Poland Gains Freedoms in 1980 Survey Highlight
Freedom House reports 1980 marked by Poland’s notable gains in workers’ rights and expression, while China and the USSR grow more repressive. Global freedom fell 1.1 percent with 1.6 billion people in free nations and 1.9 billion not free. Major losses spread to Turkey, Syria, and others. Peru and Poland were the year’s two major gains.
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China
Soviet Union
Poland
Freedom House
Ussr
Turkey
Upper Volta
Surinam
Bolivia
Liberia
Seychelles
Syria
el Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
South Korea
Taiwan
Western Samoa
Haiti
Zambia
Ghana
Peru
Uganda
Uruguay
Raymond D. Gastil
Europe
Tehran Radio turns conciliatory on hostages with U S terms
Tehran Radio conveys a softer stance on hostage negotiations as Algerian mediators arrive with the U S reply seeking about half of Iran's $24 billion demand in escrow. The conversation hints at a January 16 deadline for a Carter-term settlement while Iran weighs concessions and potential trials.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tehran
U.S
Mohammad Ali Rajai
Washington
Iran
Carter
Tehran Radio
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
U.S.A
United States
Texas Democrats Plan Fundraiser To Reduce Party Debt
Texas Democratic Party Chairman Bob Slagle announced a Friday fundraiser to chip away at a debt of up to 123000 dollars and to gear up for the 1982 elections. The event, co hosted by state officials, would charge 25 dollars per person.
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District of Columbia
State of
Virginia
Texas
Austin
Bob Slagle
Texas Democratic Party
Slagle
Bill Clayton
Democratic Party
Bush promises Hispanics fair decisions in meetings
Vice President-elect George Bush pledged fair decisions for minorities, saying the Reagan administration would set politics aside and base actions on fairness. He met about 20 Hispanic businessmen, signaling open lines of communication and later planned discussions on White House staffing and economic issues, while noting jobs as the mandate.
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Houston
George Bush
Reagan
Bush
Washington
League of United Latin American Citizens
Louis Terraza
San Antonio
Fernando Oaxaca
Los Angeles
Pete Diaz Jr
Rio Grande City
United States
Ronald Reagan
Jose Lopez-Portillo
Juarez
Mexico
Indignation Rises Over Postage Due Junk Mail
A citizen expresses supreme indignation at receiving junk mail with postage due. The incident highlights frustrations with unsolicited mail and billing disputes, urging better mail handling and clearer postage practices by senders and postal services.
Israeli minister and ex police chief clash on bribery probe
Israel radio aired a feud between Interior Minister Josef Burg and former Police Chief Herzl Shafir amid a bribery case involving Religious Affairs Minister Aharon Abu Hatzeira. Shafir accused Burg of blocking him, while Burg called Shafir’s firing a stand against police state tactics and Goebbels references.
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Associated Press
Tel Aviv
Israel
Herz] Shafir
Interior Ministry
Josef Burg
Shafir
Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels
Hitler
Burg
Aharon Abu-Hatzeira
Abu-Hatzeira
Murder Inc
Abu Hatzeira
National
Haaretz
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