Journalists Ordered Out Of Afghanistan By Government
Afghanistan’s pro Soviet regime orders expulsion of all American journalists, accusing biased reporting. Reported by a Western diplomat in New Delhi. U.S. and other foreign correspondents detained at Kabul hotel and told to leave at once.
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Shell predicts 1 billion plus profit in 1979
Shell Oil Co president says U.S. gasoline may hit 2 dollars a gallon late this year as the company plans another nickel a gallon wholesale price increase. Dealers were informed of the raise effective at midnight Wednesday. spokesman Norman Altstedter did not confirm or deny the report. Washington dismissed Afghan rebel reports of major Soviet offensives in Afghanistan.
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Shell Oil Co
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Shell
Norman Altstedter
Washington
Afghanistan
Star Staffers Win Awards at Virginia Press Association
Star staffers collected four Virginia Press Association awards in Richmond. George Stoddart earned first in Family Lifestyle for a piece on Armetter Colman choosing Dialysis over life. Peggy May won third in Family Lifestyle for a Stephens City family running a farm. Scott Patton took third in Column Writing for his At Random piece on women's right to vote.
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Martinsburg
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Michaelamily
Stephens City
Scott Patton
Skylab
Fishnet Women
Brown Demanding Equal TV Time
California Governor Edmund G Brown Jr pushes NBC for equal television exposure as Carter at the Iowa caucuses loom. NBC plans Meet the Press with Carter while Brown and Kennedy were excluded. Kennedy will also appear on ABC Issues and Answers.
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Associated Press
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Edmund G. Brown Jr
Iowa
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Carter
Farm Belt
Meet the Press
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Federal Communications Commission
Curt Block
Federal Communications Act
Kennedy
ABC
Gold Plunges From Historic Highs Amid Profit Take
Gold prices fell sharply after a record peak as investors booked profits. In London the midmorning price slipped to 730.50 an ounce from 765, while Zurich offered 728.50 and Hong Kong closed near 728.42. Silver eased from a record to 44. The retreat came after an $81.50 one day surge and amid war fears and Tito health concerns driving demand earlier.
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Zurich
Penes
New York
Far East
Hong Kong
Afghanistan
Josip Tito
Missionaries in China Remembered by Rev Womeldorf
Half a century ago Rev Raymond Womeldorf of Winchester and his wife served in China as missionaries. His reminiscences of life before the revolution are featured on the Areas News page in this issue.
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Old China
Raymond Womeldorf
Winchester
China
Area News
Indian Activist Delivers Letters From Iran Hostages
American Indian activist John Thomas travels from Frankfurt to Tehran to collect about 150 letters from U S hostages at the embassy. He plans to return to the United States with the letters to relay personal appeals to families and officials.
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Sociated
John Thomas
United States
Tehran
Thomas
Frankfurt
Anna Holman
Donald Holman
Holman
U.S. Army
Interna Conference of Liberation Movements
Embargoed Grain Sold to Mexico Expands U S Sales
United States agrees to Mexico buying just over 1 million tons of embargoed grain destined for the Soviet Union. Official said talks consider additional buyers abroad. Deal boosts Mexico’s 1980 purchases, amid drought and frost harming harvests. includes corn sorghum wheat soybeans and other commodities. Navy says USS Okinawa broke down mid Pacific and is being towed into Pearl Harbor.
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United States
Mexico
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Dale E. Hathaway
Carter
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Afghanistan
Moscow
Jorge de la Vega
U.S
Hathaway
de la Vega
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Okinawa
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Navy
Arc of Instability IV America Faces Oil Supply Risk
The Great American Economic Machine faces peril from turmoil in Iran Afghanistan and Mecca. Treasury Secretary G William Miller warns reliance on Gulf oil threatens long term stability as Soviet influence grows and oil supplies may be sharply cut.
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Iran
Afghanistan
Mecca
Saudi Arabia
U.S
G. William Miller
the Treasury
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