26 Mar 1976
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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1976
Page
1
In Lebanon Christian President Suleiman Franjieh fled the shattered presidential palace in Beirut after shellfire intensified. He vowed to stay in office, as fighting raged in the Beirut area and across Lebanon with hundreds killed or wounded.
New York, AP. Long Island City High School principal Howard Hurwitz, backed by parents, teachers, and students, ends a three day sit-in after being reinstated. A truce allows a troubled junior girl back at school under supervision while Hurwitz resumes leadership, emphasizing resolve and community support.
State Department and congressional sources say the Ford administration is weighing selling anti-tank missiles combat aircraft and transport helicopters along with communications gear to Egypt. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld calls U S arms sales to Egypt a healthy move for regional interests. Russia has halted most new weapon supplies to Egypt while continuing limited spare parts until late last year.
In London on Thursday the Labour Party did not elect a new prime minister on the first ballot with Michael Foot receiving 90 votes and James Callaghan close behind with 84. Awaiting a run-off, the party has 317 MPs eligible to vote as three Scottish nationalists abstain, shaping the contest ahead.
The junta led by Gen. Jorge Videla tightens grip with arrests of government figures and a top critic’s aide, while securing embassies and public buildings. Banks and schools stay closed as tanks guard key zones and public life adjusts to martial law.
Washington AP One of six federal judges in district and appeals courts leads a suit asserting judges pay has fallen behind inflation and that Senate denial of a pay raise was illegal. Thirty seven judges joined 44 colleagues in the suit, arguing constitutional protections require inflation adjustments and challenging past disapproval of a $2,000 to $4,625 range in raises.
Smith, amid security fears, denies selling his farm and relocating to South Africa while opening a western Rhodesian bridge at Gwaai River. Hatha cites delays in Angolan assurances on the Cunene River hydroelectric project. Botha says Angola won’t harm SWA electricity and vows all troops out of Angola by March 27, 1976.
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