Muzorewa elected Rhodesia prime minister in black majority win
Bishop Abel Muzorewa led the United African National Council to a landslide in Rhodesia's parliamentary vote, securing 51 of 72 black seats and promising the first black majority government after nine decades of white rule. Sithole's party trailed with 12 seats. whites retained 28 seats and key ministries.
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John Edlin
Associated Press
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Abel Muzorewa
United African National Council
Muzorewa
Ndabaingi Sithole
Zimbabwe African National Union
Kayisa Ndiweni
United National Federal Party
Jeremiah Chirau
Ian Smith
Sithole
Smith
Rhodesian Front Party
Ayoub Kara
Chirau
Rhodesian Front
Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Funeral procession siege linked to assassination attempt on Bazargan
Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan and cabinet members escaped an assassination attempt during a funeral procession for a general killed 24 hours earlier. A man in air force uniform tried to throw a grenade, then raised a submachine gun before guards subdued him. A second man was arrested. officials and militiamen evacuated Bazargan amid confusion.
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Philip Dopoulos
Associated Press
Tehran
Iran
Mehdi Bazargan
Air Force
Bazargan
Volunteers Work to Stem Red River Flood Through Grand Forks
Volunteers fought the Red River flood through a cold night in Grand Forks North Dakota and East Grand Forks Minnesota. The crest reached 49 feet in East Grand Forks the highest this century while emergency crews filled sandbags built levees and watched for rising waters. The Neches River near Beaumont threatened record crest in Southeast Texas and the Pearl River near Columbia Mississippi rose above flood stage as dozens of towns faced evacuations and fatigue across several states.
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Michael Kuchwara
Associated Press
Grand Forks
N.D
East Grand Forks
Minn
Lousiana
Texas
Alabama
Louis Murrary
Minnesota
N.C
Red
Orley Gunderson
Jefferson County
Neches
Beaumont
Trinity River
Houston
Lake Livingston
Mississippi
NRC weighs temporary shutdown of eight nuclear plants
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission considers ordering temporary shutdowns of eight plants with Three Mile Island design features, potentially keeping four running and leaving four more out of service for refueling or safety checks. If enacted, outages could last up to a month, thinning the East’s power reserve.
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Washington
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Three Mile Island
NRC
Joseph M. Hendrie
Rancho Seco
California
Oconee
South Carolina
Three Mile Island Unit
Pennsylvania
Arkansas Unit
Arkansas
Davis-Besse
Chavis-Besse
Ohio
Crystal River
Florida
Babcock & Wilcox
Dick Thornburgh
Brazil teachers protest as schools shut in capital
About 5,000 teachers demonstrated before the Congress building in Brasilia on the first day of a strike that closed public schools. They seek a raise from 165 to about 270 dollars per month, joining a wave of labor action that follows a recent auto workers walkout in Sao Paulo.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Congress
Sao Paulo
Rhodesia Sanctions Face Carter Advisers Skepticism
Two senior Africa policy advisers urge resisting domestic pressure to lift U S sanctions on Rhodesia after a controversial five day vote seen as fraudulent by officials. The Carter administration weighs neutrality amid Smith led internal forces and the Patriotic Front guerrilla group as conservatives push for action.
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Washington
Carter
U.S
Rhodesia
Richard M. Moose
African Affairs
Donald McHenry
United Nations
Andrew Young
Ian Smith
Patriotic Front
Smith
Pewsoopers
Africa
United States
Specialist testifies in Silkwood case in Oklahoma City
Radiation expert Dr. Charles Sternhagen testified Karen Silkwood did not suffer medical injury from plutonium contamination in 1974. He said the exposure was not medically detectable and unlikely to cause long term harm, noting Silkwood died in a car crash later that year. He added Silkwood had less than 25 percent of the general public radiation limit, but five times the public limit, under cross examination.
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Michael Bates
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Karen Silkwood
Charles Sternhagen
Anchorage
Alaska
Miss Silkwood
Kerr-McKee Corp
Sternhagen
Kerr-McGee
Muriel Hopkins found dead after weight battle in Tipton
Muriel Hopkins 48 weighing 728 pounds died at her Tipton home Sunday after a fall the previous week. Police say natural causes were responsible. She had refused hospital treatment despite doctors urging weight-loss intervention due to starvation fears.
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Tipton
England
Muriel Hopkins
Teamsters Local 688
St. Louis
Alton
Ill
Belleville
American Bakeries Co
Colonial Baking Co
ITT Continental Baking Co
Dolly Madison Cake Co
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Local 688
Ronald Gamache
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