Beirut Damascus road tensions widen as Israeli raids hit Beirut
Israeli fighter bombers struck near Beirut aiming at Palestinian positions and forest fires sparked in wooded hills. A Syrian MiG was reported shot down amid air battles over the Bekaa while Haaretz cited aims to block Syrian advances toward Beirut and prevent Palestinian regrouping. Habib to meet Begin as negotiations drag.
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Beirut-Damascus Road
Beirut
Bekaa
Israel
Haaretz
Damascus
Habib
Menachem Begin
Lebanon
Syria
Weather Snapshot From A Year Ago And Forecast
A year ago today high 83 and low 60 with no precipitation. Record highs 100 in 1931 and 46 in 1936. Extended forecast partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday with a chance of showers Monday highs mid 70s to low 80s and lows 50s to low 60s. National extremes show a low of 37 in Gunnison Colorado and a high of 106 in Lake Havasu City and Bullhead City Arizona.
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Gunnison
Colo
Lake Havasu City
Bullhead City
Ariz
Bismarck
Chicago
Cincinnati
Des Moines
Detroit
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Stormy weather spawns tornadoes across multiple states
Stormy conditions sweep the south central Plains and Florida with tornadoes observed from Miami to Fort Lauderdale. Touchdowns reported near Bennett Colorado Keyes Oklahoma Lubbock Texas and Tohoka Texas. Hail sizes reach golf to tennis ball near Wewoka Summerfield Lubbock Ambarger Amarillo. Heavy rain hits Port Arthur Edgemont Savannah Lead Hill Coal Hill. Forecast calls for thundershowers across the Gulf Coast Florida New England and parts of the Rockies and Great Lakes.
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South Central Plains
Florida
Miami
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Bennett
Colo
Keyes
Okla
Lubbock
Tohoka
Texas
Wewoka
Summerfield
Ambarger
Amarillo
Port Arthur
Edgemont
S.D. Savanah
Lead Hill
Ark
Coal Hill
Great Basin
Gulf Coast
New England
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Congress Approves Narrow Bill to Fund Government
Congress moves a stripped down emergency package to keep agencies like Tax Court and ATF operational until October 1. The measure funds student loans food stamps and sewer grants while debates continue on housing subsidies and senator earnings limits. A separate debt ceiling increase passes 49 to 41. House also approves humanitarian aid to Lebanon amid Israeli actions. A nuclear freeze resolution advances in the House.
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House
Senate
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Richard Lugar
R-Ind
Reagan
Congress
Tax Court
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Lebanon
Senate Appropriations Committee
ERA fasting women plan June rally after Illinois vote
Women fasting to press for ERA relief plan leave Springfield after a vote short of the needed three fifths in the Illinois House. Four will fly to Washington for a June 30 NOW rally. one remains with Mary Ann Beall hospitalized in Springfield.
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Illinois
Washington
National Organization For Women
Mary Ann Beall
Ms. Johnson
Falls Church
Ms. Beall
Springfield Community Hospital
ERA
House Rules Committee
Senate
James Taylor
Chicago
James Thompson
House
Thompson
Clover Wednesday Finds Four-Leaf Clovers Worth Framing
Melissa wrapped and pressed four leaf clovers she found while searching her yard and neighborhood. She plans to frame them and may gift one to her grandmother or take her to the school to find her own lucky charms. She found 15 leaves after about half an hour and may stop when the wax paper runs out.
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Melissa
Train tragedy prompts passenger rescue and firefight
Ida May Webster recalled Bowen saving others as smoke filled the train. Bowen led passengers to evacuate and pulled Moore from the train while Dr. Bill Adair tried for over an hour to revive him. Leonard Barbeau and Elizabeth criticized the response noting lack of alarms and warnings. Officials aided evacuation and fire suppression across Shasta and Siskiyou counties.
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Ida May Webster
Sweet Oaks
Calif
Bowen
Moore
Bill Adair
Chicago
Leonard Barbeau
Elizabeth
Red Bluff
Vancouver
Wash
Barbeau
Ms. Dole
Shasta
Siskiyou
U.S. Forest Service
Shasta Lake
Mount Shasta
Drifter struck by train in Council Bluffs identified
Police identified the transient killed by a train as 39 year old Jack A. Levis of Mesa Arizona also known as Freight Train Jack through tattoo clues. A Union Pacific railroad worker saw Levis and an older man near the tracks before the Tuesday accident in an industrial area.
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Council Bluffs
UPI
Arizona
Jack A. Levis
Mesa
Ariz
Jack
Union Pacific Railroad
Levis
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Elias Sarkis
Baabda
Yasser Arafat
West Beirut
Palestine Liberation Organization
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PLO
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Atlanta
Nashville
Orleons
New York
Duluth
Phoenix
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Weshern
Mpis
St.Paul
St. Louis
Sioux Falls
Coralville Lake
Cedar River
River Ee
Lansing
Dam
Steady McGregor
Guttenberg
Steady Dubuque
Davenport
Keithsburg
Keokuk
Clinton
Mark Hatfield
R-Ore
United Nations
U.S
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Susan Catania
Great Plains Supply Co
7Th Ave
31St St
Marion
Naturalizers Lite Stride
Town and Country
First Avenue Southeast
First Avenue
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