Nicaragua struggles to bring guerrillas under unified command
In Managua the Sandinista government faces continued pressure from neighboring states and the United States to seize control of all guerrilla bands. Moises Hassan Morales, a junta member, says ideology must wait for reconstruction while diplomacy and loans shape moderating influence. Channel 6 plans BBC quality programming and more ballet.
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A. J. McIlroy
Daily Telegraph
London
Managua
U.S
National Reconstruction
United States
Somoza
Government of National Reconstruction
Moises Hassan Morales
Nicaragua
National Patriotic Front
Channel 6
BBC
UN Begins Sinai Troop Withdrawal Amid Israel Tension
The United Nations starts pulling back its 4000 peacekeepers in the Sinai as Washington and Jerusalem clash over a U.S. backed plan to deploy a small UNTSO observer force. Waldheim says UNEF will lapse but UNTSO remains, while Israel objects to unilateral withdrawal fears.
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Washington
United Nations
Sinai Peninsula
Israel
Middle East
United States
U.S
U.N
New York
Kurt Waldheim
U.S. State Department
Security Council
UNTSO
Waldheim
Sinai
Firefighters board tanker to battle five day blaze
In Port of Spain Trinidad firefighters climbed aboard the burning supertanker Atlantic Empress in a risky move to douse a fire that has burned five days after ruptured oil tanks. A fifth tank exploded earlier, worsening the spill from the vessel.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Tobago
Phillip Neal
Mobil Oil Corp
Barbados
Michael Garnett
Caribbean
Houston
Tex
Eight killed in crash at St. Croix aviation disaster
A four-engine De Havilland Heron crash at St. Croix killed eight aboard and left several others injured. The flight from San Juan to St. Kitts carried 19 people including 12 from a Texas Baptist group. three church members were among the dead. One person remained in critical condition.
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Christiansted
U.S. Virgin Islands
St. Croix
Prinair Airlines
Roy Brown
Brown
San Juan
Puerto Rico
St. Kitts
Leeward Islands
U.S. outlines energy mandate for synthetic fuels plan
President Carter proposes a federally chartered Energy Security Corporation to guarantee loans and purchases, not grant direct aid, to spur development of synthetic fuels. The 12 year independent entity would aim for 2.5 million bpd by 1990, borrow up to 88 billion from the Treasury, with repayment from an Energy Security Trust Fund financed by windfall profits taxes.
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Washington
Carter
U.S
The
Energy Department
Energy Security Corporation
Federal
Treasury
Energy Security
Forces Jet Deploys For 2100 Vietnamese Refugees
A Canadian Forces Boeing 707 and two air crews left Trenton Ontario for Hong Kong on Operation Magnet II. The 30 day airlift will bring 2100 Vietnamese refugees to Canada with four crews and medical staff aboard. One team will base at Elmendorf Alaska and another bound for Hong Kong. Extra seats bring capacity to 201 passengers. The operation mirrors last November’s 600 refugees from Malaysia.
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Trenton
Ont
Hong Kong
Canada
Bob Burke
Belleville
Elmandorf Air Force Base
Alaska
Burke
Malaysia
Pancakes Kick Off Stampede Week Parade in Medicine Hat
A pancake breakfast in Riverside Park opens Stampede Week hosted by the Medicine Hat Auto Dealers' Association. The giant downtown parade starts at 9:30 a.m. and winds through the city. Events continue at Stampede grounds with midway, exhibits, petting zoo, livestock show, stage acts, magic, parachute team Sky Hawks, pony races, and the Tommy Hunter show with guests.
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Riverside Park
Medicine Hat Auto Dealers’ Association
Stampede Grounds
Kinplex
Oscar Wittke
Tyme
Plink-N Plunk
Professor
Medicine Hat and District
Gordons
Wild West
Sky Hawks
Tommy Hunter
Donna
Leroy
Keith Hitchner
Highwood
PCs delay anti boycott bill sets low priority in Ottawa
Privy Council President Walter Baker said a proposed law to curb Arab boycott of Israel has no special priority as Parliament nears. The Conservatives shelved a stronger Liberal plan and Stanfield studies Middle East policy before reporting next year.
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Ottawa
Privy Council
Walter Baker
Herb Gray
Robert Kaplan
Israel
Baker
Robert Stanfield
Middle East
Clark
Stanfield
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Michael Wilson
Canada
Ontario
Jack Horner
Liberal
Pierre Trudeau
Wilson
Iraq
External Affairs Department
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