Iran Expels American Reporters Amid Hostage Crisis
Tehran orders all American reporters to leave by Friday midnight as Revolutionary Council and Cabinet link move to reduced coverage of the U S Embassy hostage situation. The foreign press chief says the action benefits Iran the United States and hostages. French British and West German journalists may remain for now.
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Iran
Iraffian
Sadegh Abolghassem
U.S
United States
Sadegh
Associated Press
Ministry of National Guidance
Revolutionary Council
Osthe Foreign
Tran
The
Ali Akbar Moinfar
Washington
House
Jody Pwell
Los Angeles
Alex Paen
Khomeini
Paen
Ayatollah
Clarke County Board elects Republican Eustace Jackson chairman
In Berryville Clarke County selects Battletown Supervisor Eustace Jackson as chairman for 1980, ousting Democrat Jack Hardesty who becomes vice chair. The move gives the board its first Republican majority in years, with fellow Republicans Wiley Raleigh Watson and Pete Dunning backing Jackson.
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Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Battletown
Eustace Jackson
Jackson
Jack Hardesty
Clarke Board
Wiley Raleigh Watson
Watson
Greenway
Pete Dunning
Hardesty
Clarke County
GOP
Elwood Wiley Remembered By Farm Restaurant Staff
In Waterloo Elwood Wiley 66 was a regular at the Farm Restaurant, known for greeting waitresses by name and daily meals. He was found shot to death at his home near Paris Mountain after missing his Friday breakfast, with neighbors noting prior robberies and a plan to confront thieves.
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Waterloo
Elwood Wiley
Spring Vowell
Wiley
Kitens
Paris Mountain
Clarke County Sheriff's Deputies
Robin Sheets
Sheets
Yowell
Arc of Instability and the Soviet Afghan Gamble
A geopolitical overview outlines Soviet aims in Afghanistan as part of expanding influence in Southwest Asia. Analysts warn Moscow seeks concrete spheres of influence, while avoiding lose of credibility with East European allies and encirclement by unfriendly states. Key links in the anti Marxist chain include Japan South Korea China Pakistan Iran Turkey.
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Southwest Asia
Iran
Arabian Peninsula
Soviet Union
Moscow
Kremlin
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Japan
South Korea
China
Pakistan
Turkey
Immigrant Family Finds Home in Winchester
Read today in Our Town about a Vietnamese family who fled conflict after the war and now settle in Winchester. The piece follows their journey from hardship to stability as they build a new life in America.
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America
Geo
Winchester
U.N. Debates Afghanistan Withdrawal. Soviet Action Questioned
The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution demanding immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops from Afghanistan by 104 to 18, while the Soviet occupation continues. Western diplomats say the move marks a rare global rebuke with broad Third World support, as the United States presses allies toward potential sanctions and a Moscow Olympic boycott debate intensifies.
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Afghanistan
Soviet Union
Security Council
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
United Nations
U.S
William Vanden Heuvel
Cuba
Non-Aligned Movement
Hafizullah Amin
Babrak Karmal
Kremlin
Kabul
Christopher
London
Moscow
Douglas Hurd
House of Commons
Lord Killanin
International Olympic Committee
Rei
Carter
Adolfo Suarez
Suarez
Washington
United States
World Bank
Ha’ Wee
Edie Wilds Eeteranhenier
Comedian Jimmy Durante in Serious Condition
Santa Monica officials at St. John's Hospital report comedian Jimmy Durante 86 is semi conscious with pneumonia and worsening vital signs. Hospital spokeswoman Marsha Bolyanatz says his condition deteriorated since the weekend and remains serious due to progressive pulmonary illness.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Jimmy Durante
St. John’s Hospital
Marsha Bolyanatz
Durante
Russians Weigh New Baluchistan State Amid Afghan War
U S analysts speculate that the Soviet Union might back a separate Baluchistan to gain a Gulf of Oman base and access to the Indian Ocean. The proposal envisions a satellite state in southeastern Iran and southwestern Pakistan, backed by Baluchi leaders.
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Baluchistan
Indian Ocean
Iran
Pakistan
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Persian Gulf
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