Waldheim Flees Iran Cemetery Visit As Angry Mob Circles Car
U N Secretary General Kurt Waldheim cut short a trip to Behesht Zahra Cemetery after about 500 protesters surrounded his car. He ordered the driver to return to the helicopter and left Tehran for a second meeting with Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh amid hostages at the U S Embassy.
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Associated Press
Tehran
Iran
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Behesht Zahra
Waldheim
U.S
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
U.N. Security Council
Ghotbzadeh
Army
Mary Bar Waldheim
United Nations
United States
Security Council
Jimmy Allen
First Baptist Church of
San Antonio, Texas
Soviets accuse Carter of bellicose statements in Kabul crisis
The Soviet Union accused President Carter of bellicose and wicked statements and of distorting the Afghan intervention. Tass charged Carter and Washington officials with a frenzied propaganda outcry. Carter recalled the U S ambassador to Moscow and seeks delays to SALT II talks amid the invasion. The Soviets claim 35,000 to 45,000 troops entered Afghanistan and aided a coup.
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Soviet Union
Carter
Afghanistan
Tass
Washington
U.S
Thomas J. Watson Jr
Senate
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Kabul
ABC News
Oil output rises worldwide as US loses rank to Saudi Arabia
Worldwide crude oil production climbs 3.7 percent to a record 2.84 billion barrels in 1979, with the Soviet Union leading at 11.67 million bpd, Saudi Arabia second at 9.25 million, and the United States at 8.65 million down from 8.7 million last year.
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Tulsa
Okla
United States
Saudi Arabia
Oil and Gas Journal
Soviet Union
U.S
Press freedom in Kabul after Soviet coup fades
AP reporter describes initial Western access in Kabul followed by swift crackdown. Soviet troops patrol streets as government officials halt interviews at the Ministry of Information and Culture. Afghans express anti Soviet sentiment while clashes and hostage tensions rise with Ayatollah Khomeini loyalists.
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Robert H. Reid
Associated Press
Kabul
Afghanistan
West Germany
Ministry of Information and Culture
America
Republican
Soviet invaders crush Afghan rebels and occupy Kandahar
Soviet forces reportedly crushed Afghan government troops and seized Kandahar and Jalalabad as Carter prepared to ask the Senate to delay SALT II. U.S. allies planned a U.N. Security Council request to condemn the invasion.
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U.N. Security Council
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Senate
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Pakistan
Baluchistan
Jasarat
Kandahar City
Kyhber Pass
Bamian
Herat
Afgnistan
Babrak Karmal
Hafizullah Amin
Tehran
Relief efforts continue after Azores earthquake toll rises
Relief supplies are being ferried by planes and ships to the Azores after an earthquake killed at least 32 and left thousands homeless. President Antonio Ramalho Eanes inspected Terceira Island while Lisbon tallies 32 dead and 400 injured. U S officials report 52 dead.
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Azores
Antonio Ramalho Eanes
Terceira Island
Atlantic
Lisbon
U.S. Air Force
Close race seen in India election between Gandhi and Ram
Voting opened for Parliament with Indira Gandhi’s party and Jagjivan Ram’s Janata forecast to win the two largest factions but neither expected to gain a clear majority. Turnout appeared light as polling began in New Delhi and UP amid cold rain and fog delaying Mrs Gandhi’s return.
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India
Indira Gandhi
Jagjivan Ram
Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra
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