Militia Attack on U N Peacekeepers Shuts Naqoura HQ
Christian militiamen launched a full scale attack on the U N peacekeeping compound in Naqoura Lebanon firing rockets and mortars wounding eight U N soldiers. The assault followed Maj Saad Haddad declaring an independent Free Lebanon and prompted Israeli intervention. Two Norwegian troops were killed earlier in attacks attributed to the militia.
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U.N
Lebanon
Saad Haddad
Free Lebanon
Beirut
Israel
United Nations
Nagoura
Local Weather Summary and River Levels Report
Wind from the southeast at 15 mph is noted at 10 am. Sunrise Friday at 5 19 and sunset at 6 53. One year ago today highs reached 47 and lows 43 with .40 inches of precipitation. Forecast calls for cloudy showers Saturday and partly cloudy cool days Sunday and Monday with highs mid 50s to mid 60s and lows upper 30s to upper 40s. Mississippi River stages show LaCrosse 10.9 rising none, Lansing 12.2 rising .2, Dam 9 22.1 rising .1, McGregor 14.6 steady, Guttenberg 13.1 steady, Dubuque 15.6 falling .1, Davenport 14.2 falling .1, Keithsburg 14.8 rising .2, Keokuk 15.2 falling .4, Clinton 14.9 falling .1, Cedar at C R 6.35. 1day.
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Mississippi River
LaCrosse
Lansing
Dam
McGregor
Guttenberg
Dubuque
Davenport
Keithsburg
Keokuk
Clinton
Cedar
C.R
SALT verification assurances from Carter team
The Carter administration seeks Senate confidence on verifying Soviet adherence to a new SALT treaty. Jody Powell and Harold Brown downplay Iran monitoring losses and affirm timely verification from signing and ratification. Powell argues U S intelligence will reveal Soviet strategic moves.
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Washington
Carter
Senate
United States
Soviet Union
Jody Powell
Defense
Harold Brown
U.S
Iran
Brown
CBS
Georgia
Powell
Illinois AG William Scott pleads innocent to tax counts
Chicago Illinois Attorney General William Scott pleads innocent to five counts of filing false income tax returns. He allegedly understated income for 1972 to 1975 on federal returns as part of an inquiry into whether about 50000 dollars in campaign contributions were used personally.
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Chicago
Illinois
William Scott
Scott
U.S. Attorney’s Office
First Chinese Cargo Ship Reaches Seattle After 30 Years
The 637 foot Liu Lin Hai becomes the first Chinese cargo ship to dock in a U S port in three decades, taking on corn from the Midwest as officials discuss reopening shipping lanes. A Seattle harbor ceremony accompanied by an escort fire boat water jets and a Navy band.
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Seattle
U.S
Midwest
Iranian leaders hold peace talks in Qom amid dissension
In Qom Iran Ayatollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Taleghani met to ease growing civil strife between their factions. Revolutionary firing squads killed six members of the shah's personal guard as part of ongoing post coup actions.
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Tehran
Iran
Qom
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Mahmoud Taleghani
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Egypt votes in referendum on peace treaty with Israel
Egyptians flocked to polling stations as Anwar Sadat predicted a 99 percent yes vote for the Israel peace treaty signed in Washington on March 26. Parliament had ratified the accord amid regional tensions and mounting political pressure.
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Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Washington
New Marijuana Study Proposed By H.E.W. Chief
Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Joseph Califano urged a new large scale study of marijuana after reporting rising teen use. The 1977 survey found 16.1 percent of 12 to 17 year olds were current users, up from 12.4 percent the prior year.
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Washington
Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph Califano
Califano
Congress
Nuclear Opponents Rally Planned for May 6 in Washington
Chicago AP report says opponents will rally in the capital on May 6 reacting to the Three Mile Island crisis. Organizer Barry Commoner from St. Louis plans a push for a total phase-out of existing atomic plants. The May 6th Coalition comprises about 90 consumer and public action groups nationwide.
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Chicago
Three Mile Island
Harrisburg
Barry Commoner
St. Louis
Washington
No South African probe despite fund allegations
The Justice Department has no immediate plans to investigate claims that South Africa used a secret fund to influence American opinion. Eschel Rhoodie, a former South African information director who vanished weeks ago, alleged about $100 million was used to sway international opinion in favor of South Africa.
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Washington
Justice Department
Eschel Rhoodie
South Africa
Fire forces George Washington dorm students to flee
A blaze swept Thurston Hall at George Washington University pushing hundreds of students from their dorm rooms in robes and pajamas. At least 34 injured, two critically. some leaped from windows or were rescued from the fifth floor as fire teams evacuated 900 residents. The fire was confined to two rooms and a corridor, with smoke filling the building and officials investigating the cause.
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Ann Schwarzman
Births and incidents listed from Mercy and St Luke's
The notice reports births at Mercy on April 18 to English and at St Luke's on April 18 to Kepler and at Iowa City to Willard with grandparents named. It also lists births in Council Bluffs to Visek on April 17 and includes names of several families and addresses. The remainder records miscellaneous accidental alarms and fires at various Marion locations with times.
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Council Bluffs
Jon Visek
Hal Wilsons
28Th St
L.E. Wiseks
C Ave
Iowa City
Steven Willard
Ninth Ave
Marion
Dale Meyer
10Th St
Richard Klimes
Swisher
Three Mile Island Tests Find No Milk Contamination
Officials report milk tests from five dairy farms and two dairies show no iodine 131 contamination despite ongoing low level leaks from the damaged Three Mile Island reactor. Iodine remains detected in air and grass, but NRC spokesman Jan Strasma says cows on pasture are unlikely to ingest it. The reactor core cooling reached 233 degrees, three degrees above the NRC target, as a rate freeze was imposed on Metropolitan Edison utility rates pending hearings.
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Harrisburg
Three Mile Island
Jan Strasma
The
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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