Militants press Iran on U.S. mission head Bruce Laingen
Militants holding 50 American hostages in Tehran call on Iran to hand over Bruce Laingen the U.S. chief of mission. The communique demands his appearance at a trial linked to espionage while denouncing hostage David Roeder as a war criminal. Rioting surrounds Khomeini’s base in Qom injuring several, as Waldheim leaves Tehran.
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UPI
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U.S
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Air Force
David Roeder
White Fish Bay
Wis
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U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Zurich
Laingen
House of Spies
Den
Roeder
Qom
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Islamic Strongman
Sayed Kazem
China arms Afghan group to combat Soviet invaders
UPI reports China has begun arming and training the Shola-E-Javed guerrillas in Afghanistan to oppose Soviet assault forces. Western diplomats note guerrilla actions in the Hindu Kush and Tamil region as Soviet troops press operations against Afghan government troops.
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Colorado
Afghanistan
UPI
China
New Delhi
India
United News of India
Kabul
South Side business rehab plan proposed for city revival
Community Development chief Nick Navarra expects to unveil a South Side rehabilitation project to City Council within six weeks. The plan, funded by a $1.5 million federal Small Cities grant, targets 17 properties on North Long Avenue between Mill Street and Howard Way for voluntary storefront remodels with low interest loans. An elderly housing project near St. Francis Hospital has already used about $400,000 of the grant.
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Nick P. Navarra
Navarra
Plaza South
St. Francis Hospital
Long Avenue
Mill Street
Howard Way
County officials brace for long strike amid jail and manor crisis
County officials evacuated the jail and moved Hill View Manor patients as about 140 county workers from Local 964 threaten a prolonged walkout. Union and county talks continued with no resolution, while other county offices risk delays if the dispute persists.
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Nancy Lowry
Hill View Manor
Jack Morgan
Morgan
US plans curbs on Soviet ties over Afghanistan invasion
Washington officials said the Carter administration will unveil measures reducing diplomatic and economic relations with the Soviet Union in retaliation for the Afghanistan invasion. Talks at a breakfast with President Carter and aides outlined options including shrinking the Washington embassy, cutting Aeroflot and Soviet freighter access, and examining a grain embargo while noting current plans may exclude it.
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UPI
State Department
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Carter
U.S
Moscow
Thomas Watson
Aeroflot
United States
Baltimore
Agriculture Department
Bob Bergland
White House
Anatoly Dobrynin
Lion kills Born Free author Joy Adamson in Kenya
Police report Joy Adamson, age 69 and author of Born Free, was attacked by a lion at her Shaba game park near Isiolo, Kenya. She was found deceased, with severe wounds to her hands, arms, and head, after an evening stroll, in a remote enclosure 30 miles from the Samburu reserve.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Joy Adamson
Isiolo
Adamson
Shaba
Samburu
Magnifico rests case against Ellwood chief
The Magnifico vs Ellwood City case nears a pivotal point as Magnifico’s attorney rests the case against the borough and police chief Anthony DeCarbo. Witness Frank Sulia testified that the Ellwood City Civil Service Commission violated rules in certifying Magnifico as chief. no background check or meeting ads were conducted and no proctors were appointed.
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Thomas Magnifico
Magnifico
Ellwood City
Anthony DeCarbo
Frank Sulia
Commission
Sulia
Jack Snare
DeCarbo
Anthony Casuccio
Gregory Ferrese Con
Weather outlook and -2 line: Western Pennsylvania snow advisory tonight
Snow continues with one to three inch accumulations possible before tapering to flurries Saturday. Temperatures fall slowly with near 100 percent precipitation tonight and 60 percent Saturday. Statistics cover Jan 2 3 with highs to 29 and lows to 17 and trace snow. Shenango River 9.51 feet. Moraine State Park 22 degrees and northeast winds.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
Moraine State Park
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