Memphis First Lady to Launch City Beautification Drive
Lady Bird Johnson arrives in Memphis for a spring beautification program launch. She will address a luncheon at the Peabody Hotel, participate in a tree planting ceremony, and join a Realtors of Memphis bus tour to view Beale Street and Tom Lee Park along the Mississippi River bluffs.
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Lady Bird Johnson
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Lyndon Johnson
Peabody Hotel
Realtors of
Beale Street
Tom Lee Park
Mississippi River Bluffs
Cyprus suspends deputy police chief over Larnaca clash
President Spyros Kyprianou suspended Pavlos Stokkos, Cyprus police deputy chief, for communicating false information and negligence after Egyptian commandos attacked a terrorist-held plane at Larnaca airport. Fifteen Egyptians were killed, 16 wounded, and several Cypriots wounded in the incident amid Cyprus Egypt diplomatic tensions.
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Pavlos Stokkos
Kyprianou
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China Moderates Spare Gang of Four Reflect Conciliatory Mood
Tokyo AP reports China’s moderate leaders chose not to execute the Gang of Four, signaling confidence and a drive toward national conciliation and industrial modernization. Mao’s widow Chiang Ching and three radicals face nonlethal penalties as Teng Hsiao-ping’s reformists seek stability and unity.
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Chiang
Mao
Russians deploy fourth advanced land based missile SS-16
U S intelligence reports confirm Russia has begun deploying the SS-16, the fourth advanced land based ICBM, signaling a shift from fixed silos to mobile or movable launch concepts. Officials note ongoing U S Soviet talks aim to curb testing while race for nuclear capability continues.
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U.S
Defense
Harold Brown
Pentagon
William Perry
Russia
Somali leader decries Ogaden withdrawal demand as unfair
President Siad Barre rejects the U S push for Somali forces to withdraw from the Ogaden region calling it unfair and misinformed He says Somalia would negotiate a settlement based on self determination for the Ogaden people and denies deploying regular troops to the front while supporting the Western Somali Liberation Front Moslem nomads fight alongside guerrillas with Cuban and Soviet involvement noted by officials
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Somalia
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U.S
Ethiopia
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Siad
Freedom Fighters
Western
Somali Liberation Front
Liberation Front
Tragedy in Prunedale: Mother kills two sons and daughter
In Prunedale California police report a 28 year old Sue Barber despondent over a marriage breakup shot her four children two fatally then killed herself. A 6 month old Nicholas survived barely in a blood stained crib while Kathy Barber 9 and two other children were wounded. Authorities say Barber was solely responsible and no charges were planned while she recovers.
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Calif
Sue Barber
Bud Cook
Monterey County
Cook
Early 19th Century Slang for Shilling in Britain and Ireland
An etymology note explains that the shilling was colloquially called the hog in early 19th century England and Ireland and that spending all money in one place was described as going whole hog.
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