Moro kidnap ultimatum from Red Brigades issued in Rome
An ultimatum purporting to come from the Red Brigades demanded the immediate release of 13 jailed terrorists in exchange for kidnapped former Prime Minister Aldo Moro. The message, reportedly received in Rome Genoa and Milan, threatened to kill the CDP president if demands were not met.
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Red Brigades
Aldo Moro
Genoa
Milan
Christian Democratic Party
Christian Democrats
Moro
Renato Curcio
Turin
Cristaforo Piancone
Benigno Zaccagnini
Zaccagnini
Soviets refuse limits on Backfire bomber
U S and Soviet talks in Moscow on a new SALT pact show progress but Russia refuses to cap production or deployment of its Backfire bomber. Vance reported some easing on sharing cruise missile tech with NATO, yet no agreement to limits on the bomber. Brezhnev joined talks, urging energetic efforts to reach a deal amid broader disarmament considerations.
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London
Cyrus R. Vance
Moscow
United States
NATO
Vance
Andrei A. Gromkyo
Gromyko
U.N
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Defense
Harold Brown
U.S. Senate
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Three arrested in Florence art theft of Rubens masterwork
Police say an informant tipped off by a barroom boast led to the recovery of Rubens Three Graces and nine Flemish works stolen from Florence's Pitti Palace. Suspects Fran zo Mesiti and Giovanni Manfredi, and attorney Franco Brogi were jailed on robbery and conspiracy charges after the paintings, valued over $1 million, were found undamaged in Brogi's car trunk.
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Florence
Italy
Pitti Palace
Franzo Mesiti
Giovanni Manfredi
Franco Brogi
Rubens
Brogi
Mefiti
Manfredi
Palatine Wing
Aglaia
Euphrosyne
Thalia
Correction on page omits Gordon Lightfoot and Bootsy
A correction notes that Gordon Lightfoot and Bootsy are not among the 2 for 5 selections listed on the page. The seller clarifies the intended items and adjusts the lineup.
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Gordon Lightfoot
Bootsy
Three-way prisoner swap eyed involving Shcharansky
Washington reports a three-way prisoner exchange among the United States East Germany and Mozambique sparks talks on freeing Soviet dissident Anatoly Shcharansky and a U.S. CIA employee from Cuba. East German lawyer Wolfgang Vogel, a key mediator, arrives with options for potential Shcharansky release.
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Washington
United States
East Germany
Mozambique
Anatoly Shcharansky
Soviet Union
U.S
CIA
Cuba
Benjamin Gilman
Rn.y
Wolfgang Vogel
Shcharansky
Vogel
Miron Marcus
Mozambique-Swaziland
Robert G. Thompson
Air Force
Alan van Norman
Windom
Minn
van Norman
Begin Carter to Hold Talks in Washington Next Week
Israel's Prime Minister Menachem Begin accepts an invitation from President Carter to meet in Washington to push Middle East peace talks after Begin’s May 1 arrival in New York. Dates for Washington were not set, following a contentious prior meeting over West Bank concessions.
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Menachem Begin
Carter
Washington
Middle East
Begin
White House
United States
Israel
New York
U.S
West Bank
Jordan River
Jordan
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