Sadat links Khadafy to Air France hijack plot
Egyptian President Sadat says Libyan leader Muammar Khadafy and Palestinian extremist George Habash plotted the June hijacking of an Air France jet. He cites an Middle East News Agency report noting Libyan funds and weapons smuggled to Uganda via a Libyan diplomatic pouch. Israeli commandos later freed 100 hostages at Entebbe.
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Anwar Sadat
Muammar Khadafy
Middle East
George Habash
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Istanbul
Air France
Tel Ayly
Athens
Entebbe
South Africa arrests black leaders amid riot crackdown
Police in South Africa arrest at least a number of black leaders as a nationwide crackdown fuels rioting that left 29 dead and 109 injured. Reinforcements were rushed to Cape Town as police vow to restore order amid violent township clashes and the Internal Security Act allows detention without trial.
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Jonannesburg
South Africa
Cape Town
Jan Visser
Johannesbore
Gert Prinsloo
Pretoria
Kaunda Blames Vorster Over Southern Africa Crisis
Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda accuses South Africa's John Vorster of backing Rhodesia's rebel regime and maintaining apartheid. He says Pretoria could push for majority rule in Rhodesia and Namibia but opts for force, undermining multiracial talks.
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South Africa
Kenneth Raunda
Zambia
John Vorster
Southern Africa
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Raunda
Rhodesia
Zimbabawe-to-be
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Priests invited to leave Ecuador during conference
Police detained 37 Roman Catholic prelates including four Americans during a hemispheric meeting in Riobamba. The group was ordered to travel to Quito for questioning after soldiers dispersed the gathering. Authorities later released the prelates. destination and timing of departures remained unclear.
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Ecuador
Fred Schaefer
Edor
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Soviet Moon Probe Lyra 24 Enters Lunar Orbit
Tass reports Lyra 24, the Soviet unplanned moon probe, achieved lunar orbit early today with all systems normal. The craft entered a circular orbit 64 miles above the Moon after a correction on Aug 11, and program details remain undisclosed.
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Soviet Union
Tass
Ageny
Moon
Three More Bodies Found In Flooded Big Thompson Canyon
Loveland officials reported three additional flood victims identified as Von Karstens 23 Debra Karstens 22 both of Loveland and William Nelson 48 of Fleming raising total deaths to 102 with 76 identified after July 31 catastrophe.
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Big Thompson Canyon
Aod
Larimer County
McCarthy Seeks Ballot Line in New York Campaign
Former U S Senator Eugene McCarthy starts a push to collect 20 000 signatures to place his name on New York’s ballot as an independent candidate for president in November He has qualified in 13 states and aims for 45 by election day He launched the New York drive at a news conference accusing Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter of missteps.
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New York
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Rumsfeld Satisfactory After Thyroid Surgery
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld remains in satisfactory condition after surgeons removed five growths from his thyroid at Bethesda Naval Hospital. The benign nodular tumor was removed in two hours and 40 minutes. Doctors expect a few days of further tests and monitoring.
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Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Rumfeld
Whial Navy
Moller
Pentagon
Humsfeld
Sill
Rumsfeld
Michigan
GOP
Kansas City
FBI section chief awaits sentencing in corruption case
FBI official D P Dunphy, longtime exhibits chief, pleads guilty to converting government property to his own use and faces up to one year in prison and a 1000 fine. He is the first bureau employee convicted in the widening financial corruption probe and was fired after resignation was requested.
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FBI
Bureau
Doin P. Dunphy
Justice Department
Dunphy
Department
Robert Havel
Havel
Dunpity
Financier Cornfeld Convicted of Phone Fraud in Blue Box Scheme
Federal jury convicts international financier Bernard Cornfeld on three counts of defrauding Pacific Telephone Co through a blue box device. He faces up to 18 years in prison after deliberating less than a day. Indictment cites calls from Beverly Hills to London and Geneva avoiding about 1,004 dollars in tolls in late 1974. Prosecution says blue boxes evaded billing. witnesses saw devices but not Cornfeld using them.
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Los Angeles
Bernard Cornfeld
Appea!l
Pacific Telephone Co
Cornfield
Cornfeld
Switzerland
Investors Overseas Mutual Fund
London
Geneva
Beverly Hills
Mars soil tests cast doubt on life on red planet
In Pasadena AP reports Viking 1 soil analysis finds scarce organic compounds. scientists caution results not definitive and say the inquiry remains open for several more weeks of experiments. Researchers consider deviant Martian life might require long incubation to detect.
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Mars
Red
Harold Kein
Viking 1
Mint-Laboratory
Viking
Riein
Ile
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