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Beirut Slaughter Surges as 200 Die in Weekend Fighting
In Beirut and surrounding areas, artillery and mortar exchanges leave at least 200 dead and 420 wounded over a 48 hour period. The death toll in over a year of fighting tops 18,500 with 40,000 wounded as Lebanon sinks deeper into chaos. U S envoy Dean Brown returns to Beirut after meetings with President Ford and Henry Kissinger to seek options in the crisis.
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