General mobilization ordered as Vietnam denies Chinese withdrawal
Hanoi denies China is pulling out and says fighting escalates prompting President Thang to order mobilization. Nhan Dan and Quan Doi Nhan Dan claim Beijing pours more troops in while Vietnam mobilizes all citizens of military age. Bangkok sources note no pullout evidence amid possible scorched-earth withdrawal. The Vietnam News Agency reports large volunteer drives and factory fortresses to repel aggression.
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Associated Press
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Vietnam
Nhan Dan
Vietnamese Communist Party
Peking
China
Quan Doi Nhan Dan
Vietnam News
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Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon
Xinhua Hsinhua
Cambodia
Pol Pot
Summit site issue Brezhnev Carter may meet
Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev now signals willingness to meet President Carter in the United States if SALT II is agreed. Diplomats see the development removing a summit obstacle. Brezhnev indicated that once documents are completed, they will sign, with U S suggesting Washington as the site.
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Robert B. Cullen
Associated Press
Washington
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Carter
United States
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State Department
Cyrus Vance
Nixon
Moscow
Ford
Vladivostok
White House
St. Simon’s Island
Georgia
Deng Xiaoping Teng Hsiao-ping
Massacre in Chad Leaves 800 Dead in Moundou
Reports from diplomats and witnesses recount three days of violence in Moundou and surrounding areas 300 miles south of N Djamena. Moslem residents, mainly traders and families, were targeted as rumors of a Moslem conspiracy spread. The French Army evacuated the European population’s women and children to safety in the capital.
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N'Djamena
Chad
Africa
Moundou
Mounday
Amin Orders New Offensive as Flight Supplies Cut
President Idi Amin orders a renewed Ugandan assault against Tanzanian forces while Britain halts Uganda Airlines cargo flights and neighboring nations pledge help to Tanzania. Libyan troops potentially airlifted to Uganda, with claims of Moroccan and other aid disputed. Tanzanians, aided by exiles, press to reclaim southern Uganda as Amin vows to fight to the last man.
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Serge Schememann
Associated Press
Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Tanzania
Amin
Karyala
London
British Trade Department
Uganda Airlines
Angola
Zambia
Mozambique
Botswana
Uganda
Washington
State Department
Kampala
Libya
Nation
Lukaya
Dar Es Salaam
Obote
Mbarara
Masaka
War planes aid SA strikes on guerrilla bases in Angola
Gen Magnus Malan announced South African troops using war planes struck guerrilla bases in Marxist Angola. Prime Minister Botha said Parliament that limited reactive strikes target guerrillas operating from Angola into South-West Africa, known as Namibia, near the border.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Angola
Magnus Malan
Pieter W. Botha
Cape Town
South-West Africa
Namibia
Cease-fire breaches spark new talks in Chad capital
Gunfire shattered Chad's two week cease-fire in N'Djamena as fighting continued in the central African nation. Representatives from Malloum Habre and several regional actors planned to meet to arrange a peace pact amid ongoing clashes.
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Khartoum
Sudan
Felix Malloum
Hissen Habre
Chad
N'Djamena
Malloum
Habre
Niger
Nigeria
Central African Republic
Libya
Cameroon
Enrollment decline at American colleges signals looming trend
The 0.3 percent drop across about 1,700 institutions, reported by the American College Testing Program, points to a possible sharper 1980s slowdown amid population declines, inflation and rising tuition. Dr Garland Parker warned that the trend may have begun, worsening financial concerns about higher education.
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Cincinnati
Garland Parker
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