a Western Australia beer truck driver, could be first to hand in debris. NASA will confirm origin next week.
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San Francisco
Reauter
Stan Thornton
Quantas
Thornton
Western Australia
San Francisco Examiner
Australia
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Quantus
Beached pothead whales baffle experts at Point au Gaul
A weekend mass beaching near Point au Gaul Newfoundland left about 135 pilot whales dead or stranded including a cow that gave birth on shore. Fishermen tried to herd them back to sea but 60 reversed, many carcasses deteriorating as officials plan disposal.
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Point AU Gaul
Mfld
Atlantic
Raymond Bonnell
Newfoundland
Federal Fisheries Department
Gordon Snow
Environmental Protection Service
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Walter Heller
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Philadelphia
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