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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1976
Page
4
Beirut endures brutal fighting as Moslems and Christians clash in a daylong rocket and artillery duel. The death toll nears 19 000 with 383 wounded, hospitals plead for blood, and civilians flee burning high rises while journalists are among the dead. Overseas mediation continues.
Israeli soldiers killed Abdullah Mustafa Hawas, 20, amid West Bank patrols after Palestinian refugees attacked a truck near Jerusalem airport. A 17-year-old girl died in Nablus during rioting, as mourners carried her coffin draped in a Palestinian flag.
U S authorities say Col Manuel Alfonso Rodriguez top aide to El Salvador's government was arrested in Westchester for allegedly arranging a 2.55 million gun sale to mobsters. Bail set at 3 million. Several conspirators, including U S citizens, held on varied amounts.
French President Valery Giscard dEstaing lands at Andrews Air Force Base aboard a Concorde for a six day goodwill visit to the United States. He plans talks with Ford and Kissinger and will present a Bicentennial light and sound exhibit at Mount Vernon.
The U S Chess Federation will not participate in an Arab sponsored Against Israel Chess Olympic. The Arab event planned to run during the fall concurrent with the international chess Olympiad in Israel from October 24 to November 15. Federation director E B Edmondson called the event the greatest potential danger to the goals and existence of the federation.
Quebec air controllers threaten to strike if the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association rejects further study of allowing bilingual business. The association urges a vote against the conciliation report, warning a strike would be a strike against Quebec. Nova Scotia group sues Ford over rust defects.
The New Hampshire Episcopal Church urged the state Public Utilities Commission to rescind the fuel surcharge and review the power rate structure. Delegates also proposed that stockholders bear part of the surcharge and sent copies to Gov. Meldrim Thomson, House Speaker George Roberts, and Senate President Alf Jacobson.
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