Iran holds hostage release plans in doubt amid elections
A five member U N sponsor commission arrived in Tehran to probe the deposed shah as Ayatollah Khomeini said no decision on freeing the 52 American hostages would be made before Iran’s April parliamentary elections. Militants at the U S Embassy backed Khomeini’s plan for the parliament to decide.
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Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
BBC
London
Geneva
Switzerland
Khomeini
Iran
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Reagan Bush clash Overshadows debate rules dispute in New Hampshire
Reagan and Bush held a one on one debate overshadowed by controversy over ground rules as four rivals were excluded. Reagan faced backlash for inviting others, while Bush defended the Nashua Telegraph's format and his commitment to a face to face event. Dole Anderson Baker and Crane condemned the proceedings as closed door politics.
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Walter R. Mears
Mashua
N.H
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George Bush
Bush
Reagan
New Hampshire
Carter
Iran
Jon Breen
Nashua Telegraph
Telegraph
Breen
California
Nashua
Howard Baker Jr
Bob Dole
Philip Crane
John Anderson
The
Dole
King
United Nations
Anderson
Baker
Gov
Fighting in Kabul Leaves Hundreds Dead in Afghan Clash
In Kabul anti Soviet protests clash with Soviet and Afghan troops for a second day. Hundreds killed and thousands injured in Friday battles. Reports say many Soviet soldiers among the dead, with civilians including children trapped amid crossfire. Streets quiet as tanks and roadblocks dominate the city. Western observers cite over 50 bodies in one burial line and a general strike remains in effect.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Joumouriet Hospital
New Delhi
Mark Davey
Bristol
England
Tass
CIA
When a man is too honest to steal they give him credit
A concise quip notes a stereotype about lenders offering credit to the poor despite a worker’s virtue and lack of cash. It frames credit as a social workaround for financial need and pride.
Odessa American Rates to Rise in March
The Odessa American will raise home delivery and newsstand prices starting March 1 to cover higher production and delivery costs. About 40 percent of the increase goes to carriers, with the rest offsetting surging expenses such as newsprint up 40 percent since 1978 and film up 135 percent. New monthly home delivery rates are 4.50 dollars for daily and Sunday, 2.50 dollars for Sunday only, while single-copy newsstand prices become 25 cents daily and 50 cents Sunday.
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Odessa American
West Texas
Oil spill threat resurfaces on Texas coast from Ixtoc I
Pad re Island Texas residents face renewed danger as Gulf of Mexico crude from the Mexican Ixtoc I well continues to spill. Pemex cites bad weather delaying capping while Gov. Clements had earlier promised it would be sealed within days.
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Clements
Brownsville
Pemex
Mexico
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