East German overtures seek talks with Bonn amid Cold War tensions
East Germany offered to negotiate with Bonn on Berlin conditions travel and disarmament and suggested a framework for talks with Helmut Schmidt. Observers view the move as a bid to ease NATO pressures while Brezhnev warned against U.S. missiles.
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Associated Press
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Nico Huebner
Guenter Gaus
European Economic Community
Trial begins in Peking for woman dissident
Fu Yuehua, 34, who led a peasants protest for work and food, goes on trial in Beijing on libel and public disturbance charges for allegedly accusing a minor party official of rape. The case follows another trial held days earlier in the same court.
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Fu Yuehua
Wei Jingsheng
Xinhua
People’s Intermediate Court
Saint of the gutters earns Nobel Peace Prize for India work
Mother Teresa, Calcutta’s “saint of the gutters,” is awarded the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize for her aid to India's poor. The Yugoslav-born nun becomes the sixth woman laureate, with prize value $190,000. She founded the Missionaries of Charity and moved to Calcutta’s slums in 1947 to serve the poorest.
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Man seeks return of $6400 bribe money in Addison case
John Handy Jones's attorney filed a claim in state appeals court seeking the $6,400 he paid as a bribe, with a Dallas County judge ruling the funds belong to the State of Texas and Dallas County.
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Richard Sullivan
John Handy Jones
State of Texas
Dallas County
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Dozen men sought for smuggling hashish
Dozen men are being sought in four states on charges of smuggling 6000 pounds of hashish into the United States aboard a yacht. Three others have been arrested in Michigan Virginia and California. One key figure is Peter Lynn Krutschewski also known as Peter Blake. He faces testifying before a Texas grand jury probing the murder of U.S. Judge John H Wood Jr. The ring is valued at up to 18 million dollars wholesale. The arrests mark a major DEA dismantling effort with more cases expected.
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Virginia
California
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Texas
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Krutschewski
Peter Blake
Blackfriar's
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
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Lansing
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Grand Rapids
Wood Grand Jury
Thomas Tindall
Arlington
Mark Hansen
San Francisco
Tindall
Alexandria
Massachusetts
Hansen
Congressmen meet on Indochinese refugees
Ten congressmen from several states met with Carter administration adviser Stuart Eizenstat to discuss Indochinese refugees in their districts. Rep. Joe Wyatt of Texas cited California and Texas tensions, noting refugees strain local services and awaiting faster federal funding. Wyatt said HEW would take over the program from the State Department to ease the load.
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Carter
Stuart Eizenstat
Joe Wyatt
D-Texas
California
Wyatt
Seadrift
Eizenstat
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Jerry Patterson
D-Calif
Orange County
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
State Department
Barricades installed as troops move on demonstrators in El Salvador
Troops and police cracked down on protesters in San Salvador as FEZ Salvador's new military government announced 30 day curfew and martial law. Demonstrators barricaded streets, seized government buildings, and clashes left unconfirmed reports of deaths. Strikers were evicted from four factories, some buildings set aflame, amid promised amnesty and wealth redistribution. The junta dissolved the legislature, fired top generals, and pledged to restore democratic order while Archbishop Romero and U.S. officials signaled cautious support.
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Eduardo Vazquez Becker
Associated Press
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el Salvador
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Central America
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Jaime Abdul Gutierrez
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Romero
Honduras
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