Khomeini to Return to Iran Amid Show of Force in Tehran
Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini announced his return to Iran on Thursday as tanks anti-aircraft guns and thousands of troops paraded through Tehran. A Paris spokesman said he would depart tonight and arrive in Tehran at 9 am local time, ending 14 years in exile. The display underscored military strength as Bakhtiar's government faced pressure to resign and be replaced by a revolutionary council.
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Robert H. Reid
Associated Press
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Iran
Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini
Khomeini
Paris
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Air France
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Imperial Guard
U.S
State Department
Bakhtiar
Ayatullah
Elderly fishermen die after boat collision off Miami Beach
In Miami Beach two elderly mariners, Alex Hanson 71 and Morris Goldstein 72, died when the 54 foot chartered boat Corn Mill cut into their 23 foot Nancy IV at anchor. Five others were rescued by passengers and crew. the Nancy IV sank.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Alex Hanson
Morris Goldstein
Conflicts of interest denied in school study
The Texas state board head says last year’s study was rushed but no conflicts of interest occurred. STAPB denied bias amid protests over appraisals for oil and gas properties, defended hiring five firms and review panels as unbiased.
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Sol Sussman
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Ken Graeber
Ford Carnegie Property Tax Project
STAPB
Intercultural Development Research Foundation
Craig Foster
STAPE
Graeber
Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior heads for protest against seal hunt
Greenpeace plans to use the Rainbow Warrior in a protest campaign against seal killings off Norway and Canada. The ship is due to depart Britain in late February for a March 12 hunt opening, with details on how it will be used not released. Canada has set quotas of 180000 harp seals and 15000 hooded seals in the northwest Atlantic hunt by Norwegian and Canadian vessels.
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Greenpeace Foundation
Norway
Canada
Greenpeace
David Bigley
Boston
Britain
Northwest
Atlantic
Formal new ties as Teng signs three US China pacts
Chinese Vice-Premier Teng Hsiao-ping meets President Carter to sign three historic agreements in a White House ceremony on science and technology cultural exchanges and mutual consulates. He toured Washington with Nixon awaiting a closed meeting, impressing lawmakers and signaling potential GOP support for normalization.
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Associated Press
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Teng Hsiao-ping
Richard M. Nixon
Carter
United States
China
Teng
National Air and Space Museum
Lincoln Memorial
Blair House
Nixon
White House
Capitol Hill
Paul Laxalt
R-Nev
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Senate
House International Relations Committee
Paul Findley
Ill
Rhodesia approves constitution under white control promise
Rhodesia's white voters pass a majority rule constitution with 60 percent support 66 300 of 94 700 cast in 37 districts. It preserves white control of cabinets and civil service for years while blacks gain voting parity April 20 and a future Parliament with a black majority. جهود
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Maureen Johnson
Associated Press
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Mozambique
Zambia
Smith
United States
Britain
Patriotic Front
New York
Calistus Dingiswayo Ndlovu
Ndabaningi Sithole
Abel Muzorewa
Jeremiah Chirau
Lettuce growers to bus volunteers to harvest fields
Imperial Valley California lettuce growers plan to bus hundreds of volunteers to the fields to harvest the rapidly rotting crop amid a strike by United Farm Workers. The walkout across eight major growers has halted much of the winter lettuce harvest and caused over $1 million in damage as dehydrating crops linger.
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Associated Press
Imperial Valley
Calif
California
Arizona
el Centro
Superior Court
Don Work
United Farm Workers
John Vessey
Los Angeles
UFW
Resignation announced by Italian premier
Rome AP Premier Giulio Andreotti said his Christian Democrat government would resign after losing its parliamentary majority. The 10 month old government collapsed when the Communist Party withdrew support, prompting a crisis with terrorism and unemployment rising. Andreotti planned to present the resignation to President Sandro Pertini.
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Rome
Giulio Andreotti
Christian Democrat
Italy
Andreotti
Communist Party
Sandro Pertini
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