Cosmonauts Romansenko Grechko return after record flight
Cosmonauts Yuri Romanenko and Georgy Grechko land in Kazakhstan after a 96 day space mission on the Salyut 6 station, breaking the 84 day Skylab 4 record. Tass confirms their safe return and good condition.
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Yuri Romanenko
Georgy Grechko
Earth
Tass
Romanenko
Grechko
Kazakhstan
Central Asia
U.S
Gerald Carr
Edward Gibson
William Pogue
Salyut 6 Space Station
United States
Soviet Union
Romanenko-Grechko
Vladimir Remek
Air Force
Czechoslovakia
Alexei Gubarev
Grechko Earliey
Vladimir Dzhanibekov
Oleg Makarov
Salyut
Moro Kidnapped in Rome as Escorts Die in Attack
Former Italian premier Aldo Moro, 61, was abducted on a Rome street by gunmen who killed all five in his protective detail. The Red Brigades claimed responsibility via calls to news agencies, while police pursued a bloodstained Fiat 128 car. The government mobilized extensive security, and President Leone vowed a firm state response.
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Rome
Aldo Moro
Italy
Christian Democrat
Red Brigades
Turin
S 'Ie
Giovanni Leone
Israeli air strikes widen Lebanon border crisis
Israeli warplanes struck southern Lebanon again aimed at halting Palestinian artillery against Lebanese villages in Israel's security strip. Lebanon called for a UN Security Council emergency session. Sadat condemned the attack and urged a peaceful path while pledging to study next steps. PLO tallies differed, with claims of numerous casualties and tank losses, as fighting intensified around border towns Marjayoun and Elein.
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Israel
Lebanon
U.N. Security Council
Selim el Hoss
Beirut
Council
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
National Security Council
Marjayoun
Elein
Palestine Liberation Organization
Invasion Wins Support for Begin at Home
Prime Minister Menachem Begin gains broad domestic backing after ordering the invasion of southern Lebanon. While sympathy in the Carter administration waned, most political factions and many newspapers support the strike. Assessments note Begin’s open jeep tour boosted his image, despite U.S. cautions and domestic cabinet splits over settlements and the peace plan. The invasion is seen as a decisive response to Saturday’s Palestinian attack.
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Jerusalem
Lebanon
Menachem Begin
Carter
Communist Party
Begin
Yediot Aharand
Saraelis
Washington
Anwar Sadat
U.S
Israel
Castro declares Ogaden war ended in broadcast
Fidel Castro said the Ethiopia Ethiopia Samatis Ogaden conflict is over and Cuban revolutionary fighters reduced battlefront casualties. He gave no casualty or force numbers, despite U.S. sources estimating about 12,000 Cuban troops in Ethiopia. The remarks were broadcast on Havana Radio.
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Miami
Fidel Castro
Ethiopia
Samatis
Ogaden Desert
Castro
U.S
Havana
SALT talks narrow key disputes between U.S. and Soviet
U S and Soviet negotiators have narrowed differences to three major SALT issues. Core rifts concern new intercontinental missiles, total strategic weapon counts, and Backfire bomber status. Progress on mobile missiles and cruise missiles noted, with completion anticipated within months.
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Washington
U.S
United States
Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
South Korean President Directed Lobbying Effort
The House subcommittee released a summary of U.S. intelligence indicating Park Chung Hee and aides formed a board in 1970 to coordinate U.S. lobbying under the president's control. The plan followed a rejection to put Tongsun Park in charge of all lobbying.
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Park Chung Hee
U.S
Tongsun Park
Blue House
Seoul
Donald M. Fraser
D-Minn
House
Congress
Fraser
CIA
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