World Spotlight: From Honolulu to Houston News Roundup
A Honolulu jogger alleges rape after a car run down and threat with glass, a judge dismisses for lack of proof of force, and protesters call for a state investigation. The roundup covers rail safety in Texas, Niagara Falls stunts, Del Rio immigration trials, Merkel high school fire losses, a fatal El Paso hang gliding accident, Judge Ritter’s privacy burial, San Antonio bond defeat, Jack Benny’s niece suing Scientology, Pope Paul VI’s centennial remarks, Ku Klux Klan activity in Britain, and a US-Mexico prisoner exchange flight schedule in Houston.
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Honolulu
State Supreme Court
Robert Richardson
Tallinn Rises as Western Style Tourist Haven in Soviet Estonia
Tallinn attracts 140 000 foreign visitors yearly, led by Finns who pay about 110 dollars for a five day stay and vodka cruises. The city offers late restaurants, a Finnish hotel with sauna and night club, and Baltic beaches, while police curb drunken behavior. Restoration plans total 14 million dollars over three years as Estonians revisit the old city from the 12th century onward.
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Tallinn
U.S.S.R
Estonia
Soviet Union
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Finland
Finland
Viru
Russian Empire
Stalin
Dollar rallies on European markets as Taft Hartley fears grow
The dollar strengthened across European money markets amid expectations that President Carter would invoke the Taft Hartley Act to force striking coal miners back to work. It recovered from Tokyo losses, traded above Friday close in most cities, with gains against the franc, lire, and marks while recording declines against the pound.
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London
U.S
Carter
Tokyo
Bank of Japan
Ethiopia says Jijiga retaken in Ogaden push toward Somalia
Ethiopia reports recapturing Jijiga a key Ogaden front objective and says its forces are advancing toward the Somalia border. Somali forces deny losing Jijiga while Western officials note no independent confirmation, with reports of Soviet and Cuban troops involved disputed. Jijiga sits near the Kara Marda mountains about 40 miles from the Somali line.
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Nairobs
Kenya
Ethiopia
Jijiga
Somalia
Mengiste Desta
Radio
Desta
Kara Marda
Nrthern Ogaden
Ogaden
Gode
Addis Ababa
Djibouti
Gulf of Aden
Western Somali Liberation Front
Rome
WSLF
Mogadishu
Tower quits probing of Tongsun Park
Sen. John Tower disqualifies himself from the Congressional ethics probe into Korean influence buying due to his past association with Korean nationals. He says he is not under investigation and has received no known contributions from South Korean officials, aiming to preserve the inquiry's credibility.
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Washington
John Tower
Texas
Tongsun Park
Tower
Adlai Stevenson
D-Ill
Select Committee On Ethics
Rhodesian agreement sets path to black majority rule
Prime Minister Ian Smith and three black leaders signed a plan to end white rule in Rhodesia by December 31. The accord outlines transitional government structure, universal suffrage, and a mixed cabinet to guide the move toward a black majority constitution amid guerrilla opposition and skepticism from Britain and the United States.
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Larry Heinzerling
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Rhodesa
Zimbabwe
Abel Muzorewa
Ndabaningi Sithole
Jeremiah Chirau
Smith
Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Britain
United States
Muzorewa
Sithole
Nkomo
Lusaka
Zambia
Maputo
Mozambique
Mugabe
Chirau
Council of Ministers
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Delia Gonzalez
D.whuttle
Merkel
Merkel High School
Travis Davis
Abilene
EL Paso
Thomas Green
Salt Lake City
Willis W. Ritter
Utah
Ritter
Holy Cross Hospital
Portland Ore
Jack Benny
Church of Scientology
Jessica Marks
Vatican City
Paul VI
Pius IX
KKK
Great Britain
David Duke
Ku Klux Klan
Duke
Sussex University
League of St. George
Houston
Mexico
Texas International Airlines
Juarez
San Diego
Old Country
Scandinavia
Frankfurt
New York
Zurich
Paris
Milan
Lucinda Stout
Lucinda
Dallas
Sharon Stout
Pecos Jaycees
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Dee Farnum
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