South Africa denies nuclear test claims
South Africa dismissed U S intelligence reports that it tested a nuclear device as nonsense and closer to science fiction. Atomic Energy Board head Dr J Wynand de Villiers, and Foreign Minister Roelof Botha, rejected the claims and urged checking other powers.
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Stafford pleads innocent in Texas family killings
Roger Dale Stafford 27 pleads innocent to three murder charges in San Antonio family killings. A preliminary hearing is set for December 18 as prosecutors seek three more death sentences stemming from the June 1978 killings of Air Force Sgt. Melvin Lorenz his wife Linda and son Richard near Purcell Oklahoma.
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Spanish feminists rally as abortion trial starts in Basque capital
In Bilbao, angry feminists vow to chain themselves outside the criminal court as 11 women face abortion charges in Catholic Spain. Protests spread nationwide with clashes in Madrid and smaller rallies in Valencia, Majorca, the Canary Islands, and Santiago de Compostela as authorities consider delays.
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El Salvador junta unrest triggers looting and protests
In San Salvador supporters and opponents of the new junta clashed in a downtown plaza prompting mobs to loot four department stores. Police took no action as Red Cross ambulances stood by. Duarte urged street mobilization while about 1,000 leftists held 800 people in the labor and economics ministries amid demanding wage, price controls, and prisoner releases.
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Britain's Dublin clash looms over Common Market cut
British leaders demand a cut in Britain's Common Market contribution ahead of the Dublin summit. Thatcher warns the fight will be joined, while Carrington calls Britain's 1980 share intolerable at 1.161 billion pounds. An AP dispatch notes sharp price shifts in fuel and goods amid market pressures.
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