Americans ordered evacuated from Beirut after embassy attack
President Ford ordered the Beirut embassy to evacuate all Americans wishing to leave Lebanon. A convoy would take evacuees overland to Damascus with Palestinian and Syrian guards, while U.S. Marines on ships were not assigned to provide security. The embassy staff was reduced to 53, with 1,400 Americans remaining.
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Ford
U.S
Beirut
Lebanon
State Department
Washington
Francis E. Meloy Jr
Henry A. Kissinger
Damascus
Pentagon
Guadalcanal
Sidon
United States
Mediterranean
British test convoy crosses Lebanon toward Damascus
A 13 car convoy traveled Beirut to Damascus today with bodies of Meloy and Waring in a blue and white panel truck. A U S special plane planned to fly the bodies to the Washington area for funeral services, picking up Waring's widow and a daughter in Athens. Syrian forces pushed deeper into central Lebanon, overran Ain Dara, while Palestinians faced curfews and shelling. Iraq sent more troops to the Syrian border, aiming to pressure Syria as it countered leftist Palestinian forces. Syrian units also shifted from the Golan front to bolster the eastern border.
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Biddeford-Saco Journal Celebrates York County Bicentennial
The Biddeford-Saco Journal releases a york county bicentennial supplement marking america’s 200th year. It features historical accounts and photos from local cities and towns and messages from advertisers honoring the nation’s progress into a new century.
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America
Biddeford-Saco Journal
York
OOB High School Class of 1976 Graduation Highlights
OLD ORCHARD BEACH graduates celebrate motto happiness as 60 seniors receive diplomas. Speakers discuss America's past and future with bicentennial flavor while awards honor scholastic achievement, including a new Mr Cummings birthday award and a $100 prize for top math and science students.
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Old Orchard Beach
Robert Louis Stevenson
Oob High School
America
Mary Ann Bellerose
Renee Caron
Elisabeth Stevenson
Richard Frank
Mighty Wurlitzer
Jerome LePelletier
Sandra Sylvestre
Lepelletier
Mr. Cummings
E. Emerson Cummings
Cummings
Rene Caron
Lisa Shevenell
Suzanne Gendron
OOB Teachers’ Association
FMI labor dispute aired in Biddeford
Testimony continues before an administrative law judge in Biddeford on an unfair labor practice charge filed with the NLRB against Fiber Materials Inc. The hearing, begun Thursday with Walter Lachman’s testimony, may last into next week and likely two to three months before a decision. The Textile Workers Union of America alleges FMI fired or laid off four employees for union organizing efforts.
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National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Fiber Materials Inc
FMI
Walter Lachman
John Maoe
Washington D.C
Textile Workers Union of America
Benjamin Smith
James Bean
Bruce McMullen
Dennis Bishop
David Cottard
Decomposed body found in Saco apartment prompts identity search
Police and medical examiners work to identify a young man found dead in a Thornton Hall apartment at 331 Main Street. Autopsy results by Dr. Henry Ryan awaited to determine cause and identity as officers confirm the body is in advanced state of decay and the tenant remains unnamed.
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Saco
James Smith
Thornton Hall
Main Street
Smith
Thomas Anton
Yener
Henry Ryan
OOB twins first grads Class of 76
Old Orchard Beach twins Jeffery and Jonathan Jakeman graduated with the Class of 1976 from OOBHS. They completed the regular college preparation program at home with tutor C Paul Wight and received diplomas from Superintendent Lawrence Bernard.
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OOB Twins
Grads
Old Orchard Beach
Jeffery
Jonathan Jakeman
OOBHS
McSweeney Gymnasium
Lawrence Bernard
Jakeman
Jonathan
C. Paul Wight
Maine Republicans fail bid to cut Belgian gun funds
In a 25-38 division vote the House rejected Maine congressmen William S. Cohen and David F. Emery's push to strip 15 million dollars from the Army budget for Belgian machine guns. They argued GAO findings questioned the Belgian rifle’s superiority and cited potential pressure to buy American F-16 fighters.
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USS
House
Maine
William S. Cohen
David F. Emery
Congress
General Accounting Office
Army
Maremont Corp
Saco
Cohen
Emery
Pentagon
Janus Mahon
Texas
GAO
Friday June 18 1976 in History and Law Changes
On this day in 1815 Britain defeated Napoleon at Waterloo ending the Napoleonic Wars. In 1812 the US declared war on Britain. Egypt became a republic in 1953 with Mohammed Naguib as president. Connecticut allows supermarkets to open Sundays under a Blue Law with item restrictions.
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Belgium
Europe
United States
Britain
Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Egypt
Mohammed Naguib
Conference of Committees
Carpenter’s Hall
Philadelphia
Congress
Connecticut
Hays Falls From Power Amid Capitol Sex Scandal Headlines
U S Representative Wayne Hays loses his influential committee chair post as a sex scandal unfolds on Capitol Hill. Louisiana Democrat Representative Joe Waggoner, detained in D C earlier for soliciting an undercover officer posing as a prostitute, offers a contested account. The incident and policy shielding Congress members from misdemeanor arrests are under review.
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U.S
Wayne Hays
Capitol Hill
Washington
Louisiana
Joe Waggoner
Waggoner
District of Columbia
Congress
Undefined headline due to fragmented input
News items include job-seeker counts and political contests as the day’s brief notes. National and sports items appear alongside weather and television sections in the publication.
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