Strong quake shakes Peking and Chinese quake aftermath
An aftershock measuring five on the Richter scale rattled Peking as China reels from July quakes that killed tens of thousands. Tangshan mineshafts opened to rescue entombed workers after initial destruction of Tangshan, with 80 percent of the city reported destroyed.
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Tokyo
Peking
China
Japan
Kyodo
Pews Agency
Tangshan
Hsinhua
Kailuan
British reserves called up as Belfast violence flares
The British Army summoned more than 1,400 Ulster Defense Regiment reserves for emergency service as Belfast violence worsened after a Catholic parade supporting IRA. A soldier and a civilian died, two deaths total, with shootings and arson sweeping the area. Security forces evacuated Gerry Fitt family and treated shock. The toll reached 1,582 Protestant-Catholic deaths since August 1969. The protests targeted government plans to change prisoner classifications.
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Irish Republican Army
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Ferocious fighting erupts in Beirut sectarian clashes
Security sources report nightlong ferocious fighting along Beirut's divided Christian and Moslem sectors with about 3,000 in battle. Casualties mount as at least 65 killed and 140 wounded in the clashes, while totals for the night reach 238 killed and 176 wounded across fronts.
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No Man’s Land
Beirut
Tal Zaatar
Pierre Gemayel
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Saeb Salam
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Unrest intensifies near Johannesburg as police clash rise
In South Africa, violence spreads through Alexandra Soweto Mohale and Mohakeng townships with police firing tear gas and gunfire. Black workers resist, buses attacked, schools burned, and roadblocks formed as tensions rise amid apartheid protests and student demonstrations. World chess talk follows from Bi enne with Karpov pledging title renunciation if Fischer match occurs, though Euwe doubt the event will be staged.
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South Africa
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WH. Motze
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Fischer
Karpov
Schweiker Aligns With Reagan On Bureaucracy And Policy
Sen. Richard Schweiker says his philosophy fits Reagan's conservative anti Washington stance and he would represent 50 states not just Pennsylvania. He notes no fundamental shift but a broader view of government programs and a softened liberal image to suit a possible ticket with Reagan.
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W.va
Richard Schweiker
Ronald Reagan
Schweiker
Pennssylvania
Reagan
California
House
Senate
Kelley to stay as FBI director despite election
FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley says he will remain in office if health permits and he can serve. He criticized subordinates who lied about the bureau’s burglaries ending in 1966 and admitted break-ins continued as late as 1973, warning that those involved will face action while noting reluctance to confess.
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Clarence M. Kelley
Kelley
CBS
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Viking I robot arm repaired to resume Mars soil tests
Viking I scientists report the robot arm is fixed and ready to resume soil delivery to the lander’s biology experiments on Mars. A pyrolytic release test produced tantalizing data suggesting possible plantlike processes consuming carbon, though results remain inconclusive.
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Calif
Viking I
Viking
Mars
Viking 1
Earth
Harold Kieis
U.S. pressure on Pakistan over nuclear reprocessing aid
Secretary of State Kissinger pressed Pakistan's Bhutto to accept safeguards on a planned nuclear fuel reprocessing plant as a condition for continued U.S. aid and arms. He warned of possible aid and arms cuts, while announcing 200 tons of wheat for Lahore flood victims amid widespread destruction.
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Lahore
Pakistan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
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Bhutto
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U.S
India
AZ Corsair
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Red
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Deauville
France
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