Vietnam envoy defies U.S. order to leave United Nations
Vietnam's ambassador Dinh Ba Thi at the United Nations refuses to depart after a U.S. note demands expulsion over espionage allegations linked to a federal indictment involving Ronald Humphrey and Truong Dinh Hung. The U.S. says Thi’s privileges may be withdrawn for activities outside his official role, and a UN protest follows.
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United Nations
Vietnam
Dinh Ba Thi
U.S
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Thi
U.N
United States
Ronald Louis Humphrey
U.S. Information Agency
Truong Dinh Hung
Hanoi
Paris
Humphrey
Hung
State Department
Secretary of State
Thomas E. Offenburger
Kurt Waldheim
Offenburger
Cyrus Vance
Carter Sadat Meet at Camp David on Peace Prospects
Carter and Sadat kept negotiations broad amid snowbound Camp David talks. Sadat pressed for dismantling Sinai settlements and Palestinian self rule. Carter urged general aims and partial U.S. involvement as talks paused without concrete proposals.
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Camp David
Carter
Middle East
Anwar Sadat
Israel
U.S
Menachem Begin
Sadat
Bet
Camp Avid
Dalton Rejects PE Call for Mandatory Power Conservation
Virginia Governor John Dalton refused Potomac Edison’s demand for mandatory electricity curtailment urging the utility to exhaust alternatives first. PE will rely on voluntary cuts and oil-fired power to meet demand as coal shortages drive up costs and reserves dwindle, with 125000 customers in NW Virginia affected.
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Sue Steward
C. Irvine Cather Jr
Cather
West Virginia man kills family and self
Frederickee Wright wrote a final letter to his mother before shooting his wife Molly Ann 40 and two sons Michael 12 and David Lewis 9 then taking his own life. The letter, postmarked Thursday, mentions love for his mother and references mortgage troubles.
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Reamer
W.va
Molly
Craig
Frederickee Wright
Matty Wright
Eccles
Wright
Molly Ann
Michael Bryan
David Lewis
Peasants surrender after occupying U.N. building in El Salvador
About 50 peasants affiliated with the Revolutionary Bloc left a United Nations building at night after occupying it to press for the release of 150 political prisoners and relatives arrested in a Izalco sugar mill strike. They met U.N. official Timothy Panter who said he would report the demands to New York. Authorities surrounded but did not act as negotiators pursued release of hostages and broader political aims.
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Israel
Sadat
Carter
Sinai
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza
U.S
Egypt
White House
Middle East
San Salvador
el Salvador
United Nations
Sae Revolutionary Bloc
U.N
Timothy Panter
New York
Carlos Humberto Romero
Izalco
Auricio Borgonovo
C CAP outreach program aids families and child welfare
C CAP a 26 church volunteer group in Winchester and Frederick County launched its Family Outreach Program to curb child abuse and neglect. Social worker Mary Ann Clark describes how the program pairs referred families with a guiding parent friend and notes a parents anonymous group is forming.
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Winchester
C-Cap
Frederick County
Mary Ann Clark
Catholic Charities of
Northern Virginia
Rivate Agency
Clark
Parents Anonymous
Somoza vows elections proceed amid violence in Nicaragua
President Anastasio Somoza says municipal elections will not be disrupted by guerrilla attacks or a nationwide strike. He urged Nicaraguans to vote despite 14 dead and 24 injured in clashes linked to the general strike and amid Sandinista activity on the Costa Rica border.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro
Chamorro
N. L. Wolfson
Penas Blancas
Lake Nicaragua
Pacific Ocean
Rivas
Gramada
Sandinista National Liberation Front
Costa Rica
Wolfson
Cesar Augusto Sandino
U.S
Coal Talks Off Until Monday
In the 61 day nationwide coal strike a weekend lull slows momentum after prior optimism for a settlement. Violence in coalfields continues with a death and warnings of job losses and plant closures due to dwindling supplies. Top bargainers leave Washington for the weekend. unlikely major talks before Monday. Mediators say they will meet to resolve issues as UMW and operators battle mainly over economic matters.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John Rogers
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Area Churches Plan Ash Wednesday and Lent Programs
The Star Church News highlights several local church initiatives including Ash Wednesday services and Lenten observances. A Port Washington Episcopal Church addresses the question Why go to church in a featured Religion Page item.
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Church News
Isas
Port Washington, N.Y
Episcopal Church
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