Lebanon in Civil War Shelling Escalates Across Beirut
Lebanese Moslems shell Junieh in retaliation for Christian attacks on Beirut airport. Christian forces hit the airport destroying a Middle East Airlines jet and injuring crew. Libyan Syrian troops reopen and close the airport as fighting rages around Tal Zaatar and Jisr al Basha camps with mounting casualties and infrastructure collapse.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Junieh
Beirut Radio
Middle East Airlines
Amchit Radio
Abdul Salam Jalloud
Camille Chamoun
Tiger
Tal Zaatar
Jisr al Basha
Christian East Beirut
Balloonist Thomas Hopes to Fly Atlantic Crossing Alone
Ground crews remain confident 18 hours after Karl Thomas lifted off at Lakehurst New Jersey in a 90 foot helium balloon spirit of 76. He relies on dead reckoning after losing direct radio contact due to a malfunctioning antenna. Thomas plans a Lindbergh style crossing from the United States to Paris using a 14 foot gondola and a ballast strategy as weather remains cloudy with showers.
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New York
Karl Thomas
Paris
Gary Johnson
Johnson
Thomas
Lakehurst
N.J
Naval Air Station
Norfolk
Halifax
Canada
U.S. Coast Guard
Troy, Mich
Charles Lindbergh
Atlantic
Scientist seeks new Viking 1 landing site on Mars
In Pasadena scientists scrapped a July 4 Viking 1 landing at the original Mars site and focus on Chryse Phoenicia, a 300 mile northwest river basin within Chryse. They hope a smoother, dune-dappled terrain will reduce craters and pits risks for a successful landing.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
Chryse Phoenicia
Phoenicia
Earth
Escaped convict Brinlee turns himself in at store
Rex Brinlee Jr., a prisoner who escaped from Oklahoma State Penitentiary eight days earlier, surrendered after a chance encounter with guard C. K. Pearce at Jones’ Grocery. Gov. Boren ordered National Guard helicopter surveillance as two other killers remained at large near Stigler. Brinlee, 43, had a life term for the Bristow kindergarten teacher murder. others convicted of killing a state trooper and a park superintendent.
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Pearce
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Rex Brinlee Jr
Brinlee
State Prison
Richard Crisp
Rex
Mr. Pearce
Oklahoma
Stigler
David Boren
National Guard
Edwin Jones
William Franklin
Jones’ Grocery
Lake Eufaula
Jones
Bristow
Okla
Fern Bolding
Franklin
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Jumeh
East River
C.K. Pearce
Bemidji Jaycee’s
Water Carnival
Rocky Ammerman
Bemidji
Bemidji Jaycees
P. O
Robert Jones
BEE T & T Honey Co., Inc
Thomas L. Wrolstad
Calihan Avenue
Minnesota
Thomas F. Tolman
Sheldon D. McRae
Incorporators
5Th Street
Lda
Pioneer
Chris Mattison
Jim Dale
North Central Workshop
First Lutheran Church
Bill Larson
Lutheran Campus Center
Mark Knutson
Doug Paulson
Interbank
St Bank of
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