Syrian missile corps commander slain in Damascus shooting
Syrian authorities arrested several people over the weekend in connection with the assassination of Brig. Gen. Abdel Hamid Razouk, commander of the missile corps. Razouk was shot near his Damascus home by a pistol with a silencer as he left his residence. The killing follows other political murders, including Syrian University president Mohammed al Fadel and three others, with no government comment yet.
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Damascus
Syria
UPS
Abdel Hamid Razouk
Missile Corps
Cairo
al Ahram
Razouk
Mohammed al Fadel
Abdel Halim Khaddam
Jenner under IRS probe for three year tax returns
Albert E. Jenner, former minority counsel in Nixon impeachment, is under investigation for failing to file federal tax returns for 1973 1974 and 1975. Jenner said he overpaid taxes by about 68000 and that IRS extensions were denied after two granted each year due to his impeachment duties.
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Chicago
UPI
Albert E. Jenner
Richard M. Nixon
Chicago Sun-Times
Jenner
IRS
Four Youths Die in Maine Dirt Pit Collapse
Four children aged 5 to 11 were killed when a dirt wall collapsed in a pit in Fairfield Maine. A fifth child alerted police and the bodies were recovered beneath 2 to 5 feet of sand. Police said no fencing kept children out and identities were withheld until families could be notified.
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Fairfield
Maine
UPI
Robert Barber
Barber
Utah husband dies in desert crash near Del
Robert Louis Shepard, 43, of Novato California, was killed when a car he shared with his wife Polly Bonita Shepard rolled after a rear tire blew out on Interstate 80 near Del Utah. Polly Shepard, 43, was not seriously injured and treated at Tooele Valley Hospital.
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Delle
Utah
UPI
Great Salt Lake Desert
Robert Louis Shepard
Novato
Calif
Here
Polly Bonita Shepard
Utilities expand into unrelated businesses per GAO findings
The GAO report shows the SEC allows utilities to run ventures from a pistachio nut farm to real estate, trucking and other lines despite the 1935 PUHCA. Rep. Dingell criticizes the SEC for weak regulation of utility holdings.
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Washington
UPI
Securities and Exchange Commission
General Accounting Office
John Dingell
D-Mich
SEC
Public Utility Holding Company Act
Bomb blasts injure man in Humboldt Park amid riot area
A Sunday car bomb in Humboldt Park injures 32 year old Juan Rodriguez as the blast shatters windows at St Sylvester's Rectory and pushes the car into another vehicle. Police say they are boosting patrols in the largely Hispanic neighborhood following prior rioting that left three dead and hundreds injured two weeks earlier.
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Chicago
UPI
Humboldt Park
Near Northwest Side
Juan Rodriguez
Rodriquez
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
St Sylvester's Rectory
Rodriguez
Ford Shuffles Cars to Bypass 1978 Standards
Ford Motor Co shifts some 1978 model cars to carry 1977 tags as a legal workaround amid congressional delay in easing pollution controls. The EPA deems the plan legal even as lawmakers seek a final Clean Air Act compromise likely delaying full standards until August.
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Detroit
UPI
Ford Motor Co
Environmental Protection Agency
House
Senate
Tracker dogs pulled from case after dog dies near Camp Scott
Locust Grove Oklahoma trackers from Pennsylvania were removed from the Girl Scout killings investigation after a Rottweiler died from heat exhaustion and heart failure. The dog collapsed with a temperature of 108 degrees en route to the clinic. The three girls Lori Lee Farmer Michelle Guse and Doris Denise Milnerwere slain at Camp Scott during their first night away.
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Locust Grove
Okla
UPI
Pennsylvania
Lori Lee Farmer
Michelle Guse
Doris Denise Milner
Camp Scott
Rolling Lake Country
Oklahoma
Spain Faces Debate on U.S. Bases After Election
The opposition Socialists demand urgent parliamentary action on U.S. bases in Spain, citing the Rota submarine base and Torrejon Seville and Zaragoza airfields as tying Spain to the United States. El Socialista accuses Franco of the treaty without popular consent and urges sovereignty debates. King Juan Carlos asks Suarez to form a democratic government, amid cabinet reshuffle talk. Princess Anne wraps U.S. visit as honorary Maryland citizen and attends a horse show prize moment.
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Spain
Rota
Torrejon
Seville
Zaragoza
United States
el Socialista
Francisco Franco
U.S
Suarez
Juan Carlos
Forest fire on Boulder Mountain nearly out after 7100 acre blaze
US Forest Service firefighters finally contained a 7100 acre Dixie National Forest blaze on the eastern slope of Boulder Mountain. Winds fanned flames Friday, prompting a six member review into how the fire started and how to prevent repeats. About 120 firefighters remained on scene with 2 to 3 hot spots within the perimeter.
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Boulder
The
Forest Service
Vern Hamre
Intermountain
Obituary notices for Verda M. Smith and Minnie Lippman
Verda M. Smith 66 of Las Vegas dies Sunday at Rosa de Lima Hospital. Funeral Tuesday at 10 a.m. at LDS Chapel Prince and Stewart officiated by Bishop Ronald J. Houston. Burial Mt. View, Pocatello Idaho. Survivors include husband Joseph B. Smith. five sons Marsden V. Smith San Diego Norman B Smith Casper Ver R. Smith Henderson Glen R. Smith Las Vegas Ronald M. Smith Las Vegas. daughter Sharel Ann Radford Rockland Idaho. two sisters and two brothers. 24 grandchildren. Palm Chapel to handle local arrangements. Minnie Lippman 79 dies Friday at a local hospital. Funeral Monday 10 a.m. at Palm Mortuary Chapel officiated by Rabbi Philip Shnairson. Born Lithuania Feb 28 1898. resident of Las Vegas four years. Survivors include daughter Ruth Mendelson Las Vegas son Meyer Lippman three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery Palm Mortuary handling arrangements.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Ver R. Smith
Henderson
Glen R
Ronald M. Smith
Las Vegas
Sharel Ann Radford
Rockland
Idaho
Orville Miller
Mesa, Ariz
Lovell Muller
Boise
James W. Miller
Burley
Anna Morrison
Palm Chapel
Minnie Lippman
Philip Shnairson
Lippman
Lithuania
Ruth Mendelson
Meyer Lippman
Woodlawn
Palm Mortuary
Princess Anne Ends Visit With Maryland Stop At Horse Show
Princess Anne of Britain, now an honorary Maryland citizen, wrapped up her U S trip with church services at Old Wye Episcopal Church Centerville planted a tree in Queenstown and attended a private school horse show with Capt. Mark Phillips before flying to New York for London.
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Princess Anne
Great Britain
Maryland
United States
Prance Watkins
Centreville
UPI
Anne of
Anne
Old Wye Episcopal Church
Queenstown
Capt
Mark Phillips
New York
London
British Isles
Washington
Smithsonian Institution Museum
White House
Chip
Caron Carter
Carter
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Nationale International
Nixon
Ford
Madrid
Socialist Workers Party
Adolfo Suarez
Upitoto
Verda M. Smith
Marie Merrill
Preston, Idaho
Mt. View
Pocatello
Bunker Mortuary
Armstrong
Wright Angles
By Larry Wright
Joey
East Charleston
Montgomery Ward
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