Mondale flags human rights issues in Marcos talks
Vice President Mondale on a Southeast Asia tour pressed Philippine President Marcos on alleged human rights abuses. A government screening committee noted a sensitive topic in a film, while Mondale met with Marcos opponents and called for productive discussions amid accusations of torture, dissent suppression, and election rigging.
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U.S
Southeast Asia
Anid
Marcos
Oficials
Soli Mondale
Lark Woman Confronts Kennecott Over Mine Expansion
Hilda Grabner of Lark Utah leads a small delegation at a New York stockholders meeting to demand fair compensation as Kennecott Copper plans to expand into Lark. Residents fear displacement from 476 to about 350 people, seeking $45,000 per homeowner and $5,500 per renter vs Kennecott’s $7,000 home offer.
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Plasa Hotel
Hilda Grabner
Lark
Utah
Milliken
Ken Becott
Kennecott and
Curtis-Wright Corp
Kennecott
Mountain Town
Salt Lake City
Ion
UV Industries
U S faces test over Middle East jet sales to allies
Washington officials opened a campaign to win congressional approval for selling U S warplanes to Saudi Arabia Egypt and Israel saying failure to proceed would weaken America’s role in the peace process Senate committee members including Dante Fascell and Edward Derwinski weighed resolutions to reject the package with votes due by May 24 while opponents sought concessions to ease Israeli fears and maintain support for the sale
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Congress
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Israel
Cyrus B. Vance
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Defense
Middle East
Vance
Brown
Capitol Hill
House International Relations Committee
Carter
Tary
House Committee
Dante Fascell
D-Fla
Edward J. Derwinski
R-Ii
Derwinski
House
Paategaanst
Kabul After Coup Remains Calm Amid Tanked Streets
Kabul remains calm six days after a pro Communist government seized power as tanks guard major streets. The airport reopened and authorities cited a death toll potentially reaching about ten thousand, including President Daoud his wife and several family members.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
U N troops on alert after deadly attacks in Lebanon
U N peacekeepers in southern Lebanon were placed on red alert after a series of ambushes and mortar strikes. French forces suffered casualties including a killed paratrooper and two wounded officers, with Commander Salvam injured, as the violence escalated near Tyre and Jer ny.
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S. Lebanon
Beirut
Lebanen
South
U.N. oErred
Cal
Jean Salvan
Lebanon
Salvam
Jerney
Israel
Biblical
Tyre
Yaseer Arafat
Palestine Liberation Popular Resistance Front
Carter Fukuda discuss trade in Washington briefing
President Carter and Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda met in Washington to assess Japan's trade program and its plan to cut the 1977 U.S. trade deficit. Long warned the United States may pursue protectionist steps if the gap remains substantial, signaling potential early-year tensions.
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Carter
Japan
Takeo Fukuda
D-La
U.S
Long
United States
American freed from kidnappers in Colombia
A kidnapped New Mexico jeweler held chained and hooded for 45 days at a seaside hacienda near Santa Marta was rescued. The victim, Striver, appeared on Colombian TV and said he was fine and grateful to be free. Authorities linked his release to a car breakdown near a Santa Marta army base.
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Colombia
New Mexico
Ah Ees Poe
Seapets Barrver
Aed Gy
Nue
Italy
Santa Marta
Perth
Striver
Army
Shiver
Donald Cooper
Sears Roebuck
Gustavo Curtis
Santa Marte
Haiti seeks gradual easing of repression under Duvalier rule
Diplomats in Port au Prince report signs of slow liberalization in Haiti under Jean Claude Duvalier. They cite a human rights group formation, public trials of security volunteers, army lieutenant convictions, and critical newspaper coverage as indications of cautious movement toward democracy. Max du Piessy leads the 30 member Human Rights League of Haiti, aiming to ensure accountability for abuses and a functional rule of law.
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Haiti
U.S
Hemisphere
Ier Cer Cremes
Inlomats
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Francois “Papa Doc" Duvalier
Max du Piessy
Human Rights League of Haiti
Supreme Court
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Kenneth J. Lane
Tancer
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