World News Snapshot From Multiple Global Bureaus
United Nations Command reports returning eight North Korean crewmen from a sunk military craft off the east coast amid disputed fishing claims. US Mexico environmental pact seeks cross-border pollution projects. A repentant rail passenger in Germany repays a ticket fraud, while a Tokyo arrest ends a 26-year manhunt for a policeman’s killer. The Chinese party urges more children’s books as Gang of Four purge cited. Princess Margaret plans a cautious public return after health issues. Soviet scholars praise Shakespeare as a life-affirming force. US fiscal restraint signals limits on pay rises. defense argues smaller carrier mix. Skylab heaters activated to extend life. GI Bill benefits urged before 10-year expiry. ICC aide resigns amid gifts probe.
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Panmunjom
South Korea
United Nations Command
North Korea
U.S
Warren C. Hamm Jr
Military Armistice Commission
South Africa opens 26 stage theaters to all races
In a major desegregation move, South Africa opened 26 leading stage theaters to all races, announced in Parliament by Minister Marais Steyn. The plan, hailed by performers and owners, stops short of changing national whites-only politics, with movie theaters and many hotels remaining segregated.
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Johannesburg
So. Africa
Marais Steyn
South Africa
Pieter Toerien
Shirley Firth
Tauble Hushlik
Grand Dame of
South Africa Theater
Pretoria
Grahamstown
Port Elizabeth
Nico Malan
Cape Town
Carter to urge steadier U S stance toward Soviet Union at Naval Academy
President Carter prepares a major policy speech for the Naval Academy graduation outlining criticism of Soviet actions in Africa and urging fair play, while signaling continued detente limits. Brzezinski and Vance helped draft as tensions slow strategic arms talks and a Brezhnev summit remains unlikely. The address follows Wake Forest warnings and hints at possible dissident trials in the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Carter
U.S
Soviet Union
U.S. Naval Academy
Africa
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Moscow
Cyrus R. Vance
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Andrei A. Gromyko
Wake Forest University
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Wake Forest
Alexander Ginsburg
Anatoly Shcharansky
Woman gets $150000 in Getty estate settlement
In Los Angeles Superior Court a settlement ends Rosabella Burch's 15 year link with J Paul Getty. She and her two children will share $150,000 with $74,950 to her, $61,104 to the children and $13,946 to her lawyers, after she sought $500,000 and $1,000 monthly. Getty died in May 1976.
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LOS Angeles
J. Paul Getty
Los Angeles Superior Court
Rosabella Burch
Jack W. Swink
Discos in San Antonio put off limits to service members
Army and Air Force personnel at Ft. Sam Houston and nearby bases were barred from Sugar Daddy's Hallelujah Hollywood and Deja Vu after an investigation found discrimination claims. The South and Southeast Texas Armed Forces Disciplinary Control Board ordered the discos off limits indefinitely, with MPs and San Antonio police enforcing checks.
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San Antonio
Texas
Air Force
Army
Marla Beaubien
Ft. Sam Houston
Sugar Daddy’s
Hallelujah Hollywood
Deja Vu
Texas Armed Forced Disciplinary Control Board
Combined Services
Ronnie Branham
Branham
Kelly
Randolph
Lackland
Beaubien
End of scandal Cadets graduate from West Point
West Point graduates 86 cadets readmitted after admitting cheating on engineering homework amid a years long honor code scandal. Gen. Bernard Rogers lauded the class as resilient, while former cadet Timothy Ringgold praised the institution for acknowledging problems and moving forward.
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West Point
N.Y
U.S. Military Academy
Bernard Rogers
Army
Rogers
Timothy Ringgold
Corps
Ringgold
Lights Out: SAISD Cuts School Vandalism Costs
SAISD officials report a five year lights out program slashes vandalism losses from 160000 to 40000 dollars annually and yields utility savings. Sam Wolf, director of security services, recalls teaching from a law enforcement background that lighted areas deter crime. The plan began in 1973 with 19 schools in high priority areas and has since attracted interest from districts in Cleveland, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Wolf will present the program at a national conference in New Orleans.
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San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio Independent School
Sam Wolf
SAISD
Security Services
Wolf
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Chicago
National
School Directors Association
New Orleans
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Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Frankfurt
West Germany
Jesus Christ
Tokyo
Narita
China
Noboru Ohbayashi
Sapporo
Ohbayashi
Peking
Hong Kong
Chinese Communist Party
Peking People’s Daily
London
Princess Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Kensington Palace
Elizabeth II
Margaret
Kensington
William Shakespeare
Karl Max
Alexander Anixt
Soviet Academy of Science
Shakespeare Commission
Anixt
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Blumenthal
Defense
Harold Brown
Brown
Skylab Space Station
The
Space Agency
Veterans Administration
Max Cleland
Richard Kyle
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
ICC
Kyle
John Aristotle Phillips
North Haven
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
White House
Byrd
Discos
Pentagon
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