Big Chinese offensive predicted in Vietnam border war
Peking sources told Kyodo a major Chinese push near the Vietnam border could occur within days with aims to destroy a Vietnamese army division and bases. Hanoi claimed reinforcements and heavy losses for China, while British reporters doubted an advance toward Hanoi via the Red River valley.
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Denis D. Gray
Associated Press
Bangkok
Thailand
Peking
Vietnam
Japan
Kyodo
Hanoi
China
Wang Chen
Red River
Peking Radio
Dong Dang
Lang Son
Tan Lang
Lai Chau
Thanh Thuy
Ha Tuyen
Tong Dang
Lang Son An
U S treasurer opens talks with China on claims
In Peking Treasury Secretary Blumenthal met with Vice Premier Yu Quli to negotiate settling about 197 million in U S claims for properties seized after 1949 and a U S freeze on roughly 80 million in Chinese assets. He urged a 40 cent on the dollar settlement and warned of tariff and Exim Bank implications. The talks followed Blumenthal's Vietnam remark at a banquet and precede further meetings with Teng Hsiaoping.
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Associated Press
Peking
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
U.S
China
United States
Blumenthal
Shanghai
Yu Quli
Great Hall of the People
Vietnam
Export Import Bank
Gasoline price rise signals Israel subsidy cut plan
In Tel Aviv gasoline jumped from 1.70 to 2.35 dollars per gallon as Israel rolls out a government measure to cut energy subsidies by 8 to 10 percent. The plan also targets consumption with lower speed limits weekend station closures and higher taxes on large cars.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Energy Ministry
Venezuelan oil price rise may lift heating fuel costs
AP Business writer Mark Potts reports Venezuela, a key supplier of heavy oil for the East Coast, planned a 15 percent price hike on some fuel oils effective March 1, potentially adding 10 percent to East Coast heating bills and raising factory and utility costs amid inflation.
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Mark Potts
New York
Venezuela
United States
A.D. Price
Asiatic Petroleum Co
U S considers military protection of Middle East oil flow
Washington officials say the United States is prepared to use force to safeguard Middle East oil. Defense Secretary Harold Brown says action will be taken as appropriate to protect vital interests, while Energy Secretary James R Schlesinger notes a possible U S military presence in the Persian Gulf.
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Washington
United States
Middle East
Carter
Defense
Harold Brown
Mideast
Energy
James R. Schlesinger
U.S
Persian Gulf
Walter F. Mondale
Brown
CBS TV
Face the Nation
Firing squad in Tehran Police official killed
Tehran dispatch reports the execution of Mohammad Hossein Naderi, a torture expert of the secret police, by firing squad in Tehran after his transfer from Isfahan. The piece notes unconfirmed executions of other officials, renewed public floggings under revolutionary tribunals, and Khomeini era security measures. It also mentions other lashings for theft and drinking, arrests of four Americans, and Khomeini’s aides and Bakhtiar developments.
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Thomas Kent
Associated Press
Tehran
Iran
Shah Mohmmad Reza Pahlavi
Andegan
Mohammad Hossein Naderi
Isfahan
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Abadan
Najafabad
Khomeini
Zanjan
Kerman
Yascoj
Frorasco Co
Aghajari
U.S
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Bakhtiar
Mehdi Bazargan
New
National Guard
Qum
Soviet cosmonauts circle Earth on way to Salyut 6 dock
Vladimir Lyakhov and Valery Ryumin aboard Soyuz 32 orbit Earth on the second day, preparing to dock with the Salyut 6 space station. Tass notes the mission proceeds normally while Baikonur launches the craft, the first manned flight in four months after a record endurance voyage.
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Moscow
Tass
Vladimir Lyakhov
Valery Ryumin
Baikonur Space Center
Central Asia
Vladimir Kovalenok
Alexander Ivanchenkov
Earth
U.S
Teng Hsiao ping greets UN push for troop withdrawals
Deputy Premier Teng Hsiao ping said China and Vietnam should withdraw troops as urged by the U N Security Council. He noted China could pull its forces from Vietnam without Vietnam withdrawing from Cambodia. Teng spoke with Kyodo president Takeji Watanabe in Peking and hoped the Sino Indian border conflict would end quickly.
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Malaysia
Singapore
Philippines
Japan
Vietnam
China
United States
Soviet Union
Tokyo
Teng Hsiao Ping
U.N. Security Council
Cambodia
Kyodo
Peking
Teng
Takeji Watanabe
Watanabe
Food poisoning deaths drop nationwide since 1970
The CDC reports a sharp decline in fatal foodborne botulism since 1970 from 60–70 percent to about 12 percent. Epidemiologist Dr. John Snyder credits improved medical care and respiratory equipment for the drop across the country.
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Atlanta
National Center For Disease Control
CDC
John Snyder
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