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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1976
Page
9
In Beirut, half a million residents queue for murky water as power fails and pumps stop. A 12-year-old boy waits for drops from a rusty pipe while families share basins, rationing scarce supplies. Hospitals fear dialysis losses and typhoid risk as gasoline, bread, and fuel dwindle and life resembles a century past.
Riot police used rubber batons and smoke grenades to break up demonstrations in Madrid Barcelona and Pamplona as thousands urged amnesty for political prisoners. Injuries and arrests were reported with Madrid alone listing over 100 detainees.
Weather lingered with humidity over the nation as a cool air mass moved into the North Central states. Temperatures dropped to the 60s in North Dakota, Minnesota, and upper Michigan while the Ohio Valley and central Plains stayed in the 50s. In Chicago a 100 degree day prompted a fire in a Loop coffee shop attic causing moderate damage but no injuries according to Fire Marshal Windle. A six hour deluge soaked Dover and parts of the middle Atlantic with over two inches recorded in places and hail reported near Titusville. A severe thunderstorm watch extended across Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Michigan Ohio New York Maryland.
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