Sarkis faces challenge as Lebanon seeks cease fire
President Elias Sarkis began his first full day in office amid war across Beirut and mountains. He planned talks with Christian leaders while Arafat offered a unilateral cease fire, though Christian rightists doubted acceptance. Syria’s role looms, with Assad possibly weighing new military intervention to push peace after Sarkis takes office.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Elias Sarkis
Sarkis
Suleiman Franjieh
Yasser Arafat
Rashid Karami
Arafat
Israel
Syria
Hafez Assad
Desert storms flood desert towns again near Palm Desert
Torrential rains deluged Riverside County communities damaging about 100 homes in Palm Desert and La Quinta while closing highways including U S 95. The Weather Bureau issued a flash flood watch as authorities mobilized 250 workers to aid flood victims and prevent further damage in the desert region.
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Palm Desert
Calif
George Schultejann
India
Palm Springs
la Quinta
Rancho Mirage
Indian Wells
Blythe
Thermal
Ocotillo
Imperial County
Kathleen
Needies
Searchlight
Nev
Salton Sea
City Employees Warned Against Talking to Reporters
City Manager Bill Adams warns staff to avoid media contact and to protect the mayor and commissioners' image. He says eight employees have been fired for talking to reporters without authorization and that more terminations may follow.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Bill Adams
Adams
Park rangers confident over grizzly kill
Glacier National Park rangers say they are fairly confident they have killed the grizzly responsible for a fatal attack on Mary Patricia Mahoney 21 a University of Montana student camping with friends in a northeast Glacier campground The bear dragged her 300 yards after ripping the tent and attacking her twice Rangers killed two grizzlies within two hours of the incident and one was shot after hearing reports the bear had returned.
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East Glacier
Mont
Upi
Glacier National Park
Mary Patricia Mahoney
California
State Parks Department
Ed Rothfuss
Glacier
Robert Franson
Mahoney
University of Montana
Missoula
Charles Sigler
Rothfuss
Polio Shortage Leaves Millions Vulnerable in Cities
Dr. David Sencer of the CDC warns eight million American children under ten lack complete polio immunization. Two and a half million have received no vaccine, while five and a half million are not adequately immunized, amid vaccine supply issues and delivery problems in urban areas.
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Washington
UPI
David Sencer
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Sencer
Senate
Dale Bumpers
D-Ark
Harold Ginsburg
Columbia University
Bumpers
Ginsburg
CDC
James F. Dickson
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Lederle Laboratories
Jonas Salk
United States
California Air Board backs Alaskan oil terminal elsewhere
Air Resources Board chairman Tom Quinn says California may accept an Alaska crude terminal at sites other than Long Beach. He denied opposing all locations and criticized a Hill claim that LA air quality would stay substandard regardless of Long Beach approval. Quinn cited Avila Beach as a possible alternative and noted ongoing FEA studies.
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Sacramento
API
State Air Resources Board
California
Long Beach
Tom Quinn
Federal Energy
Frank Zarb
Quinn
Zarb
John Hill
U.S. Senate
Hill
Standard Oil
Ohio
Alaska
FEA
Avila Beach
Los Angeles
America
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Frank Sinatra
Nevada Gaming Commission
Sinatra
Mickey Ruden
del Webb Corp
Sahara
H & H Paints & Interiors
North “H” St. — Lompoc
Glidden
Knez
Konckox
Park Rangers
Tevis Toys Leathers
la Cumbre Plaza
Santa Barbara
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American Express
Toyota
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E. Ocean Ave
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