Guerrilla Leader Mugabe Pushes Transition Plan For Zimbabwe Rhodesia
Mugabe urged Britain to set up a transition administration with a predominant guerrilla role, including British and Muzorewa representatives. He backed a mixed leadership sharing power with the Patriotic Front while keeping the military, criticizing Muzorewa as a front for white power. Conference observers warned Muzorewa might walk out if military demands are pressed.
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Tropical Storm Frederic Near Gulf Move Predicted
Frederic edged off western Cuba and could strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico. Forecasts call for higher seas and gusts near 50 mph in the Lower Florida Keys, with Key West about 175 miles away. Gloria remains distant with no land threat as Atlantic conditions shift.
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Ford urges immediate withdrawal of Soviet troops from Cuba
Former President Gerald Ford told an Atlanta audience that thousands of Soviet combat troops in Cuba are intolerable and must be withdrawn immediately. He cited a Soviet military buildup and the discovery of 2,000 to 3,000 troops in Cuba. In Chicago, seniors plan a nationwide protest Oct 17 over high energy prices, with National Council of Senior Citizens and Citizen Labor Energy Coalition backing the demonstration led by William R. Hutton.
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Unidentified man admits setting 1958 Our Lady of the Angels fire
A taped interview aired on WGN-TV where a parolee said he started the Our Lady of the Angels school blaze on December 1 1958 on Chicago's West Side. The disaster killed 95 people including 92 students and three nuns and has never been officially ruled arson.
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Sadat Begin talks leave Strauss confident of peace progress
U S Mideast negotiator Robert Strauss said President Anwar Sadat’s report on his meeting with Prime Minister Menachem Begin left him absolutely confident the Palestinian autonomy talks and the broader peace process will conclude successfully. Strauss called the Cairo meeting constructive and said Sadat and Begin showed considerable progress and good chemistry. The 90 minute session marked Strauss’s third trip to Cairo since Carter named him as mediator last spring as he reported on Haifa reception enthusiasm.
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Former Khomeini rival Taleghani dies in Iran
The Associated Press reports Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani, Tehran’s liberal religious leader and former rival of Ayatollah Khomeini, died at 69 in Tehran. He helped organize early revolutionary protests, advocated leftist and progressive views, and faced kidnapping pressure from Khomeini loyalists during the upheaval. His death follows a long illness linked to torture during his imprisonment.
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Dallas panic group vows to oppose bond unless center funds
In Dallas, members of a panicked civic group threaten to oppose a November city bond issue unless a financial commitment is made for a new West Dallas community center. Adolph Canales says city council actions in weeks ahead will be the crucial deciding point in the group's stance.
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