Lebanon denies report of Syrian military aid to Lebanon
On January 9 1975 Premier Rashid Solh rejected an Al Yom report claiming Syria would send MIG21 and MIG23 jets to Lebanon and station troops near Israel. A Beirut spokesman confirmed a mutual defense pact between Syria and Lebanon but gave no details. An Nahar said Lebanon would not seek Syrian intervention unless Israel escalates near borders.
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Rashid Solh
Beirut
al Yomn
Lebanon
Israel
Solh
Lebanese Information Ministry
Af Yom
Hafez Assad
Syria
Suleiman Franjieh
An Nahar
al Yom
Shimon Peres
Tar Heels Convicted In Arkansas
Two North Carolina men were convicted in U S District Court in Little Rock on two counts each of conspiring to take kickbacks from Office of Economic Opportunity grants to Community Investment and Development Inc Bill Riddick of Raleigh and Thomas B Wallace of Greensboro faced charges linked to paying for Wallace services Ronald R Palmer named as unindicted coconspirator The maximum penalty for each conspiracy conviction is a 10000 fine and five years in prison
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Little Rock, Ark
North Carolina
U.S. District Court
Office of Economic Opportunity
Community Investment and Development, Inc
Bill Riddick
Raleigh
Washington
OEO
Thomas B. Wallace
Greensboro
CIDI
Ronald R. Palmer
Wallace
George B. Mays
Centenarian Yugoslavian Woman Bears 116 Offspring
Rista Koprivica, 103, of Gornja Meka Gruda near Bileca, Bosnia Herzegovina, reportedly has 116 children, knit without glasses, and married at 17, with 14 births.
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Bileca
Yugoslavia
Rista Koprivica
Gornja Meka Gruda
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Weekend Weather Outlook for North and South Carolina
Clouds break in North Carolina with mild, unsettled days and tropical-like showers possible Friday. South Carolina faces dense morning fog then sunny warmth, with rain chances rising by Friday night into the weekend. North Carolina turns cooler Sunday and Monday with chilly mountains and a 40s on the coast. South Carolina sees a mix of warm 60s to lower 70s and rain chances near zero to 30 percent across the period.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Funeral for David M. Williams Held in Wade North Carolina
Funeral services for David M. Williams known as Carbine Williams will be held in Wade at 11 a.m. Friday. He died at Dorothea Dix Hospital of pneumonia at 74 after a long prison term during which he designed the carbine rifle. Williams, who later became a gunsmith and museum exhibit, is survived by his widow, a son, two sisters, three brothers and three grandchildren.
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Williams
Cumberland County
Godwin
Raleigh
North Carolina Museum of History
Woman Nominated as NLRB Chair by Ford
Betty Murphy, 46, former NLRB attorney and Wage and Hours Division administrator, is nominated by President Ford as the first female NLRB member and may be named chairman if Senate confirms.
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Washington
Betty
Murphy
Ford
National Labor Relations Board
Senate
Miss Murphy
NLRB
Labor Department
Bailar Named Postmaster General to Succeed Klassen
Benjamin Bailar was named to replace Elmer T. Klassen as postmaster general amid criticism of postal service and rising costs. Klassen, 66, began leading the agency Jan. 1, 1972, in a stormy tenure marked by deficits, regulatory probes, and a 25 percent rise in first class rates last year.
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Washington (Ap
Benjamin ¥. Bailar
Elmer T. Klassen
Klassen
Postal Service
Board of Governors
Bailar
House
American Can Co
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Yitshak Rabin
Egypt
Damascus Radio
Iran
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Tar Heels
Arkansas
Saci Oav
Ures Shaw
High Point
Associated Press
Asheville
Augusta
Charleston
Charlotte
Eldy
Columbia
Graville
S.C
Savannah
P.c
Wilmington
Jimmy Stewart
New York
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
South Main Street
Stanley
English Road
Westchester
Radio Shack
Radio Shack Audio
ACCES
USA
College Village Shopping Center
Ries
Network TV
Asheboro
Northgate Shopping Center
Radio Shack Company-Operated
Tandy Corp
Lexington
Lexington Center Hwy
Thomasville
N.C. PH
Ron Purane
Merah
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