Selection breaks traditionJohn Paul II to stress pastoral side
Pope John Paul II the Polish pope elected as the church's 264th leader delivered his first papal homily in the Sistine Chapel at Mass with 110 cardinal electors. He stressed pastoral guidance, sought dialogue with other Christians, and indicated continued adherence to birth control and clerical celibacy prohibitions. He addressed crowds in St. Peter's Square, spoke in patient Italian, and highlighted his Poland background amid Vatican relations with Communist governments.
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Karol Wojtyla
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John Long
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St. Peter’s Square
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Stefen Wyszynski
Warsaw
Pius IX
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United States
Canada
Europe
Australia
Nancy Drew arrives at Newton Public Library via 12 donated copies
In Newton Massachusetts a kind hearted donor contributed 12 Nancy Drew books to the public library after librarian Virginia Tashjian sparked a row by labeling the series soap opera fiction and declining to stock it. The Hardy Boys remain unstocked due to lack of donations.
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Newton
Mass
Nancy Drew
Newton Public Library
Virginia Tashjian
Conservatives gain Trudeau suffers sharp setback
OTTAWA AP Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau and his Liberals faced a sharp setback in 15 by-elections as Conservatives grabbed five Liberal Ontario seats and one in Manitoba while holding others. The tally left Liberals with 136 of 264 Commons seats, Conservatives 97, NDP 17, Social Credit nine and independents five.
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau
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Canada
Ontario
Manitoba
House of Commons
New Democratic Party
Social Credit Party
Trudeau
Lester Pearson
William Rowe
Newfoundland
Commons
Conservatives
Progressive Conservatives
Social Credit
Joe Clark
Penzias and Wilson Share 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics
The 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Arno A. Penzias and Robert W. Wilson of Bell Labs and Pyotr Kapitsa for low temperature physics. Penzias and Wilson were honored for discovering cosmic microwave background radiation supporting the big bang theory. Kapitsa, 83, was lauded for basic research in low temperature physics and device innovations.
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Sweden
Arno A. Penzias
Robert W. Wilson
Bell Telephone Laboratories
New Jersey
Pyotr Leontevitch Kapitsa
Moscow
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Wilson
Kapitsa
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Lev Landau
Swedish Academy of Sciences
Cambridge
England
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Academy
Munich
Germany
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New York
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Houston
Cal Tech
Bell
Herbert Simon
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh
Isaac Bahevis Singer
Daniel Nathans
Hamilton C. Smith
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Werner Arber
University of Basel
Switzerland
Chinese educators visit Ohio to discuss student exchange plan
In Athens Ohio Chinese education leaders led by Chou Pei yuan said they aim to bring hundreds of students to American colleges as part of modernization. U S officials note China seeks stronger ties and merit based admissions after years of political control. agreement could bring several hundred scholars to the United States.
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Ohio
United States
Chou Pei Yuan
Peking University
All China Science & Technology Association
Ohio University
Mao Tse Tung
John Thomson
U.S. State Department
Nazis win key legal fight over Skokie demonstrations
The Supreme Court refused to hear Skokie officials arguments that the Nazis' free speech rights clash with residents safety and decorum. The ruling leaves lower court decisions allowing Nazi demonstrations in Skokie intact and signals no immediate change for the village. Also the Court rejected overturning a $360 million breach of contract suit involving the United Methodist Church treasury.
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Supreme Court
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General Council On Finance and Administration
California
Bomb hoax forces Cyprus Airways jet to make unscheduled stop
A Cyprus Airways jet carrying 185 aboard diverted to Stuttgart West Germany on Monday after a bomb hoax. The London to Larnaca flight made the unscheduled stop as authorities searched the plane for a threat. The incident comes amid routine airport security checks and airline vigilance.
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Cyprus Airways
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