Sadat offers Shah asylum in Egypt during exile
President Anwar Sadat invited the deposed Shah of Iran and his family to seek asylum in Egypt. Tehran revoked the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's passport to prevent travel, as the exiled monarch has lived in Aswan, Morocco, the Bahamas, and now Mexico, with the US and most European nations wary of hosting him.
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Cairo
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Shah of
Iran
Tehran
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Sadat
Shah
Aswan
Morocco
Bahamas
Mexico
United States
Nuclear plant work halted after cavity found at Bay City containment
Arlington Texas AP officials stop pouring at the South Texas nuclear plant in Bay City after cavities in the concrete containment building are found. NRC regional director Karl Seyfrit notes inspection may take three to four weeks. Holes in concrete are common to repair, not always requiring full replacement. final seriousness undecided.
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Arlington, Texas
South Texas
Bay City
Karl Seyfrit
Nucleargulatory Commission
Houston Lighting & Power Co
Seyfrit
Mystery donor pays $30,000 tab for Avella High reunion
About 1,200 Avella High School alumni from 1927 to 1959 gathered at the Hilton Hotel for a reunion. The mystery benefactor, aged roughly 38 to 70, picked up the $30,000 bill but did not reveal his identity, leaving attendees curious while the donor enjoyed the event.
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Pittsburgh
Avella High School
Gus Stefkovich
Aveila
Edith Cecchini
Mystery
Hilton Hotel
Cancer, oil industry may be linked to deaths in Texas plants
The National Cancer Institute reports a highly increased cancer mortality risk among workers in Texas petroleum refineries and petrochemical plants based on 30 years of records from over 3,000 Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union members. While a cause and effect is not proven, officials emphasize urgency for further study and scientific investigation. A day-long meeting involving oil industry representatives, the union, the cancer institute and OSHA discussed rapid follow-up research. Dr. Joseph Wagoner of OSHA stressed collective concern to pursue more study.
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New York
National Cancer Institute
Texas
Ee Il
Associated Press
Oil
Oil Workers’ Union
The
Cancer Institute
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Rebels retreat amid Somoza assault as OAS pushes for resignation
Rebels leave Managua as Somoza troops press attacks in eastern slums and Sandinista leaders filter out. The OAS in Washington debates a resolution demanding Somoza resign. U.S. peacekeeping proposals are rejected. In San Jose a Lanica jet seeks asylum, while Panama grants refuge to 58 crewmen from Somoza ships.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Organization of American States
Washington
Somoza
OAS
U.S
San Jose
Costa Rica
Lanica Airlines
Miami
Panama City
Provisional Government
Byrd to Fly to Moscow on SALT Ratification Talks
Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd announced plans to fly to Moscow to discuss the Senate role in ratifying SALT II. He will seek Soviet views on reservations and understandings, notably about limiting Backfire bombers, a key sticking point in the treaty debate. Byrd aims to explain that such reservations would not require renegotiation, while hearings next month may clarify outstanding issues.
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Washington
Senate
Robert Byrd
Moscow
Congressional
Byrd
U.S
Leonid Brezhnev
Vienna
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
West Virginia
Malaysians Push 2 500 Refugees Back To Sea
Malaysian authorities report pushing 2 500 arriving Vietnamese refugees back to sea over the past week as Vietnam denounces an Indochinese refugee conference plan as imperialist. Nine hundred refugees on two boats were intercepted near Trenganu coast.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Vietnam
Asia
Trenganu
Bala Lumpur
Cambodia
Laos
Southeast Asia
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
Hanoi
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Mrs. Cecchini
Joseph Wagoner
OSHA
Terry Thomas
Ms. Thomas
Dolly
Carbondale
Herrin
Taining Deal
Southern Illinoisan
Ill
Ing
Carlos Romulo
Manila
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Bangkok
Thailand
Hoang Bao Son
Gore
Wesa
R.W
Barb Robinson
Murphysboro
Lennox
Origin Heatiit
Southern
Illinois
Murphysboro Iron & Metal Company
Gartside
Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinois
Illinois General Assembly
Tony Stevens
Franklin County Home Extension
Marilyn Hungerford
Nick Sortal
N. Illinois
Marion
Union
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