Vandalism at Samarkand Manor Provokes Eagle Springs Outrage
In Eagle Springs North Carolina residents petition to fire Samarkand Manor Training School director Thomas T Grey over runaway pupils causing break ins vandalism and property damage. About 200 residents sign demanding action as officials admit overcrowding and lenient discipline at the campus.
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Eagle Springs
N.C
Piedmont
Samarkand Manor
Department of Human Resources
Thomas T. Grey
Samarkand
Grey
Ray Shurling
Shurling
Farm Safety Book Sparks Controversy
Washington lawmakers challenge OSHA pamphlets for farmers as condescending and overly simple. The $500,000 campaign promotes safety rules with titles like Safety with Beef Cattle and warns of hazards from wet floors to manure. Critics allege the language mocks farmers while federal rules for outside labor expand.
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Washington
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Carl Curtis
R-Neb
OSHA
American National Cattlemen's Association
Extension Service
Agriculture Department
Thomas Hagedorn
Rminn
Purdue University
Herman Talmadge
Dga
Readers seek sheriff’s gear and police uniform answers
A citizen letter questions why Guilford County deputies lack front to back shields in patrol cars and wear long sleeve shirts year round. The sheriff’s office says 19 shields were purchased and will be fitted. uniforms may change to brown, long sleeves, this winter.
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Guilford County
Fire at Roanoke old folks home kills four residents
In Roanoke Virginia a fire at Shenandoah Homes likely caused by smoking in bed killed four elderly residents and injured at least 24. The blaze on the second floor infirmary began around 2 18 am amid 174 residents, with many evacuated by nurses and firefighters.
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Roanoke
Frank Wallace
Shenandoah Homes
Roanoke County
Robert Monroe
Mary Garland
Monroe
Urban Guerrillas Suspects Arrested In Death Of Envoy
Palestinian guerrillas and Lebanese leftists announce arrests of suspects in the killing of U S Ambassador Francis E Meloy Jr and his aides in Beirut. Five members of the Lebanese Socialist Revolutionary Organization are identified as implicated, with details on how many and their nationalities withheld. Authorities say the arrestees would be turned over to a pan Arab peacekeeping force. U S officials suspect a Moslem fringe group aimed at provoking intervention. Washington reviews evacuation plans as Britain urges Britons to leave. naval ships and airlift readiness cited.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
Francis EB. Meloy Jr
al Fatah
Lebanese Socialist Revolutionary Organization
Bank of America
Meloy
Robert Waring
Zoheir Maghrabi
Washington
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Kamal Jumblatt
Alligator Roams From Swamp Near Folkston In Go. Press
On the scene reports an 11-foot alligator crawls from the Okefenokee Swamp near Folkston Georgia past a federal game preserve sign reading Fishing Reserved For The Birds The reptile reportedly can fish and move freely across nearby areas. TAP Werephota.
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Okefenokee
Folkston, Go
Federal Game Preserve
Evacuation Decision Promised Over Lebanon Murders
Secretary of State Kissinger said the United States will decide within 36 hours whether to evacuate Americans from Lebanon after the killings of Ambassador Meloy and economic counselor Waring. He noted a possible US military evacuation could be a brief operation and that arrests were not confirmed. President Ford urged unchanged Middle East policy and requested regional help to locate the killers.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Lebanon
U.S
Kissinger
Francis E Meloy Jr
Robert C. Waring
Congress
House International Relations Committee
Palestine Liberation Organization
Beirut
Melcy
Robert O Waring
Zohair Moghrabi
al Fatah
Lebanese Socialist Revolutionary Organization
Ford
Middle East
State Department
Middle East Nations
Riots in Soweto Escalate as Tear Gas Drops
Rioting raged for a second day in Soweto as helicopters and police battled mobs. The death toll rose to 35, with 224 injured and 126 arrested, amid arson, stone throwing, and clashes in South Africa's largest black township.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Africa
Soweto
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