Israeli air strikes hit Lebanon base as Kissinger heads to Sinai
Israeli planes attacked a suspected guerrilla base in northeast Lebanon while Israeli ground troops killed three Arab infiltrators. The actions came less than 24 hours before Secretary of State Kissinger arrived in the Middle East to push toward a Sinai accord.
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Associated Press
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Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Sinai
Beirut
Trip
Jerusalem
Yitzhak Rabin
Kissinger
Yigal Allon
Tel Aviv
el Ham
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Baalbeck
Lebanese Defense Ministry
Ham
Serghaya
Bani Shatt
PFLP
Hanita
Kissingers
Inflation fears drive stock market slide amid inflation report
New York stocks fell as inflation concerns and rising rates sparked renewed selling. The Dow Jones average dropped below the 8000 mark, with blue chips down about 15 points as traders waited for the July consumer price index.
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New York
Thea Don
San Francisco Firemen Join Picket Lines Amid Transit Talks
Mayor Alioto refused to declare a state of emergency as firemen and police join picket lines. City officials upper and Sacramento officials weighed outside help while talks continue. A pay hike averted a cable car and bus strike though fire crews later walked out at the airport.
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SAN Francisco
Joseph L. Alioto
Board of Supervisors
Edmund Brown Jr
Alioto
Aliote
Sacramento
Brown
San Francisco International Airport
Joseph Daly
Daly
Firemen
Weather Update for Lubbock Area Fair Through Friday
The forecast calls for fair conditions in Lubbock and nearby areas through Friday. Daytime highs will reach the upper 80s to 90s with overnight lows in the upper 60s. Southerly winds will run 10 to 20 mph today.
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Lubbock
Clovis Girl Is Diagnosed With Diphtheria
An 8 year old girl in Clovis New Mexico is diagnosed with suspected diphtheria. Health officials from the State Health Department and a team of communicable disease experts are administering preventive treatment to the girl’s family and playmates. A community immunization clinic operates at the Curry County Health Department courthouse today tomorrow and next week during set hours. The case remains under study awaiting throat culture results.
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Bettie McLintock
State Health Department
Curry County
Santa Fe
Couiry County Health Department
Clovis Girl's
Fall Of Reds Seen In Portugal
In Lisbon President Costa Gomes warned the Goncalves government may last only days as moderates threaten to seize power. Communists indicate openness to Goncalves’s ouster while large demonstrations demand grass roots government and workers soldiers councils.
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Lisbon
Francisco da Costa Gomies
Vasco Goncalves
Munist
Alvaro Cunhal
Goncalves
Oporto
Ernesto Melo Antunes
Antunes
Otelo Carvalho
Costa Gomes
Army
Air Force
Cal Force
Carvalho
Liz and Burton Reconcile Permanently in Switzerland
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton have reconciled after 14 months of divorce and are traveling in Switzerland. A New York spokesman said the reunion is permanent, and they may marry in Israel. The Swiss secretary confirmed the reconciliation and said they are driving together in Taylor’s car.
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Gstaad
Switzerland
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Miss Taylor
Israel
New York
Leningrad
Burton
Elizabeth
Liz Page
New Jail Beatings Reported After Kangaroo Court Incidents
Two more Lubbock County Jail inmates report beatings after alleged kangaroo court proceedings. An Aug. 9 sexual abuse allegation was disclosed to deputies and later to the Avalanche Journal. Edward Martinez, 23, faces sexual abuse charges. a second incident involves an inmate beaten for refusing oral sex.
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Patremick Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock County
Lubbbock County
Avalanche Journal
Edward Martinez
9Th St
Criminal District Attorney’s Office
C.H. “Choc
Blanchard
Smith
Four Men Sought In Robberies
Police searched for four black men after two robberies earlier in the day. At about 8 30 p m two suspects demanded money from a Shamrock Station attendant and cut his arm with a sharp object. They fled on foot with more than 150 dollars. A separate incident at Lynch Hat Works saw two suspects empty a cash register of 45 85 dollars. The attendant suffered only minor injuries.
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19Th St. Shamrock Station
Lynch Hat Works
Cookies recalled after insect-infested pecans found
Safe Way Stores recalls 33 600 packages of cookies due to insect infestation risk as announced by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Washington
Safeway Stores
The
Food and Drug Administration l
Prayer Message Encourages Hope and Faith
A reader shares a prayer asking for steadfast faith in God, likening trust to Abraham and ending with a blessing in Jesus' name.
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Abraham
Jesus
Spiders Bugging Chicago Apartments
Spiders cling to Lake Point Tower and other high rises along Lake Michigan sipping urban life while managers spend about 20000 this year to evict orb weaver spiders. Entomologists from Illinois and Purdue cite eggs blown from the lake and onto tall buildings as the source of the invasion.
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Chicago
UPI
Lakeshore
Lake Point Tower
Lake Michigan
Perty
Robert de Celles
Laka Point Tower
de Celles
University of Illinois
Purdue University
State Search Launched For Escaped Trustees
Two escapees from the Lubbock County Jail remained at large after slipping away in a sheriff's department car around 6 a.m. Wednesday. Samuel Murphree and Steve Fowler, both of Lubbock, were not deemed dangerous as a DPS helicopter and local agencies joined the search. The duo fled from the jailer, leading to a statewide alert, with a pickup later reported at the J. D. Huffstetler Truck Co. lot.
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Lubbock County
All Points
Samuel Glenn Murphree
Steve Fowler
Lubbock
Sheriff's Department
C.H. “Choc” Blanchard
Blanchard
Department of Public Safety
Albert Smith
Murphree
Smith
Fowler
J. D. Huff- Stedler Truck Co
Erskine St
Hufstedler
TWO County
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