El Salvador Turmoil Amid Claims of Army Control
Government troops claimed firm control of El Salvador amid scattered fighting with leftist guerrillas. Eight soldiers killed, eight wounded, martial law with 7 pm to 5 am curfew. Guerrillas touted a final offensive but most dead were guerrillas. reports of attacks in Santa Ana and San Vicente areas, with thousands traveling to work under emergency rule.
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el Salvador
Salva
Busi
Thei
Revolutionay Democratic Front
Ronald Reagan
Santa Ana
Tonacatepeque
Chalatenango
Poland Uses Force to Quell Protest at Nowy Secz City Hall
Police forcibly opened the doors of Nowy Secz City Hall evicting about 60 Solidarity protesters in Poland's first use of force against the independent union. The government warned freedoms were at risk as farmers and union members pressed for an independent farmers union. Solidarity declared strike readiness at multiple factories and urged Deputy Prime Minister Mach to regional Krakow HQ by Jan.16 to negotiate. The Trybuna Ludu praised restraint while signaling limits to reforms and criticized dissident Jacek Kuron, labeling him a Solidarity adviser. Road to nowhere remark attacked those observing a five day work week.
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Solidarity Union
Nowy Sesz
Independent Union Movement
Ly Oo
Communist Party
Stanislaw Ka- Ha
Solidarity
Stanislaw Mach
Krakow
Trybuna Ludu
Jacek Kuron
Kanin
Gdansk
Solidarity Independent Labor Coalition
Independent Labor Movement
Cold power outage and icy crash toll across multiple counties
Power customers in Jamesville LaFayette Manlius Fayetteville and DeWitt lost service after a feed line snapped in the cold. Accidents across Madison and Tompkins counties left seven people with minor injuries as icy bridges and slick roadways disrupted Rush hour. Water mains also broke citywide amid subzero cold, with four breaks near Jamesville Avenue and Vincent Street and several other locations under repair.
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Lucinda M. Parker
Madison County
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Bill Dalan
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Begin faces early elections amid cabinet defections
Begin seeks to stabilize a coalition after Yurvitz resigns, reducing coalition strength to a slim majority in the 120 member Knesset. The resignation marks the sixth defection from Begin's cabinet since June 1977 and ends the Labor Party era since Israel's 1948 statehood.
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Israel
Leftists Attack and Burn Military Planes in Horta Area
In a marshy lakeside base near Horta, fighters destroyed jet aircraft by burning them on bulks as foam drenched the scene. The attack, followed by earlier March gunfire on U6 personnel and a December 1979 U S Navy bus ambush, is linked to the Machete Wielders and other independence groups. Last week letter bombs targeted three San Juan post offices in protest of draft registration.
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Horta Haco
U.S. Navy
San Juan
Iran open to settlement and hostage talks shift
Iran signals openness to settlement as parliament debates two bills to aid a deal. Legislation would appoint a third party arbitrator for US Iran claims and nationalize the late shah s wealth to facilitate asset return. Iranian negotiators say the commitment by the United States is accepted and results should be clearer tomorrow.
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Behzad Nabavi
Carter
Reagan
Nahavi
Majlis
United States
Shah
Nabavi
Ahmad Azizi
Algeria
Azizi
Tehran
Haig grilling slated to end Wednesday
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee aims to finish action on Alexander Haig's nomination as secretary of state by Wednesday. A subpoena for logs and 100 hours of Nixon taped conversations was issued to probe relevance to Haig's qualifications.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Charles H. Percy
Percy
Ronald Reagan
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
Robert M. Warner
Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Auer Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor in Insurance Case
An appellate ruling leaves only the restraint of trade count against Mulroy and Auer in a 1960s county insurance scandal. O'Mara says his office will not pursue the dismissed charges even if reinstated. Indictment alleged Mulroy Auer and Moreland pressured vendors to pay the GOP committee to gain county business by fee splitting.
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Mulroy
Auer
O'Mara Today
Moreland
GOP
Thousand killed in Nigerian cult rampage linked to Libyan aid
Gregory Jaynes reports from Kanu Nigeria that a fanatic Islamic cult led by Alhaji Mohammadu Marwa killed about a thousand people over two weeks. Government forces quelled the insurrection amid suspicions of Libyan involvement, though evidence is unconfirmed. Libya expelled diplomats and Nigeria recalled its envoy as security measures tighten. The crisis echoes the Biafran war in memory and raises fears of further instability.
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New York Times
Kanu
Nigeria
Shehu Shagari
Libya
Lagos
Tripati
Cameroon
Alhaji Mohammadu Marwa
Biafra
Chad
Ndjamena
Marwa
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