Jonestown mass deaths near Guyana camp reported
Troops raid the Jonestown settlement in Guyana uncover 300 to 400 bodies believed to be victims of mass death by own action. Rep. Leo J. Ryan and four others are among the Americans killed or wounded as assault forces quell the sect. Survivors describe a volley of gunfire at Port Kaituma as planes were loaded and the community’s fate unfolds amid the U.S. embassy and White House responses.
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Associated Press
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California
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Miss Ridley
People’s Temple
Jonestown
Jim Jones
The
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U.S
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Stephen Katzaris
Anthony
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San Francisco
Archie James
Don Harris
Robert Brown
NBC News
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San Francisco Examiner
Patricia Parks
Parker
White House
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Mark Lane
Charles Garry
Jones
Lane
Memphis
Tenn
Garry
NBC
Robert Flick
Flick
Harris
New York
Jack Gelinas
Larry John Leyton
San Francisco Chronicle
Ron Javers
Brown
Bob
Javers
Leo Ryan
Puerto Rico
Andrews Air Force Base
Tom Reston
Prosecution Opens in Thorpe Conspiracy Case in Minehead
Proceedings begin against former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe and three co-defendants in Minehead England on charges of conspiring to murder Norman Scott and incite another to kill. Hearing will decide if case moves to trial. up to 10 years per count. Notable witnesses include Peter Bessell. hearings restrict details in Britain during proceedings.
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England
Britain
Liberal Party
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Thorpe
Norman Scott
David Holmes
Scott
Holmes
Middle of the Road
George Deakin
John LeMesurier
Liberals
House of Commons
Oxford University
Rupert
Peter Bessell
Commons
Oceanside
Calif
World population growth slows says Census Bureau report
Washington AP gains show global growth rate dropped from 2.0 percent in 1966 to 1.9 in 1976 while world population rose from 3.5 billion in 1967 to 4.3 billion in 1977. Experts expect zero population growth between 2020 and 2025, earlier than projected. Samuel Baum notes gradual yet significant shifts. trend unlikely to reverse.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Samuel Baum
Bureau
Begin backs rejecting timetable for Egyptian peace talks
Prime Minister Menachem Begin says he will recommend the Cabinet reject Egypts demand for a timetable to solve the Palestinian problem while asking it to reaffirm willingness to sign a peace treaty with Egypt. The Cabinet adjourned without a decision and will reconvene Tuesday to press talks in Washington on the stalled Egyptian Israeli negotiations.
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Washington
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
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Jaffa
Begin
Herut Party
Gaza Strip
Occupied Territories
Moore sculpture rises on Dallas City Hall plaza
England based artists begin assembling Henry Moore’s Vertebrae in Three Pieces a 450000 dollar sculpture split into three 9000 pound sections destined for the new Dallas City Hall plaza. Henry Moore plans to attend dedication December 5.
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England
Henry Moore
New City Hall
Moore
Beethoven Tops World’s Major Concert Cities Poll
In a London Sunday Times survey covering London New York Paris Berlin Rome and Moscow Beethoven emerged as the most performed composer in all cities except New York where Franz Schubert led. The report notes the wider pattern across major capitals and the dominance of classical works in urban concert life.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sunday Times of
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Berlin
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Moscow
Beethoven
Franz Schubert
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