Cosmonauts Set for Return After Space Docking Prep
Soyuz 16 crew Lt. Col. Anatoly Filipchenko and Nikolai Rukavishnikov prepare for Earth landing after a six day flight simulating a July joint Soviet American docking. Tass reports they are healthy and systems normal with docking apparatus tested in space.
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Tunisia frees 11 Palestinian guerrillas amid PLO talks
Tunisia announced the release of 11 Palestinian guerrillas including four hijackers of a British airliner. The men left Tunisia to join the PLO or be subject to its actions, with fate and destinations undisclosed. The group also included two previously jailed for airport bombings and arson attacks in Europe.
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Cyprus Archbishop Makarios Returns Amid Amnesty Offer
Archbishop Makarios returns from five months exile to Nicosia addressing about 130000 supporters. He offers amnesty to those who helped depose him, rejects partition, backs Turkish Cypriot talks and self government with Greek and Turkish communities, and condemns the Turkish invasion.
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Lights go back on in Moscow after yearlong cutback
Moscow restored full street lighting after a year of dimmed streets and selective lighting. Western diplomats cited fuel shortages and energy strain in the European Soviet Union, while officials and media urged conservation. The lights were again dimmed at midnight on Constitution Day eve.
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Who is running Ethiopia After the Coup
Addis Ababa UPI reports three months after the military takeover the Provisional Military Administrative Council led by Brig. Gen. Teferi Benti governs Ethiopia. The shadowy Mengistu Haile Mariam is vice chairman and suspected hard liner. officials warn of strict penalties and a new moral reform campaign as Eritrean rebellion and recent explosions unsettle civilians.
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Escaped comrade hunt widens near Lebanon border
Israeli forces and naval units intensified the search for the guerrilla escapee near Lebanon. Reports say troops fired on Ras Nakoura and shelled border villages while helicopters aided operations in Arkoub and Western Galilee. The incident followed an attack on the Rosh Hanikra settlement that left two wounded and one gunman dead.
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Beirut
Israel
Farouk Kaddoumi
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Bomb Explodes at Royalist Offices in Greece Referendum Night
A hand grenade with a timing device damaged the Royalist Union offices near Athens police HQ as Greece votes in a referendum on restoring King Constantine. Police reported no casualties. Polls predicted royalist defeat with turnout affected by bad weather and an Olympic Airways strike.
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Students Build Mausoleum For U Thant On Rangoon Campus
Burmese students who seized U Thant's coffin pledged to erect a mausoleum after his death in New York. They started constructing on Rangoon University grounds near the former student union, defying an appeal from Thant's brother to proceed with the funeral. The government allotted a mausoleum plot near Thakin Kodaw Hmaing's tomb on Shwedagon hill in downtown Rangoon.
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Tourists Flock to Juarez for Cheap Sugar
Americans flock to Juarez and other border towns as US sugar prices rise and Mexico’s sugar undercuts domestic rates. Officials report few incidents but customs enforce the Sugar Act strict limits of 100 pounds per person. A New Mexico man was indicted for attempting to smuggle 2,750 pounds.
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