World News Briefs From Moscow to Washington
The world snapshot reports Moses Kotane dies in Moscow at 72 after a grave illness per Tass. China expands biological pest control on 16.3 million acres in 1977. West Germany urges weekly TV-free days to boost family dialogue. Canada bilingual anthem sparks boos at Blue Jays Yankee game. Bhutto on hunger strike amid death sentence appeal in Rawalpindi. Argentina's Human Rights League chief Antonio Sofia arrested. Dollar strengthens on expected U.S. rate hikes. gold price and yen figures noted. Ronney Zamora murder trial televised in Florida. Jesse Jackson promotes student decision making and two hour study pledge. Glomar Explorer may be repurposed for oil and gas exploration with $50 million funding. Andrew Young urges Maryland Eastern Shore graduates on investment in education. honorary degrees awarded to Young and Krieger.
Soviet disarmament push at U N special session
In Moscow, Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko departs for a U N special disarmament session to press the Soviet line against the neutron bomb and to hold talks with Cyrus Vance on a U S Soviet SALT accord. Brezhnev outlined a short term blueprint for policy in a New York speech. The neutron bomb, smaller than standard warheads, would replace about 7 000 European nuclear weapons.
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Moscow
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
Kremlin
Gromyko
Cyrus R. Vance
U.N
Leonid II. Brezhnev
New York
French troops toil on Brittany shores after oil spill
Two months after a record oil spill, about 6000 French soldiers continue cleaning tar from beaches, rocks, and bays in northern Brittany. Lt. Col. Jean Croguennec, Civil Defense officer, remains cautiously pessimistic about the cleanup progress.
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Brest
France
Brittany
Jean Croguennec
Amoco
Cadiz
Portsall Rocks
Croguennec
Teers
Pors-Mer
Ploluescat
German Americans press school boards to teach Nazi history
Chicago AP reports German Americans urged local school boards to adopt impartial Nazi history texts and Holocaust lessons amid renewed interest spurred by the Holocaust miniseries and Nazi march plans in Skokie. Theodore Wattenberg said the effort aims to curb anti German prejudice and taunts against German students and shopkeepers.
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Chicago
german-American National Congress
Theodore Wattenberg
Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'rith
Skokie
Wattenberg
Nazi Germany
Survivors recount murder and looting during Kolwezi siege
Survivors arriving in Brussels from Zaires Kolwezi describe systematic murder rape and looting during the May siege. Reports from 1 000 of 2 500 trapped whites detail massacres and abductions as Katangan rebels fought to separate Shaba from Zaire and fled toward Angola.
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Zaire
Mobutu Sese Seko
Kolwezi
Kinshasha
Shaba
Brussels
Belgium
Europe
Jean-Marie Lallemand
Katanga
Belgian Congo
Angola
Richard Schambourg
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Canada
Toronto Blue Jays
New York Yankees
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Quebec
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Pakistan
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Yaha Bakhtiar
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Supreme Court
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Argentina
Argentine League For Human Rights
Antonio Sofia
League
Sofia
London
U.S
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Public
Ronney Zamora
Florida
Zamora
Elinor Haggart
Jesse Jackson
Jackson
National Science Foundation
U.S. Geological Survey
Princess Anne
United Nations
Andrew Young
University of Maryland
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Britanny
Jessica Ann Macedo
Riverside
R.I
Women’s and Infants Hospital
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Portsmouth
Bernardo Martinez
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