U S Navy Fires Back At Druse Gunners In Beirut
U S Navy and Marines retaliated against Druse gunmen shelling Beirut airport. Bowen frigate fired four five inch rounds while Marines used a 155 mm battery. No casualties reported as multinational forces face renewed attacks amid a civil war with mounting deaths and wounded.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.S. Navy
Charles Rowe
Bowen
Rowe
U.S
Druse
United States
France
Italy
Walid Jumblatt
Progressive Socialist Party
Syria
Charles Herru
Paris
Reagan Aims to Secure Lebanon Troops Presence Via Congress
Washington sources say the Reagan administration seeks congressional approval to keep U S troops in Lebanon without triggering a War Powers clash. Critics are cool, while Congress shows little appetite for forcing a withdrawal. A Times report says an interagency panel reopens options from full withdrawal to adding ships to reinforce Marines, with Lebanon seeking to expand the peacekeeping force and extend authority to Safar east of Beirut.
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Washington
Congress
U.S
Lebanon
Capitol Hill
New York Times
Hasey
Beirut
President Shifts Focus to End Sex Bias Project
President Reagan, under fire for delaying women’s rights laws, will address legal sex bias at a Cabinet meeting. He will review a 50 page memorandum from the Justice Department and the Office of Management and Budget as part of his handling of political issues with women.
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Washington
Reagan
Justice Department
Cabinet Council
Office of Management and Budget
Protesters clash as anti Soviet protests unfold in New York and LA
Demonstrators outside the Soviet mission near the UN clashed with police in New York while a video arcade displayed anti Soviet messages. Longshoremen resisted unloading Soviet vodka and lumber after the Korean Airlines disaster as outrage grew with eight states boycotting Russian vodka.
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U.S
Moscow
Los Angeles
United Nations
New York
Memorial service for golfer aboard doomed Korean plane
About 500 people attended a Greenville memorial at Bonnie Brae Golf Club for Billy Hong, a South Carolina businessman and two time Greenville County amateur golf champion. The service was held on the course beside a golf bag, with a white karate uniform and black belt nearby, honoring his Tae Kwan Do schools and life.
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Greenville
Billy Hong
South Carolina
Soviet Union
Bonnie Brae
Hong
Greenville County
French Pilots Boycott Moscow Flights Over Kerong Jet Crash
French pilots join a 60 day Paris Moscow flight boycott by Air France to protest the downing of a South Korean jetliner. U S Secretary of State Shultz says he will press Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko for a frank explanation.
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U.S
George P. Shultz
Air France
Moscow
Ottawa
New York
Shultz
Spain
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Soviet Union
Marines dig in as Lebanon combat widens near Beirut
Marines around Beirut Airport endure deeper bunkers and scarce comforts as shelling from Aley and Chouf mounts. Corporal Gerald Shanley and others report nightly attacks from multiple fronts while Druse and Phalangist forces clash with Lebanese army.
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U.S
Beirut International
Lebanon
Beirut
Gerald Shanley
Kent
Ohio
Charlie Company
Aley
Chouf
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Charles Rowe
San Francisco
Hay El-Sellum
Shanley
Phalange
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
Czech Cyclist Flies To Austria In Makeshift Balloon
A famous Czechoslovak cyclist Robert Hutyra, his wife, and two children escaped by night in a hot air balloon made from raincoats. They sought asylum in Austria after landing near Drasenhofen. Police identified the husband as Hutyra and noted he brought his bicycle.
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Mistlebach
Austria
Robert Hutyra
Hutyra
Czechoslovakia
Mistelbach
Drasenhofen
Brooke Shields Freshman Year at Princeton in New Orientation
Brooke Shields, 18, in white clothes and sunglasses, describes early days as a Princeton freshman among 1,172 new students on Nassau Street during orientation. Local shopkeepers noted a favorable impression of the model actress.
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Brooke Shields
Princeton University
Miss Shields
Englewood
Nassau Street
Aiken Standard Contact Numbers and Office Hours listed
The notice lists subscription and classified advertising contact numbers 648-2311 and 649-1555. It also provides office hours from 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday and the address 124 Rutland Drive for Aiken Standard offices.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Emergency numbers listed for Aiken community services
Aiken Community Hospital and emergency services provide contact numbers for urgent help. The sheet lists Aiken County Sheriff, Volunteer Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services with their phone lines.
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Aiken Community Hospital
Aiken County
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Fleet Marine Force Atlantic
Norfolk
Alfred M. Gray
2Nd Marine Division
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Arlington
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
America
Alabama
Pepper
Alf M. Landon
Topeka
Landon
Kansas
Korean Air Lines
Aiken
Carrier
PBM
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Aiken Police
Aiken Fire
Crisis Line Coalition
Jackson
Graniteville
New Ellenton
North Augusta
Poison Control Center
S.C. Highway Patrol
Wagener
Wagener Police
Salley Fire
Salley Police
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