Refugee Exodus Under Study as Vietnam Plans Monthly Exits
Viet Namese officials told visiting U.S. congressmen they would allow about 10,000 refugees per month to depart legally to curb dangerous boat migration. The delegation also pressed for cooperation on 2,800 U.S. MIAs, while Hanoi signaled eventual Cambodia withdrawal and ongoing U.S. normalisation talks faced obstacles. Malaysia meanwhile eased gatekeeping, transferring 46 boat people to a refugee camp as Manila towed others.
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Lester Wolff
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Hanoi
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Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
China
Pol Pot
Peking
James Scheuer
New York
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Indochina
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Drilling Preview for Virginia and W Va
George M Stoddart reports on a drilling project near the West Virginia border where Richard Broadwater's 150 acre tract, leased to Columbia Gas Transmission, hosts a $1.2 million bore aiming to reach methane. The operation raises stakes as strikes approach.
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Richard Broadwater
Columbia Gas Transmission
Broadwater
Tehran Leftist Offices Stormed by Zealots
In Tehran crowds stormed leftist offices including Tehran University groups and the Fedayeen headquarters injuring several as part of a post protest backlash. Police and officials reported widespread unrest with demonstrators clashing with bricks and stones and violence spilling into the streets.
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Tehran
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
People’s Fedayeen
Tehran University
Fedayeen
Dam Break Devastates Morvi Killing About 1000
Western India dam collapse floods Morvi killing about 1 000 with waters nearly 20 feet high and mud covering the town. Troops rushed to assist as floods cut power and marooned residents. officials warned death toll could rise to several thousand.
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New Delhi
India
All-India Radio
Morvi
Charan Singh
Gujarat
Babubhai Patel
Roanoke manhunt for Charles Robertson in cab driver murder
Police seek 23 year old Charles Edward Robertson in a wide manhunt after cab driver James Hodges was abducted and killed near the Blue Ridge Parkway. Investigators say Robertson, armed and dangerous, is also linked to a Roanoke rape hostage case and a shooting spree.
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Charles Edward Robertson
Blue Ridge Parkway
Botetourt
James William Hodges
Franklin County
Rocky Mount
Robertson
Hodges
Thomas Olsen
Bradley
Hollins
Kennedy Gains Virginia AFL-CIO Backing Over Carter
A 340 delegate Virginia AFL-CIO poll at Roanoke shows 71 percent backing Kennedy for 1980 over Carter. The convention also endorsed Kennedy's health insurance plan and, in state races, largely backed Democratic candidates while declining to sway the Senate race between William Hopkins and Ray Garland.
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Democratic Party
Massachusetts
Edward Kennedy
Carter
Virginia
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Labor Organization
Kennedy
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Virginia General Assembly
Senate
William B. Hopkins
Ray L. Garland
Jim Robertson
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Garland
House of Delegates
Communications Workers of America
Edward E. Willey
Richmond
Howard I. Carwile
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