Communists support new Italian government
Rome AP Giulio Andreotti formed an all Christian Democrat government that will for the first time receive Communist support in parliament. The five party pact includes the Communists as voting members in parliament while denying cabinet posts, with a new body to monitor policy amid unemployment and instability.
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Andreotti
Giovanni Leone
Italy
Jan
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NATO
Socialists
Social Democrats
Communist Party
Giorgio Napolitano
Christian Democrats
Ethiopian troops reach Somali border amid Ogaden drive
Ethiopian troops reached the Somalia border in a counterattack to clear the Ogaden desert of Somali forces said by ambassador Mengiste Desta. The rebel leader vowed to continue fighting despite Somali withdrawal and Ethiopia pressed for lasting peace terms including permanent boundary, compensation, and non interference.
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Somalia
Ogaden
Mengiste Desta
Jijiga
Ethiopia
Desta
Kenya
Djibouti
Vance and Dobrynin discuss Cuban military force in Ethiopia
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance met with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin to press for a reduction of Cuban forces in Ethiopia. The 45 minute talks in Vance's office were part of a joint effort by the United States and the Soviet Union to push for a ceasefire and negotiated settlement to the Ethiopia Somalia war.
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Cyrus R. Vance
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
U.S
Ethiopia
Vance
Somalia
Carter
Sadat criticizes Begin on West Bank pullout stance
President Anwar Sadat said Prime Minister Menachem Begin endangers Mideast peace talks by denying Israel must withdraw from the West Bank. Egypt and the United States seek Israeli withdrawal from all occupied lands including Sinai, Gaza, Golan Heights, and the West Bank under UNSC Resolution 242.
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Egypt
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Menachem Begin
Mideast
Israel
Jordan River
Begin
United States
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Syria
Golan Heights
Jordan
U.N. Security Council
Shawnee votes against tax hikes for education and transport
Shawnee Community Unit District voters rejected increases in the education and transportation funds. Proposition 1 failed 349 to 499 and Proposition 2 failed 341 to 496. District officials cited debt, deficits, inflation, and new state mandated programs as drivers of the request to raise the education fund from $1.60 to $2 per $100 valuation and to lift the transportation fund from 12 to 20 cents.
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Shawnee Community Unit
Weather forecast and regional conditions across the United States
The National Weather Service predicts warm air with possible showers in the Midwest and Northwest and along the East Coast. Flurries are expected in the western U S and parts of the Northeast, with a large snow area near Canada from Washington to Wisconsin. In Southern Illinois the high reached 52 at 5 p m Saturday, while the two day low from Friday 7 a m to Saturday 7 a m was 26 with no rain. Rain totaling 0.09 inches fell from 8:15 a m to 5:15 p m Saturday. Sunset today is 5:53 p m, sunrise Monday 6:07 a m, sunset Monday 5:54 p m.
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Wisconsin
Illinois
Two Minor Planets Near Earth Discovered
Walter Sullivan reports two new asteroids, 1978 CA and 1978 DR, found by Hans-Emil Schuster at La Silla. Orbit calculations by Brian Marsden show the larger asteroid nearly Earth like, taking 435 days to orbit the Sun, while the smaller spins slower.
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New York Times
New York
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Hans-Emil Schuster
European Southern Observatory
la Silla
Chile
Brian Marsden
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Garching
Munich
Germany
Jean Surdes
Zulu Chief Attacked by Mob at Sobukwe Funeral
About 100 angry black militants pelted Zulu Chief Gatsha Buthelezi and leaders at Robert Sobukwe's funeral in Graaff-Reinet. Three youths were shot, police say none by officers, as bodyguard fired into the air and bystanders were injured amid chaotic singing and chants.
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Graaff-Reinet
South Africa
Gatsha Buthelezi
Robert Sobukwe
Buthelezi
KwaZulu
A.A. Coetzee
Police
Cape
Coetze
Bergland seeks ruling on food stamps for striking miners
Agriculture Secretary Bergland asked the Justice Department for an opinion on the legality of denying food stamps to miners who defy a Taft Hartley back to work injunction. White House said the administration presumes the position is proper and will defend it if needed. Powell urged compliance with court orders and return to work to avoid broader issues.
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Bob Bergland
Justice Department
White House
Carter
Jody Powell
Bergland
Powell
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