Spectator marks 150th anniversary amid bold history
The Spectator, Britain's oldest weekly, founded in 1828, marks a 150th anniversary with notes on its Civil War stance and sharp critiques of Tennyson Browning Dickens and Verdi. In Belfast, IRA factions reportedly seized American night vision gear. U.N. debts cited. a Tokyo amateur discovers asteroid Mizuho. violence follows a Jerusalem bus blast. U.S. debates drug and foreign-agent issues. Byrd criticizes Senate minority tactics. a Navy cruiser moves off Nicaragua. Namibia independence dispute highlighted by U.S. objection.
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Assassination probe prompts Helms to testify before committee
House investigators seek former CIA Director Richard Helms to explain why the agency withheld material from the Warren Commission regarding Kennedy’s assassination. Helms, CIA head of clandestine services 1966 1973, was slated to testify as committee members probe CIA and FBI information handling.
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Newpoll shows Carter public approval rise on Middle East
A Newspoll finds Carter’s overall performance up 16 points after Camp David talks, with 42 percent rating excellent or good and 45 percent fair or poor. Voters gave poor marks on energy and the economy, with only 19 percent good or excellent on the economy and 22 percent on energy.
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Secretary of State Vance fails to win Arab support for Camp David
Cyrus Vance met in Jordan with King Hussein and in Saudi Arabia with King Khaled and Crown Prince Fahd but received no backing for Camp David. Jordan and Saudi Arabia remain opposed citing incomplete Israeli withdrawal and Palestinian state rights. Syria, hosting a summit of anti Camp David leaders, has already rejected the accords and warns the visit will not alter its stance.
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Israeli Troops Move Settlers From Hilltop Near Hebron
Israeli troops pressed to drag hundreds of Jewish settlers from a hilltop near Hebron in the southern West Bank after earlier clashes over Camp David accords. About 200 residents of Kiryat Arba occupied the hill and began building a house as protesters rallied.
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Mountaintop clashes near Nablus prompt curfew in West Bank
Israeli radio reports seven soldiers and seven settlers injured as fighters haul 300 settlers down slopes from a mountaintop near Nablus. TV notes another attempt to seize a hill near Maale Adumim was halted, yet clashes and a curfew followed. Begin says Camp David moratorium on new West Bank settlements. Carter cites five-year freeze and White House hopes for a quick solution.
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