Teng Hsiaoping visits U S with informal alliance invitation
Teng Hsiaoping ends his U S trip inviting Washington to abandon detente with the Soviet Union and join China in a loose alliance against Moscow. He asks the West and Japan to aid China’s modernization with science and technology while the Carter administration debates policy in the wake of his journey.
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Robert B. Cullen
Associated Press
Seattle
Teng Hsiaoping
United States
U.S
Soviet Union
China
Atlanta
Houston
Teng
White House
State Department
West
Japan
Peking
Washington
Taipei
Pro Taiwan
Treasury
Michael Blumenthal
Congress
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Bhutto death ruling looms as supporters threaten protests
In Rawalpindi Pakistan the Supreme Court faces a decision on former PM Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's murder conviction and death sentence. Supporters vow massive demonstrations if he is executed while the military government detains hundreds of party workers and loyalists. Bhutto retains broad mass support despite a harsh government portrayal of his administration.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Supreme Court
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Bhutto
People’s Party
Agha Mohammad Akhtar
Mohammed Zia Ul Haq
Army
Lahore
East Pakistan
Bangladesh
Kasuri
Sailor seeks asylum as Soviets demand return
In Genoa a 24 year old Soviet sailor Nicolay Turbalek jumped ship from the freighter Frajazino and sought political asylum at an Italian police station. A Soviet consul and the ship's captain demanded his return, Turbalek was allowed to move to Trieste after filing asylum papers.
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Genoa
Italy
Nicolay Turbalek
Frajazino
Turbalek
Trieste
Adriatic
Immigrant loses home over tiny real estate tax bill
Salvatore Veneziale, 37, an Italian immigrant in Doylestown Pennsylvania, had his $70,000 house sold for $435.60 after owing $12.40 in added real estate tax for a 1977 garage addition. The sale to Area Homes Inc. followed nonpayment and notice. Veneziale, several attempts at appeal, says he was not informed.
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Doylestown
Salvatore Veneziale
Veneziale
Italy
Area Homes Inc
Philadelphia
Bucks Welsh
Khomeini names Bazargan as prime minister for transitional Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini announces Mehdi Bazargan, a 70 year old oil engineer and human rights activist, as head of a transitional government to establish an Islamic republic. Bakhtiar warns of arrest. military factions sway as negotiations continue amid street clashes easing after Khomeini's return.
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Otto C. Doelling
Associated Press
Tehran
Iran
Ruhollah Khomeini
Mehdi Bazargan
Khomeini
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Bakhtiar
Bazargan
Ettelaat
Parises
Iran halts oil shipments. South Africa seeks oil elsewhere
Iran halts shipments to South Africa pushes the country to trade gold for oil with Middle East producers and seek undisclosed sources. A government commission urges voluntary conservation while tankers arrive from other nations and offshore oil drilling expands as SAN seeks to avert a crisis amid UN sanctions threats.
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John Edlin
Associated Press
Johannesburg
South Africa
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
United Nations
Africa
U.N
Israel
Johannesburgh Star
North Sea
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Texas
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Hughes
New York
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