Nuclear USS Texas sails Gulf for first landing in Texas
Galveston reports the nuclear powered USS Texas moves across the Gulf of Mexico toward its first Texas landing, highlighting its superior speed and firepower compared with earlier Texas ships and the historic battleship once at San Jacinto. The item ties regional pride to a national Navy story.
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Houston
PLO denies exchange of gunfire claims with Israelis in Lebanon
Israeli troops hold positions across southern Lebanon after a dayslong clash as Beirut reports place of 25 000 guerrilla troops. The PLO rejected Israeli security belt claims while casualties were tallied and Begin ordered troops to stay until a security arrangement is reached.
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Mahmoud Labady
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Kidnapping of Aldo Moro shocks Italy
Former Italian premier Aldo Moro was kidnapped in Rome as gunmen killed his driver and three guards. Police tied the Red Brigades to the attack while a nationwide hunt, roadblocks, and helicopter searches intensified around the capital.
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Moro
Giovanni Leone
Christian Democrats
Giulio Andreotti
Christian Democratic
Trionfale
Hilton Hotel
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Enrico Berlinguer
Execution stay requested for Texas lethal injection death rower
Kenneth Granviel, the first Texas prisoner sentenced to die by lethal injection, asked a Houston federal court to stay his April 7 execution to allow time to seek a writ of habeas corpus. He was the first condemned under the change from electric chair to lethal injection.
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Hospital at My Lai Scene: Massacre Memorial Hospital Project
On the tenth anniversary of the My Lai massacre, an orange-roofed hospital is being built with private American contributions to serve 130,000 residents. A grisly museum site and a monument by sculptor Chau Dinh Du frame the area. The effort draws mixed reactions as visitors recall the 1968 killings of at least 175 to 400 people.
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U.S
My Lai
Vietnam
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
Chau Dinh du
United States
Cora Weiss
World Church Service
Begin Faces Mixed Reactions Over Lebanon Invasion
JERUSALEM AP By ordering the invasion of southern Lebanon Prime Minister Menachem Begin may have lost sympathy in the Carter administration but won support at home. All major political factions except the Communist Party approve the raid and even critical papers back him. Yediot Aharonot warned that not replying to last Saturday's Palestinian attack killing 35 Israelis would be seen as fear and invite more terrorism.
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Jerusalem
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