Mozambique declares war footing against Rhodesia border closure
Mozambique's Marxist government proclaimed a state of war with Rhodesia and sealed an 800 mile border. President Samora Machel urged civilians to build air raid shelters while vowing asset seizures and full economic sanctions. Rhodesian officials dismissed war declarations as a war footing persists.
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Maputo
Mozambique
Rhodesia
London Stock Exchange
Salisbury
Mozambique Radio
Machel
Hhodesian
South Africa
Zaire
Zambia
Soviet Union
China
Regin
Tanzania
Portugal
Paturi
Pafuri
Virus like particle linked to multiple sclerosis study
American scientists pressed evidence for a virus like particle possibly living only in MS patients and a potential MS cause. The National MS Society urged confirming specific association to MS and ruling out presence in test animals, with Lancet noting the work shifts MS toward infectious diseases.
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New York
National
Lancet
Hearst attorneys seek to strike key evidence in trial
Hearst defense lawyer F Lee Bailey asks U S District Judge Oliver Carter to suppress evidence argued to stem from an illegal search. An evidentiary hearing was set outside the jury to challenge the Tania Interview and related government documents, likely delaying the bank robbery case peak trial.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
U.S. District Court
Oliver J. Carter
F. Lee Bailey
Bailey
Carter
Tania
Miss Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
SLA
U.S. Atty
James L. Browning Jr
William
Emily Harris
Ore
Los Angeles
Mark Brandler
Brandler
FBI
Harris
Browning
al Johnson
Harrises
Sacramento
Supreme Court limits libel rules and prosecutor immunity
The Supreme Court, in a 6 to 3 decision, lets private plaintiffs sue for libel based on news reports of court proceedings if negligence is shown, sending the Time case back to Florida to determine negligence. In an 8 to 0 ruling, prosecutors gain immunity from civil damages even when civil rights are allegedly violated, preserving public trust.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Mary Alice Firestone
Time Magazine
Time
Florida
U N Strike Settled at Geneva Headquarters
A week-long strike by about 2,000 lower grade UN staff in Geneva ended with an administration announced settlement. Offices had no heat or paper as tensions over retroactive pay adjustments from last Aug. 1 persisted amid interrupted meetings of the Geneva disarmament conference and the human rights commission.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United Nations
Palace of Nations
Geneva Disarmament Conference
U.N. Commission On Human Rights
U.N
General Services
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Congo
Lesotho
Africa
Swaziland
Miles
Malagasy Republic
Tambique
Annees
Monzambique
Carp
New York State Institute For Research
Staten Island
N.Y
Werner Henle
Paul Koldovsky
Ursula Koldovsky
Gertrude Herle
Joseph Stokes Jr. Research Institute
Philadelphia
Henles
Koldovskys
George 8. Merz
Patricia Merz
Pamela C. Licursi
Henle
MS Society
Hearst
Frederick
Dart
S. Jefferson Street
U.N. High Commissioner For Refugees
Routzahn's
Patrick
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