Lebanon battle as Syria backs tanks on Beirut highway
Syrian armored columns and MiG jets clash with leftist forces and Palestinian guerrillas along the Damascus Beirut highway overlooking Beirut. Ground defenses repulse Israeli jets over southern Lebanon as civilians suffer new losses in Tyre Sidon Nabatiyeh and nearby towns amid a shifting frontline.
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Lebanon
Damascus- Beirut
Mount Lebanon
Beirut Radio
Nabatiyeh
Tyre
Sidon
National Movement
Palestine Revolution
Israel
Safar
Cairo
Arab League
Bhamdoun
Pray to face armed robbery charges in Phoenix
Gary B Pray, 29, an escapee from Vermont's Waterbury State Hospital, will plead in a Phoenix court to armed robbery linked to a Jan 20 jewelry theft netting about 20000 in turquoise and silver. Det Helms says only 1300 to 1500 of the loot recovered. Pray previously faced a Florida weapon count and a May 1971 shooting acquittal.
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John Leaning
Gary B. Pray
Phoenix
Ariz
Pray
Arizona
Vermont
Waterbury State Hospital
Orlando
Fla
Florida
William Helms
Helms
Vermont VFW backs CIA FBI and Panama Canal control
Vermont Veterans of Foreign Wars approved 61 resolutions at its Montpelier convention. Delegates urged continued U S military spending, backing CIA and FBI budgets and continued U S control of the Panama Canal Zone. The group also called for secrecy of budgets and identification of groups seen as attacking the armed forces.
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FBI
CIA
Panama Canal Zone
Vermont
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
People’s Bicentennial Committee
United States
Official scores state alcohol and drug programs
In Vermont, James Leddy reports duplication and disorganization across alcohol and drug services after a three month factfinding study. He urges consolidating state alcohol programs under a single division, reforming the advisory council, and streamlining federal and state funding through that office. The 1977 plan emphasizes prevention and education.
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UPI
James Leddy
Alcohol and Drug Services
The
Human Services Agency
Leddy
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Humane Service
Thomas Davis
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division
Inside Edit on dwindling miracles in fighter plane crashes
Editorial by Tom Braden laments the vanishing American farmer as part of a broader critique. Page 4 discusses national decline and the need for resilience amid disaster and economic strain.
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Tom Braden
Melvin Maddocks
Tony Lewis
Ford
Benny Goodman
PBS
Manchester Selectmen
UVM
MAU
Celtics
John Randolph
New York City to recycle metals with Ashmont plant
Mayor Beame signs a 12 million contract with Ashmont Metal Co. to build a plant beside the Southwest Brooklyn Incinerator that will extract ferrous metals from ash and turn them into steel. The project aims to open in about 18 months, create up to 100 jobs, cut landfill by 25 000 tons annually, and reduce steel imports if adopted nationwide.
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New York
UPI
Abraham Beame
New York City
Ashmont Metal Co
Brooklyn
Beame
Ashmont
United States
Air Force FB-111 crashes in Vermont near schools
A $13 million FB-111 fighter bomber crashed during a return to Plattsburgh Air Force Base after a refueling and low level training mission. Both pilots parachuted safely. a special board will investigate. The crash site in a swamp near Mt. Abraham Union High School and Beeman Elementary School left a 200-foot path through trees and debris.
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UPI
Plattsburgh
N.Y
Board of
Air Force
Vermont
Londonderry
Air Force Base
Raymond Wilson
Ogden
Utah
Richard Bernardi
Highland Park
Ill
Mary Marsh
Kissinger visits Chile amid torture reports
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met with Chilean President Augusto Pinochet as reports from the OAS Human Rights Commission documented killings and torture of political prisoners. Pinochet announced the release of 60 prisoners a few hours earlier.
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Chile
Santiago
UPI
Henry Kissinger
Augusto Pinochet
Organization of American States General Assembly
Human Rights Commission
OAS
Pinochet
Salvador Allende
Washington
U.S
Santa Cruz
Bolivia
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Primaries reshuffle as California voters loom
On primary day California Ohio and New Jersey allocate 540 Democratic and 331 Republican delegates. Ford Carter and Reagan battle near parity with Carter poised to reach 1100 plus delegates while Reagan targets California. Ohio and New Jersey appear pivotal as Republicans push for a winner take most margin.
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Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
California
Ohio
New Jersey
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Reagan
Carter
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