Hundreds Flee Beirut as Fighting Rages Around Hotels
In Beirut the fighting between leftist Muslim militants and rightwing Christians intensified near luxury hotels along the seafront. Dozens of Americans and locals were rescued, including six Americans from the St Georges hotel, as tolls climbed with hundreds displaced and scores wounded. A 10th cease fire was sought after another day of clashes amid talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Holiday Inn
U.S
G. McMurtie Godley
St. Georges Hotel
Excelsior
Rue Clemenceau
Internal Security Forces Army
Hamra
Central Bank
United Press International
Ministry of Information and Tourism
St Georges Hotel
Wooster High Teachers Decry Discipline Crisis
Thirty nine of eighty five Wooster High teachers petitioned a newspaper amid threats and obscenities from students. They cite rock throwing and campus patrol gaps while urging stronger measures. board members dispute a specific problem and call for policy limits and broader supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster
Ed Pine
Marvin Picollo
Robert Foard
LV Resident Sentenced For Selling Marijuana
A Las Vegas man Gregory F Wyand 706 N First St was sentenced to five years in the Nevada State Prison by Judge Joseph Pawlikowski after pleading guilty to selling a controlled substance The State dropped two assault charges and a burglary count in exchange He allegedly sold two bags of marijuana to an undercover narcotics agent on April 15 for 30 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nevada
Gregory F. Wyand
N. First St
Joseph Pawlikowski
Wyand
Forger Receives Eight-Year Sentence in Nevada Prison
Frank F. Beck 51 of San Bernardino Calif pleaded guilty to two forgery counts and was sentenced Thursday to eight years in Nevada State Prison by Clark County District Judge Thomas O'Donnell. Police say he wrote 600 dollars worth of bad checks in June 1974, stolen from his landlord. In exchange, three other forgery charges were dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Calif
Nevada
Frank F. Beck
Clark County
Thomas O'Donnell
Beck
Grand Jury Indicts Boulder City Man in Notorious Case
A 72-year-old Boulder City man, Edward Leo Murray, was indicted by the Clark County Grand Jury on five charges of infamous crimes against nature involving six-year-old girls. He was arrested hours after the secret indictment and jailed in lieu of 125000 dollars bail. Judge Paul Goldman ordered two court appointed psychiatrists to examine him before any release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder City
Clark County
Grand Jury
Edward Leo Murray
Paul Goldman
Las Vegas
Coors Exec Rejected For PBC Directorship
The Senate Commerce Committee voted 1 to 14 to table the nomination of Joseph Coors to the Public Broadcasting Corporation board. Ford nominee faced opposition over arch conservative ties and funding, including his TVN venture. Coors refused to resign as TVN chief, citing control by Adolph Coors Brewery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate Commerce Committee
Joseph Coors
Public Broadcasting Corporation
Coors
Richard M. Nixon
Ford
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
TVN
Adolph Coors Brewery
Nevada jobless rate falls to 9.5 percent in September
Nevada's unemployment rate declined to 9.5 percent in September with 26,100 people out of work according to the State Employment Security Department. The Las Vegas area rate fell to 10.1 percent with 16,300 jobless, while Reno's rate eased from 8.7 to 8.4 percent as 5,500 were unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson City
UPI
Nevada
State Employment Security Department
Las Vegas
Reno
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wooster High
PWT Tah
U.S. Steel
Lula
Coors Exec
PBC
Television News, Inc
Lowell Weicker
Connecticut
South Maryland Parkway
Valley West
Valley View
Alta
Charleston
Ote
Nook
Bedroom
neonOom
McGah and Bailey
Valle Grande
Paradise Valley
Tropicana
Sandhill
Las Verans
Tropicana Ave
Flamingo Road
Waamon Avg
Tompkins
Valley West II
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!