Black leader Muzorewa demands immediate Rhodesia settlement
Bishop Abel Muzorewa drew a crowd of 100000 to 200000 in Highfield Salisbury urging a quick end to Rhodesia's racial war. He rejected any sell-out deal with the white minority government and called for resignations amnesty elections and one man one vote while warning against Nkomo's rival path.
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John Edlin Salisbury
Abel Muzorewa
Rhodesia
Joshua Nkomo
Nkomo
Zambia
Muzorewa
Organization of African Unity
Patriotic Front
Ian Smith
Highfield
Salisbury
Smith
Zimbabwe
U.S
Americans' bodies to begin journey home from Korea
The bodies of three U S soldiers killed when their CH47 Chinook was shot down near the Korean DMZ will be loaded onto a C130 at Kimpo Airport and flown to Yokota Japan before continuing to the United States. A fourth crew member, Chief WO Glenn M Schwanke, 28, of Wisconsin, survived and is in a Seoul hospital in good condition.
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Seoul
South Korea
North Korea
U.S
Kimpo
Yokota Air Base
Japan
Demilitarized Zone
WO Glenn M. Schwanke
Spring Green
Wis
Panmunjom
Army
Schwanke
19Th Aviation Batallion
Two charged in Toronto triple murder and shooting
Police charged Robert Charles Miller and Anthony Speciale with three counts of murder and attempted murder after three men were killed in a Toronto apartment shooting. A woman remained critically injured. three victims named Liantzakis, Liantzakis, and Norman. Detectives link the incident to an earlier shooting of two men in a hotel parking lot.
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Toronto
Robert Charles Miller
Anthony Speciale
William Liantzakis
Paul
Stanley Norman
Diane Clarke
Robert John Garow
Steven Montgomerie
Gary Carlisle
Montgomerie
Carlisle
Liberal leaders meet as fall election speculation grows
Ottawa sources say Prime Minister Trudeau chairs morning and afternoon Liberal strategy talks with provincial leaders and national campaign committee. A fall election is debated as Liberal support rises to 51 percent among decided voters, up from 47, with Conservatives at 27 and New Democrats at 18.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Chateau Laurier
Four Seasons Hotel
New Democrats
Rhodesian Parliament to Dissolve for August General Election
Prime Minister Ian Smith announced on television that the Rhodesian parliament will be dissolved immediately and a general election will be held on August 31. The move comes as Salisbury confirms the call for a full electoral vote.
Begin Carries Secret Mideast Peace Plan For Talks With Carter
Washington AP reports Prime Minister Menahem Begin arrives for talks with President Carter carrying a secret comprehensive peace plan. Carter, influenced by U.S. advisers, seeks Palestinian homeland concepts but favors a non sovereign entity tied to Jordan. Dayan envisions limited Israeli autonomy on the West Bank and Gaza with continued security presence. Carter signals possible concessions on Sinai and Golan Heights with demilitarization and joint Arab Israeli presence.
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Washington
Menahem Begin
Israel
Carter
Mideast
U.S. State Department
Begin
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza
Moshe Dayan
Jordan
Ezekiel
Land of Israel
Judea
Samaria
U.S
Golan Heights
Sinai
Dayan
Lava flows from Mount Etna show modest danger
A lava ribbon over half a mile long stretched down Etna's flank on Sunday while authorities said populated areas remain safe. Visitors climbed the volcano as scientists warned eruption may be imminent. the last major Etna eruption was in 1974 with no injuries reported.
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Catania
Sicily
Mount Etna
Europe
Syria doubts Begin peace bid as time-wasting ploy
Syrian media and officials say Prime Minister Begin is not delivering a new peace plan in Washington and fears the United States is wavering on a just Middle East settlement. They accuse Israel of stalling while Carter pursues specifics on a Palestinian homeland and Arab-Israeli negotiations.
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Damascus
Menahem Begin
Israel
Washington
Begin
Carter
Hafez Assad
Middle East
Tishrin
United States
America
Assad
Geneva
U.S. Middle East
Ahmed Iskander
Cattle import rules tighten after brucellosis concerns
US Agriculture Department imposes stricter health checks on Canadian cattle imports to curb brucellosis spread. Restrictions bar mingling of cattle with differing health statuses and require annual testing and certification. exemptions exist for western range cattle, certain slaughter cattle, and some dairy herds.
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Garry Fairbairn
Washington
US Agriculture Department
New York State
Pennsylvania
Boyd Anderson
Canadian Cattlemen's Association
U.S
Canada
Fire kills three as Utah blaze roars through Ashley National Forest
In Utah the Ashley National Forest saw a wind driven 1,200 acre fire kill three firefighters. Across Montana and Wyoming fires burned thousands more acres as crews battled multiple blazes with ground crews, bulldozers, helicopters and air tankers.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Ashley National Forest
Montana
Wyoming
United States
Boise
Forest Service
Timber Canyon
Hanna
Horse Ridge
Duchesne
Nephi
Mount Nebo
Pattee Canyon
Missoula
Beirut camps calm after 15 hour clash and plan to defuse fighting
After a 15 hour battle in southern Beirut Palestinian refugee camps ended with 29 killed and 50 wounded. A pact reportedly calls for a narrow demilitarized zone along the Israeli border policed by Lebanese army units and UN observers.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Rejection Front
Damascus
WAFA
United Nations
Camille Chamoun
Today
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Chamoun
Parachutist Rescued After Knife Cut Free Over Yugoslavia
A skydiver named Milan Sinic 26 dangled upside down from a light plane 2400 feet above Murska Sobota with fuel running out. Another pilot in a nearby plane tossed a hunting knife to cut the ropes freeing him. Sinic opened his parachute and landed safely.
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Belgrade
Politika
Murska Sobota
Yugoslavia
Austria
Hungary
Milan Sinic
Sink
Sinic
Link
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