Soviets denounce neutron bomb as moral threat in arms race
Tass calls Carter’s “love of man” rhetoric a myth while condemning the neutron bomb as a new step in the arms race. It notes the weapon’s design to kill personnel but spare structures, questions current production, and reports House funding approved with Senate freeze pending Carter decision.
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Senate
Cairo bus terminal blast tied to fanatic sect
In Cairo a hazardous device exploded near Ataba square's bus terminal as police say the Penance and Retreat Society seeks to sow panic. No injuries reported as authorities arrest about 200 members led by Shukri Ahmed Mustafa while citing previous assaults on theaters and a former cabinet minister.
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Mustafa
Muhammad AlZahaby
Religious Endowments
Ethiopian-Ethiopian clash in Ogaden leaves 1500 dead
The Somalia News Agency reports nearly 1,500 Ethiopian regulars and peasants died last week fighting the Western Somalia Liberation Front in the Ogaden district. Descriptions detail battles near Harar Dira Dawa and Jigiga as Ethiopia boosts forces and airlifts 11 000 troops to the region amid anticipation of a major offensive.
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UPI
Somalia Liberation Front
Ethiopia
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Harar
Dira Dawa
Jigiga
Mengistu Haile Mariam
China eyes tech lead with reforms after Gang of Four
Chien Hsueh-shen, top Chinese missile expert and director of the Mechanics Institute, says China lags in science and technology due to political interference but will catch up. In Red Flag he pins blame on the Gang of Four, praises loosening controls, and cites his own wartime service and MIT education as background to his call for more open learning and rapid progress.
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
Red Flag Magazine
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Chien
Gang of Four
Hua Kuofeng
Mao Tse-tung
Chiang Ching
Chairman Mao
California Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Death at San Fermin as Bull Run Turns Tragic
In Pamplona during the San Fermin Fiesta a teen died after being trampled by bulls. Police reported fewer runners than the prior day, around 1,200, with 40 injuries and one trampling incident in the chaotic dash toward the bullring.
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Spain
UPI
Ernest Hemingway
Seveso disaster a year later claims toll and trial
One year after the Seveso dioxin cloud, 70 miscarriages and 15 deformed births are recorded, with 100000 residents exposed. Authorities report over 1000 treated for health effects, 739 evacuated, and cleanup costs surpassing 125 million dollars as six directors face trial for disaster and injuries.
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UPI
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Icmesa
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Czechoslovakia
Vittorio
Rhodesian Forces Counterattack Kills Ten Guerrillas
Rhodesian troops reported killing ten guerrillas and one soldier in the past 24 hours as they fortified defenses for the Rhodes and Founders holiday weekend. Rockets from Zambia damaged an army barracks near Kariba. 3,000 Zambia-based guerrillas were believed poised to strike on the front.
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UPI
Zambia
Kariba
Lake Kariba
Joshua Nkomo
Patriotic Front
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Cecil Rhodes
John Graham
U.S
Trains collide near Warsaw kill 11 in Poland
A Prague to Moscow bound train collided with a diesel engine about 180 miles southwest of Warsaw, killing 11 and injuring 40. Officials blamed the crash near Wroclaw on an undetermined cause, according to PAP.
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UPI
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PAP
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Japanese upper house test of strength in election
Japanese election test of strength sees half the 252-seat House of Councillors contested as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party led by Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda fights to hold control. Polls suggested Fukuda's LDP may lose the chamber for the first time since its postwar creation.
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