China quake admits heavy losses in Tangshan region
The Chinese Communist Party acknowledged great losses from a major earthquake northeast of Peking with aftershocks and extensive damage in Tangshan and Tientsin. Officials reported minimal damage in Beijing while warning of widespread harm in the quake zone.
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Tokyo
Chinese Communist Party
China
Peking
Hsinhua
Tangshan
Tientsin
Kyodo
Gough Whitlam
Australia
Thomas Gates
Mao
Party Central Committee
State Council
Communist Party
Hopeh
U.S
San Francisco
Amin appears calm after Britain Uganda break in ties
President Idi Amin shows a relaxed stance as Britain cuts diplomatic relations with Uganda. An aide suggests Britons staying in Uganda may become Ugandan citizens while Amin studies the implications on Radio Uganda. Between 200 and 300 Britons remain, many missionaries, with about 250 having left since the Entebbe raid.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Britain
Uganda
Radio
Amin
London
Daily
Nation
East Africa
Entebbe
Evacuees Arrive in Athens From Lebanon via Coronado
The U S Navy transport Coronado brought 155 Americans and about 145 evacuees of other nationalities to Keratsini near Athens after a 46 hour voyage. Among passengers were 25 U S Embassy Beirut officials and 75 Lebanese plus 26 British 13 French 7 West Germans 5 Jordanians 4 Austrians 3 Australians 3 Brazilians 1 Palestinian 1 Swede 1 Finn 1 Greek and 20 children including an expectant mother.
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Athens
Greece
Coronado
Lebanon
Keratsini
U.S
Beirut
John Dewey
Dewey
Joseph Hunt
Andreotti to form new minority government in Italy
Premier-designate Giulio Andreotti told President Giovanni Leone he is ready to form a minority Christian Democrat government. A spokesman said he would present his cabinet tonight as the Moro administration, a minority Christian Democrat government, ends after losing Socialist support ahead of elections.
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Rome
Giulio Andreotti
Giovanni Leone
Christian Democrats
Andreotti
Christian Democratic
Aldo Moro
Socialist Party
Red Cross
Hassan Sabri Khali
Arab League
Suleiman Franjieh
Camille Chamoun
Tiger
Chamoun
Eisenhower
United States
U.S
Talcott Seelye
Palestine Liberation Organization
Two Italians Convicted in 1973 Getty Kidnapping
A Calabrian court convicted Giuseppe Ja Manna and Antonio Manguso in the 1973 kidnapping of Paul Getty II, sentencing them to 16 and eight years. Six co defendants were acquitted for lack of evidence, while five others were convicted on narcotics charges. The abduction occurred in the Irahan mountains after a $25 million ransom, with Getty released after five months.
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Lagonegro
Haly (Ap
Paul Getty II
Billonaire
Irahan
Getty
Rome
Calabria
Italy
Regen
Giuseppe Ja Manna
Antonio Manguso
Fighting rages in Beirut as clashes widen
In Beirut city center, Moslems and Christians wage house to house combat in Nabaa Ein Rummaneh and the business district. Hospitals report 48 dead and 77 wounded amid a broader Christian siege of Tal Zaatar and talks over Red Cross evacuations.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Nabea
Ein Rummaneh
Ein Rammaneh
Nabaa
Tal Zaatar
International Red Cross
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