Gloomy Christmas in Beirut Amid Nationwide Unrest
Christmas day chaos marked by mortar and machine gun fire as Muslim and Christian factions clash in Beirut and suburbs. Most Christians stayed home. a few shopped tokyo style. Aouche toy store opened amid a bleak season as a lone shopkeeper feared failure. Pope Paul VI delivered a hopeful Christmas message in St Peter’s Square. New York retail still strong with November sales up 10.5 percent, continuing a yearly gain of 8.2 percent across 35 chains.
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Beirut
al Hayat
Aouche
Mediterranean
New York
Yugoslav court sentences Croatian separatist to death
In Belgrade a 28 year old Miljenko Hrkac known as an Ustashi terrorist was sentenced to death for placing bombs in 1968 at a Belgrade theater, a Zagreb cemetery, and a Belgrade checkroom. One person died and 77 were injured in the theater blast.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Miljenko Hrkac
Ustashi
Tito
Zagreb
Kuwait Maps Shifting Assets and Bond Drive Amid Aid
Kuwait reports a rise in foreign assets to about 14 billion dollars, with total foreign holdings near 18 billion. Officials push bond issuance and overseas property buys while continuing aid to the PLO and Arab states. revenues from investments and oil aid this policy. London reports show Soviet aircraft output at 80 to 100 monthly, with total NATO production ahead overall. 1976 outlook sees possible 15 percent second-half expansion.
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Kuwait
Palestine Liberation Organization
London
Soviet Union
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Newly militant nonsmokers push for smoke free spaces
The rise of anti smoking activism spans about 30 states since 1973 with bans in venues from restaurants to stadiums. ASH leader John F Banzhoff notes nonsmokers now form a majority and legal action tightens controls on trains and public areas.
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Jacob Meyer
New Orleans
Peggy Lou Stolte
Oregon Lung Association
Kathy Shaver
Western Airlines
Jim Leeper
Bank of New Orleans
John F. Banzhoff
Washington
ASH
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minnesota
House Fraternities Grow Amid Congressional Clubs
The 435 member House hosts numerous informal groups such as the Chowder and Marching Club founded in 1949 by Richard Nixon and others, the Democratic Study Group now 225 members, and the Environmental Study Conference open to all members. These mini clubs meet for discussion, strategy, and social ties as ambient changes in voting and time affect congressional life.
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Marjorie Hunter
N.Y
Washington
Rep. G. W. Montgomery
Mississippi
Longworth House
Capitol Hill
House of Representatives
Senate
New England
House
Corinne Boggs
D.-La
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
Ford
Good Guys
Republican Study Committee
Democratic Study Group
DSG
Robert F. Drinan
Massachusetts
Democratic Research Organization
South
Environmental Study Conference
Richard L. Ottinger
D-N.y
Allen W. Steelman
R-Tex
Congressional Black Caucus
Police search for two missing children in Queens
Police aided by state police bloodhounds scoured a wide area in Queens on Thursday seeking Rodell Mackall, 2, and his half sister Candy, 4, who vanished after a late Christmas Eve shopping trip with their mother Deborah Mackall.
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New York City
New York
Borough of Queens
Rodell Mackall
Candy
Deborah Mackall
Russian actress Fyodorova confirms May baby on way
Victoria Fyodorova, 29, daughter of Zoya Fyodorova and Jackson Tate, says she is pregnant and will give birth in May. She is married to Pan American Airlines pilot Fred Polly and met Tate after years apart. Tate learned of his daughter only three years ago.
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Stamford
Conn
Victoria Fyodorova
Miss Fyodorova
Fyodorova
Pan American Airlines
Fred Polly
Zoya Fyodorova
Jackson R. Tate
Tate
U.S
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Fyordorova
Florida
Kennedy Onassis to Ski at Sun Valley with Kennedy Clan
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is expected to join the Kennedy family for a skiing holiday at Sun Valley Idaho. A resort spokeswoman says they are “quite sure” she is coming and will likely bring her children John and Caroline. Senator Edward M. Kennedy joined relatives on Christmas Day for cross country skiing as others hit the alpine slopes. In New York, Mari ka Minacaj received American citizenship as Congress granted immediate citizenship to the 111 year old Albanian woman.
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District of Columbia
New York City
Esther Mizl
Environmental Protection Administration
Madison Avenue
Chicago
Edward Pendergast
Sun Valley, Idaho
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Idaho
John F. Kennedy
John
Caroline Kennedy
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Marshall Bennett
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