Legion withdraws French Legion from Kolwezi Zaire
French Foreign Legion paratroopers begin withdrawal from southern Zaire less than a week after retaking Kolwezi from rebels and aiding in evacuations. Garrison to be replaced by Zairian army forces with about 100 Moroccan troops as Belgian plan for an all African peacekeeping force seeks to protect ore flows. Pope Paul VI urges prayers for Zaire victims and condemns abortion during audience at Vatican.
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French Foreign Legion
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Kolwezi
French Defense Ministry
Defense Ministry
Paul VI
Vatican
France's Giscard dEstaing urges new world disarmament body
At a U.N. disarmament session President Giscard d Estaing proposed creating a World Disarmament Institute under the United Nations with 30 to 40 members. He urged genuine European weapon reductions and studies on satellite monitoring. Mondale backed U.N. monitoring and a peacekeeping reserve force, noting Warsaw Pact tank superiority and SS-20 missile deployments.
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Africa
Thompson unveils $75.6 million Illinois road repair plan
Gov. James R. Thompson defended a beefed up spring and summer road repair program totaling 75.6 million, aimed at addressing potholes as Democrats push Bakalis for 30 million more. The plan reallocates existing funds and federal money, requiring legislative approval, with 40.8 million shifted to July September repairs.
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T. Lee Hughes
Associated Press
Springfield, Ill
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Department of Transportation
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Jaworski backs watered down Korea aid threat
Washington AP Leon Jaworski says a milder threat to halt U S economic aid to South Korea could compel testimony from former ambassador Kim Dong Jo about cash payoffs to congressmen. The House committee voted 31 0 for a resolution warning but not promising aid cuts if Seoul does not testify under oath. Jaworski says he has classified information suggesting eight or more current members may have received envelopes with $100 bills from Kim. He cannot release names or sources.
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Leon Jaworski
U.S
South Korea
Jaworski
House Ethics Committee
House International Relations Committee
Kim Dong Jo
Ethics Committee
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Powerton plant expansion eyed by Energy Department
U S Department of Energy weighs reshaping the Powerton coal gasification project near Pekin to emphasize gasification testing with details due by mid June. House Minority Whip Robert Michel says construction may shift to spring 1979 after EPA delays and proposes a larger federal outlay if approved, with 800 jobs created during build and 200 during operation.
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U.S. Department of Energy
Powerton
Pekin
Robert Michel
Energy Department
Michel
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Perry County
Illinois
Congress
Paul Simon
D-Ill
Bus Sideswipe in Oslo Kills Seven Tourists from America
A lumber truck sideswiped a bus carrying 28 American tourists on a mountain road in Oslo Norway. Thin boards broke through windows killing seven passengers and injuring four seriously. Two Illinois men, Philippe Dispenca 67 and Joseph Dispenca 77 of Oak Brook, were hospitalized.
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Joseph Dispenca
Oak Brook
Israel Supreme Court orders halt to West Bank settlement activity
Three judges of Israel's supreme court issued a temporary order to stop land preparation for a Jewish settlement on land claimed by an Arab village in the West Bank. The ruling, an initial win for Palestinians, requires the Defense Ministry to halt clearance for Neve Tsuf near Nebi Salah and to dismantle a 50 acre barbed-wire enclosure within 40 days. Arafat Agrees Beirut PLO vows to end armed presence in southern Lebanon and withdraw non Palestinian volunteers. Premier Salim el Hoss and a PLO delegation reached the accord to restore Lebanese sovereignty and oversee its implementation.
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PLO
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