Communists vow continued push in Portugal despite new coalition
In Lisbon the Communist party and its presses vowed to press for a Soviet style state even as they joined a Socialist-dominated government to block a right wing takeover. Intersindical backed wage disputes in steel and metalworking and a rural strike in Alentejo while a new cabinet gave the Communists only one post, signaling a sharp setback at lower government levels.
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Portugal
UPI
Intersindical
Labor Confederation
Communist Party
Alentejo
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Democrats
Popular Democrats
Beirut militias accept Syria backed cease fire
In Beirut Moslem and Christian militias agreed to a Syrian mediated cease fire ending three days of urban warfare. The truce took effect at 9 10 p.m. local time and followed day long talks by Syrian Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam with government officials and militia leaders amid heavy fighting and widespread destruction in downtown Beirut.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Abdel Halim Khaddam
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Guerrilla death sentence reported in Spain actions
A Basque separatist guerrilla was sentenced to death by a military court in Madrid amid a crackdown that saw 57 more leftist militants arrested. The report notes a wave of trials under emergency procedures, rising detentions, and international appeals to spare lives including voices from the Catholic Church and Pope Paul VI.
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Madrid
UPI
Barcelona
Valencia
Murcia
Gijon
Francisco Franco
Juan Paredes
Basque Homeland and Liberty Organization
Franco
Spain
Pope Paul VI
Greek ship rerouted from Suez to Haifa amid peace pact
The Walina P, carrying cement and agricultural equipment from Romania to Eilat, was ordered Friday night to avoid the Suez Canal under the interim Sinai peace accord. The move, not publicly attributed, may reflect pressure to limit Arab criticism of Egypt. Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon cited Lebanon’s Christian-Muslim fighting to dismiss PLO calls for a secular state and urged a Palestinian solution before any Jordan peace talks. Allon plans to attend the UN General Assembly, with no planned meeting with Soviet FM Gromyko, and said Israel will not intervene in Lebanon unless others do. In Cairo, the Arab League offered to help mediate Lebanon’s militia conflict.
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Egypt
Haifa
Walina P
Romania
Eilat
Washington
Anwar Sadat
Sinai
Israel
Yigal Allon
Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Jordan
Allon
U.N. General Assembly
Andrei Gromyko
New York
Allen
Syria
Cairo
Arab League
Sayed Nafal
20-Nation League
Zeidan Zeidan
Paintings removed in Moscow
Protest over censorship led 160 avant-garde artists to remove works from an officially tolerated Moscow exhibit. Officials later agreed to restore about 20 of the censored pieces as negotiations continued. A jailed colleague, Eduard Zelyenin, was reportedly released earlier, with Zelyenin confirming his freedom.
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Moscow
UPI
Mikhail Odnoranov
Eduard Zelyenin
France
Zelyenin
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