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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1976

Page

9

Mercenaries on Trial in Luanda Mass Murders and Looting

Prosecution witnesses testified in Luanda accusing 13 white mercenaries of mass murder looting and robbery during Angola's civil war The defendants include Daniel Gearhart Gary Acker Gustavo Grillo and ten Brits led by Costas Georgiou also known as Col Callan Witnesses described executions looting of a finance office and burning currency while fearing for civilians and soldiers alike.

Luanda Angola Fernando Baires People’s Revolutionary Court Daniel Gearhart Kensington FNLA Bob Cesner Columbus Ohio Gearhart National Front For the Liberation of Popular Movement MPLA Gary Acker Sacramento Calif Gustavo Grillo Argentina Jersey City N.J Costas Georgiou Col. Callan Alfonso Carlos San Salvador

Promise to lift blockade silences Lebanese guns

Fighting eased after Syria agreed to lift blockades of Beirut and other cities and Christians backed a Pan Arab peacekeeping force. Police reported 45 killed and 62 wounded in Moslem Christian clashes, with 10 Palestinians killed and 11 wounded as Syrian forces shelled camps near Sidon. Syrian siege persisted around Sidon and Ar ko u b region while reports claimed Marjayoun fell. Jalloud said Syria would first lift sieges and then withdraw. Diplomatic sources noted tanks on Sidon hills shelling food ships and ships blocking Tyre and Tripoli.

Beirut Lebanon Syria Sidon Arkoub Israel Marjayoun Ibyan Abdel Salem Jalloud Damascus Jalloud Iraq Tyre Tripoli

Police clash with pupils over Afrikaans language order

In a Johannesburg township clash between police and about 10 000 black high school students left at least six dead and 14 injured. Police fired into the air with guns and tear gas to disperse protesters demanding schooling in their own language. Officials later recovered two policemen and two children from the scene.

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