Khrushchev notes smuggling blamed on grandson-in-law
Observers increasingly credit Lev Petrov, Khrushchev's grandson-in-law, with smuggling a fragment of Khrushchev notes out of Moscow. Petrov, former editor of Soviet Weekly, died recently and had ready access to the former premier. Alexei Adzhubei is portrayed as less connected to Khrushchev in recent years.
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UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Moscow
Alexei Adzhubei
Izvestia
Sovietsky Soyuz
Soviet Union
Yulia
Khrushchev
Petrov
Adzhubei
Soviet Weekly
Novosti
Britain
Petrov Linked to Khrushchev Memoirs Controversy Origins
The fragment delivered to American publishers shaped Khrushchev Remembers though publishers avoided claiming a genuine manuscript. Petrov, a well connected Soviet official, is suspected of acting without Khrushchev’s knowledge amid disloyalty rumors and resentments over how Khrushchev was treated in the Kremlin.
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Petrov
Communist Party
Kremlin
Israeli and Arab Forces Exchange Fire Across Golan and Lebanon
The report notes Israeli positions shelled on the Golan Heights and near the Lebanese border. In Gaza a grenade killed two children in an Israeli car and wounded their mother. An Israeli soldier was wounded as night attacks continued. UN mediator Jarring headed to New York for peace talks as Sadat urged limits on cease fire and withdrawal.
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Gunnar V. Jarring
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New York
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
U.N
Mohammed Hassan al Zayyat
Israel
Sadat
Egypt
Suez Canal
Amman
Skeleton of crucified man found near Jerusalem
Israeli scholars report a two thousand year old skeleton of a crucified man unearthed in cave tombs northeast of Jerusalem. The find, with heel bone nail piercings, is the first physical evidence of crucifixion in biblical times, though experts caution against linking it to Jesus and stress broader historical context.
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Jerusalem
Nico Haas
Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center
Jesus of Nazareth
Avraham Biran
Government Department of Antiquities and Museums
Jesus
Biian
Holy Land
Israel Exploration Journal
Government Department of Antiquities
Bad weather slows world start to new year
Extreme cold snow and storms disrupt life across Europe and Asia. In France the Rhone Valley lanes are blocked by deep snow isolating over 100 villages. Italy records deaths and injuries from landslides and a Messina tornado. Monsoon floods hit Malaysia as India endures cold wave fatalities.
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Messina
India
Malasia
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Valence
Lyons
Rome
Naples
Milan
Yugoslavia
Adriatic
Malaysia
Emperor Hirohito Appears on Palace Balcony for New Year Greetings
Emperor Hirohito appeared eight times from behind bulletproof glass at the Imperial Palace on New Year grounds open to the public. About 119000 visitors entered the palace grounds between 9 am and 3 30 pm as thousands sent greetings.
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Tokyo
UPI
Hirohito
Imperial Palace
Libya crash kills 16 Arabs en route to Tripoli
A United Arab Airlines four engine Comet crashed in a sand storm near Tripoli Airport. All 16 Arabs aboard were killed as the craft hit a dune about one mile from the runway at 4 30 a.m. The plane exploded, scattering wreckage up to 400 yards. It followed another Mediterranean air disaster a day earlier involving a French charter plane with 31 aboard.
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Libya
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Algeria
American bishop named head of Vatican bank in surprise posting
The Vatican newspaper reports Bishop Paul C. Marcinkus from Illinois was named president of the Institute for Works of Religion. He previously served in the secretariat of state and as Paul VI's interpreter and aide, handling papal trips and acting as an unofficial bodyguard.
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UPI
Paul VI
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L’osservatore Romano
Institute For Works of Religion
Paul C. Marcinkus
Alberto di Jorio
Marcinkus
Cicero
Vatican Secretariat of State
Paul
South Vietnamese clash with North in DMZ amid cease fire end
South Vietnamese forces fought a North Vietnamese unit inside the DMZ near Gio Linh as the three day cease fire ended. Cambodian and Khmer troops also reported heavy battles in Cambodia with 68 Communists killed in two clashes. U.S. firebases along the DMZ conducted four fire missions during the truce.
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UPI
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Cambodia
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Demilita
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