World in spotlight and global strikes ripple news
Reports from Belgrade indicate Chinese leaders urge tolerant culture, while intellectuals fear persecution. Tokyo workers strike for higher wages affecting thousands of trains and millions of riders. Britain sees record tourist numbers and spending. Ontario archaeologists uncover an 800 year old Iroquois site. Bangladesh and the U.S. coordinate food aid. Ceausescu visits Texas Instruments and Houston sites en route to New Orleans. U.S. moves to raise tariffs on Japanese carbon steel. Congressional talks on hospital fees and DNC finance leadership unfold in Washington.
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Dallas
Nicolae Ceausescu
Romania
Texas Instruments
Texas
Ceausescu
Houston
Johnson Space Center
Cameron Iron Works
New Orleans
New York
Rhodesian peace talks face Nkomo Mugabe veto risk
Rhodesian guerrilla leaders Nkomo and Mugabe remain opposed to a conference that would exclude them and to a plan led by Lord Carver with a U.N. force. US officials see Ian Smith as blocking unity with the moderates led by Muzorewa Sithole and Chirau as Cyrus Vance and David Owen press for a transition to black rule in Rhodesia.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
Cyrus Vance
David Owen
U.S
Ian Smith
Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Nkomo
Mugabe
Rhodesia
Britain
Africa
Lord Carver
U.N
Zambia
Mozambique
Angola
Botswana
Smith
Abel Muzorewa
Ndabaningi Sithole
Jeremiah Chirau
Owen
Ethiopia
Vance
South Africa
Pik Botha
South-West Africa
Salisbury
Moscow
Angola’s War Weary Leadership Struggles With Dependence
AP reports from Nairobi on Angola nearly two decades after independence. President Neto, described as desperate and in poor health, faces a tribal war, a shattered economy, and heavy Cuban and Soviet backing. Gulf Oil revenue sustains the regime amid a ghost town Luanda and widespread subsistence conditions.
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Larry Heinzerling
Associated Press
Nairobi
Kenya
Angola
Agostinho Neto
Arabia
Morocco
Zaire
France
UNITA
Luanda
Portugal
Neto
Moscow
American Gulf Oil Co
Gulf
Cabinda
Front For the Liberation of the Enclave
Reinstatement sought for Iranian students at Bee County College
Iranian student groups and university figures urged Bee County College in Beeville to reinstate 85 students expelled after a March 9 campus meeting. The action followed 103 trespass charges, with a Texas judge weighing an injunction and ongoing court appearances. Beatrice Barnstone criticized campus actions as harassment while Armando Gutierrez compared to Jersey City expulsions that were later reversed.
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Grady Hogue
Iran
Khezri
Hogue
Texas
CAIFI
Iranian Student Association
Corpus Christi
U.S
Owen Cox
Bee College
Beatrice Barnstone
Houston School Board
Armando Gutierrez
University of Texas At Austin
Jersey City
N.J. State College
Teller proposes energy plan limits oil to poor nations
Nuclear pioneer Edward Teller told the Western Environmental Trade Association that future petroleum and natural gas use should be limited to underdeveloped countries while the United States concentrates on other nuclear power. He argued oil could aid poorer nations due to portability, but warned U.S. consumption would not fall unless price ceilings are removed.
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Seattle
U.S
Edward Teller
Teller
Western Environmental Trade Association
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