Bolivian strongman proclaims siege and seizes presidency
Col. Alberto Natusch declared a state of siege dissolving Congress and naming himself president hours after a bloody coup that toppled Walter Guevara’s civilian government. Six killed in clashes as Congress rejects Natusch and backs Guevara, who urges resistance.
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Tom Wells
Associated Press
LA Paz
Bolivia
Alberto Natusch
Congress
Natusch
Walter Guevara
Bolivian Congress
Guevara
Brazil
Natasch
Military College
David Padilla
Vance
Organization of American States
Hughes Airwest joins coupon incentive plan for travel
Hughes Airwest aligns with United and American Airlines in a coupon program to cut up to 180 on next flights. Service to 45 cities across 12 states and parts of Mexico and Canada resumes Nov. 10 after a three week ground workers strike, with coupons valid through Nov. 30 if approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board.
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San Mateo
Calif
Hughes Airwest
United Airlines
American Airlines
Midwest
Mexico
Canada
Hughes
Civil Aeronautics Board
World aid split over Cambodia amid Cold War rhetoric
Tass criticizes Western charity for Cambodia while UNICEF and Red Cross run a 110 million dollar Western aid program. In Igdir Turkey gunmen kill a rightist worker and injure a teacher in political violence. BBC announces cuts to overseas broadcasts due to Thatcher era budget reductions. In Seguin Texas testimony begins in murder trial involving Vietnamese refugees Lau and Chinh.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Vietnam
Tass
Kampuchea
Unicef
International Red Cross
Cambodia
Instanbul
Turkey
Igdir
London
British Broadcasting Corp
Margaret Thatcher
BBC
Britain
European Economic Community
Senators Doubt House Action on Chrysler Loan Plan
The Carter administration seeks 1.5 billion in loan guarantees for Chrysler with swift House committee movement but Senate doubts and delays. Proxmire plans hearings November 19 to probe many issues, while Garn urges answers before funding. Levin questions conditions and government involvement.
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W. Dale Nelson
Associated Press
Washington
Carter Administration
Chrysler Corp
House
Senate
House Banking Committee
Subcommittee On Economic Stabilization
Treasury
G. William Miller
Banking Committee
William G. Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Jake Garn
Utah
Garn
Chrysler
U.S
Carl Levin
D-Mich
Miller
Levin
Vietnamese refugee testifies in crab war murder case
Nguyen Van Sau 21, on trial for the murder of Seadrift crab fisherman Billy Joe Aplin, testifies he shot the larger man only after fearing for his life. The defense follows the acquittal of Sau's brother Nguyen Van Chinh as final arguments loom before an all white jury.
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Chinh van Nguyen
Sau van Nguyen
Seadrift
Texas
Greg Thompson
Associated Press
Seguin
Nguyen van Sau
Billy Joe Aplin
Aplin
Sau
Clarence Stevenson
Nguyen van Chinh
Air Force
Lau
Pat Maloney
Aprin
Maloney
Chinh
Kennedy to visit West Virginia today
Senator Edward M. Kennedy launches a campaign trip to West Virginia, addressing a Jefferson Jackson dinner in Charleston and signaling the start of his national bid. A poll shows Kennedy leading Carter among West Virginia Democrats, with historical ties to John F. Kennedy's 1960 primary win enriching the state's significance.
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Tom Raum
Associated Press
Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
West Virginia
Kennedy
Charleston
Massachusetts
Tom Southwick
William T. Brotherton
Charleston Daily Mail
Wchs-Tv
Carter
John Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Edward Kennedy
Buffalo
N.Y
Boston
Stephen Smith
Southwick
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Ed Simmons
John Lee Harris
Louisiana Supreme Court
Jesse N. Stone Jr
Stone
Southern University
Southern
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Albert Tate Jr
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Tate
Jack Crozier Watson
3Rd Circuit Court of Appeal
Lake Charles
New York
Big Apple
Times Square
The
British End
Farnum Jewelry
Pecos
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