11 Jan 1976
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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1976
Page
1
Beirut clashes leave 98 dead and 117 wounded as Moslem and Christian militias fight in downtown hotels and suburbs. Fighting spreads to Zahle Aley and nearby villages while the U S Embassy comes under fire.
Summit discussions continued in a closed session at the Hilton Hotel where QAU chairman pledged equal treatment for Angolan leaders Roberto and Savimbi. Amin, wearing a blue air force uniform, used humor to ease tension, joking that Africans must use their brains and declaring the field marshal controls the battle as everyone heads to rest.
Sen Strom Thurmond says his wife Nancy has delivered their fourth child, bringing two boys and two girls to the family. The eight pound boy born Friday night at 11 02 p m at Self Memorial Hospital Greenwood was not named yet, with a late weekend decision expected. The baby’s delivery was described as smooth with mother and infant doing fine.
The text notes that age one draft of 18 to 26 may be postponed by presidential proclamation, causing registration and lotteries to lag without new Congress action. Ford pushes OMB to cut agency activity and a reduced 37.5 million dollar budget is approved. Committees urge a program review to guide future funding while the standby draft and clemency job programs proceed amid ongoing lottery system established in 1969.
President Ford convened a 3 to 12 hour meeting with Vice President Rockefeller and top officials to review options for reorganizing the U S intelligence community. Participants included Kissinger Rumsfeld Levi Simon and CIA Director Colby with no details released ahead of the State of the Union. White House counsel Buchen said options range from clearer guidelines to consolidating agencies under one roof, with two reforms ruled out.
Soviet dissident Leonid Plyushch arrives in Austria after release from 2% years in a Soviet mental hospital. The 36 year old mathematician, convicted of anti Soviet agitation and propaganda in 1973, is said to be resting in Vienna before traveling to Paris. His wife and children accompanied him as officials and Amnesty International arranged a quiet arrival to spare a crowd.
CTA officials say the fail safe device on a six car train was turned off and failed to operate when a second four car train crashed into its rear on the Northwest Side. Kenneth Biere, 61, of Chicago, died and more than 400 were injured as one train stopped at a station and the other plowed into it. Motorman McKinley Ross, 35, said glare from sun and snow temporarily blinded him while manual operation without the safety device occurred.
Ballistics link American made Armalite rifles and M1 carbines to a Protestant massacre prompting Britain to press Irish American funds decrying IRA support. Meanwhile in Ireland leaders of four Christian denominations gathered for a vigil on St Patrick's Hill, as violence and sectarian attacks continued in Armagh and Belfast with multiple shootings and kneecappings reported.
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