Cease fire breach amid shelling near Tyre in Lebanon
Lebanese and Palestinian factions traded blame after Israeli backed Christian militiamen fired three artillery shells into Tyre, 50 miles south of Beirut, near the time of a July 24 cease fire. No casualties were reported.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tyre
Saad Haddad
Bayada
Haddad
Israel
United States
United Nations
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Pilot cites controller in near collision above Portland
Charles Askey a Seattle pilot said a small plane came within 100 feet of his single engine Cessna 172 about 12 miles north of Portland International Airport. He criticized the tower for poor discretion and plans to file a near miss report with the FAA. Assistant tower chief Alan Bracy defended the controller saying procedures were followed and both aircraft were operating visually.
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Portland
Ore
UPI
Seattle
Charles Askey
Portland International Airport
Loeb and his fight for a watchdog press in New Hampshire
From 1937 Loeb joined a boycott group later revealed as Marxist, fueling a self described idealist to reactionary shift. He built a newspaper empire across Vermont and New Hampshire, turning the Union Leader and its affiliates into aggressive civic watchdogs while backing labor and McCarthy, yet denouncing the Birch Society’s Robert Welch.
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Loeb
St. Albans
Vermont
Daily Messenger
Burlington
Mass
Daily News
Union Leader
New Hampshire Sunday News
Manchester
Labor Movement
Wisconsin
Joseph R. McCarthy
Robert Welch
John Birch Society
Loebs Impact on Politics and Ownership Shifts at Union Leader
The obituary outlines Loeb typeface driven editorials and the aim to stir thought. It notes circulation rising from 40,000 to 63,000 by 1972 and his boast Don’t be dull. It details his 1972 Muskie episodes and the ensuing political fallout, his 1979 plan to entrust 75 percent to employees, and his three marriages with a total of three and two daughters.
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Loeb
Union Leader
President Carter
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
California
Jerry Brown
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Soviet Union
Rep
Phillip Crane
Ohio
Muskie
New Hampshire
Defense budget plan outlines five year cuts and troop rise
Officials say cuts absorbable by stretching over five years with 100000 more troops and slower ammunition stockpiling in Europe and the Persian Gulf. Navy shipbuilding trimmed by 10 of 140. Five ships retired early and reserve modernization slowed. Senator Cranston questions impact while Domenici says administration must justify further cuts with a five year plan.
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Europe
Persian Gulf
Senate
Alan Cranston
Calif
ABC
Pentagon Unclear on Cuts to 13 Billion Defense Plan
Gergen says no decisions yet on trimming the 13 billion defense budget with multi year contracts. Actual impact on military activity remains undetermined. The Washington Post cites unidentified Pentagon officials who see no need to cancel major programs like the MX missile or the B 1 bomber or to deactivate divisions.
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Gergen
Washington Post
Pentagon
Navy SH-3 helicopter crash off Virginia coast leaves three missing
A Navy SH-3 helicopter crashed about 360 miles off Norfolk Virginia while returning to USS Forrestal after a guard mission. Three crewmen were rescued in good condition, three others are missing. Commander Paul Lawrence Nelson of Jacksonville Florida is among the missing pilots.
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Norfolk, Va
UPI
Atlantic
Virginia
Jim Lois
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Lois
Cmdr
Paul Lawrence Nelson
Jacksonville
Fla
Uss Forrestal
Mayport
Nelson
Princess Anne Marriage Rumors Hit Headlines
Buckingham Palace would not comment on rumors that Princess Anne and Capt. Mark Phillips face marital problems amid reports from the Sydney Sunday Telegraph. The couple, married since 1973, have two children, Peter and Zara.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Anne
Elizabeth II
Mark Phillips
Palace
Rupert Murdoch
Sydney Sunday Telegraph
the Rocks
Phillips
Australia
London Sunday Express
British Broadcasting Corp
Angela Rippon
The
Sunday Express
Princess Anne
Peter
Zara
Nancy Reagan to honor Elizabeth Taylor at LA gala
Nancy Reagan will serve as honorary chairman for An Evening With Elizabeth Taylor, a Los Angeles International Film Exposition tribute on November 8 at the Los Angeles Music Center. The event follows Taylor's six week run of The Little Foxes at the same theater complex.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth Taylor
Nancy Reagan
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Yasser Arafat
Arafat
Menachem Begin
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Askey
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South Dakota
Eliza
Budget
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S.C
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John
Tokyo
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Warren E. Burger
China
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Takaaki Hattori
Japan
U.S
International Communication Agency
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Sunao Sonoda
Peking
Wick
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Liz
Weight Watchers
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Iowa
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