Invaders Battle In Zaire Threaten Kolwezi
Zaire's army fights rebel invaders in Shaba province with reports from foreigners saying the government position is deteriorating. Kolwezi, a copper center near the border, faces occupation by 4000 invading civilians and alleged Cuban participation.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
Shaba
Mobutu Sese Seko
Belgian Congo
United States
Brussels
AZAP
Zambia
Angola
Kolwezi
Mutshatsha
Foreign Ministry
Belgium
France
China
Morocco
State Department
Washington
Morrison-Knudsen Construction Company
Boise
Idaho
Court Rejects Last Attempt to Scuttle Canal Treaties
The Supreme Court rejected the fourth and likely final bid by 60 House members to block the Panama Canal treaties. They argued Senate ratification on April 18 violated the Constitution by disposing of U.S. property eight billion dollars tied to the canal. The appeals court had held concurrent powers allow disposal by either Congress or treaty.
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Washington
Supreme Court
House
Panama Canal
Senate
Panama
U.S
Congress
House of Representatives
United States
Supreme Court of
Warren E. Burger
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Flooding Possible Rain To Continue For 36 Hours
National Weather Service monitors a stagnant low pressure system bringing ongoing heavy rain to the Shenandoah Potomac watershed. Forecaster Jerry LaRue warns that 2 to 3 inch bursts could push feeder creeks to flood stage, with a second crest possible, though the Winchester area may escape the worst.
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Star
Shenandoah-Potomac
Winchester
Virginia
Shenandoah
National Weather Service
Atlantic
Shenandoah River
Jerry LaRue
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
LaRue
Agnes
Soviet Dissident Orlov Pleads Innocent at Moscow Trial
Yuri Orlov founder of a prominent Soviet dissident group pleads innocent to anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda charges at his Moscow trial. Tass notes he agrees with facts but not the interpretation. In Tbilisi two Georgian branch founders also plead guilty and face possible seven year labor camp terms with internal exile.
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Moscow
Yuri Orlov
Soviet Union
Tass
Orlov
Tbilisi
Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Merab Kostava
Gamsakhurdia
Kostava
U.S.S.R
Anatoly Shcharansky
Alexander Ginzburg
Institute of Earth Magnetism
Sakharov
Patricia Hearst to begin serving remaining SLA bank robbery sentence
A radio report states Patricia Hearst will return to prison to start serving the rest of her seven year term for the 1974 Symbionese Liberation Army bank robbery. The filing notes she will serve the remainder in federal custody.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Winchester Home Show Featured In Star Home Section
Two weekend shootings claimed lives with one suspected murder and one suicide. Details are on Area News Page. A mental health workshop speaker is named for tomorrow with full coverage on Mental Health Page 2.
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Winchester
Area
Area News
Serene Een Eee
Brzezinski Heads to Peking for 3 Day Talks on Soviet Moves
President Carter's national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski departs for a three day visit to Peking to discuss Soviet expansion in Africa and Eastern Europe with Chinese leaders. He may seek an ambassador exchange but no breakthrough is expected. He will then tour Tokyo, Japan and South Korea before returning to Washington and briefing on the talks.
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Washington
Carter
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Peking
United States
China
Africa
Europe
Brzezinski
Taiwan
U.S
Tokyo
Japan
South Korea
Cyrus R. Vance
America
Vance
Moscow
Angola
Ethiopia
Russia
Afghanistan
Carter predicts Senate to approve arms sale to Israel Egypt Saudi
President Carter lobbied lawmakers at Camp David as the Senate prepared for an 10 hour debate and a closed session on the 4.8 billion sale of 60 F 15s to Saudi Arabia 50 F 5Es to Egypt and 15 F 15s plus 75 F 16s to Israel with votes expected from both houses by May 28.
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Carter
Senate
U.S
Israel
Abraham Ribicoff
Dconn
Middle East
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
House
Camp David
White House
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Jacob Javits
New York
Alan Cranston
California
Cranston
Khalid
South Yemen
House International Relations Committee
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John Warner
U.S. Senate
Fauquier County
Kit Robinson
George M. Stoddart
Martinsburg
Atlantic Ocean
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Inside Today
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Spectator
House-Senate
Thomas P. O'Neill
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Turkey
Thoroughfare Gap
Thoroughfare Mountains
John Flack
Great Falls
Federal Aviation Administration
Flack
Annapolis
Leesburg
FAA
Ted Mahr
Mahr
Associated
Todd Fletcher
Charlottesville
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