Somoza presses counter offensive at Masaya amid fighting
President Somoza deploys about 1000 troops, planes, and armored cars to retake Masaya from Sandinista control. Reporters see planes strafing the city while rebels claim gains in Jinotepe and Rivas as the conflict intensifies near Managua and the Costa Rican border.
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Tom Wells
Associated Press
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Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Masaya
Somoza
Sandinista National Liberation Front
Granada
Caribbean
Max Kelly
Radio Sandino
Jinotepe
Rivas
Rafael Cano
OAS
Organization of American States
United States
Disneyland welcomes its first birth at park in July
Teresa Salcedo became Disneyland’s first baby born at the park on a July Fourth visit. She arrived on a park bench near Main Street after nurses were summoned, with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck presenting a birth certificate.
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Anaheim
Calif
Teresa Salcedo
Disneyland
Elias
Rosa Salcedo
Teresa
Main Street
Plaza Inn
Mickey Mouse
Donald Duck
Mediation sees progress in Mideast autonomy talks
U S mediator Robert Strauss proposed forming working groups to tackle issues likely to gain consensus on Palestinian autonomy for the West Bank and Gaza. The plan aims to move talks forward after Egypt and Israel deadlocked on the agenda, with groups to report back to the full body and focus on practical mechanics of home rule and dismantling military rule.
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Alexandria
Egypt
U.S
Robert Strauss
Israel
Strauss
Ezzat Abdel Latif
Carter
Mideast
San Stefano
West Bank
Gaza
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
East Jerusalem
Court orders damages for prostitute after auto crash
In Varese Italy a three man court awarded Olga Campese 4800 dollars for reduced professional capacity after an auto collision. The court valued her earnings at 12 dollars a day reflecting a 15 percent work capacity loss while noting 70 days of missed work. The ruling calls prostitution a free profession. The driver remains unnamed.
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Varese
Italy
Olga Campese
Times of London staff optimistic about future
In a desolate newsroom few telephones and covered typewriters, The Times of London reporters engage Wimbledon on TV and vow to return with exclusives. After seven months of shutdown due to owner union clashes, a six week republication window is hoped for with obituaries and daily news summaries planned as supplements.
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London
Rodeny Canton
Times of London
Fleet Street
Canton
Times
Brittan
Sunday Times
Associated
Defense
Henry Stanhope
Britain
Education
Diana Geddes
Free-Lance
U.N. delegates protest gas shortages at U.N. pump
Iraq’s chief deputy delegate Said A. K. Bafi told the U.N. committee that Iraqi diplomats in New York endure hour long gas lines while performing official duties. He urged reserving New York stations for diplomats or allowing UN HQ pumps to serve them. U.S. delegate Herbert K. Reis offered support for more gas at the U.N. pump, while Yoshio Tagaya cautioned it would simply shift lines.
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Iraq
United States
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U.S
U.N. Committee
World Organization
A. K. Bafi
New York
Secretariat
Herbert K. Reis
Yoshio Tagaya
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