Protest at Munich theater over Mohammed film sparks police guard
About 500 Moslem Turks demonstrated outside a Munich theater to protest the film Mohammed Messenger of God. No arrests. police guarded the venue as demonstrators claimed the movie offends the Koran. In Paris, Neo Nazis set off a bomb at a Jewish-lawyer office, causing damage but no injuries. East Germany and Ethiopia sign a trade expansion deal during an Ethiopian delegation visit led by Gessesse Wolde Kidan.
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Paris
Joachim Peiper
France
Berlin
East Germany
Ethiopia
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Gessesse Wolde Kidan
Hughes Will Search Spans 6,000 Hours in Court Papers
In Los Angeles court papers lawyers and aides spent 6,000 hours and $630,000 seeking Howard Hughes final will. Over 15 months, 34 lawyers and paralegals examined records from 94 banks and individuals across 13 states and four foreign countries.
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Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Superior Court
Inmates win decree for halal meals in Texas prisons
Muslim inmates in the Texas Department of Corrections secure a consent decree ending an eight year lawsuit. The court orders at least one non pork main dish every 72 hours to accommodate Islamic dietary laws. Judge Robert O Conor Jr oversaw the ruling in Dallas.
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Houston
Texas Department of Corrections
Third jurist for Davis trial selected in Amarillo
In Amarillo Texas defense and prosecution lawyers have chosen a third woman for the jury in the capital murder trial of Fort Worth industrialist T Cullen Davis. Jury selection moved into its fourth week on Monday with Bettie Fox Blair a 50 year old divorced grandmother and clerk typist at a smelting and refinery company chosen as the seventh juror.
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Amarillo
Tex
Fort Worth
T. Cullen Davis
Bettie Fox Blair
Begin and Carter open mid east peace talks in DC
Israeli Prime Minister Begin arrives in Washington for two day talks with President Carter amid fundamental disagreements on key issues. Begin carries a secret peace plan and seeks over 2 billion dollars in aid while urging direct negotiations without preconditions. The West Bank status and broader land issues loom large as talks begin.
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Jordan
Smiths Move to End Rhodesia War With Elections
Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Smith dissolved parliament and called national elections for August 31, signaling a bid to end the racial conflict on his terms. In a radio tv address he rejected current peace efforts and said negotiations would hinge on one man one vote with no whites’ special representation. He seeks a constitution finalized by year’s end with backing from most whites.
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Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Smith
U.S
Britain
Rhodesian Front Party
Rhodesian Action Party
United Methodist
Abel Muzorewa
Ndabaningi Sithole
Muzorewa
Hav
Sithole
Geneva
Amtrak May Sue Its Own Late Inter American Train
Amtrak weighs legal action against its MoPac operated Inter American train after 29 of 120 trips between March and July ended in St Louis with bus connections to Chicago. MoPac claims strong track, but late trains and freight interference slow passenger service, while Amtrak cites safety limits at 79 mph.
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Amtrak
Chicago
Missouri Pacific
Laredo
Tex
Arkansas
Missouri
Joe Vranich
Vranich
MoPac
H.H. Olmsted
Inter-American
St. Louis
Nude women shop for cigarettes at Westborough convenience store
Two women in their early 20s walked into a Westborough store near the police station at 8:55 p.m. Sunday and asked for two packs of cigarettes. Owner Brett Berglund said he simply handed them the cigarettes after noting the clock and odd behavior. A backroom employee screamed and milk spilled as four customers watched. The women paid with cash in hand and left without further incident.
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Westborough
Mass
Brett Berglund
Boston
Borglund
Korean scandal to resume says Attorney General Bell
Attorney General Griffin Bell says prosecutions may resume from the Justice Department Korea influence buying probe on Capitol Hill after President Carter rejected calls for a special prosecutor. House Speaker O Neill takes charge of the ethics committee inquiry and seeks a new chief investigator to replace Lacovara as the panel presses ahead with the Korean scandal.
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Washington
Griffin Bell
Justice Department
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House
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Ethics Committee
O'Neill
Philip A. Lacovara
Watergate
John J. Flynt
D-Ga
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Flynt
House Committee
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Senate
Howard Baker
Baker
ABC
Jim Wright
Wright
Fort Worth man faces assault and kidnapping charges in McAllen
A 25 year old Fort Worth man fired at a U S Customs agent near the Hidalgo Reynosa bridge and seized at least four hostages before a three hour pursuit ended with his capture. Hostages were released unharmed with no injuries reported. The charges include assault on a federal officer and kidnapping.
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Fort Worth
U.S
Randy Williams
McAllen
Williams
Hidalgo
Reynosa
Mexico
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