Be irut clashes intensify as gunfire resumes
In Beirut two suburbs Ein Rummaneh and Chiyah faced heavy mortar exchanges as a night storm faded. Downtown hotels remained full of snipers while Phalangist forces claimed control of parts of Karantina and Mour Tower. Palestinian and leftist groups battled for Qantari with looting and gunfire amid shifting fronts and warnings from Yasir Arafat.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tnat
Ein Rummaneh
Chiyah
Sharif
Associated Press
Edward Cody
Phoenicia
Phalange
Bu ‘Cody
Karantina
Issam al-Arab
Qantari
Kamal Jumblatt
Raymond Edde
Palace Butler Unhappy On Romanian State Visit
Lisbon AP report says Nicolae Ceaucescu, Romania’s leader, is unhappy as crowds are small and quiet during a state visit to Portugal. A Jace palace butler was told to walk barefoot to avoid disturbing the guests. He quipped about a classless society and recalled being treated differently for Queen Elizabeth.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Nicolae Ceaucescu
Romania
Ahd
Jace
Gun Gang's Rapes Raids Terrify Central Florida Town
In Clermont Florida police warn that Halloween fears grow as a gun gang roams West Orange and South Lake counties. Six attacks in four weeks include rapes and home invasions by two to three masked gunmen, with witnesses noting sadistic behavior. Victims include a 19 year old woman and a 92 year old, with property stolen and eyewear damaged. Police deploy 60 officers and an estimated 190 armed locals consider vigilante action. Authorities link incidents, stressing danger to residents and children out for Halloween.
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Clermont
Fla
Florida
West Orange
South Lake Counties
Orange County
Mel Coleman
Lake County
Coleman
James Kelly
Winter Garden
Kelly
Majorie Bray
Quincy Pair Held For LaBelle Bank Robbery
Two Quincy Illinois men, Roger Lee Parker and Carl Edward Douglas, both 21, were arrested in Quincy and returned for a bond hearing after allegedly robbing the Bank of LaBelle on October 21 of $28,000. A bond of $75,000 was recommended for each. The robbery involved a rifle and a sawed-off shotgun. the car fled but crashed during pursuit. No injuries were reported.
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Hannibal
Quincey
Ill
LaBelle
Missouri
Quincy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Roger Lee Parker
Carl Edward Douglas
FBI
St. Louis
Fwing
Springfield
Here
Penitentiary inmate indicted for threat to President Ford
Marvin Clyde Lincoln, a 26 year old Missouri Penitentiary inmate serving 30 months, was indicted by a federal grand jury for threatening to kill President Ford. He allegedly sent a written threat on Sept 20 and voiced an oral threat Sept 29 in the presence of two witnesses. Lincoln, convicted in February for stealing over $50, faces up to five years and a $1,000 fine if convicted.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Ford
Marvin Clyde Lincoln
Lincoln
Calif
Nixon
Eagleton Won't Predict Democratic Choice For '76
Tulsa AP Thomas Eagleton declined to predict who will win the Democratic nomination in 1976. He avoided a press prediction, citing his early backing of Muskie and warning Ford is not unbeatable. He criticized Congress over vetoes on NYC solvency and urged bankruptcy law changes to aid New York with time running short.
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Tulsa
Thomas Eagleton
D-Mo
Eagleton
U. S
Edmund Muskie
Fagleton
Ford
Missouri
Congress
New York City
New York
HEW abortion funding plan draws Missouri protest
Ray S. James, president of Missouri Citizens for Life, says HEW regulations would force taxpayers to fund abortions. He cites a 75 percent opposition to the Court's abortion ruling and calls the policy an encroachment on taxpayers conscience.
