Cease-fire in Beirut falters as streets see renewed clashes
Rival Christian and Moslem militias withdrew from Beirut streets under a new cease-fire but gun battles erupted at night. Nine months of civil war left about 8,000 dead and 17,000 wounded as residents sheltered indoors and shops remained closed. at the UPI offices on Hamra a fight ended with 10 gunmen captured while targeting An Nahar building.
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Beirut
UPI
Ashrafieh
Ras Nabaa
Hamra
An Nahar
Newsweek
London Daily Telegraph
L'Orient le Jour
Hoffa disappearance tied to Teamsters offer $10,000 reward
Three New Jersey Teamsters suspected in James Hoffa's disappearance offer a $10,000 reward to locate his body in a Jersey City dump. Attorney Bufalino says 400 Local 560 members will aid FBI search at Muscato's Dump as federal warrants proceed.
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Hoffa
Detroit
UPI
New Jersey
James R. Hoffa
Jersey City
N.J
Bufalino
Andretta
Stephen Andretta
FBI
Newark
Anthony
Tony Pro” Provenzano
Clifton
Mother-in-law of Fiat heiress freed after 35 days in captivity
Carla Barba Navaretti, mother-in-law of Fiat president Gianni Agnelli's daughter, was released after 35 days of captivity. Kidnappers threatened to kill her unless a near one million dollar ransom was paid. Police questioned 12 suspects, five women among them, while three main suspects remained at large.
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Fiat
Turin
Italy
UPI
Carla Barba Navaretti
Gianni Agnelli
Barba Navaretti
Kids light bicentennial candle to mark 1976 celebration
Four children in Cocoa Beach lighting a three foot red white and blue candle pledge to keep it aglow through 1976 The tapers four wicks symbolize unity and America’s birthday They hope the candle inspires continued space program and a peaceful future Also notes a public hearing in Lompoc for a piano repair business at 516 South B Street with details and how to submit comments.
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Cocoa Beach
Fila
UPI
City Hall
America
John von Thron
Cyndy Sims
Eric Morrell
LaGuardia Airport
New York
Judy Eaton
Mars
Lompoc
Seven presidential candidates collect first public campaign funds
Treasury officials distributed about 1.88 million dollars in early checks to 11 candidates under a new law that matches small private donations. Ford’s aide took a 374,422 dollar check. eight others received 100,000 each, with some mailed later.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Treasury Department
Treasury
Jim Neeley
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Henry Jackson
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Morris Udall
Arizona
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Ronald Reagan
Neeley
Bentsen
Sanford
Jimmy Carter
Fred Harris
Sargent Shriver
George Wallace
FEC
Ford may attend CIA agent's rites
CIA station chief Richard S. Welch who was murdered in Athens December 23 is set for burial at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday. A White House official said President Ford may attend. Welch's wife was ill in Naples delaying the burial. a tribute at Andrews AFB preceded the return of his body.
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Washington
UPI
Richard S. Welch
CIA
Greece
Arlington National Cemetery
Ford
White House
Welch
Naples
Italy
United States
William E. Colby
Andrews Afb
Athens
Noted composer dies in New Year fire in California
A New Year’s Day fire in Newport Beach killed Donal Michalsky a Cal State Fullerton music professor and two of his children his wife and secretary plus her daughter The blaze occurred near a fire station with neighbor accounts of delayed help though a department spokesman denied delays The victims included Michalsky 47 his wife 40 Dimitri 4 and Alexi 1 Lilian Sabeh 48 and Elizabeth 8
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Newport Beach
UPI
Donal Michalsky
Cal State Fullerton
Ford Foundation
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
ASCAP
Michalsky
Sarah
Dimitri
Alexi
Lilian Sabeh
Placentia
Calif
Elizabeth
Joseph Keane
Fire Department
Art Morton
Mamie Eisenhower Hospitalized Again For Viral Illness
Mamie Eisenhower, widow of President Dwight Eisenhower, was taken by ambulance to Walter Reed Army Medical Center from her Gettysburg farm for treatment believed to be a viral infection. She arrived with her doctor and a police escort, marking her third hospitalization in 10 months.
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Washington
UPI
Mamie Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Gettysburg
Military Hospital
Walter Reed
New Year's Day quakes shake world including Greece and California
UPI reports the first quakes of 1976 struck Southern California Greece and the South Pacific. A child was killed in Greece as windows rattled across a wide area including Los Angeles after the large California quake.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
Greece
South Pacific
Kastraki
Carlos Schiebeck
Buena Park
Orange County
Los Angeles County
San Bernardino
Riverside
Caltech Seismological Laboratory
West Covina
Pasadena
University of California Seismological Laboratory
Berkeley
New Hebrides Islands
Hawaii
Honolulu Observatory
Kermadec Islands
New Hebrides
Nixon era couple visits China and other global events
Julie Nixon Eisenhower and David Eisenhower tour southern China meeting Mao Tse-tung and visiting Tsinghua University as part of a trip arranged by former President Nixon. They also dine with Teng Hsiao-ping and visit a cadre school, a factory, and a hospital. Meanwhile Dick Gregory ends a hunger strike urging diet guarantees and Greece endures a damaging series of earthquakes.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Richard Nixon
Julie
David Eisenhower
Peking
China
New China News Agency
Eisenhowers
Huang Chen
United States
Chu Lin
NCNA
Nixon
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Teng Hsiao-ping
Tsinghua University
Camping tragedy at Camp Pendleton claims two boys
Andrew O Toole eight and John Erickson fourteen from California were playing with explosives in a Marine Corps training area at Camp Pendleton near San Clemente. An explosion killed one instantly and fatally wounded the other. Investigators examine possible munition types while officials say live mines exist in some areas but not the blast site.
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Camp Pendleton
UPI
Andrew O'Toole
John Erickson
Marine Corps
Andrew
Santa Ana
Calif
John
Anaheim
San Clemente
Richard Nixon
Camp Pendleton Beach
Pacific Ocean
Martin O'Toole
Daniel Erickson
Hap Nixon
Marine Base
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Planning Commission
Michael W. Kaufman
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South
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Gregory
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W. Louiel
Pizza Village
ULV
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