Rebels seize army base in Chalatenango near San Salvador
Leftist guerrillas attacked the 4th Infantry Brigade at El Paraiso, Chalatenango, firing mortars and RPGs. Authorities later said troops were ordered to retake the garrison, while reports varied on whether the base remained under rebel control. No casualty figures were released.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
U.S
4Th Infantry Brigade
el Paraiso
Chalatenango
Salvadoran Defense Ministry
Defense Ministry
Radio
Farabundo Marti
Ramon Belloso
4Th Brigade
Colima Bridge
Cowboys Taking Stock At Odessa Sand Hills Show Rodeo
Odessa hosts the Sand Hills Hereford and Quarter Horse Show and Rodeo at Ector County Coliseum with 600 plus professionals entering the PRCA circuit opener. Entries pay 40 to 100 and vie for more than 68000 in purses as events run 8 pm nightly through Jan 7.
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Sand Hills
Ector County Coliseum
Sand Hills Association
Ray Whittie
Canada
Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
Odessa
Angela Stewart
San Angelo
Kat Dancer
Stewart
Sue Overton
Fort Sumner
N.M
Overton
Chili Boy
1984
Whittie
Plan reversal by 5th Circuit leaves district plan intact
Judy Paine reports the 5th Circuit ordered the 1982 desegregation plan reversed and sent back to the district court with instructions to hear by April 1. For now attendance and transportation remain unchanged as Ector County ISD prepares for Tuesday’s reopening and waits for the court document. Superintendent Holm stresses operations will continue as is until directed otherwise and notes questions about the court’s release timing and interpretation.
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Ector County Independent School
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
U.S. District Court
San Antonio
Bill Holm
Holm
Appeals Court
Gulf Oil wins proxy battle to reincorporate in Delaware
Gulf Oil Corp. prevailed in a preliminary proxy vote to reincorporate in Delaware, a move designed to tighten its voting rules and hinder outsider influence as Mesa Petroleum presses for a board shakeup. The result, with 87,124,743 votes for and 52,318,757 against, favors Gulf management over a spin-off plan and confirms continued opposition from Mesa led by T. Boone Pickens Jr.
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Pittsburgh
Gulf Oil Corp
Delaware
Mesa Petroleum Co
Gulf
Gulf Board
Gulf Investors Group
Gulf Management
Pennsylvania
T. Boone Pickens Jr
James E. Lee
Judge halts release of Nixon papers
A federal judge blocked the public release of 1.5 million White House documents tied to Nixon's 1974 resignation. Judge Hogan voided part of the Presidential Records act access rule as unconstitutional, delaying release though new rules may enable future access. The ruling favors 29 former Nixon aides challenging the plan, with further written opinion to follow.
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Washington
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Thomas Hogan
Hogan
General Services Administration
National Archives
Pershing 2 missiles ready for firing in West Germany
Western Europe’s first Pershing 2 missiles are ready to fire on command and would be destroyed if the Soviet Union scraps its missiles. In Mutlangen police removed protesters at the U.S. Army airfield gate while NATO maintains deployment to deter Soviet forces.
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Frankfurt
West Germany
Europe
Soviet Union
West German
Defense Ministry
U.S. Army
Mutlangen
Stuttgart
Peter Kurt Wuerzbach
NATO
Geneva
Switzerland
Moscow
Western Alliance
European
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Sam Gipson
Nixon
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Brad Marman
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