Zaire orders U.S. ambassador to leave amid Mobutu plot claims
Zaire expels United States ambassador Dean R. Hinton after government papers allege CIA involvement in a Mobutu overthrow plot. The State Department denies the charge as six officers are reported arrested. Meanwhile, Americans and a Dutch woman held by eastern guerrillas face restricted access as captives Carrie Jane Hunter Kenneth S. Smith remain in captivity.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
United States
Dean R. Hinton
Washington
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Mobutu Sese Seko
Hinton
State Department
Mobutu
Elima
Salonge
Salongo
Dar Es-Salaam
Tanzania
Carrie Jane Hunter
Atherton
Calif
Kenneth S. Smith
Garden Grove
PRP Guerrillas Hamper Contact Efforts Amid Lake Tanganyika
Emilie Bergman reports from a Tanzanian game reserve as Zaire army blockades hinder U S and Dutch attempts to reach guerrillas tied to the Popular Revolution Party of the Congo, an anti Mobutu group. Previous accounts say Mobutu would not acknowledge the PRP’s existence.
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Emilie Bergman
Netherlands
Lake Tanganyika
U.S
Popular Revolution Party of the Congo
Mobutu
PRP
Vietnamese use of U S bombers blamed in Cambodian clashes
U S intelligence says captured U S built A37 bombers attacked Cambodian forces during fighting over Gulf of Thailand islands. Reported air strikes come as North Vietnamese and Cambodian Khmer Rouge clash along the border with naval support and rising skirmishes.
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Washington
U.S
Gulf of Thailand
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Indochina
Phnom Penh
Hanoi
Cambodia
Lon Nol
Laos
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Indian court to hear Gandhi case
Supreme Court justice agreed to an urgent Monday hearing on whether Prime Minister Indira Gandhi can remain in office during her appeal of a conviction for corrupt campaign practices. Gandhi's lawyers seek an unlimited stay to keep her in power until the court rules.
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New Delhi
India
Supreme Court
Indira Gandhi
Narain
Mrs. Gandhi
Canadians approve women priests
The Anglican Church of Canada has authorized ordination of women as priests at General Synod in Quebec City. The 1.5 million member church becomes the first Western Anglican body to do so, a move watched closely across the Anglican communion including the Episcopal Church in the United States.
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New York
Anglican Church of Canada
Episcopal Church
United States
General Synod
Quebec City
Canada
Hong Kong
Gilbert Baker
Anglican Communion
American helps Scotland Yard smash counterfeit ring
American Mark Yarry posed as a Mafioso for nine weeks to aid Scotland Yard in breaking a counterfeit gang led by Cyril Fentiman. At Old Bailey the gang members were jailed while Yarry and Detective Sgt. Jim Goldie faced danger undercover. Yarry said the mission cost him his job and pushed his family into hiding.
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London
Mark Yarry
Scotland Yard
Meyer King-Hamilton
Yarry
Jim Goldie
Old Bailey Criminal Court
Cyril
Fentiman
U.S
Yard
Goldie
Buckingham Palace
Egypt and Syria reject Israeli border plan
Egypt and Syria reject the Rabin Labor party proposal to annex Gaza and the Golan Heights. Egypt calls Israel’s move unacceptable while Syrian authorities offer no direct comment, and Damascus receives Cyprus president Makarios backing Arab rights and Palestinian claims.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Syria
Gaza Strip
Golan Heights
Yitzhak Rabin
Labor Party
Israel
Middle East
Kamal Abdul Magd
Damascus
Cyprus
Makarios
Hafez Assad
Thousands Flee Angola Amid Looming Civil War Threat
In Luanda, Angola, thousands flee as three rival African groups clash before independence on November 11. Local officials estimate about 5,000 killed since mid 1974, with most victims Africans.
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Luanda
Angola
Africa
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