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Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, the host, grandly declared it a "full success." Well, not exactly. But by the standards of Third World conferences the first summit meeting of Arab and black African leaders was something of a hit -and a notable triumph for Sadat. There was a lot of predictable rhetoric attacking Zionism, apartheid, colonialism and imperialism. There was also an unexpectedly large concession to the Africans from the Arab oil states: a pledge of $1.45 billion in development...
...disproportionate number of the dead were members of the literary and professional elite of Bucharest-the "Paris of eastern Europe," which in Aikman's words "now resembles the movie set of Earthquake." Poetess Veronica Porumbacu, popular Writer Alexandru Ivasiuc, Singer Doina Badea-all had perished, along with a host of privileged bureaucrats, scientists and educators who could afford fashionable apartments in the 32 tall buildings flattened in the heart of the city. At the city morgue hundreds of bodies lay in plastic sacks for long lines of friends and relatives to try to identify. "Is Caragiu there?" asked...
...questions he will put to former President Nixon, says British Talk-Show Host and Entertainer David Frost, the one he is tempted to ask first is "Why didn't you destroy the tapes?" Television audiences across the U.S. and abroad will hear what Frost decides on May 4 when the first of the four 90-minute David-and-Dick shows is aired. Chatting about the interviews on WNEW-TV'S Friends of . . . show, Frost, 37, recalled how he informed Nixon that he wanted the shows to appear before the slow summer TV season. Referring to his farewell speech...
Harvard expects its stiffest diving competition from two fronts--Dartmouth and host Cornell. Early predictions show John Evans of the Big Green and Paul Steck of the Big Red providing the Big Threats...
After the collegians decide who will go to the NCAA championships, the Celtics and Bruins take over the Boston Garden. Sunday afternoon, the Celts will host the Phoenix Suns, the team that challenged the Celts for the NBA championship last year. Directly following the game, the Garden workers will be busily stripping the hardwood off the ice so that the Bruins can thrash the Los Angeles Kings...