Rebels seize city as Somoza vows to continue fighting
President Anastasio Somoza declared he will keep fighting after Sandinista guerrillas captured a third major city and occupy eastern Managua’s slums despite heavy bombing. He urged possible peaceful solutions via the OAS while high officials signal his stance may reject calls to resign. Rebels control Diriamba, Leon, and threaten others, with guard units retreating or bottled up across several centers.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
The
Nation
Organization of American States
Nicargua
OAS
National Guard
Masaya
Diriamba
Leon
Esteli
Chinandega
Matagalpa
Caesars Boardwalk Regency opens as Resorts party ends
Caesars World opens its Boardwalk Regency casino in Atlantic City, a $100 million project. Resorts International, which held East Coast casino dominance, previously opened in May 1978 and posted strong first-year revenue, while Caesars projects strong long term results. In Denver, Johns Manville heads to a modified no smoking policy amid asbestos concerns as regional turmoil unfolds in Central America with rebel activity and border clashes near Nicaragua.
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Atlantic City
Resorts Internationa
Resorts International
Caesars World, Inc
Caesars
Denver
Johns Manville Corp
Gromyko warns against reopening talks if SALT II blocked
Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko told reporters in Moscow that negotiations cannot resume if the SALT II arms treaty is not ratified by the U.S. Senate. He said the pact can be verified and that the Soviet Union will abide by it, urging skeptics to support ratification. He noted the Vienna summit with Carter and Brezhnev was rich in political content.
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Moscow
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Gromyko
U.S. Senate
Soviet Union
America
United States
Vienna
Carter
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Carter and Ohira Meet on Energy in Tokyo Talks
President Carter and Prime Minister Ohira discussed world energy strategies in a nearly two hour private session in Tokyo but reached no energy agreement. They aim to craft a consensus at Thursday’s five nation economic summit with France, Britain, West Germany, Canada and Italy. The pair pledged a consultative U S Japanese group to propose long term solutions to economic frictions and noted close ties amid refugee relief talks for Vietnam.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
TOKYO
Carter
Masayoshi Ohira
Ohira
France
Britain
West Germany
Canada
Italy
U.S
Chira
Vietnam
United States
Japan
Rosalynn
Amy
Washington
Judy
White House
Carters
Malaysia Expels 13,000 Refugees in One Week
Malaysia disclosed that 13,000 Vietnamese refugees were pushed out in 60 boats into international waters in the past week, bringing total expulsions since January 1 to 55,000. Kassim Ahmad stated the figures in Parliament as part of a get tough policy, while Western officials reported 500 Vietnamese in two boats towed away.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Kassim Ahmad
Foreign Ministry
Kassim
Vietnam
Bangkok
Kriangsak Chomanan
Thailand
U.N
Indochina
Labor and racial dispute on Christmas Island draws police aid
Thirty national policemen were flown to western Australia to stand by for potential intervention in a labor and racial dispute on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. About 1,700 Asian workers are striking for parity with Australian wages, threaten to block the runway, and a local arbitrator ruled they should not be paid while striking.
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Sydney
Australia
Western Australia
Christmas Island
Indian Ocean
Sewer Bandits Rob Bank Safe Deposit In Lecco Heist
Bandits using skin diving gear tunneled through a sewer into Lecco Italy bank safe deposit rooms and fled with cash and jewels worth millions of dollars. Police say the haul likely totals billions of lire and left tools and gear at the scene. The crime resembles a earlier sewer theft in Nice France.
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Lecco
Italy
Nice
France
Haig escapes unharmed after Beligian explosion
Commander Alexander Haig NATO commander escaped injury when a land mine exploded remotely as he drove from Obourg to Casteau. Two guards were hurt lightly, their wrecked car left at the scene. Police arrested a motorcyclist near Ath. no group claimed responsibility.
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Casteau
Belgium
Alexander M. Haig
NATO
Obourg
Haig
Belga
Ath
OPEC to meet in Geneva on price hike plan
In Geneva, twelve OPEC oil ministers from 13 nations gather to consider raising the base crude price to at least $18 a barrel, up from $14.55, aiming to unify pricing after months of added surcharges amid supply cuts. The move could lift US gasoline and heating oil prices by over 4 cents per gallon.
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Switzerland
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
United States
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Panama Canal Co
Eduardo Tejerra
Panama Canal Authority
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