Khoramshahr fights flare as Arab fighters driven back
Arab fighters in Khoramshahr are driven from the Arab quarter after fierce clashes with Khomeini forces. Gunfire, surrender appeals, and street barricades marked the night as government troops sweep the city. An Arab assault on Abadan's refinery area yielded no word on casualties but refinery ops continued.
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Alex Efty
Associated Press
Khoramshahr
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Abadan
National Iranian Oil Company
Khomeini
Karoun
Persian Gulf
U.S
Airline mechanics race to finish DC-10 inspections
DC-10s across eight U S carriers move toward airworthiness after FAA orders critical engine mounting bolt checks and further inspections. By Wednesday more than half of 138 jets cleared for service, but several planes show cracks and rivet issues prompting groundings and cancellations while crews race to resume flights.
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Peter Mackler
Associated Press
Federal Aviation Administration
U.S
American Airlines
Chicago
FFA
Fred Farrar
Narita
Tokyo
Japan Air Lines
Farrar
Continental Airlines
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Plane crash near coast kills 17 of 18 aboard
Downeast Airlines Twin Otter from Boston crashes near Owls Head Maine killing 17 of 18. One survivor, 16 year old John M McCafferty of Searsmont, in serious but stable condition. Flight diverted due to weather. search and careful identification ongoing.
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Peter Slocum
Associated Press
Owls Head
Maine
Downeast Airlines
Boston
William Reinhardt
Knox County
John M. McCafferty
Searsmont
Rockport
Logan
Augusta
Federal Aviation
Brunswick Naval Air Station
FAA
Mike Ciccarelli
Carlton Thurston
Otter Point
Rockport Hospital
Knox County Sheriff's Department
Massachusetts mother dies from fire after loss of husband and five children
Catherine Harrison, 33, died from burns suffered in a Westwood house fire that killed her husband Robert, 36, and five children aged 10 to 2. Investigators suspect overloaded extension cords as a possible cause. another resident family escaped uninjured.
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Norwood
Mass
Massachusetts
Catherine Harrison
Westwood
Boston
Robert
Michelle
Patrick
Katie
Teddy
Corsican group claims 25 bombs in Paris blast spree
A Corsican independence group says it planted 25 bombs that exploded in Paris around 3 20 this morning causing minor damage to the civil aviation authority headquarters and several banks and travel agencies with no casualties reported. A caller to AP attributed the blasts to the National Liberation Front of Corsica.
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Paris
Corsica
Civil Aviation Authority
National Liberation Front of
Draft registration would require young women and men
Washington officials discussed a House debate plan for a January 1981 draft registration requiring both sexes to register. Rep. Paul McCloskey proposed advancing the timetable to January 1, 1980 and studying a mandatory youth service program, alongside a 1981 registration bill.
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Washington
House
Paul McCloskey
Calif
McCloskey
Ceeres
Allies back SALT II with reservations in Netherlands
NATO foreign ministers backed the SALT II treaty after Cyrus Vance briefed them on the first day of a two day meeting near Amsterdam. France seeks more detail amid concerns over the next round of talks while the Soviet Union pushes for SALT III. The pact due to be signed in Vienna would cut bomber and missile forces and cap warheads, with verification measures. Vance urged rapid modernization of arsenals and preparation of positions for a potential SALT III process.
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Jeffrey Ulbrich
Associated Press
Noordwijkerhout
Netherlands
America
NATO
Cyrus R. Vance
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Vienna
Austria
Carter
Leonid I. Brezhnev
U.S
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Amsterdam
Soviet Union
Europe
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