Negev Desert Growth Plans Move Forward With 2 Billion Investment
Israel plans over 2 billion dollars for new towns and development in the Negev to house about 4000 Sinai settlers relocating ahead of Egypt treaty. 20 settlements along the border near Kerem Shalom, Beersheba to center planning 7 to 8 months, with foreign investment sought.
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Dan Grebler
Associated Press
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Moshav Sadot Grows Winter Flowers and Vegetables For Export. Asher Kalush
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Araba
Israelis observe Yom Kippur amid war memories
In Jerusalem Israelis began Yom Kippur as shops closed and transit stopped. The Day of Atonement recalls the 1973 Arab surprise attack and ongoing hopes for peace with Egypt and other Arab neighbors. Prime Minister Begin, resting at home, planned to attend prayers.
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Menachem Begin
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Gaza Strip
Italian scholar fined for Bodleian Library theft at Oxford
Bruno Pagane a Milanese high school teacher admitted stealing 50000 dollars worth of rare books from Bodleian Library. He said he loved old books and was researching Italian literature. Magistrates fined 8000 dollars and gave a one year suspended sentence.
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England
Bodleian Library
Bruno Pagane
Milan
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Brock says inflation makes middle class the new poor
Boston AP reports Republican National Committee Chairman William Brock in Massachusetts railing that runaway federal spending creates a new poor middle class while Democrats pursue programs for prestige over effectiveness. Also coverage of Coast Guard inquiry into Lobstar sinking near Montauk and officer Don McKeown’s CHP son among the dead in Redding California, plus SCLC head Joseph Lowery condemning Rhodesia’s coalition government in Atlanta.
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Brock
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Rosalynn Carter
Mary Finch Hoyt
William J. Morani Jr
Marine Safety Office
Redding
Calif
California Highway Patrol
Don McKeown
CHP
Steven McKeown
Happy Valley
California
Debbie Kelly
Central Valley
Vickie Cuellar
Atlanta
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Rhodesia
Joseph Lowery
Ian Smith
United States
Smith
U.S
Africa
Dodesia
Patriotic Front
Lowery
Rhodesian Talks Fail to End U.S. Opposition
At the State Department two hours of talks between Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole produced no progress on dissolving U.S. opposition to Rhodesia’s racial policies. State Department spokesman Hodding Carter said there was a frank exchange with no tangible result.
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Ian Smith
U.S
Rhodesia
State Department
Hodding Carter
Smith
Ndabaningi Sithole
Cyrus Vance
U.N
Andrew Young
Peter Jay
United States
Sithole
Salisbury
Abel Muzorewa
Jeremiah Chirau
Great Britain
Heavy gunfire returns to Beirut amid flare in truce
At Beirut's main Moslem Christian crossroad heavy gunfire erupts threatening a three day cease fire with Syrian peacekeeping troops. Sniper fire targets other crosspoints while Israeli gunboats reportedly shell Palestinian camps. Cease fire had begun Saturday after 10 days of fighting that killed about 1,300 and wounded 2,000.
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Elias Sarkas
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