Cosmonauts board Salyut 6 on space station mission
Vladimir Kovalenok and Alexander Ivanchenkov docked Soyuz 29 with Salyut 6 after a 25 hour flight from Baikonur. They activated dormant systems and read a welcome note left by Yuri Romanenko and Georgi Grechko.
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Moscow
Salyut 6
Space Station
Vladimir Kovalenok
Alexander Ivanchenkov
Orbiting Space Laboratory
Yuri Romanenko
Georgi Grechko
Kovalenok
Ground Control
Baikonur Space Center
Soviet Central Asia
Ali praises life in Russia and laments U S press lies
Muhammad Ali on a 12 day Soviet goodwill tour says Russians are peaceful and civilized far beyond America. He criticizes American reporters for claiming religious worship is suppressed in the Soviet Union while noting mosques in Tashkent and the Soviet constitution guarantees worship.
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Russia
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Muhammad Ali
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Soviet Union
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Tashkent
White Mormon couple wins right to adopt black child
In Santa Fe New Mexico a white Mormon couple won the right to adopt a mixed race boy after challenging the Human Services Department in court. The state dropped opposition and will review its interracial adoption rules. The couple fostered Jonathan since age four days and cried as they reunited with a photo of him.
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N.M
Human Services Department
Earl
Shirley Jane Jones
Tatums
Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints
New Mexico
Joneses
Santa Fe District Court
Jonathan
Frank McGuire
McGuire
Illinois job fund waste charged by Chicago auditors
State auditors find widespread misuse of federal funds in Illinois training and job programs for the unemployed. Auditors could not quantify total loss but estimates suggest over 1.4 million dollars. FBI investigation and department shakeup followed.
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Illinois
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Robert Cronson
Illinois Auditor General
State Office
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Castro accuses CIA of covert Angola role in interview
Fidel Castro charged the CIA with covert operations in Angola and pledging support to UNITA rebels, during a private Havana interview with NBC CBS and ABC journalists. He denied Cuban weapons or troops aided the Shaba invasion and said Cuba does not rule Angola, which is led by MPLA President Neto.
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Fidel Castro
CIA
Angola
U.S
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Zaire
Castro
NBC
CBS
ABC
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UNITA
Agostinho Neto
Portugal
White House
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Shaba
Katanga
Belgian Congo
Cas
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MPLA
Popular Liberation Movement of Angola
Neto
Five Die in Warwick Cafe Shooting At Chinese Restaurant
Warwick police say a 48 year old busboy Gan Fong Chin opened fire at Cafe Terrace injuring and killing five people including a pregnant woman. Chin is in custody facing murder charges in connection with at least four deaths among about 50 patrons and workers present.
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Warwick, R.I
Warwick
Frank Ricci
Cafe Terrace
Ricci
Gan Fong Chin
Soviet Charge Francis J Crawford In Moscow Currency Case
Soviet news agency Tass reports criminal proceedings begun against Francis J Crawford, 38, American representative for International Harvester, on Moscow street for selling foreign currency to Soviet citizens at speculative prices. Three Soviet accomplices also charged, maximum penalty eight years in prison. Crawford’s firm reportedly does about $300 million in business with the USSR.
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Soviet Union
Francis Jay Crawford
Tass
Crawford
Russian Federation
International Harvester
U.S
Death certificate signed for comatose Stacy Ellison
Ramsey County prosecutor says a death certificate for 4 year old Stacy Ellison was signed after a brain death determination, with plans to charge Denise Ellison, 24, with third degree murder. Hospital officials cite medical decision and refer case to police as child abuse.
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St. Paul, Minn
Stacy Ellison
Ramsey County
William Randall
Stacy
Randall
Children’s Hospital
St. Paul
Bertrand Poritsky
Richard Gehrz
Walter Bailey
Denise Ellison
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