Global brief highlights dry spell, refugees, and policy
Tokyo plans further water cuts as drought grips the city, reservoirs at 25 percent. Copenhagen and Malmo study a bridge over Oeresund with a private company option. China reports a 10,000 acre wild almond grove in Sinkiang. Thailand orders five year prison terms for eight fishing with dynamite. France takes in Indochinese refugees, with work prospects noted. Ohio mothers jailed after daughters fall ill from marijuana brownies. Florida study shows fast rural growth and aging population. Greenpeace says peaceful stop to whaling voyage. Russian ship engagement noted. John Knight named 1978 Press Veteran in Chicago. Trucking executives criticize lifestyle drivers. air pollution grants offered by EPA to cities.
Opponents Call for Nationwide Strike in Nicaragua Crisis
In Managua anti Somoza factions urge a countrywide strike after leftist Sandinistas seized the National Palace and forced Somoza to meet demands. Venezuelan and Panamanian leaders seek mediation while thousands cheer the guerrillas as heroes.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Somoza
Pedro Joaquin Chamoro
Sandinista National Liberation Front
National Palace
Panama
Panama City
Conclave Opens With Mass as Cardinals Gather in Vatican
More than 100 cardinals attend a joint Latin Mass at St. Peter's Basilica ahead of the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Paul VI. Cardinal Jean Villot leads prayers noting the serious moment as voting begins in the Sistine Chapel with four ballots daily and a color television broadcast planned.
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Edward Magri
Associated Press
Vatican City
St. Peter's Basilica
Paul VI
Papal Chamberlain
Jean Villot
Apostolic Palace
Sistine Chapel
Palace
Hijackers seize plane bound for Geneva in daring attack
An 89 aboard TWA 830 was hijacked from New York and forced to land at Geneva Cointrin. Demands included freeing Nazi deputy Rudolf Hess, Sirhan Sirhan, and others, with a time bomb threat. US envoy William Vanden Heuvel said passengers included his daughter Katarina.
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Hanns Neuerbourg
Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
TWA
New York
Rudolf Hess
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan Sirhan
U.S
William Vanden Heuvel
Katarina
Vanden Heuval
United Nations
International Committee of the Red Cross
Red Cross
Francoise Bory
Justice Ministry
Ulrich Hubacher
United Revolutionary Soldiers
Reciprocal Relief Alliance For Peace, Justice and Freedom
Nice
France
Cointrin
Hess
Hitler
Scotland
Spandau
West Berlin
Nuermberg
Laos to Return Remains of Four American Fliers
A U S congressional delegation leader says Laos will hand over the remains of four American fliers killed during the Indochina War. The group met Laos officials who said the remains were found at three crash sites and that some areas remain sparsely populated and dangerous due to unexploded ordnance.
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Vientiane
Laos
U.S
United States
G.V. Montgomery
D-Miss
Vietnam
Montgomery Group
Khamphai_ Boupha
Montgomery
City Today
General Singlaub says Europeans view Carter as weak on military matters
Retired Major General John Singlaub told reporters before a Georgia Tech ROTC speech that many Europeans see President Carter as naive and weak in defense. He cited his disagreements with Carter policies including women in combat units, the Panama Canal treaty, and B 1 bomber usage, urging senior officers to resign if they disagree.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
U.N
Andrew Young
U.S
China
Young
Rhodesia
South Africa
United States
United Nations
General Assembly
Houston
John Singlaub
United Nation
Korea
Carter
Annapolis
Singlaub
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dallas Cowboys
Georgia Tech
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