Mexico breaks relations as Nicaraguan guardsmen slain
Mexico breaks relations with Somoza and accuses his government of genocide. In Leon eight national guardsmen are ambushed and killed by Sandinista guerrillas. Clashes continue in Jinotega as rebels battle troops block by block amid ongoing uprisings and heavy fighting surrounding Managua.
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Tom Fenton
Associated Press
Managua
Nicaragua
Leon
Jinotega
Mexico
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
SALT II issue eyed by Pravda as US ratification debate
Pravda and Yevgeny Grigoryev accuse anti treaty forces in the United States of propaganda to block SALT II ratification. The Kremlin rejects any amendments, calling the pact a balanced compromise for both nations.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Senate
United States
Yevgeny Grigoryev
International
Grigoryev
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Mexico breaks with Somoza regime over Nicaragua crisis
Refugees report Jinotega under siege as national guard presses block by block. Mexico announces diplomatic break with Somoza after Costa Rican leader describes “genocide” and urges other Latin nations to follow. 38 asylum seekers remain at the Mexican Embassy amid a regional protest and arrests of opposition leaders.
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Jinotega
National Guard
Somoza
Mexico
Jose Lopez Portillo
Cancun
Rodrigo Carazo
Lopez Portillo
Carazo
Nicaragua
Rafael Cordova Rivas
Rivas
Alfonso Robelo
Carter
U.S
Last minute appeals in Florida executions before two days
Florida condemned killers John Spenkelink and Willie Darden faced last minute appeals as Governor Graham signed their death warrants. Attorneys filed motions seeking state or federal review and hoped to delay executions while courts consider post verdict challenges amid protests on capitol steps. Lois Spenkelink appealed personally to the governor.
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Allanassee
Fla
Florida
David Kendall
John Spenkelink
Florida Supreme Court
Robert Harper Jr
Willie Jasper Darden Jr
Darden
Harper
Bob Graham
Graham
State Capitol
Spenkelink
Lois Spenkelink
Robin Gibson
Iranian government delays ambassador trip after Javits resolution
Iran orders delay in sending new U S ambassador Walter L Cutler accusing U S officials of hostile interference after Sen Jacob Javits resolution condemning executions prompts Tehran to pause the envoy’s travel. Nine policemen jailed and whipped, one foreigner acquitted reported by Pars news agency.
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Thomas Kent
Associated Press
Tehran
Iran
Jacob Javits
United States
Pars
U.S
Walter L. Cutler
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Javits
New York Republican
Khomeini
Qom
Marion
New York Times
Iran Air
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cutler
America
Zaire
William M. Sullivan
State Department
Washington
Isfahan
SAVAK
Ahwaz
George Arthur Flint
Michael Victor Mottram
Libyan ambassador urges U S policy change amid oil talk
Libyan UN representative Mansur Rashid Kikhia told a Houston area Afro American seminar that the United States must alter its Libya trade policy and support the dollar to curb rising oil prices. He cited U S restrictions on arms and other goods as harming Libya while criticizing pro Zionist pressure.
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the Woodlands
Texas
Libya
United Nations
Mansur Rashid Kikhia
United States
OPEC
U.S
Kikhia
Houston
Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
South Africa
Southwest Africa
Namibia
U.S. Senate
Carter
Andrew Young
Odessa
Liby
Plane collision at JFK delays Nord flight 990
An American Airlines 747 wing struck the tail of a Nord twin engine plane at Kennedy Airport. No injuries. Nord flight 990 bound for Monticello was delayed while tail damage was inspected. The 747 continued to Los Angeles. FAA noted minor damage to the smaller craft.
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New York
American Airlines
Kennedy International Airport
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Los Angeles
Nord
Ransome Airways
Monticello
N.Y
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Lule
Amin
John Wayne
Linda Fox
Karla Kunkel
Fort Worth
Colonial Country Club
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Fidel Castro
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Cumberland Oil Production Co., Inc
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