Intervention threat spurs Beirut truce
Syrian and Palestinian pressure pushes Moslem leftists toward a cease-fire as fighting flares in Beirut and across Lebanon. Arafat and Jumblatt meet amid appeals for a one week halt to enable parliament to elect a new president under a constitutional amendment plan. Brig Gen Aziz Ahdab urges a cease-fire and communications failures complicate the crisis.
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UPI
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Jumblatt
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Palestine Liberation Organization
Middle East
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House
Suleiman Franjieh
Franjieh
Syria
Aziz Ahdab
Ford warns of veto over defense spending cuts
President Ford threatens to veto any defense budget cuts and vows to campaign on the issue. Senate and House panels schedule debates as lawmakers consider Pentagon requests near the $114.9 billion total. Ford insists the US must stay ahead of the Soviet Union.
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UPI
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Mike Mansfield
Ford
Congress
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United States
Soviet Union
Senate Budget Committee
Energy Research and Development
House
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Congressional
Senate Appropriations
Armed Services Committees
First Supervisor District forum draws 125 in Los Olivos
A public forum in the Grange Hall Los Olivos showcased five candidates for the fourth district supervisor seat. Speakers covered planning and zoning taxes and regional plans, with divisions on a 40 acre zoning proposal and a Valley regional planning commission.
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Santa Ynez
Guadalupe
Grange
Los Olivos
William Byernquist
Ballard
Francis Beattie
Harrell Fletcher
Santa Maria
Solvang
White
Lilley
Hedlund
County Employee Holiday Pleas Urged for July 2
Hal Burnett for Citizens for Tax Reform urged a county Friday July 2 holiday citing the bicentennial. Auditor-controller said the cost could reach $190 000. Administrative Officer Raymond D Johnson said holidays are a meet and confer item under Meyers Milias Brown Act and would be reported after talks with employees. Supervisor Robert E Kallman opposed the referral and called for a prompt decision as the board debated the request from the County Employees Assn.
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Robert E. Kallman
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Callaghan advances to Labor runoff in Britain race
Foreign Secretary James Callaghan led with 141 votes in the second round of Labor party ballots, with Michael Foot at 133 and Denis Healey eliminated with 38. A final runoff is set for next week to decide the successor to Harold Wilson as party leader and prime minister.
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UPI
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Labor Party
Britain
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Callaghan
Foot
Denis Healey
Healey
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Labor
Weather forecast fair with coastal fog Wednesday
Fair weather continues through Wednesday with patchy fog near the coast Wednesday morning. Highs will be in the 60s, with tonight's lows in the upper 30s to low 40s. West to northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Tides: high tides 42 feet at 10:18 am and 50 at 10:11 pm. low tides 0.1 at 4:17 am and 0.9 at 4:06 pm.
Arabs clash with Israeli forces in Galilee riot
In Deir Hana Sakhnin and Arab area violence erupts as Arabs hurl rocks torches and firebombs and Israeli troops confront rioters. Authorities report multiple deaths dozens wounded and hundreds arrested amid a general Arab strike crippling commerce across Galilee and surrounding areas.
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UPI
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Araba
Tira
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Jesus
West Germany Extends 90 Million Aid to Egypt
Bonn signed an aid agreement with Egypt worth 90 million dollars as a sign of solidarity with President Anwar Sadat. The package includes 40 million in capital aid and a 50 million credit for goods, with no arms shipments included.
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Egypt
Bonn
UPI
Anwar Sadat
Hans Dietrich Genscher
Ismael Fahmi
Genscher
Bref
Foreign Ministry
Sadat
Middle East
Death penalty arguments begin in capital punishment cases
The Supreme Court opened six hours of arguments on the constitutionality of capital punishment. Chief Justice Burger announced Jurek vs. Texas and Roberts vs. Louisiana as the lead cases. Anthony Amsterdam outlined the varying capital punishment laws across 34 states while a UPI survey counted 527 death row inmates in 30 states awaiting a ruling expected before summer adjournment.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Texas
Louisiana
Warren E. Burger
Jurek
Roberts
Anthony Amsterdam
Stanford University
U.S. ready to evacuate Americans from Lebanon
U S ships and planes stand by to evacuate American citizens from Lebanon if needed. No imminent move, with Air Force and Navy assets on alert and within range in the eastern Mediterranean. The Guadalcanal with escorts and the Saratoga carrier remain in the region, while the 6th Fleet reports no alert changes.
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