Thatcher chosen as first woman to lead British Conservatives
Margaret Thatcher, 49, elected by Conservative MPs to succeed Edward Heath as party leader. She defeated William Whitelaw 149 to 79 and pledged a blend of continuity and change, aiming to revive private enterprise and a free market ethos amid Labour socialist measures.
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London
Margaret Thatcher
House of Commons
Edward Heath
William Whitelaw
Heath
Thatcher
Whitelaw
Lincolnshire
Grantham
Nominees Eye HUD Top Post In Early Consideration
Washington AP reports top Justice Department official Carla Hills and Lewis Cenker, former National Association of Home Builders president, are among names floated for HUD secretary after James T. Lynn moves to OMB. William P. Clements Jr. was also discussed but declined.
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Justice Department
Rit
Coh
White House
HUD
James T. Lynn
Office of Management and Budget
Congress
Asst
Atty
Carla Hills
Lewis Cenker
National Association of Home Builders
William P. Clements Jr
Defense
John G. Tower
Senate Banking Committee
Los Angeles
Bank of Japan Buys Dollars to Stabilize Yen Decline
The Bank of Japan purchased about 70 to 100 million dollars in a bid to steady the yen after the dollar fell to 291.70 yen in Tokyo trade. Dealers note thin London activity and a holiday as factors, with about 180 million dollars changing hands and some fear of further weakness if 290 yen per dollar is breached.
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Tokyo
Bank of Japan
London
Finance Ministry
U.S
Onassis Remains Guarded After Gall Bladder Operation
Paris AP report says Aristotle Onassis is recovering satisfactorily from gall bladder surgery but prognosis remains guarded due to his heart condition. The hospital bulletin notes his myasthenia gravis is under control after a flu attack on January 31 at his Athens home, which risked his heart.
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Paris
Aristotle Onassis
American Hospital
Onassis
Athens
Norris named chairman of Ohio Bicentennial panel
State Rep. Alan Norris of Westerville has been chosen chairman of the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Commission. Norris succeeds Dr. Robert E. Cecile as head of the commission in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
Alan Norris
R-27
Westerville
Norris
Robert E. Cecile
Italian vessel seized for lobster fishing off Atlantic coast
The U S Coast Guard seized the 218 foot Italian trawler Antonietta Madre about 80 miles south southeast of Nantucket 208 miles southeast of New York City for lobster taken from the continental shelf. Coast Guard found 30 pounds of lobster aboard. The seizure is the second within 12 days under the continental shelf law protecting lobsters and other species from foreign fishing.
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New York
United States Coast Guard
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Nantucket Island
New York City
Coash Guard
United States
Police accused in president's death in Madagascar
Malagasy military rulers accused dissident police of assassinating President Richard Ratsimandrava after an ambush on his limousine. He died hours later as martial law and a curfew were proclaimed and troops closed in on the Antanimora police camp. The unrest followed a rain swept, poorly lit route between office and home.
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Tananarive
Malagasy
Richard Ratsimandrava
Ratsimandrava
Antanimora
Brechard Rajaonarison
Middletown man files for bankruptcy in Dayton court
Climpson E. Nance Jr. of Middletown enters U S District Court in Dayton listing assets of 1 750 and debts of 24 678. In separate items, tanks and armored cars guarded public buildings and leaders homes, while Radio Malagasy claimed a National Committee of Military Leadership led by Gen Gilles Andriamazo aims to seize power. The broadcast also cited a mobile police unit as responsible for Ratsimandrava s assassination shortly after his appointment as chief of state.
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Climpson E. Nance Jr
Middletown
U.S. District Court
Dayton
Radio Malagasy
Gilles Andriamazo
Ratsimandrava
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