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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1975
Page
5
French authorities face pressure as Francoise Claustre, held by Toubou rebels in Chad since 1974, appeals on television. Her husband Pierre, detained, faces possible death. Rebels led by Hissen Habre demand 2.2 million dollars for her release.
In August France agreed to pay a ransom to Habre's rebel faction in Chad, drawing denouncements from Chad's new military regime. Paris then sent a plane over the Sahara and broadcast warnings, seeking where to deliver the ransom while Francoise Claustre remained on TV. Chad remains divided, with southern blacks in government and northern Muslims in rebellion.
Reports question the 83 year old monarch Haile Selassie death on Aug 28 at Menelik palace. Diplomatic circles cite lack of medical care, absence of attending doctor, and possible foul play amid regional turmoil and UNESCO funding crisis. Also noted: two $500 grants to West Virginia University for agricultural research.
French President Valery Giscard dEstaing left Athens for a private yacht cruise in the Aegean with stops at Corinth Delphi and Epidaurus after a four day official visit. Rough seas curtailed plans to visit Delos and Santorini while he used his goodwill to ease tensions between Greece and Turkey over Cyprus.
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