European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse The new King and his dethroned rival Muhammad All stands next to Trainer Bandini Brown after becoming the first Man to win the world heavyweight championship three times. He took Leon Spinks Aba title on a unanimous decision at the super dome in new or leans Friday night. Spinks ring right after his loss. Stands in the a photos w authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 37, no. 152 sunday september 17, 1978 " lie doily and sunday if 21855 a Somoza spokesman says 2nd-largest City retaken Managua Nicaragua a nation Al guard troops have retaken Leon Nicaragua s second largest City which held by rebels for the past week the guard s Public relations chief col. Aguil Saranda Escobar said saturday. Aranda would not say How Many persons soldiers rebels or civilians were injured in the fighting for Nicaragua s Sec Ond largest City 55 Miles North of the Capi said troops had also retaken part of Esteli another rebel stronghold 60miles East of Leon and had cleaned out snipers who caused great loss in lives an property. He gave no casualty figures for the fighting in Anastasio Somoza s ground and air forces have been pounding rebel strongholds in both cities. But the insurgents led by sandinista guerrillas have put up stubborn resistance in their bid to drive Somoza from s announcement of the govern ment Victory followed word that roman Catholic Church groups have appealed to president Carter to Cut off Aid to the embattled Somoza groups in this predominantly roman Catholic nation addressed their a peal to Carter in an open letter dated Fri Day and made Public asked that nicaraguans be allowed to determine their own future de scribed the government As a regime sustained by death and called for the Resig nation of letter copies of which were Given to reporters said the United states has sustained the Somoza family in Power by Force since . Marines invaded Nicara Gua in the late 1920s and helped install so continued on Page 24, col. 4 by Steve Wilstein new Orleans up Muhammad All turned Back the clock and made Leon Spinks look like an Amateur Friday night to take a lopsided 15-round unanimous decision and become the Only three time world heavyweight Champion in boxing history. Ali dancing and jabbing better at the age of 36 than he has in three years appeared to win every round except the fifth other stories photos on sports pages. Which was taken away from him by referee Lucierie Joubert for holding Spinks on the neck. A Mardi gras Type crowd of Over 70.000 in the Louisiana super dome which paid an estimated $6 million to More than double the previous live Gate record chanted continued on Page 17, col. 1 results still unclear Mideast Summit ending Camp David my. Up the three leaders in conference Here decided their Middle East Summit would end sunday but a spokesman said saturday it is still not Clear whether the conference will pro Duce a framework for further negotiations. If the conference does not produce that basis for further negotiations it will have failed to achieve what president Carter considered to be the minimum task for the unprecedented meeting Between himself egyptian president Anwar Sadat and israeli prime minister Menachem begin. Conference spokesman Jody Powell continued on Page 24, col i
