Rhodesia Calls Early Elections Amid Mandate Push
Prime Minister Ian Smith announced parliament will be dissolved and new elections held August 3, two years ahead of schedule. He seeks a five-point plan leading to a broad-based government including blacks and a referendum on a new constitution, amid a sustained white minority rule in Rhodesia and a guerrilla war.
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Rhodesia
UPI
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Smith
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Rhodesian Front Party
Stuntman Shirk Buried With Snakes in Indianapolis Grave
Stuntman Bill Shirk spent three days buried in a grave with snakes and spiders in Indianapolis to raise money for charity. Just before he was dug up yesterday a one foot python wrapped around his neck as workers fought to free him from the creature.
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Bill Shirk
Indianapolis
Shirk
Shirk’s Odd Farewell Noted With Unusual Symbols
Shirk raised about $5,000 and received a telegram from President Carter supporting his efforts. His burial included a python, several spiders, and a rattlesnake, as witnesses say an all‑expense trip via pay phone framed the scene.
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Shirk
Carter
Man gets life term for Soviet espionage
A UPI report from Los Angeles says Andrew Dalton Lee was sentenced to life in prison for selling top secret CIA documents to Russia. Lee, 25, acted as courier for Christopher John Boyce, who is to be sentenced on September 12. The pair, first spies for Russia in years, stole microfilms from TRW Systems in Redondo Beach and handed them to the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Andrew Dalton Lee
CIA
US District Court
Robert Kelleher
Lee
Palos Verdes Estates
Justice Department
Christopher John Boyce
Russia
Boyce
Mexico City
TRW Systems
Redondo Beach
Calif
American clerk's whirlwind trip to Australia charms fans abroad
Debbie Lessner of Chicago’s South Side describes being whisked to Australia on an expense paid visit after a prank call. A pay phone chat with an Australian talk show host led to a taped exchange and hundreds of letters, then sponsorship to travel with first class treatment, media appearances, and celebrity meetings in Melbourne and beyond with gifts and fan attention from Australians.
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Debbie Lessner
Chicago
South Side
Australia
Hollywood
Miss Lessner
Grauman
Cal
Amtrak
California
Graumans
Don Lane
Don
Melbourne
Lane
America
Second abandoned mine opens in Youngstown front lawn
City officials described a fresh mine opening about 30 feet wide and 60 feet deep swallowing the Mary Davis property front lawn. No injuries were reported as crews barricaded the area and planned to fill the hole later. the site lies near older mine workings from 25 to 50 years ago.
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Ypi
Mary Davis
Tahoe
Indigo
Mls
Davis
Carmen
Tanner
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