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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1979
Page
3
In Cleveland Tennessee two Wells Fargo guards were surprised during a coffee break as five gunmen emptied 23 sacks of cash totaling 203000 from an armored truck. No injuries occurred and a camper pickup used as the getaway was found three miles away.
New Zealand officials say the DC-10 crash over Mount Erebus resulted from navigational error, placing the plane on the wrong side of the volcano during a coast sight-seeing flight. All 257 aboard died, including American professor John G. Houghton. Rescue efforts faced 30 knot winds and 35 below wind chill as mountaineers reported wreckage spread across ice.
Thirty four Saudi Arabian students in Milton College advance from Milton to Madison after clashes with American students and local traffic course issues. Violent incidents include a beer brawl at a November dance injuring two Saudis and removal of four Americans. The group, under Systems for International Training, faced harassment at Oshkosh before arriving in Milton in late September.
UAE rulers welcomed Ayatollah Khomeini, then grew uneasy that his revolutionary surge could spark unrest at home. President Zayed and other sheiks fear Iran inciting protests as broadcasts urge Muslims to rise against oppressors of the people.
Pope John Paul II and Orthodox Patriarch Demetrius I will inaugurate talks aimed at ending over nine centuries of schism. The visit to Turkey includes meetings with Armenian Patriarch Snork Khaludjan, a tour of Hagia Sophia, and security restrictions amid regional tensions.
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