Second Session Congress Opens Amid Policy Debate
The 9th Congress convenes with focus on national security and policy issues. Inflation energy and foreign matters like Iran, Afghanistan, and grain embargo shape early proceedings as Vance and Bergland testify and Carter outlines a record 1980s budget.
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Afghanistan
Cyrus Vance
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Defense
Harold Brown
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Vance
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Jody Powell
Brown
Robinson Announces Bid For Sixth Term In Congress
Congressman J Kenneth Robinson announced his candidacy for reelection nine months before statewide polls. The Hampton Roads era kickoff highlighted Republican support with Del Raymond R Guest Jr introducing the Frederick County orchardist-politician. Robinson framed the race as critical amid inflation Iran hostages and Afghanistan Soviet actions.
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House of Representatives
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Congress
George M. Stoddart
Sta
Seventh Congressional District
America
Holiday Inn East
Washington
Virginia
City
Frederick County
Clarke, Warren
Shenandoah County
Warren County
Raymond R
Andy) Guest Jr
Guest
Iran
Afghanistan
Gold hits $845 in Zurich as bullion booms and prices rise
Gold climbs to $845 an ounce in Zurich matching a prior European peak while London dealers set a morning price near $843. Silver also hits a record in London as the bullion surge widens. The piece notes dollar strength against most majors and frames Iran, Afghanistan, and global peril as backdrop to market sentiment.
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Europe
Hong Kong
Super Bowl recording delivered to militants at embassy
Radio reporter Alex Paen from KMPC in Los Angeles handed taped play by play of the Steelers 31 19 win over the Rams to militants at the U S Embassy in Tehran through the gate. He said the tape would reach the hostages who have been held for 79 days. Paen has been in Tehran two months and previously delivered Christmas cards from the United States.
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Tehran
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Pittsburgh
Los Angeles Rams
Steelers
Rebels seek united Muslim front against Soviet Afghan invasion
Western and Arab diplomats report closed door talks in Beirut and Middle East capitals to form a unified Muslim front against the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. Rebels, split by tribes, urge jihad and plan to unite under a single guerrilla front while envoys from several Arab states deliver messages from President Carter and discuss strategy with regional officials.
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Afghanistan
Islamic Conference
Islamabad
Afghaan
Fundames En
U.S
Carter
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Oman
Sudan
Douglas Hurd
United Arab Emirates
Persian Gulf
Hurd
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
U.A.E
Mana Saeed Otaiba
Khaled
Uae
Sheik Zayed bin
al-Nahyan
Mohammed Almilhim
Aor Ae Eee Ae Radio
Tehran
Soviet Union
Hafizullah Amin
Babrak Karmal
Woman with multiple personalities speaks in Warren County
The article profiles the woman whose case inspired The Three Faces of Eve. She discussed the about two dozen identities she has lived as, sharing memories from her lifetime during a Warren County visit.
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Eve
Warren County
Warren
Iowa primary tests push Democrats and Republicans in 1976 race
In Iowa, caucuses begin with presidents hopefuls campaigning across living rooms and schools. Carter skips caucus round to press foreign policy on Meet the Press while Kennedy and Reagan court undecideds amid polls showing Carter ahead with 57 percent to Kennedy 25 and Reagan trailing in later surveys.
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CIA
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Reagan
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
Jimmy Carter
White House
Tragic Grandstand Collapse Kills 162 in Colombia
In Sincelejo the collapse of a wooden grandstand at Colombia's largest bullring left 162 dead and 500 injured. The beams gave way as about 40 000 fans filled the venue during a crowd cheering youth and men in the ring. Witnesses described victims impaled and trampled amid panic as the steel and timber failed.
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Sincelejo
Colombia
Election machine glitch upends Norfolk results
Virginia Senate committee hearing reveals custodian Alan T Cook and assistant erred on the 38th step on 167 voting machines rendering them unusable at polls last Nov 6. Meyera Oberndorf seeks nullification and a new election for state senator as the 2,200 voters had to use paper ballots.
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APA
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Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Meyera Oberndorf
Alan T. Cook
Senate Privileges & Elections Committee
P&e Committee
John Buchanan
D-Wise
Senate
Oberndorf
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