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‘Page 10, January 28, 1979- Sunday News

-Mexico ‘City ‘was rocked

by an earthquake measuring ©

6.3 on the Richter scale just

hours before Pope John Paul ~
Il was due to arrive: there”
There. were no

Friday.
immediate figures’ of. the

dead. or damage caused by...

the quake.

“The Pope was arriving in
Mexico from the Dominican —

Republic.dn his tour of Latin:
America, having celebrated |

mass with priests and ‘nuns

and visited the two poorest

families in the capital of -

Santa. Domingo.

- About five million. people
were expected to greet the
pontif in Mexico, where he is
visiting. unofficially as a
distinguished guest since the

POPE JOHN PAULI

country has no special
relationship with the
Vatican.

* a

Big Jim threatens

tax hikes

_ British Prime Minister. Jim

Callaghan Friday threatened
Britain with sizeable tax
increases‘and cuts.in public
spending unless the wave of
strikes hitting the country
ended immediately.

next :

Public bitterness against .
the strikers, who have added
a further million to the
country’s unemployed

figures is mounting amid —

calls for a general election or
declaration of a national
emergency.

Rail disaster
claims 500 —

Some’ 500 people were

killed in a Bangla Desh train

. derailment about 150 km
west of Dacca, ®, Thursday

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> Gssue ‘of the return of ‘the ©
| teligious leader Ayatollah’
“ _Khomani.

5 - return to Tehran Friday and

. installed government of
- Prime Minister Shahpour-

~ Iran loomed perilously close until: at least. early: next

‘, this week as the country week.

-became.. divided over the |

First . the
couldn't {
willing to fly him and then he
receiyed a letter from
Bakhtiar urging him to-stay
announced his intention to” away. —

Ayatollah

The: exiled Khomani. had

bring havoc by setting up an | The prime minister told |
-.. Islamic republic, thereby the religious leader he would
Mm overthrowing the newly not accept any liability for

inevitably occur with the
opportunity to recover from
months of turmoil. All Iran's
airports were closed to -
prevent Khomani returning.

Bakhtiar.

But riots broke out; killing ©
‘a minimum of 15 people

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