Iran says hostages to be tried in embassy spy den
Ayatollah Khomeini declares the 50 hostages must face trial as spies inside the U S Embassy in Tehran. He rejects any UN Security Council plan seen as U S dictated while Moslem students threaten to mine the compound. Iranian forces intensify ground air and sea activity as the crisis deepens.
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Alex Efty
Associated Press
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U.N. Security Council
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Security Council
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Shah
Tasua
Ashura
State Department
Hodding Carter
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Persian Gulf
Fallahi
Islamic Republic
Qom
Mecca siege ends as troops corner mosque holdouts
Saudi troops claimed to have cornered the last gunmen in Mecca's Grand Mosque after a weeklong occupation by ultra conservative dissidents demanding bans on radio television and women in jobs. The assault left the sanctuary and surrounding area in turmoil.
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Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Mecca
Mohammed Abdo Yamani
Chrysler chief quits New York Roundtable over loan guarantees
Lee A. Iacocca, chairman of Chrysler Corp., withdraws the automaker from the Business Roundtable after the group opposes federal loan guarantees. He argues Chrysler needs early access to guarantees and criticizes the stance that bankruptcy should come first. Analysts project a near billion dollar loss for fiscal 1979.
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Detroit
Lee A. Iacocca
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
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Iacocca
Roundtable
S.S. United States Reimagined As Luxury Condo Cruise
Arlington notes the S S United States will sail again as a condo cruised ship, with 1 300 passengers in a one class first class layout. Time share condeminiums will be sold to investors via United States Cruising Society for 11 500 to 149 500 per stateroom.
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Wash
S.S. United States
Richard Hadley
Hadley
Cascades
Hawaii
Seattle
U.S
Norfolk
United States Cruises Inc
The
United States Cruising Society
U N Security Council debates Iran hostages move toward inquiry
U N Security Council opens urgent debate on the Iran hostage crisis with Secretary General Waldheim proposing an international inquiry into charges against the shah in exchange for hostages' release. Khomeini urges focus on shah dictatorship and arms buildup while U S presses for a public session.
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United States
Waldheim
Abc-Tv
Barbara Walters
Iran
Khomeini
Shah
Dependents Told to Return Home From 10 American Embassies
The State Department offers voluntary, government funded drawdowns for dependents and non essential personnel at 10 embassies in the Islamic world. The move is temporary and not an evacuation, with embassies remaining open. Names of the 10 countries were not released, but officials cited Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and North Yemen among them. Afghanistan Pakistan and Iran have already seen withdrawals.
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Robert B. Cullen
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
United States
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Syria
Lebanon
North Yemen
Turkey
Jordan
Egypt
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Iran
U.S
Tehran
Shah
Space shuttle boosters rolling into launch position
Technicians at Cape Canaveral began positioning the two Space Shuttle Columbia boosters with aims to finish by December. Columbia should roll out March 21, be attached to boosters, then piggyback to the launch pad in late April for a two minute burn and booster recovery. Federal coverage notes the boosters’ reuse plan and timeline.
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Kennedy Space Center
Columbia
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