Iran opens Crimes hearing at Tehran conference
Iran opened a four day Crimes of America conference with a tirade against the United States. President Bani Sadr condemned U S intervention and urged condemnation of U S efforts while Ayatollah Khomeini called for justice. Eight U S servicemen were killed in the failed hostage rescue mission as hostages entered day 212 of captivity.
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Associated Press
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr
America
Ramsey Clark
U.S
Clark
Carter
Tehran
Washington
State Department
Iran
Ayatollah
Sadeq Khalkhali
Khalkhali
Bani Sadr
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Khomeini
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Reza Shah
Ramsey Clark tops Tehran conference on Crimes of America
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark wears earphones at the opening session of a Crimes of America conference in Tehran. He condemns the aborted U.S. hostage rescue mission as he participates in the event.
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U.S
Ramsey Clark
Rioting Cuba refugees at Fort Chaffee escape attempt
About 200 to 300 Cubans broke from the Fort Chaffee relocation center as police and soldiers clashed with rocks and bottles. Several refugees and officers were injured, fires were started, and guards battled to retake control while Governor Clinton placed the Arkansas National Guard on alert and federal aid was dispatched.
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Fort Chaffee, Ark
Fort Chaffee Refugee Relocation Center
Army Reserve Base
St. Edward Medical Center
Jim Hannah
Hannah
Fort Sill
Okla
McWilliams
McAda
Bill Clinton
Arkansas National Guard
White House
Carter
Eugene Eidenberg
Tom Casey
Emergency Management Agency
Chaffee
Barling
Fort Chaffee
Army Reserve
Arkansas Highway 22
Carter rules out tax cuts this year
President Carter said on Face the Nation that he will not pursue a tax cut in 1980 while promising to consider one in 1981 if Congress keeps spending in check. He warned the recession may be steeper than anticipated and emphasized restraint on inflationary effects. Reagan predicted a politically motivated move, but aides say Carter plans to resist quick tax relief amid a tight 1981 budget.
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Tehran
Justice Department
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
U.N
Carter
Clark
Senate
William Miller
Iran
Shah
Far East
Washington
Congress
Six killed in Gaines County head-on crash in Seminole
Six Hobbs residents, including two children, died in a head-on collision on U S 180 four miles east of Seminole, Texas. The 21 year old driver Paul Elam of Seminole survived with minor injuries after the 1977 car veered into the westbound lane. Elam faces charges as investigators call it the worst auto wreck in Gaines County history. Services for Chester Young and the other victims were pending in Lamesa and Hobbs.
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New Mexico
Texas
U.S. 180
Here
Hobbs
N.M
Chester A. Young
Thyra Lee Young
Clifton Ray Taylor
Vivian Lemmons Taylor
Vernon
Clifton LaMont
Department of Public Safety
Joe Valenzuela
Chester Young
Gaines County
Loriie Basham
Lamesa
Valenzuela
Elam
DPS
Brannon Funeral Home
Griffin Funeral Home
West Bank bombings wound mayors in Palestine clash
Two West Bank mayors who back the Palestinian cause were maimed when their booby trapped cars exploded. A hand grenade attack in Hebron wounded seven others as an Israeli explosives expert suffered serious injuries while dismantling a bomb. PLO chief Arafat blamed Israel and the United States, demanding UN Security Council action and a general West Bank strike. Prime Minister Begin called the attacks the most serious criminal acts and ordered an intensive investigation.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
West Bank
Hebron
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Syria
United States
U.N. Security Council
Menachem Begin
Woodsy discipline tale echoes harsh era methods
A terse reminiscence recalls the woodshed approach used to discipline a youth. The narrator frames the era as strict and physical, highlighting the social norm of corporal correction within families or communities.
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