Iran Faces Clash as Bazargan Nomination Sparks Mass Demonstrations
Tens of thousands of Iranians rallied in Tehran to back Mehdi Bazargan as interim prime minister while Prime Minister Bakhtiar dismissed calls to resign and warned of potential actions. Air force show of force and clashes reported in Zahedan followed Khomeini’s push for an Islamic republic and a speedy transition plan.
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Thomas Kent
Associated Press
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Iran
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Khomeini
Bakhtiar
Ates
Mehdi Bazargan
SAVAK
Bazargan
Tabriz
Zahedan
Carter hosts Thailand's Prime Minister in Washington
President Carter welcomes Kriangsak Chomanan to the White House amid talks on Southeast Asian security and the Indochina refugee issue. The Thai leader seeks a balanced view of the Sino-Vietnamese conflict while detailing concerns about Cambodia's collapse and Hanoi’s suspected aid to Thai rebels.
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Southeast Asia
Carter
White House
Thailand
Kriangsak Chomanan
Cambodia
Teng Hsiao-ping
Kriangsak
Hanoi
United States
New York
Palm Springs
Calif
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Walter F. Mondale
U.S
Flood hospitalized after mistrial ends perjury case
Representative Daniel J. Flood 75 of Pennsylvania lies in Georgetown University Hospital described as in total physical collapse after a mistrial on 11 felony counts. He is undergoing tests and routine checks as doctors address exhaustion and prior illnesses including cancer and septicemia.
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Washington (Ap
Daniel J. Flood
Pennsylvania
Flood
Michael Clark
Clark
Congress
Fifth Circuit upholds OHair bid to ban In God We Trust
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling against atheist Madalyn Murray O Hair of Austin Texas who sought to ban the motto In God We Trust on coins and currency. The decision supported Judge Jack Roberts who had dismissed the action brought by O Hair and others. The suit claimed violations of free speech and free exercise of religion, arguing penalties for removal of the motto were unconstitutional. Federal lawyers said plaintiffs need not affirm belief in the phrase.
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New Orleans
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Austin
Texas
U.S
Jack Roberts
Baptist church may hire convicted murderer Erler if paroled
Arizona's largest Baptist church contemplates a parolee employment for Robert J. Erler 34 currently serving 99 years for a 1968 murder of a 12 year old near Miami He is reportedly licensed to preach after leading inmate prayer groups and could be offered a position or asked to preach.
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Fort Grant
Ariz
Arizona
Robert J. Erler
Erler
Miami
Hollywood
Fla
North Phoenix
Chuch
Richard Jackson
Senate delays bill on new Texas prison site dispute
Senator Bill Moore postponed a bill to let the prison system buy land anywhere in Texas by selling Blue Ridge Farm but faces opposition from Senator Raul Longoria who seeks assurances against locating a new prison near Edinburg. The measure would drop a 75 mile must near Huntsville and aims to bypass prior legal obstacles to an $8 million Edinburg area purchase. Moore said the site could be anywhere with a long growing season and adequate water for cotton and meals.
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Texas
Senate
Bill Moore
D-Bryan
Bue Ridge
Fort Bend
Huntsville
John Hill
Edinburg
Blue Ridge Farm
Moore
Death penalty upheld for Bhutto in Pakistan murder case
The Supreme Court upheld Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's conviction and death sentence for political murder along with four aides. The ruling, 4-3 in favor of hanging Bhutto and one co-defendant, left open a potential clemency process while stating Bhutto will not be hanged for at least a week. The decision followed widespread fears of instability and protests amid Pakistan's military government led by Zia ul-Haq.
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Gene Kramer
Associated Press
Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Supreme Court
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Bhutto
Mian Mohammad Abbas
MOHAMMED ZIA_ ul-Haq
People’s Party
Yahya Bakhtiar
Zia
United States
China
Saudi Arabia
Lahore
Ahmed Raza Kusuri
East Pakistan
India
Bangladesh
Kasuri
Traveler Flies Lost Caribbean Gallinule Home
A well rested traveler flew a frozen purple gallinule from Nauwiegewauk to Montreal and Freeport after a weather disrupted voyage. The bird, migratory from the southern United States to the Caribbean, was released in the Bahamas by a conservation official.
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New Brunswick
Caribbean
United States
Nauwiegewauk
Montreal
Quebec Society For the Protection of Birds
Dorval
Air Canada
Freeport
Bahamas
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