Syrians Enter Beirut After Pincer Move In Suburbs
Syria led units linked up in a pincer south of Beirut dividing Moslem and Christian factions and paving the way for a march into the capital. Aimed at ending Lebanon’s civil war, the action followed an assassination attempt on Christian politician Raymond Edde in the Moslem western sector.
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Mahmoud al Jerdi
American University Hospital
Arab League
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Galerie Simaane
Laos labor camps hold up to forty thousand in repressive internment
Washington reports that 40,000 to 50,000 former anti Communist Laotian soldiers and civilians are confined in harsh labor camps across Laos after the Pathet Lao takeover. Camps range from short term indoctrination sites near Vientiane to brutal, overcrowded detention of high ranking former officials in Phongsali Samneya and Attapa. Death rates are reportedly high as prisoners perform heavy labor like lumber cutting and canal building.
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Samneya
Attapa
Samkhe
Toolan declares Hohman sane as case tightens
Middlebury Bennington psychiatrist James M. Toolan testified that in his professional opinion George J. Hohman was legally sane at the time he strangled Mary Ann Peterson, 15. The testimony comes as the prosecution strengthens its case against Hohman in a high profile murder trial.
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Bennington
James M. Toolan
George J. Hohman
Mary Ann Peterson
Woman Killed in Manchester in Route 30 Crash
Manchester police report 27 year old Noreen Peck Sendra of Dorset died at the scene when her 1973 Pontiac traveling at high speed left Route 30, hit an oak tree 500 feet south of the North Road intersection. The first local traffic fatality this year was confirmed.
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Noreen Peck Sendra
Dorset
North Road
St. Paul’s Church
Ms. Sendra
Bennington County
Michael C. McShane
Who Was Harry the Horse Manchester Murder Victim
Manchester police probe into the fatal October 5 1976 shooting of bartender Harry Cifelli known as Harry the Horse Also called Harry the Hat the 51 year old man resided at the Palace Hotel and had ties to New Jersey relatives and a quiet life with gambling and golf amid questions about possible shady dealings Three suspects were arrested two days after the killing and awaited trial as rumors and family memories lingered about why someone would want to hurt him.
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Palace Hotel
Manchester
Harry
Cinda Dicknell
Trenton
N.J
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Harry the
Harry Cirelli
Liftline Lodge
Gilmore Wins Plea to Die Like a Man in Utah
Condemned killer Gary Gilmore persuaded the Utah Supreme Court to lift a stay and proceed to execution by firing squad at Utah State Prison. Warden Sam Smith prepared a five man squad as the date of 8 a m looms, potentially ending a nine year gap since the last U S death sentence. Civil liberties group Utah ACLU plans to seek a U S Supreme Court stay asserting Utah's revised capital punishment law lacks mandatory review.
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UPI
Gary Gilmore
Utah Supreme Court
Gilmore
Oregon
Utah
Sam Smith
United States
Luis Jose Monge
Colorado
U.S. Supreme Court
Calder dies at 78 famed sculptor of mobiles and stabiles
Alexander Calder internationally known sculptor and painter died of a heart attack at 78 in New York after arriving from Sadie France for a Calder's Universe retrospective at the Whitney Museum. He stayed with daughter Louisa Bower and was to return to France this weekend. Calder’s works include mobile sculptures and large stabiles.
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New York
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Sadie
France
Whitney Museum of Art
Louisa
Howard Bower
White Plains Hospital
Lorraine Schechter
Christopher Clapp
Roxbury
Alexander Stirling Calder
William Penn
Philadelphia
City Hall
Alexander Milne Calder
Talcott Clapp
Clapp
Hartford City Hall
Segri Iron Works
Waterbury
Steve Segri
Connecticut
Inside On the Inside In the nation Diet pills and vacation return
Summary notes from the nation on diet pills causing erratic behavior and Carter resuming work after vacation. Local items mention swelling profile conclusions and sunbelt sites chosen for a solar generator. Editorials include chlordane dangers and a first hand France mood on Nov 11 1918.
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Kit Foster
Tom Braden
Washington
France
Mauhs
Oliver
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Hohman
Addison County
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Hilton H. Dier
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Donald Graham
Windsor
William Sessions
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Lee Hohman
Harry the Horse
By Maggie C. Bucholt
Bob Nickelsberg
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American Civil Liberties Union
Manchester School Board
Mary Monroe
Hawkins Library Assn
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Cowens
Celtics
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