Loyal Cambodian Loyalists Recapture Key Port Amid War
Forces backing the ousted Cambodian government retook Kompong Som, the nation’s only deepwater port, as Vietnamese airstrikes intensified. Reports place uncertain control after heavy fighting, with naval clashes around nearby islands and a reported guerrilla base on Kong Island. Western Bangkok sources note gunboat support for remnants of the toppled regime.
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Dennis D. Gray
Associated Press
Bangkok
Thailand
Kompong Som
Komong Som
Phnom Penh
Kong Island
Cardamom
Elephant Mountains
Cambodia
Phom Penh
China
Voice of Democratic Kampuchea
Radio Peking
Cambodian
Pursat
Hanoi
Battambang
Sisophon
Nimit
Svay Rieng
Royalty Likely To Buy World Famous Premier Rose Diamond
The 137.02 carat Premier Rose, described as the most expensive stone available, is for sale in New York after Goldberg Weiss bought out the Mouw Diamond Cutting Works. A private buyer, possibly a royal, is expected to purchase it and keep details private, with the stone possibly vanishing into anonymity after sale.
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New York
Premier Rose
Johannesburg
South Africa
Goldberg Weiss Firm
Mouw Diamond Cutting Works
Sylvian Mouw
Goldberg Weiss
Saul Goldberg
New York Dealer
Begin reshuffles cabinet as ministers quit in protest
In Israel Parliament approves a reorganization by Prime Minister Begin. Gidon Patt becomes commerce minister, David Levy adds construction and housing, Yitzhak Modai heads Communications, and Haim Landau becomes transport, after the Sept ministerial walkout. United Nations session resumes in New York. Vatican notes on Chile Argentina mediation. Panama hosts a month of war games near Rio Hato with thousands of U.S. troops and Panamanian guards assisting.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Menachem Begin
Begin
Gidon Patt
David Levy
Yitzhak Modai
Haim Landau
Quarry Heights
Canal Zone
Canal
U.S
Panama
Army
193Rd
Rio Hato
Farallon
Southern Command
China policy foes threaten Woodcock ambassadorship delay
Opponents in the 96th Congress move to slow Leonard Woodcock’s confirmation as ambassador to Peking and push a package creating an American Institute in Taiwan. They also seek floor debate on China policy before Carter’s timetable. Nixon to attend White House dinner with Teng Hsiao ping signals easing ties.
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Washington
Carter
China
Leonard Woodcock
Peking
Senate
United States
Taiwan
Mainland China
United Auto Workers
American Institute
Harry Byrd
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Teng Hsiao Ping
Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Woodcock
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Foreign Relations Committee
Italian Christian Democrats say Communists must be acknowledged
Benigno Zaccagnini, secretary of Italy's Christian Democratic Party, told a Columbia University audience that the Italian Communist Party is rooted in society and must be accepted, but must never be included in a coalition government. He warned against ignoring or politically ghettoizing the party.
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NEW York
Christian Democrats
Communist Party
Zaccagnini
Shah leaves Iran for Egypt amid wavering hopes for monarchy
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi departed Tehran for Egypt and the United States, prompting massive celebrations in the capital. In Aswan he met President Anwar Sadat before a likely long exile. Empress Farah remained with him as political tensions rise, Ayatollah Khomeini called the move a step toward ending the Pahlavi dynasty. Parliament backed Bakhtiar’s government, while military leaders and religious opponents threaten Iran’s future.
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Robet H. Reid
Associated Press
Tehran
Iran
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlevi
Egypt
United States
Shah
Aswan
Anwar Sadat
Middle East
Nile River
Pars
Ayatullah Khomaini
Khomaini
France
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Majlis
Bakhtiar
Senate
Farah
Crown Prince
Reza
Lubbock
Tex
America
Islamic Republic
Thevis jailed for escape and added sentence
Michael G Thevis, 43, was sentenced to four years in prison and fined 5000 dollars after pleading guilty to breaking out of Floyd County Jail. Recaptured in November, the escape will be added to eight years he is serving for arson conspiracy and obscenity.
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New Albany
Ind
Michael G. Thevis
Indiana
Thevis
Floyd County
FBI
U.S
James E. Noland
Dallas woman charged in deaths
A 32 year old Dallas woman Kathleen Gradi faces two counts of attempted murder in the beating and mutilation of her two young children. Bonds set at 100000 each. The children, Clifford Gradi 11 and Aimee Jean Gray 8, remained in critical condition after serious injuries in their northeast Dallas apartment. Clifford injured by a screwdriver through his right eye. Aimee treated for skull fracture and punctured lung.
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Dallas
Kathleen Gradi
Lee Clemens
Clifford Cecil Gradi
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Aimee Jean Gray
Baylor Medical Center
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East Rutherford
N.J
State Department of Environmental Protection
Hackensack Meadowlands
Jack McCormick & Associates
Berwyn
Newark Bay-Raritan Bay
DEP
Bergen
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Hussein Onn
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