Warning shot fired at Lebanese presidential palace
In Beirut, Moslem deserters and allied forces fired a warning artillery shot at the hilltop palace as President Sleiman Franjieh sought a face saving exit. Militants pressed an assault toward the palace amid blockades by Saiqa guerrillas and potential Syrian backing.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Sleiman Franjieh
Ahmed al- Khatib
Khatib
Aziz Ahdab
Franjieh
Raouf Samad
Mt. Lebanon
Ahdab
Saiqa
Hafez Assad
Syria
Saiga
Samad
Hamdoun
Ford Camp Confident In Victory In Illinois Primary
Ford supporters in Illinois expect a clear win over Reagan as voters head to the polls in the Midwest s first presidential primary. Carter trails in a four way Democratic race while Shriver and Wallace seek momentum. turnout looks light, Daley backed Howlett fights for influence in Chicago dominated voting.
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Chicago
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Illinois
Jimmy Carter
Midwest
Carter
Georgia
Sargent Shriver
Henry Kissinger
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Richard J. Daley
Wallace
Florida
Shriver
New England
Reagan
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
Washington
Danville
Mount Vernon
Alton
Springfield
Richard B. Ogilvie
Charles H. Percy
Percy
Daniel Walker
Michael J. Howlett
PUC funding bills balked by Senate panel in Harrisburg
Senate Appropriations Committee rejected key portions of two bills to boost Public Utility Commission funding and powers. One measure would require hearings before rate hikes and allow late bill payments without penalty. the other would raise commissioners’ salaries to 40000. The panel moved one bill to the floor and kept budget control with the two appropriations chairs.
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Harrisburg
Senate Appropriations Committee
Public Utility Commission
Henry Cianfiani
PUC
Senate Consumer Affairs Committee
House
Senate Appropriations Committees
Appropriations Committee
Weather forecast for Gazetteland with snow flurries
The country boy notes Gazetteland will be windy with snow flurries tonight. Overnight lows in the teens. Wednesday will be windy and cold with snow flurries. highs in the 20s. Snow chances are 70 percent tonight and 40 percent on Wednesday.
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Tommy Hawk
GMC
Penn View
Gazkasoland Seeks Higher Rates On Malpractice Insurance
Medical malpractice law not stopping insurers from requesting higher rates. Article notes insurers pushing for rate increases despite new law. Page seven reference. Also mentions Ford budget proposals potentially slowing economic recovery and raising unemployment per Congressional Budget Office, with report on page twelve.
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Congress ON
Ford
Congressional Budget Office
Obituaries At-a-Glance From Page Six Memorial Notices
Obituaries list Nancy Jane Chambers 86 of Smithport Everett A. Fishel 71 of Mt. Clemens formerly Saltsburg George Flinko 34 of Pittsburgh formerly Indiana Audrey Clawson Primiano Clark NJ Ernest P. Snyder 45 of Brookville headlined on page six with brief notices of each passing.
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Chambers
Nancy Jane
Smithport
Fishel
Everett A
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Saltsburg
Flinko
George
Pittsburgh
Indiana
Scott Denies Connection With Letter
Washington AP report states Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott and Rep. Albert W. Johnson denied involvement with a fundraising letter for John son’s 1974 campaign. The unsigned letter bore Scott’s signature and surfaced amid Gulf Oil campaign-contribution case filings. Scott said he did not know about the letter and that someone signed his name without authorization.
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Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
U.S
Albert W. Johnson
R-Pa
Johnson
Scott
Norval Ei. Carey
Gulf Oil Corp
Gulf
US District Court
Securities and Exchange Commission
Gull
Claude Wild
Harold Wilson Plans To Resign From Premiership
London AP Harold Wilson announced he will resign as soon as Labour MPs choose a new leader. At 60, he cited age and said the decision is irrevocable. A special Labour meeting was called to begin preparations for selecting a successor. The resignation follows a 28 vote defeat over a $6 billion spending cut and ongoing pressure from Conservatives and left wing Labourites.
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London
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Wilson
Margaret Thatcher
Britain
Buckingham Palace
Egypt cancels 15 year Soviet friendship treaty
The Egyptian People’s Assembly votes 307 to 2 to abrogate the 15 year treaty with the Soviet Union, after Sadat calls it a scrap of paper. He cites Moscow pressure and Russian demands over weapons and debt, while seeking greater alignment with Kissinger’s Arab-Israeli diplomacy. The move does not sever diplomatic ties, as Israel weighs implications for U.S. arms sales and Egypt eyes broader ties with China.
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Cairo
Egyptian People’s Assembly
Moscow
Tais
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Egypt
Soviet Union
Henry A. Kissinger
Israel
U.S
Hsinhua
Egyptian Assembly
Foreign Affairs Committee
U S Breaks With Equatorial Guinea Over Diplomats
The United States suspended diplomatic relations with Equatorial Guinea after officials said the country barred two American diplomats and sent an insulting letter as the visit ended. Ambassador Herbert J. Spiro and Consul William C. Mithoefer Jr were declared persona non grata. The move follows the five page missive criticizing U S policy and praising domestic economic projects.
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Washington
United States
Equatorial Guinea
State Department
Herbert J. Spiro
William C. Mithoefer Jr
Cameroon
U.S
Vermont
Africa
Spain
Soviet Union
Cuba
Angola
Francisco Macias Nguema
Spira
Mithoefer
Santiago Ensobiya Ndhama
Equatorial
Vietnam
Indiaman Fatally Injured In High Lift Incident
Stephen Sapp, 61, of Indiana, was fatally injured when a high lift overturned at Carpenter Town Coal and Cake Co. He died at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital in Kittanning. Survived by a daughter and ten siblings. Funeral arrangements handled by Raleigh Funeral Home, Hillsdale. Indiana Fire Department responded to a gas well blaze on the Fisher Farm southeast of Indiana along Two Lick Drive, reported at 9:90 a.m. and extinguished by 9:45 a.m. Cause and extent of damage unknown.
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Kittanning
Indiana
Stephen
Sapp
Carpentertown Coal and Cake Co
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital
Raleigh
Hilsdale
Indiana Fire Department
Company Four
Fisher Farm
Two Lick Drive
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Young Township
Bonadio
Daley
Adlai E. Stevenson III
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Saree Bridge
Vissssseerees Entertainment Ok Business M Tor
Clasaltie BL
Primiano
Audrey Clawson
Clark, N.J
Sae
Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
Harold Macmillan
Alec Douglas-Home
Marion Center
Clair Braughter
Rochester Mills RD 1
Indiana Hospital
Chessie System
Citizens Ambulance Service
W.R. Johnson
Horatio St
Punxsutawney
Gazette
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