Full-Scale Civil War Rages Across Beirut Camps
Widespread fighting grips Beirut as Christians and Muslims clash around Tal Zaatar and Jisr el-Basha camps housing Palestinian and Lebanese refugees. Reports from Amchit and Beirut Radio recount heavy casualties, shifting front lines, and a fragile cease-fire amid regional diplomatic moves in Riyadh.
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Wicosia
Cyprus
Lebanon
Beirut
Amchit Radio
Beirut Radio
Tal Zaatar
Jisr el-Basha
Nabaa
Sat el Fil Mar Elias
Tal Zeatar
Ein Hammandeh
Tal Zaater
Asharaliya
Ever Beirut
Lite Saiga Palestinian Organization
Sidon
Europe
Middle East
Egypt
Syria
Saudi Arabi
Kuwait
Riyadh
Unemployment Dips In Linn County May Report
The Iowa Employment Security Commission reports Cedar Rapids area May unemployment at 4.6 percent, down 10 percent from April. Linn County totals show 74,300 employed, 400 fewer unemployed than April, with nonagricultural wage jobs at 75,200 and manufacturing leading at 27,300.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Linn County
Commission
Four plead guilty in S F Bomb Factory case
Four persons tied to the Emiliana Zapata Unit pleaded guilty to transporting and storing explosives after a Richmond raid on a claimed bomb factory. They faced potential decades in prison, with sentence set for August 8. One more man was charged with malicious injury to property and others injured in a farm accident.
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S.F
San Francisco
Emiliana Zapata
FBI
Richmond
Zapata
San Francisco Bay Area
Stanley Weigel
Teir
Ater
Elen Kesend
Frederick Salkind
Steven Seipes
Flo
Janice Orson
Man Jailed In Breakin Case in C R
Larry Starr a 20 year old with no address was jailed in Linn county on charges of breaking and entering resisting arrest and three traffic offenses. He gave a false name when stopped on Norwich road and is tied to a May 27 breakin at a houseboat owned by Art Harmon. Leroy Kirklin 18 of 3628 Twenty first street SW was also charged in the same incident with theft of stereo equipment and clothing worth 1345 dollars.
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Larry Starr
Linn County
Iowa
Norwich Road
Starr
Art Harmon
Franklin Avenue
Leroy Kirklin
Twentyfirst
Passers-By Foil Purse Snatcher Near Washington Ave
Nora Martel, 179 Washington Ave SE, was pursued by a young male thief in the 2200 block of First Ave SE. She resisted a purse grab, was knocked down, injured her elbow and leg, received stitches at St Luke's, and the suspect fled after bystanders intervened.
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Amae
Nora Martel
Washington Avenue SE
Martel
First Avenue SE
First Avenue
St. Luke's
Nathanson Heads Linn Bar Assn election as president
Maurice L. Nathanson of Cedar Rapids was elected president of the Linn County Bar Association at the annual meeting. Officers named include James F. Pickens as president elect James E. Shipman as vice president David J. Good as secretary and John M. Rivkel as treasurer. Three new board members join Theodore L. Kubicek Kenneth L. Moon and Ernest F. Pence. John J. Shea outgoing president announced the Achievement Award from the Iowa State Bar Assn for community size and participation.
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Maurice L. Nathanson
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Bar Assn
James F. Pickens
James E. Shipman
David 3. Good
John M. Rivkel
Theodore L. Kubicek
Kenneth L. Moon
Ernest F. Pence
William Faches
William H. Carmichael
Wayne C. Collins
Elmer Deatsch
John J. Shea
Linn’ County Bar Assn
Iowa State Bar Assn
Des Moines
Girl, 2, Injured After Falling From Moving Car
A 2 year old girl, Sara K. Johnson, was treated for head abrasions at St. Luke's hospital and released after falling from a car at the Brookview area Thursday afternoon. The accident involved Jennifer Jo Johnson who turned at Northbrook and Brookview Lane. No charges were filed.
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Dale Dice
Route One
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sara K. Johnson
Brookview Lane
St. Luke's Hospital
Jennifer Jo Johnson
Brookview Drive
Northbrook Drive
Two Groups Take Blame For Three NYG Bombings
Three blasts hit a Chase Manhattan Bank branch the Pan Am building and the Bronx police station with minor damage and no injuries. A FALN claim linked to Puerto Rican militants and another call from Save Our Israel Land were received, each admitting responsibility for the attacks.
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NYG
New York
Chase Manhattan Bank
Pan American World Airways
Manhattan
Bronx
Pan Am
Grand Central Terminal
40Th Precinct
FALN
Armed Forces of National Liberation
South Bronx
Puerto Rico
Save Our Israel Land
Associated Press
Pan Ap
Syria
Iraq
Israel
Ford
Kissinger
SOIL
Chase Manhattan
Bronz
Fire destroys dairy and barn at Olin farm
A dairy and barn on a farm four miles from Olin burned Thursday with no livestock lost. Firefighters remained on site until 3 am aided by crews from nearby towns. The cause was not known and damage estimates were not yet available.
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Olin
Salvation Army Reports Increased Activities and Transfers
Salvation Army advisory board heard that Cedar Rapids facilities saw higher usage in the first full year at the new Corps Community center with attendance at 28 123, up 167 percent from the prior year. Youth and recreation meetings rose from 813 in 1974 to 1 213 in 1978 as the center operated above capacity.
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Salvation Army
Cedar Rapids
Salvation Army Advisory Board
New Corps
Robert Arthur
Arthur
L. Edwin Seger
Salvation Anny Men’s Social Service Center
Culver Loses in Battle Against B-1 Construction
Senator John Culver’s attempt to delay B-1 aircraft construction was rejected by Senate House conferees. He warned the program could cost taxpayers around 22 billion dollars and pledged to keep fighting while urging focus on domestic programs and urgent defense needs.
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Dorothy Wililans
Washington
Senate-house
John C. Culver
White House
Iowa
Senate
House
Culver
Cedar Rapids youth charged after threatening mother with gun
A 13-year-old Cedar Rapids boy allegedly pressed a three inch knife to his mother then aimed a .38 revolver at her and threatened her with a machete during an argument about riding a motorcycle. The gun misfired twice and he was charged with pointing a gun at another and referred to the youth bureau.
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Cedar Rapids
Fier
Youth Bureau
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Linn Bar Assn
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Cedar Rapides
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Fifteenth Avenue SE
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