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Monday December 11, 1978
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This Day In 1970's History: Monday December 11, 1978
  • Israelis, many sobbing, filed past the coffin of former Prime Minister Golda Meir in the plaza outside the Parliament building in Jerusalem. As tens of thousands paid respects, Lillian Carter and a delegation of Americans arrived to attend the funeral tomorrow. [New York Times]

  • Several million Iranians filled the streets of their country's cities and towns, demonstrating their opposition to the Shah as Shiite Moslems celebrated Ashura, the high point of their solemn month of mourning. The protests in most cities were relatively peaceful. [New York Times]

  • A "reverse discrimination" case of major significance will be reviewed by the Supreme Court. The Justices agreed to consider the charge of a white worker that a training program designed to increase the number of blacks in skilled craft jobs discriminated against whites at a Kaiser Aluminum plant in Louisiana. [New York Times]

  • Evidence of the murder of cultists at Jonestown has been found, according to Guyanese government sources. They said that at least 70 persons, mainly adults, had been given injections of cyanide instead of drinking it, as they were ordered to do on Nov. 18, the night of the mass suicides at the jungle commune. [New York Times]

  • A "new town" in the coal fields of Virginia is planned by the Island Creek Coal Company, which said it would spend $25 million to construct a 1,600-family development on a mountain to help ease the critical housing shortage in Appalachia. The announcement was made one day before a presidential panel is to hold a hearing on labor-management relations that will take up housing grievances. [New York Times]
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