Geisel suspends Brazil Congress amid political crisis
President Ernesto Geisel invoked emergency powers to dissolve Congress after a failed constitutional amendment on judicial reform. He accused opponents of dictatorship as MDB and ARENA factions clashed, while U.S. relations strained over human rights and defense aid. The move echoes past military rule with habeas corpus limits and siege powers.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Ernesto Geisel
Geisel
National Security Council
Congress
Brazilian Democratic Movement
MDB
National Renovating Alliance Party
ARENA
United States
State Department
U.S
West Germany
MDP
Earthquake Near Samoa Islands Reported 7.5 Magnitude
A U S Geological Survey spokesman said a 7.5 quake struck about 120 miles south of the Samoa Islands in the South Pacific. No reports from the area yet and no injuries or damage known at this time.
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Golden
Colo
Samoa Islands
South Pacific Ocean
U.S. Geological Survey
Senate Adopts Ethics Code amid mixed praise and dissent
The Senate approved an 11,000 word ethics code 86 to 9, aiming to restore public trust after Watergate and other scandals. It limits outside income, requires financial disclosures, tightens franking rules, bars slush funds, and bans lobbyist employment by ex senators for a year. Critics call it a sham, while supporters say it signals reform.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Gaylord Nelson
Wis
Barry Goldwater
Kl-Ariz
Len Lowell P. Weicker
RK Conn
Nelson
Ethics Committee
Goldwater
Weicker
Heart outside chest baby survives rare operation
LaVar Lee Bordley born with heart outside chest underwent a pioneering operation at Children’s Hospital Philadelphia. Surgeon C Everett Koop led the team inserting a stainless steel arch and repositioning organs to protect the heart. The infant, helicoptered from Wilkes Barre General, shows encouraging signs and may lead a normal life.
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Philadelphia
LaVar Lee Bordley
Children’s Hospital
Bordley
Trucksville
Here
Wall
Wilkes- Barre General Hospital
Christopher Wall
C. Everett Koop
Koop
LaVar
Sarah
Wilkes-Barre
Bordleys
Assassination panel to review new Kennedy testimony
A House assassination subcommittee leader says time is needed to assess credibility of hearsay testimony from Willem Oltmans about George de Mohrenschildt linking Cuban exiles, Texas oilmen, and the CIA in Kennedy’s death. Oltmans claimed names and an FBI official, but specifics remain undisclosed.
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House
John F. Kennedy
Richardson Preyer
Kennedy
Willem Oltmans
Oltmans
George de Mohrenschildt
Texas
CIA
FBI
de Mohrenschildt
H.L. Hunt
Oswald
Hunt
Dallas
Loran Hall
Lester Logue
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Victoria Peak
Norman Scott
Scott
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Pontiac, Mich
Oakland County
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Omaha
Neb
A. Q. Wolf
Rosa L. Devers
Chad
Ndjamena
Felix Malloum
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