Students seize U S consulates in Iran demand end to US ties
Supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini occupy the Tehran embassy and consulates in Tabriz and Shiraz, holding more than 50 people. They call for Iran to sever relations with the United States and expel American consultants, while the State Department notes no takeover of Isfahan. The fate of staff remains unconfirmed.
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Associated Press
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
U.S
Tehran
United States
Radio Tehran
Tabriz
Shiraz
State Department
Isfahan
Shah
USA
Iran
Radio
Ahmad Khomeini
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
New York
Sate
Basque guerrillas face terrorism trial in Pamplona
Seven Basque ETA members are set to stand trial in Pamplona on November 26 for terrorism. Prosecution seeks 40 year terms for three, lighter sentences for four. ETA vows continued campaign against Spain and its armed forces after a referendum on autonomy.
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Madrid
Spain
Pamplona
ETA
Time magazine poll shows Kennedy leading Carter by ten points
Time magazine reports a Yankelovich poll of 1,027 voters from Oct 23 to 25 shows Kennedy 49 percent to Carter 39 percent. Carter has narrowed Reagan’s August lead, now ahead 45 to 41, while Kennedy maintains a wide edge over Republican rivals.
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New York
Edward M. Kennedy
Carter
Time Magazine
Yankelovich, Skelly & White
Kennedy
D-Mass
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
John Connally
GOP
Connally
Sen
Howard Baker
Tennessee
George Bush
Texas
Chappaquiddick
South Korea opposition presses for democratic reforms
The major opposition party reconvened the National Assembly and rejected resignations by 69 members as it pushes to amend the constitution and hold a national referendum. The New Democratic Party plans a platform while calls grow for free elections amid Park Chung-hee’s death. The US Kitty Hawk group ships arrived as a show of force near Korea.
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Edith M. Lederer
Associated Press
Seoul
South Korea
Park Chung-hee
Park
Democratic Republican Party
National Assembly
New Democratic Party
Chung Dae-chul
Korean Central Intelligence Agency
New Democrats
Democratic Unification Party
Kim Young-sam
Assembly
Chung
Choi Kyu-hah
Yun Po-sun
Kim Dae-jung
U.S
Kitty Hawk
7Th Fleet
North Korea
Jouett
Pusan
David R. Ray
Inchon
Bolster
Chinhae
Dutch firefighters to assist U S crews in Gulf oil blaze
In Galveston Texas rescuers from the Netherlands join five U S boat crews battling the Burmah Agate fire after a collision with the Mimosa. Five crewmen are dead or missing amid continuing efforts to cool exposed tanks and prevent further explosions as NOAA monitors a spreading oil slick two miles long.
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Galveston
Texas
Agrace Cas
T Hen
Richard Griggs
U.S. Coast Guard
Mimosa
Gulf Coast
Griggs
Smith International
Netherlands
Coast Guard
Coas
Uns
National Oceanic Ammospheric Administration
NOAA
Mediation Sought as Bolivian Coup Shocks La Paz
The Roman Catholic Church tries to mediate between Bolivia's new military president and Congress as opposition to Col. Alberto Natusch's coup grows. Martial law, press censorship, and air force jets mark the crackdown amid a five day general strike and reports of casualties.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Congress
Alberto Natusch
Genaro Prata
Natusch
Walter Guevara
Cochabamba
San Francisco Plaza
Red Cross
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Hernan Siles Zuazo
Paz Estenssoro
Siles Zuazo
Guevara
Military College
Agriculture
Hugo Banzer Suarez
Broadway profits rise as off Broadway gains noted
New York AP report shows Broadway productions posting a ten million dollar profit increase for the year led by long running shows Annie and Dracula at about 1.5 million each. Off Broadway also on the upswing for first time in a decade as Beatlemania and Ain’t Misbehavin join top earners. Midway Airport in Chicago sees thrifty travelers amid new airline fares under a dollar.
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Broadway
Ledgers
Robert Abrams
Annie
Beatlemania
Chicago
Midway Airport
Midway Airlines
Cleveland
Detroit
Kansas City
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Dominican Republic
Luba
NBC
Meet the Press
Marshall Shulman
Shulman
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Soviet Union
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Erie
World Vision Relief Agency
Sa Kaew
Thailand
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Fausett
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