Central Africa crowns Bokassa emperor in Napoleon style coronation
Former French soldier Jean-Bedel Bokassa proclaimed Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire after a $30 million coronation at Bangui indoor stadium. He and Empress Catherine wore ermine mantles as a 101 gun salute marked the ceremony attended by few foreign dignitaries.
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Jean-Bedel Bokassa
Africa
Bokassa I
Napoleon
Bangui
Catherine
Bokassa
Oliver Brice
Hillside Strangler Probe Yields Few Clues In Slayings
Los Angeles police search old crime files and hospital records for the Hillside Strangler case. They have little progress after increasing patrols in areas where 12 to 28 year olds were last seen alive before their bodies were found.
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Los Angeles
Hillside
Hollywood Street
Crystal Cathedral Groundbreaking in California Glass Church
The Rev. Robert H. Schuller breaks ground on the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, a 14 million dollar all glass church with 10 000 panes and a 4 100 seating capacity. Architect John Burgee and Philip Johnson note earthquake resilience as preparations begin for a 1980 completion.
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Garden Grove
Calif
Robert H. Schuller
Paris
Notre Dame
Garden Grove Community Church
Schuller
John Burgee
Philip Johnson
Bermuda Deploys British Troops as Rioting Ends
British forces with rifles and machine guns arrived in Bermuda for the first time in a decade to back up 900 local police and the Bermuda Regiment after protests over the hanging of two black men. The island remained quiet with a dusk curfew while tourists cut holidays short and property damage was estimated at 5 million dollars.
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Bermuda
Belize
Central America
England
Bermuda Regiment
Allan Lister
David Gibbons
Peter Ramsbotham
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