Waldheim to Tehran as Iran hostages crisis deepens
U N Secretary General Kurt Waldheim flies to Tehran to urge release of Americans held in the U S Embassy but students and Iran's foreign minister reject any mediation. The Security Council prepares a resolution urging intensified efforts while Washington delays sanctions and grants Waldheim 11 more days. Ghotbzadeh says Waldheim will hear Iran's views, not negotiate for hostages.
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Burial planned for overturned freighter off Alaska coast
The Lee Wang capsized Christmas Day off Alaska and will be sunk in Canadian waters to prevent fuel spill drift toward Queen Charlotte Islands. Coast Guard efforts failed to locate crew. 2 bodies and a life raft recovered amid a large search.
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Richard Rodgers Dead at 77 Veteran composer of Oklahoma and South Pacific
Richard Rodgers, famed for Broadway musicals like Oklahoma and South Pacific, died at 77 in his East Side home with wife Dorothy at his side. Publicist Alice Regensburg said the cause was not known. Rodgers had been ill, had a throat ailment, and received a pacemaker five weeks earlier.
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Tremor Shakes Greenwich. no injuries reported
A small earthquake measured 2.0 to 2.1 on the Richter scale rattled Greenwich and nearby Westchester County causing numerous calls to police. Weston Observatory said the quake originated northwest of Greenwich and described minimal or no damage, with residents noting a brief shaking and diminishing sounds.
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Eyadema re elected president of Togo in unopposed vote
Gnassingbe Eyadema wins a new seven year term as president of Togo after a nationwide election with nearly one million voters. one party Parliament and a new constitution are in place reinforcing his rule. Eyadema, an army general, seized power in 1967 and began his presidency in 1972.
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Soviet says troops sent to Afghanistan to quash counterrevolutionaries
The Kremlin said Soviet troops were deployed to Afghanistan to stop counterrevolutionary gangs backed by the United States, China, and Egypt and would withdraw once the rebellion is quelled. Pravda accused Washington of interference after the shah's fall in Iran, while nations including China Yugoslavia Saudi Arabia and Britain opposed the intervention.
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Khomeini urges ringing for oppressed nations in church bells
Ayatollah Khomeini in a Sunday New York Times ad titled Christmas Message to the Christian World urged Americans to ring church bells in support of oppressed nations and not for hostages in Iran. He called President Carter the vanguard of the world’s oppressors and criticized his agents against Iran.
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Rhodesian troops halt infiltration amid border clashes
Rhodesian forces under British command dug in along the eastern frontier with Mozambique to stop guerrilla infiltration after reports that hundreds crossed the border in violation of the cease-fire. The Salisbury command cited 600 guerrillas infiltrating in 48 hours and noted four deaths in related attacks.
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