Shah transfers holdings to Pahlavi Foundation
Tehran reports Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi moved the royal family’s vast Iranian holdings to the Pahlavi Foundation. No date given to transfer control from the Shah to a government agency. Foreign assets reportedly exceed $1 billion. The foundation runs as a charitable organization and family trust with secret records. It controls a 36 story Fifth Avenue office building in New York.
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Robert H. Reid
Associated Press
Tehran
Iran
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Pahlavi
New York
Fifth Avenue
National
Pars
U.S
William H. Sullivan
Carter
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Conspiracy Claim Over Oswald Grave At Fort Worth
The author of a Kennedy assassination book says the body in Lee Harvey Oswald’s grave is a Russian agent and British lawyer Michael Eddowers petitions to exhume the body in Rose Hill Cemetery. Hearing date not yet set.
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Fort Worth
Texas farmers face fuel costs threaten profits and land use
Texas ranchers may avoid fuel shortages but face steep intrastate natural gas prices rising from 40 cents to 1.85 per thousand cubic feet, with some West Texas irrigation costing two dollars per thousand. This could force income cuts, land withdrawals, or a switch to dryland farming, says John Poerner of the Railroad Commission.
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Austin, Texas
Texas
John Poerner
The
Texas Railroad Commission
Wacoal to discuss brassiere factory venture in China
Wacoal Inc of Tokyo says its president will visit China to advance a proposed joint venture for a brassiere plant that China had sought. The project, discussed for years, aims for completion within the year as part of broader industrial ties led by the post Mao era.
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Tokyo
Wacoal Inc
Japan
China
Wacoal
Mao Tse Tung
Push for ancient city Vietnamese rebels in Cambodia area fight
Vietnamese infantry supported by tanks and howitzers press Siem Reap as Angkor looms. Thai intelligence says Siem Reap may already be in Vietnamese hands though Battambang and Pursat remain contested. Frontiers flare along a 500 mile border as Vietnamese air strikes double in mop up. Exiled leaders seek asylum through Thai officers amid reports Pol Pot killed. The Phnom Penh regime targets China and asks the U N to act, while Sihanouk seeks aid and U N debate looms.
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Denis D. Gray
Associated Press
Bangkok
Thailand
Siem Reap
Angkor
Battambang
Pursat
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Leng Sary
Thai Frontier
Aranyaprathet
Thai Foreign Ministry
Pol Pot
China
Norodom Sihanouk
Peking
Sihanouk
New York
U.N
U.S
Vietnam
Nervi, Italian Architect, Dies at 87
Rome reports the death of Pier Luigi Nervi at age 87. A pioneer in reinforced concrete, he designed notable works including the UNESCO headquarters, the San Francisco cathedral, and Rome's Sports Palace.
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Rome
Pier Luigi Nervi
Nervi
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
San Francisco
Soviet citizens gain more consumer goods despite slower growth
CIA report shows Soviets adding cars televisions and appliances while economy grows 3.3 percent versus 4.9 percent in the United States in 1977. Housing food and production per worker lag behind US. Average consumer wealth per Soviet exceeds some peers but remains well below US levels.
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Carl Hartman Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
U.S
Soviet Union
United States
Handbook of Economic Statistics
CIA
Italy
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USC Medical Center
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