Fall of Phnom Penh reports Vietnam rebels claim full Cambodia control
Associated Press reports Heng Samrin led rebels claiming Phnom Penh fell and Pol Pot's government collapsed. Analysts credit Vietnamese troops though there is no independent confirmation. China and the Soviet bloc react as Washington weighs implications of a proxy war.
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Dennis D. Gray
Associated Press
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Thailand
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Phnom Penh
Pol Pot
Heng Samrin
United Front For National Salvation
Pol Pot Ieng Sary
Peking
China
Norodom Sihanouk
Inc
Carter
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
White House
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Soviet Union
Washington
State Department
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Moscow
Tass
United Nations
Officials upset Bodies of Guyana dead remain at Delaware base
631 bodies of Jonestown victims lie in government coffins in a Dover Air Force Base hanger with unclear plans for burial or cremation. Wyman and Delaware officials cite lack of authority and funds, while揭秘 next of kin identified 635, 353 unclaimed, 278 unidentified. Fingerprint records slow. some fear mass burial near Dover.
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Associated Press
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Guyana
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State Department
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Wyman
AIR Force
Washington
U.S
Delaware
Pierre S. du Pont IV
Carter
San Francisco
Jim Jones
du Pont News
Federick Stern
DU Pont
Dover
Charles A. Legates Jr
Foes of Shah call national mourning and unrest
Iran faced two days of national mourning proclaimed by anti Shah forces, triggering riots in Tehran and six other cities. Four were reported killed as military police used tear gas and gunfire to disperse protesters. Oil workers’ five week strike worsened shortages while Khomaini urged resumption for domestic needs.
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Robert H. Reid
Associated Press
Tehran
Iran
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Shah
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Qom
Tabriz
Hamadan
Baneh
Abadan
Khorramshahr
Pars
Bakhtiar
Ayatullah Khomaini
Khomaini
Libyan good will mission doubts U.S. coverage in Atlanta
Two Libyan delegates say Libya’s push for Palestinian self determination has been misrepresented by American media. Gibril Shallouf and Abdul Latif Kikhia spoke in Atlanta after invitation by Billy Carter, brother of President Carter, who cited Libya as a victim of newspaper propaganda.
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Atlanta
Good Will
United States
U.S
Gibril Shallouf
Islamic Christian Dialogue Committee
Abdul Latif Kikhia
Carter
Billy
Shallouf
Lybia
Billy Carter
Carter plans nearly $1 billion for new mobile missile system
President Carter is set to ask Congress for about $270 million in supplemental funds and nearly $720 million in fiscal 1980 to advance a new long range mobile missile. The plan targets deployment by the mid 1980s with roughly 200 missiles and a cost of $25 to $30 billion. Defense officials favor an air or land launched concept and aim to proceed despite SALT talks.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Carter
Congress
United States
Administration
English lessons grow in popularity in China amid rapprochement
A Peking man displays an English language textbook bought for use with lessons offered by government radio and television networks. The study of English reportedly increases as China eases ties with the United States, reflecting growing interest in language study.
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Peking Radio
China
U.s.-China
Heat from China oil field fuels year round greenhouse crops
Heat exhaust from Taching oil field in northeast China helps vegetables grow in hot houses with 197 acres of plastic covered farmland nearby to supply workers. In Egypt seven million Copts celebrate Christmas with Pope Shenouda III praying for peace as mass is shown on local TV. Brunei and Britain sign independence treaty ending colonial ties by 1983, Brunei delaying signing to Sunday.
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Tokyo
China
Taching
Hsinhua
Cairo
Egypt
Shenouda III
Middle East
Bandar Seri Begawan
Brunei
Britain
London
Borneo
U S dollar slides amid Southeast Asia tensions and bullion shifts
The U S dollar weakened against major currencies as banks in Tokyo pressured the unit after the Phnom Penh fall. Gold prices declined with the dollar, fixing at about 224.10 to 224.13 per ounce in London and Zurich, while European rates eased and the pound traded near 2.0205 dollars.
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U.S
Tokyo
Phnom Penh
Southeast Asia
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Zurich
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