Rhodesian internal settlement faces black nationalist disapproval
Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole rejects any participation in Ian Smith's internal settlement aimed at allying with moderates. Sithole says the plan would sideline guerrillas and thwart Anglo American proposals. Smith hopes to include Sithole and Bishop Abel Muzorewa in the move to ease white rule.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Ndabaningi Sithole
Smith
Sithole
Abel Nazorewa
Patriotic Front
Canadian diver completes two way Channel swim record
Cindy Nicholas, 20, swam the English Channel there and back in 19 hours 55 minutes setting a two way nonstop record. Audrey Scott of the Channel Swimming Association called her landing in good shape and noted the time surpassed the previous record by about ten hours.
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Dover
England
Cindy Nicholas
Audrey Scott
Channel Swimming Association
Ms. Nicholas
Typhoon Babe Threatens Okinawa With Winds 123 MPH
Typhoon Babe, Japan’s strongest in 18 years, bears down on Okinawa with 123 mph winds. It may pass near Miyako Island 143 miles southwest then move north toward Okinawa where U.S. forces number about 46,500. A 5.7 magnitude quake near Obi Island reported in Moluccas with no casualties. A Barrie, Ontario plane crash kills five at CKVR tower site.
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Tokyo
Babe
Japan
Okinawa
Miyako Island
Far East
Jakarta
Indonesia
Molucca Sea
Obi Island
Ambon
Moluccas Islands
Indian Ocean
Lesser Sunda Islands
Barrie
Ontario
CKVR
Jack Mattenty
Ckvr Television Ltd
Falconbridge Nicke Mines Ltd
Sudbury Ont
Toronto
Congress to decide on airbag fate in months long debate
Washington AP says Congress has a month to kill or approve the Carter administration proposal requiring airbags and automatic belts across car models. Transportation Secretary Brock Adams testifies as hearings open in Senate and House. Adams cites airbags as far more effective than belts and predicts rising use, while critics charge costs and limited evidence of lives saved.
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Washington
Congress
Transportation
Brock Adams
Senate
Bud Shuster
R-Pa
Adams
New beer in parks law worries Tucson police
Tucson police warn the Aug 27 beer in parks law may draw drunks and transients to public spaces. They fear increased patronage near Armory Park could raise assaults, robberies, and risks to children and seniors, with limited officers on duty and no wine or liquor permitted.
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Tucson
Armory Park
Florence Hide
Bandit Duo Strikes South Side Bars Again
Police linked a pair of robbers to multiple bar holdups after a shooted mission at Pipeline Saloon on East 36th Street. The duo fled with over 350 dollars from the till and wallets while a second robbery at a U Totem Market yielded an undetermined sum. The alleged Italian Stallion, involved in earlier crimes, used a new alias in recent raids including O’Curley’s Bar and a Pizza Hut robbery.
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South Side
36Th St
Bruce Bennett
36Th Street
E. 36Th St
O'Curley's
W. Prince Road
S. Campbell Ave
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