Truce Reduces Beirut Fighting Under New Cease fire
In Beirut the first 24 hours of Lebanon's cease fire brought a notable drop in hostilities. Spokesmen from Christian and Muslim factions reported no major casualties, while the Palesti nian Front and other groups signaled tentative compliance. Lebanese president Elidi Sarkis and Saudi attaché Gen. Ali Shai were credited with helping secure the truce and overseeing observer efforts along the Beirut front.
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Lebanon
Moalem
Front
Yasir Arafat
Arafat
Elidi Sarkis
Saudi Arabia
Ali Shai
Sarkis
Hafez Assad
Darmascus
No Man’s Land
Shah
Riyadh
Missouri PTA Opposes No 2 Amendment At Convention
Missouri Congress of Parents and Teachers adopts a resolution opposing a proposed state constitutional amendment to exempt drugs and food from sales tax. Calls for tax reform, possible removal of tax on food and drugs, plus actions urging school boards funding, vandalism cost rules, and preserving local school control.
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Kansas City
Missouri Congress of Parents and Teachers
General Assembly
PTA
Eagleton Joins Cosell Critics
New York AP report states ABC-TV sportscaster Howard Cosell dismisses Sen. Thomas Eagleton as late to join Cosell critics. Cosell, citing Abraham Lincoln, says he would need to close his shop if he addressed every attack. Eagleton, Missouri Democrat, had complained about Cosell coverage of the American League playoffs as the Yankees defeated the Royals.
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NEW York
Abc-Tv
Howard Cosel
Thomas Eagleton
Cosell
Abraham Lincoln
Eagleton
Missouri
New York Yankees
Kansas City Royals
US and Vietnam move toward talks on relations
After six months of messages the United States and Vietnam seek preliminary discussions on normalizing relations. Officials say they aim to avoid sterile debate and will test waters in Paris talks. The main U.S. objective is to obtain a full accounting of 800 MIAs.
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Washington
United States
Vietnam
U.S
United
Paris
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Carter
Indochina
Hanoi
Ford Administration
Attorney General Takes Over Bolles Case
Arizona's attorney general, by order of the governor, takes exclusive control of the Don Bolles murder case after publicity prompts a mistrial. Defendant John Harvey Adamson, a 32 year old greyhound breeder, awaits a new trial date as prosecutors and defense clash over media statements and potential indictments.
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Arimna
Don Bolles
John Harvey Adamson
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William Schafer
Maricopa County
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Superior Court
Frederic Heineman
Harris
Donald Harris
Raul Castro
Bruce Babbit
Schafer
Arizona Republic
Adamson
Cbs-Tv
60 Minutes
Kevin Farnen Night At Audrain County Democratic HQ
Audrain County Democratic Committee hosts Kevin Farnen Night with candidate for coroner visiting voters from 7 to 4 p.m. at West Plaza headquarters. Day leads literature drop in Mexico this Saturday, Craddock runs bumper sticker day downtown and in shopping centers starting 10 a.m. Volunteers wanted as headquarters operate 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Brisk activity noted at county HQ and a shipment of handmade peanut necklaces and campaign buttons arrives for collectors.
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Audrain County
Central Democratic Committee
Kevin Farnen
Farnen
West Plaza
Paul Day
Democratic Party
Mexico
George Craddock
Jim Langford
Missouri MIA Declared Dead in Vietnam
Army declared Howard B. Lull Jr. dead, removing him from the list of more than 900 Americans missing in action in Vietnam. His brother said the status change came at his daughters’ request, though Lull’s body has not been found. He was last seen leaving a compound at Loc Ninh on April 7, 1972, reportedly evading the enemy for two days before being ambushed. King- dom City parents welcomed daughter Sherry Dawn Meyer weighing seven pounds at Audrain Medical Center.
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Kansas City
Army
Howard B. Lull Jr
Vietnam
Charles Lull
Lull
Pound
Loc Ninh
Robert L. Meyer
Kingdom City
Sherry Dawn Meyer
Audrain Medical Center
Meyer
NBC Head Complains TV Coverage Is Restricted
NBC Board chairman Julian Goodman warned that Section 315 of the Communications Act still blocks broad journalistic coverage of campaigns. He noted the 18 minority and 23 independent presidential candidates, lauded Kennedy-Nixon debates as a high water mark, and called for reform to treat debates as news events.
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New York
NBC Board
Julian Goodman
Ithaca College
Goodman
Federal Election Committee
Congress
League of Women Voters
NBC
Bomb Threat Clears Hannibal Ferti lizer Plant
A caller warned Hannibal police that many would be blown up at the American Cyanamid fertilizer plant northwest of Hannibal. The Marion County sheriff said the search for an explosive charge was ongoing before noon. Police used a bomb-sniffing dog as workers were told to stay off the job during the investigation at the Missouri 168 site.
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Hannibal
American Cyanamid Co
Missouri
Palmyra
Pafford
Sheriff's Office
Plane Collision Over Venice Schoolyard Kills Two Pilots
About 100 students and teachers watched in terror as two planes, a Turbo Commander 690 and a Beechcraft Debonair, collided over Venice near Los Angeles. Both pilots died. no ground injuries. Wreckage scattered over a square mile. witnesses described bodies and aircraft parts falling. FAA cited six mile visibility with haze. debris fell on homes and near a police substation.
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Los Angeles
Raymond Roller
Marina Light and Life Christian School
Roller
Marcia Falcone
Venice
Los Angeles International
Federal Aviation Administration
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