Bermuda asks Britain for troops amid Bermuda rioting
Bermuda appeals for British soldiers as rioting and arson erupt over the execution of two killers. Britain plans to send about 100 troops as Bermuda deploys police and a local regiment, with a dusk curfew and ongoing clashes near Parliament buildings in Hamilton.
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Atlantic
James Callaghan
London
Callaghan
Menahem Begin
Peter Ramsbotham
David Gibbons
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Fidel Castro as a schoolboy wrote Roosevelt asking for ten dollars
A 1940 letter found in National Archives shows Fidel Castro, then a Cuban schoolboy, writing to Franklin D. Roosevelt asking for a ten dollar bill and claiming rich iron mines in Mayari Oriente Cuba. The letter, signed my good friend Roosvelt, notes ships and iron claims and was sent to Havana with a polite embassy reply from Willard Beaulac.
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Fidel Castro
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cuba
National Archives and Records Service
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Roosvelt
Roosevelt
United States
Mayari
Oriente
State Department
Archives’ Records
Byran T. van Sweringen
U.S
Havana
Fidel
Willard L. Beaulac
Egypt recalls five ambassadors over Tripoli peace summit
Cairo reports Egypt has recalled ambassadors to the Soviet Union Iraq Syria Algeria and South Yemen for urgent consultations after the Tripoli summit rejection of Sadat's peace initiative. Al Ahram notes Moscow aimed to split the Arab world as leaders fail to agree on actions amid Libya hosted talks.
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Egypt
Soviet Union
Iraq
Syria
Algeria
South Yemen
Anwar Sadat
al Ahram
Tripoli
Libya
Sadat
Israel
Moscow
Little Dublin shell remains in Manchester area
A feature notes the decline of Little Dublin within Clinton Street Manchester Avenue Clark Street and Miami Avenue. The piece hints at changes in the neighborhood and points readers to page 39 for more. A separate health item reports a mother kidney donor now needing a kidney himself, described as medically unique.
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Clinton Street
Manchester Avenue
Clark Street
Miami Avenue
Washington flood recedes as western Washington dikes hold
Floods in Snohomish Cowlitz and Grays Harbor counties receded with road crews patching highways and residents cleaning mud. Four deaths include a Fort Lewis soldier reported missing near the fort and a 71 year old Aberdeen woman killed when her house was swept from its foundation.
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Washington
Snohomish County
Cowlitz County
Grays Harbor
Fort Lewis
Ariel
Lewis
Portland
Aberdeen
Blanche Jones
Robert Buck
Damp and Cloudy Weather With Late Snow or Rain
The forecast calls for damp and cloudy conditions for the next few days. Snow or rain is expected to develop late today with a high of 35 to 40 and a low near 30. Precipitation chance rises from 20 percent this morning to 70 percent tonight.
Poll backs ERA and abortion rights in nationwide survey
An AP-NBC poll finds majority support for the Equal Rights Amendment and abortion on demand among 1,604 adults. It also shows 92 percent agree women should receive equal pay for equal work, with opposition higher among older, Catholic, and conservative groups.
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Washington
Associated Press
NBC News
Houston
Texas
Lost WWII couple reunites after 32 years apart
A Miami man Ralph Stallinger and his daughter Vivien Davis meet after 32 years apart. Stallinger, a 1943 Berkshire soldier, married Eleanor Roberts in England and was separated when drafted to France. Vivien, living near London, learned of her father through a letter forwarded by the Veterans Administration.
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Vivien Davis
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England
Eleanor Roberts
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United States
Hildegard
Montana
Red Cross
Veterans Administration
U.S.A
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