Earthquake Rips Mexico City With Strong 7.9 Reading
A severe tremor struck downtown Mexico City before dawn causing building damage and shattered glass. The quake, centered off Acapulco, registered about 7.9 on the Richter scale, with aftershocks and power outages reported across the capital. No deaths were confirmed, injuries noted by the Red Cross, and rescues focused on collapsing facades and hotel areas.
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Gordon D. Mott
Associated Press
Mexico City
Red Cross
Seismological Institute
U.S. Geological Survey
Golden
Colo
Acapulco
Pacific
Juarez Street
Paseo de la Reforma Boulevard
Inter-American University
Florida Owens
Galesburg
Ill
Dale Wright
Westlake
Calif
Lothar Konietzko
Wayne, Mich
Monterrey
U.S
Oaxaca
San Francisco
Tape captures Jones urging followers to take deadly potion
New York AP reports a 43 minute tape from the Peoples Temple in Guyana shows Rev. Jim Jones urging followers to take a cyanide laced drink as chaos erupts. The recording ties to the Nov 17 airstrip killings of Rep. Leo Ryan and four others and the mass deaths that followed. The transcript includes Jones stating he killed the congressman and urging calm as the group faces a planned mass suicide.
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Jones
New York
Jim Jones
Peoples Temple
Guyana
NBC News
Robert Hager
Rep
Leo Ryan
Ryan
NBC
Greece
War of words as Vietnam and China clash at border
Bangkok reports a decline in injury and casualties amid escalating propaganda in the Vietnam China border war. Vietnam accuses Chinese troops of brutal killings and assaults while Hanoi eyes tougher resistance as China redeploys and plans to hold border posts.
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Denis D. Gray
Associated Press
Bangkok
Thailand
Vietnam
China
Peking
Vietnamese
Foreign Ministry
Radio
Hanoi
van Tien Dung
Xinhua
Laos
Siang Prasson
Hopeful eyes Iranians in America affected by revolution
In New York, tens of thousands of Iranians in the United States endure upheaval from the Iranian revolution. They face uncertain futures, worry about family at home, and vary in hopes from independence and broader rights to continued struggle. Some plan to return, others wait on the new regime’s shape and policies.
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Kamran Baiyan
Jamshid Shafiei
United States
Associated Press
New York
Iran
Iman Khomeini
Ruhollah
Carter wins Senate and House approval on Taiwan policy
President Carter secures Senate 90-6 and House 345-5 support for a policy shift recognizing Peking as China’s government while adding language that the United States will maintain its capacity to defend Taiwan if needed. The bills create an American Institute in Taiwan to sustain aid and people-to-people programs, with no explicit defense pledge.
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Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Senate
House
Taiwan
United States
Peking
Congress
U.S
Sen
Gordon J. Humphrey
R-N.h
Carter returns home after Middle East peace accord
President Carter arrives to a hero’s welcome as Egyptian and Israeli leaders accept compromise terms and pledge to push for final treaty approval. Begin warns he will resign if parliament rejects, while Sadat and Begin plan signature in Washington and Jerusalem. Carter says world leaders are urged to back the peace effort.
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Carter
Israel
Menachem
Jerusalem
Knesset
Barry Schweid
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Menachem Begin
Anwar Sadat
Begin
Egypt
Butros Ghali
Sadat
Washington
Cairo
Andrews Air Force Base
Air Force One
United States
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