Beirut fights ease as talks stall in Lebanon war
Fewer clashes in Beirut allow near normal life while efforts to end Lebanon's religious civil war stall amid cabinet disputes and pressure from Syria and Palestinian factions. A Palestinian refugee camp near Dikwaneh faced renewed shelling prompting fears of renewed fighting. Damascus summoned leaders Arafat and Jumblatt to discuss next steps as a cease fire shape remains unsettled.
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Lebanon
UPI
Dikwaneh
Tal Zaatar
Sin el Fil
Nabaa
Radio Beirut
Tripoli
Yasser Arafat
Kamal Jumblatt
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Assad
Arafat
Rashid Karami
Weather Underground involved in Capitol bomb in 1971 clash
UPI reports Rolling Stone documented members of the Weather Underground describing how the 1971 Capitol bombing was planned and assembled in an unused room. The group said a first bomb failed, the second caused 300000 dollars in damage, and no one was hurt. Details include how militants concealed materials on their bodies and the plan’s intent against Congress.
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San Francisco
UPI
U.S. Capitol
Weather Underground
Rolling Stone
Capitol Building
Bernardine Dohrn
Bill Ayers
Cathy Wilkerson
Jeff Jones
Kathy Boudin
Capitol
Jones
Congress
Nixon
Vietnam
Mansfield urges direct contact with new Asian communist regimes
Senate Foreign Relations Committee hears Mike Mansfield advocate resuming direct ties with Cambodia and Vietnam to ease postwar issues and foster regional cooperation. He cites his Southeast Asia report from visits to Burma, Thailand and the Philippines as backing for diplomacy over isolation. He also calls ending the Manila Pact as potentially more liability.
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Washington
Portugal
Far East
Burma
Thailand
Philippines
Mansfield
United States
Asia
Two Americans and an Italian win Nobel Prize in Medicine
The Caroline Institute named Howard Martin Temin and David Baltimore of the United States and Renato Dulbecco of Italy as laureates for discoveries on how tumor viruses interact with cellular genetic material. They share a $143,000 prize. Baltimore is noted as a Rockefeller University visiting scientist, Temin at University of Wisconsin, and Dulbecco at Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London.
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Stockholm
Sweden
UPI
Caroline Institute
Howard Martin Temin
David Baltimore
United States
Renato Dulbecco
Italy
Institute
Baltimore
American Cancer Society
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Mass
Rockefeller University
New York City
Temin
McArdle Laboratory
University of Wisconsin Medical Center
Madison
Wis
Dulbecco
Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratory
London
Egypt warns Israel against intervening in Lebanon crisis
Egypt warned Israel against intervening in the Lebanese conflict saying such action could trigger a new Middle East war. Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmi urged Arab ministers in Cairo to oppose external intervention and warned against exploitation of the crisis.
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Egypt
Israel
Lebanon
Middle East
Ismail Fahmi
Cairo
Fahmi
Syria
Jerusalem
Yigal Allon
U.N
Golan Heights
Allen
Maine lobstermen reject court plan over boundary dispute
Maine lobstermen condemn a plan by a U S Supreme Court master to scrap the Maine New Hampshire 1974 boundary agreement near Portsmouth Harbor and grant Massachusetts more waters. Governor Longley unavailable for comment. The case hinges on sovereignty over waters off the Isle of Shoals and fishing rights.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
U.S. Supreme Court
Granite State
Portsmouth Harbor
Maine Lobstermen’s Association
James Longley
Tom Clark
Portsmouth
Isle of Shoals
High Court
Clark
New Hampshire
Donald Alexander
Supreme Court
Portland
Classified Advertising Rates and delivery info
The Bennington Banner lists contact numbers for classified advertising and circulation details. It notes daily publication except Sundays and holidays, mailing address at 425 Main St Bennington VT, and subscription rates by region with three months, six months, and yearly options.
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Bennington Banner Telephone
Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen, Inc
Vermont
U.S
Northrop charged for questionable costs in defense dealings
A Defense Contract Audit Agency report details Northrop Corp spending 9.9 million in questionable expenses from 1971 to 1974 and seeking 6.1 million in government reimbursements. The El Commandante yacht, flights for officials, hunting parties, and hospitality are noted amid criticism from Rep. Les Aspin and Sen. William Proxmire about lax Defense Department sanctions.
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Northrop
Pentagon
Aspin
el Commandante
Baja California
Washington
Colby defends CIA in Watergate era fears
William Colby told AP editors that fear CIA ties would taint Watergate deterred agents from revealing incriminating information about the 1972 break in. He said secrecy was excessive but to avoid a perception CIA conducted the operation, and he halted activities beyond the CIA charter when he led the agency in 1973. Seymour Hersh criticized lack of whistleblower action within CIA and Justice Department.
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UPI
CIA
Agency
William Colby
Colby
Associated Press Managing Editors
Organization
New York Times
Washington
Seymour Hersh
Hersh
Justice Department
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Bennington’s Health Food Center
Bennington, Vt
Cials
Maryland
North Carolina
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Defense
James
R. Schlesinger
Department of Defense
Proxmire
Burlington
John Edward Hodges
Ignature
Chittenden
Chittenden Trust
Albury
Berlin
Essex Junction
Middlebury
Montpelier
Newport
Shelburne
South
Swanton
Vergennes
Waitsfield
FDIC
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