Syria Invades Lebanon In Move To Impose Peace
Syria launches a large scale invasion into east central Lebanon with up to 4 000 troops and 60 tanks threatening Moslem and Christian factions. Syrian forces seize two Palestinian units and push toward key towns in the Bekaa valley amid calls for cease fire. Shahred Kosygin arrives in Beirut as Damascus asserts intervention to halt civil war.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Hafez Assad
Qibyat
Andket
Alexei Kosygin
Kosygin
Damascus
Palestinian Liberation Army
Assad
Radio Damascus
Bekaa Valley
WAFA
Jedita
Chtoura
Saad Nayef
Zahleh
Rayak
Bomb scare blocks Second Avenue traffic with Bible case
Police investigated a suspicious attache case left in the KCRG lobby on Second Avenue between Fifth and Sixth streets SE. The case contained two Bibles and several ties. Officers suggested it may have belonged to a minister who tapes a TV show at KCRG. A relieved officer joked about taking a Bible home to read.
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Second Avenue
Fifth
Sixth Streets
KCRG
Tom Gillen
James Kidwell
Cedar Rapids
Bombs Hit U S Army HQ in Frankfurt Injuring 14
In Frankfurt a bombing at U S Army V Corps headquarters wounded 14, 13 Americans and one in serious condition. No motive identified. Britain Iceland cod war ends with signed accord. details forthcoming. Ford orders broad push for Middle East peace talks and possible Geneva meeting to prep a full dress conference.
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Frankfurt
West Germany
U.S. Army
S V Corps
Oslo
Norway
Britain
Iceland
Washington
UPI
Ford
Middle East
White House
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Geneva
Investigators Probe Morality and Il legality Ties in Ray Allegations
Washington report notes investigators seek a line between immorality and illegality as Elizabeth Ray alleges other congressmen besides Wayne Hays were involved with house employees. Details on page 2. Martha Mitchell buried in Pine Bluff Arkansas after dying alone and in debt in New York hospital. Details on page 8. Weather forecast and page teasers follow.
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Washington
Elizabeth Ray
Wayne Hays
House
Pine Bluff
Ark
Martha Mitchell
New York
Arkansas
Warmup primaries in Rhode Island South Dakota and Montana
In three states on Tuesday the 1976 presidential primary season advanced with Carter seeking to block the Democratic nomination. Ford and Reagan campaigned minimally as light turnout emerged. Rhode Island South Dakota and Montana held 56 17 and 20 delegates respectively while next week’s California Ohio and New Jersey contests loomed large. Udall Church and Brown pursued Carter with varied strategies as McGovern reshaped his staff after clashes over past nomination battles.
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Rhode Island
South Dakota
Montana
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Ronald Reagan
California
Ohio
New Jersey
Reagan
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Gov
Edmund Brown, Jr
Rep
Morris Udall
Arizona
Carter
Udall
Church
Brown
George McGovern
James Abourezk
Washington
West Coast
Supreme Court Takes Iowa Food Stamp Case
The Supreme Court agreed to decide if subsidized transportation for job training should be counted as income for food stamp eligibility. Iowa and the USDA challenge a federal court ruling that transportation subsidies from state and federal governments must be counted, affecting how much Karen Hein and others pay for stamps.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
USDA
Congress
Birch Society Ties Celebrate Laetrile Smuggling Probe
San Diego sources report leaders of the John Birch Society linked to promoting and distributing Laetrile to cancer patients. Four of eight Americans indicted last week were named as society members, with a wider group of Birch affiliates suspected among the unindicted co conspirators in a multi nation case involving Mexican suppliers and U S distribution networks.
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San Diego
John Birch Society
Mexico
Robert Bradford
The
Birch Society
John Birch
Bradford
Committee For Freedom of Choice
Los Altos
Calif
Charlies Armour
San Marino
American Opinion
Review of the News
Food and Drug Administration
Tijuana
Ring
Andrew R.L. McNaughton
McNaughton Foundation
Montreal
Sausalito
California
Federal
Grand Jury
Justice Department, Customs and Postal Services
California Department of Health
Air Express
Leads In Search For Gary Frazer Escaped Iowa Killer
Independent authorities seek Gary Frazer 25 of Oelwein after his jail escape from Buchanan County. Investigators report several leads suggesting Frazer and his wife Julie 18 and their infant son Brian may head toward Canada. Frazer, to be sentenced June 24 for first degree murder of Sheila Foley, fled using a hacksaw to crawl from the jail attic to a waiting car. no conclusive trail of the vehicle or weapon found.
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Independence
Gary Frazer
Oelwein
Buchanan County
Warren Stump
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Sheila Lynn Foley
Hazleton
Frazer
Canada
Julie
Brian
Joe Holgate
Monmouth
Ill
Yankton
D.C
Iowa
Stump
Miss Foley
Allamakee County
Challenge to Uncommitted Delegates Seen
DES MOINES Iowa's bloc of 13 uncommitted delegates to the Democratic national convention will be challenged for lacking minority representation. State Democratic Chairman Tom Whitney says blacks and other minorities have a right to be upset. Clarence Davenport affirms a challenge to the group or possibly the entire 47-member delegation. Carter leads with 20 Iowa delegates, Udall 12, 13 uncommitted and two for Harris. Iowa platform includes marijuana decriminalization and strict gun control.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Democratic
Tom Whitney
Clarence Jackson Davenport
Democratic Party
National Credentials Committee
Whitney
Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network
Jimmy Carter
Morris Udall
California
Edmund G. Brown, Jr
Carter
Fred Harris
Iowa Democrats
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Palestine Liberation Army
John Mcivor
Army Office
Mideast
Hays Investigation
Marion
Society
McGovern
Alan Baron
Jack Quinn
Baron
Davenport
Everett Holles
New York Times
Robert Welch
Armour
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