Carter reinforces Olympic boycott
President Carter ends two days of allied talks in Venice with a firm stand that U S athletes will not compete in Moscow this summer despite Soviet troop withdrawals. He says the boycott is irrevocable and reflects broader world opinion, while noting a symbolic Soviet withdrawal would only matter as a first step toward total pullout. He heads to Belgrade for a state visit, then Spain and Portugal, after privately meeting French President Giscard d Estaing.
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Crown prince Sanjay Gandhi dies in plane crash
Sanjay Gandhi, 33, son of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was killed when a light two seater plane he piloted crashed during an aerial stunt near New Delhi. His instructor Subash Saxena also died. The accident occurred during morning training near the New Delhi Flying Club. Police initially misidentified the aircraft as a glider. Mrs. Gandhi rushed to the hospital as officials confirmed both deaths.
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World News in Brief: New Hebrides Espiritu Santo Tensions
Pro British government in New Hebrides accuses French interests of breaking a blockade around Espiritu Santo and opposes concessions to separatists led by Jimmy Stevens. Separatist fears include French influence after independence July 30. In West Germany US Army drug crackdown nets 9,000 arrests, seizures total $67 million in illegal drugs in 1979.
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Fright listed as death cause after 35 years
Jackson Ohio story notes coroner Charles Gaskill ruled fright caused a milkman’s death after a shotgun blast 35 years ago. New medical evidence from Cincinnati and Cleveland supports the fright linkage to heart damage or death, backing the coroner’s verdict.
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Kennedy platform fight nipped in bud
The Democratic Platform Committee trimmed Sen. Edward Kennedy s bid to push his economic plans into the party platform for the August convention. The panel rejected his wage price freeze and $12 billion jobs program and three new federal agencies, while approving some anti nuclear and ERA supportive measures. The full committee must still vote on the anti nuclear and women s amendments as sections of the draft are finalized.
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Khomeini calls for end to political squabbling in Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini urged unity amid infighting between President Bani Sadr and Moslem fundamentalists. He did not mention the 53 American hostages or their fate, assigned to parliament, amid reports of Kurdish clashes and Iraqi plots. He warned against public airing of disputes and stressed preserving the Islamic character of the movement.
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Nudist rally unsettles Greek beach resort dispute
Nearly 300 West German Nudists gathered at Salanti Beach Hotel in an Aegean resort while Greek moralists urged a protest against nude beaches. Sunday demonstration by local bishops failed to appear, but organizers vow to persist in the fight. The Free Body Culture group, based in Bad Nauheim, booked the hotel for 280 members, a move sanctioned by Greece’s National Tourist Organization after reviewing the group as mainly middle class professionals who enjoy nature with their families.
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South Africa vows force against unrest after riots
Prime Minister Pieter Botha warned non-white demonstrators the government will use full force, saying people will be hurt very much more than in last week's riots that left 32 dead and 171 wounded. In Port Elizabeth factories faced strikes by about 10,000 black workers demanding higher pay and better conditions.
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Japan Liberals sweep to landslide victory in national vote
In a nationwide election the Liberal Democratic Party claimed a sweeping win, seizing control of both Diet chambers. Unofficial results from 506 of 511 lower house seats show the LDP with 284 seats, while the socialist and other parties trailed. The upper house voting mirrored the historic dual-election, with the LDP taking 47 seats. This extends the party’s 25 year rule, aided by sympathy votes for former Prime Minister Ohira who died June 12.
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Third test-tube baby born in Melbourne Australia
Candice Reed, the world's third test-tube baby and Australia s first, weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces at birth in Melbourne s Royal Women s Hospital. Doctors said both mother and baby are healthy. Parents Linda and John Reed of Latrobe Valley were told 17 weeks ago the baby would be a girl.
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Republicans favor Bush as Reagan's running mate
A UPI survey of 162 Republican leaders shows 8 votes for George Bush as Reagan's VP pick, 22 for Baker, and 17 for Kemp. Bush trails Reagan in the nomination race but attracts broad support from northern moderates and southern conservatives who deem him a compatible balance for the ticket.
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