Lebanese Leader Seeks U S Help to Calm Israel
President Elias Sarkis urged the United States and oil rich Arab nations to curb a Syrian Israeli clash in southern Lebanon as Syrian peacekeeping forces occupy most of Lebanon except a border strip. Beirut reports say Israel massed along the frontier warning against guerrilla incursions. Sarkis held urgent consultations with Arab leaders and U S officials to avert a broader conflict and to push for a peace plan including a border police force and a Palestinian insurgent moratorium.
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United States
Oilrich Arab Nations
Israel
Sarkis
Yasir Arafat
U.S
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King Khaled
Saudi Arabia
Thanksgiving Day derailment disrupts Panama Limited near Dyersburg
About 250 passengers on Amtrak's Chicago to New Orleans Panama Limited were jolted when a twisted rail caused a partial derailment at 30 mph. One man, Douglas Reasons of Dyersburg, faced charges for leaving the scene and failing to maintain control. 33 people were treated for injuries, with most spared serious harm.
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Tenn
Amtrak
Eric Batiza
New Orleans
First Baptist Church
Memphis
Thelinois Central Gulf
Douglas Reasons
Joe Vranich
Washington
Batiza
South Africa Crackdown Targets Blacks Sparks Global Protests
Police round up and restrict black students church leaders and union officials amid raids on So weto and Johannesburg offices. Hundreds detained without charge and others flee as 22 white figures are banned under the Suppression of Communism Act. Protests rise domestically and abroad.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Soweto
South African Council of Churches
SACC
Christian Institute of South Africa
Botswana
Swaziland
Harold Wilson May Quit Commons for Israel Lectures
Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson may resign his House of Commons seat to take a university post in Israel, possibly lecturing six months a year on government and world affairs at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the Daily Mail reported. He reportedly seeks life beyond 31 years as a lawmaker, with no immediate comment from Wilson.
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Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Israel
Daily Mail
Nigel Dempster
Wilson
Hebrew University
Jerusalem
Labor Party
Georgia Plans Tasteful Tourism Push In Carter's Plains
Georgia officials seek tasteful ways to channel tourism to Plains and southwest Georgia. A new visitors center may ease traffic and preserve parking for the town’s 683 residents as Gov-elect Carter and wife are watched. Edward Spivia says promotions will include Andersonville prison and Warm Springs attractions to spread visitors while keeping Plains modest. Thanksgiving drew about 1,000 visitors and Carter relatives signed autographs at the Main Street store.
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Spivia
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Hugh Carter Sr
President Elect
Lennon Denies Ex-Wife's Charges About LSD Collapse
John Lennon refutes Cynthia Lennon's claim that their marriage broke after his first LSD trip. A letter in the Daily Express attributes the view to Lennon, stating the marriage ended long before LSD or Yoko Ono. Cynthia Lennon's remarriage and move to Wales are noted.
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Cynthia
Lennon
Daily Express
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Ono
the Express
New York
Lennons
Wales
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