13 Aug 1976
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1976
Page
1
Singer Neil Diamond pleaded innocent in municipal court to a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge filed after a June 30 search of his Bel Air home. He was not present when Attorney Velaty ONeill entered the plea on his behalf.
South African police flew in reinforcements from Johannesburg to seal off the Langa Gugulethu and Nyanga townships after two days of the worst rioting in the Cape Town area. At least 27 people were killed, over 100 wounded, and 150 detained as authorities battled looting. damage was estimated at 747,500 dollars.
A Seattle man, F Lee Hutson, 33, advertises mercenary services with a business card jotted on a bulletin board and a profile in Soldier of Fortune. He claims military expertise and seeks to organize a cadre of up to 50 men for covert operations and advisory roles while reflecting on Vietnam era politics. Hutson notes past Army service 1961 to 1979 and aims to form a private military group despite mixed interest.
In Beirut's Tal Zaatar camp, Christian forces breach the last holdout of a long siege and seize about 6,000 prisoners, mostly civilians, after eight weeks. Refugees flee across the front as crossfire and claims of massacres surface amid blame over Syria's role.
In west Belfast two thousand women led a halt to five days of IRA violence, backed by 3,000 more who signed a petition demanding a cease. The deaths of three children from a car crash incited anger among Catholic women and pressured the Provisional IRA to pause further operations. Police reported housewives repelling would be hijackers, while British troops detained youths after Protestant Apprentice Boys parade amid sectarian tension.
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