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Jefferson City
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ray S. James
Missouri Citizens For Life
James
Supreme Court
Jury Convicts Man For Killing His Parents With Baseball Bat
A St. Louis County jury found 21 year old Roland Ross Steer guilty of two counts of second degree murder for killing his stepfather Melvin Capehart and his mother Jackie Capehart with a baseball bat. The verdict followed a two day trial with four confessions and jurors recommended two concurrent 30 year terms. Sentencing date not set. Steer testified that an argument over two theft charges sparked the killings in their Ballwin home and that he carried the bodies to a wooded area near Bourbon Missouri.
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Clayton, Mo
St. Louis County
Roland Ross Steer
Stoer
Melvin Capehart
Jackie Capehart
Steer
Ballwin
Bourbon
Witches Dungeon: Cortland Hull’s tiny Halloween museum
In Bristol Connecticut Cortland B Hull 23 opens his private 40 foot long maze like museum named the Witches Dungeon each Halloween and the two weekends after Visitors meet life size famed movie monsters including Grim Reaper Zenobia the Witch Creature from the Black Lagoon and Phantom of the Opera The exhibit limits groups to four people at a time and aims to immerse guests in the scene Many famous monster figures echo Boris Karloff as they greet attendees with spooky atmosphere
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Bristol, Conn
Zenobia the Witch
Boris Karloff
Cortland B
Hull
Bookmobile schedule for Mexico Audrain County week
The Mexico Audrain County bookmobile releases a weekly route with venues each day. Monday visits include Friendship Church Clyde James residence Burnham school and Sunydale grade school. Tuesday covers Vandalia south and Tri County nursing home. Wednesday visits Centralia Chance school and Thompson. Thursday Union Baptist Church. Friday St Joseph school and Martinsburg station.
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Thompson
Union Baptist Church
St. Joseph School
Martinsburg Station
Secret mission crash plane vanishing after 1950 Navy probe
Washington reports declassified board findings confirm a four engine Privateer engaged in a top secret electronic search off the Baltic coast was shot down by a Soviet fighter. The committee notes the plane was unarmed and stayed offshore while two life rafts and the nose wheel were recovered from the sea. No credible evidence has surfaced that any crew survived in Soviet camps, though recent claims by former prisoners and investigators raise renewed interest from the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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Washington
APS
Pentagon
U.S
Germany
Denmark
Buta Navy
Atlantic
Navy
Russia
Baltic Sea
John Noble
Theodore Grevers
Grevers
Ventagon
William Marchuk
Camp Varkuta
Siberia
Noble
Marchuk
United States
Senate Intelligence Committee
Frank Church
D-Idaho
White House
Ronald Nessen
Soviet Union
Nessen
Turn Off Outdoor Lamps Urges Energy Director
Washington AP Federal Energy Administrator Frank Zarb urged homeowners to turn off outdoor gas lamps and trim holiday lighting to conserve fuel for winter. He noted converting lamps to electricity could heat 500,000 to 600,000 homes and reduce gas use, with four million lamps burning 71 billion cubic feet annually.
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Washington
Frank Zarb
Zarb
U.S
Banks Report On New York Bonds Default Risk
Federal bank regulators seek data from all 4700 national banks on New York city and state securities used as loan collateral. About 53 banks could face solvency or liquidity stress if NYC defaults, with over 4 billion in assets tied to these bonds and many loans needing new collateral.
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Washington
New York City
Comptroller of the Currency
James E. Smith
Comptroller’s Office
Smith
House
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Comptroller
New York State
Florida
U.S
New York
Polls Show US Pessimism Amid Economic Woes
Congress hears from pollsters that Americans are pessimistic about the economy and leadership. SRC finds only 8 percent rate the government as doing a good job. 81 percent see a recession. 32 percent are worse off than five years ago, and 44 percent worse off than last year. Gallup notes a drop in life quality, while Caddell cites 68 percent believing leaders lied over the past decade.
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Washington
Congress
Jay Schmiedeskamp
University of Michigan
Survey Research Center
SRC
Louis Harris and Associates
Louis Harris
Schmiedeskamp
Peter Hart
Harris
Cambridge Reports, Inc
America
Patrick Caddell
Gallup Organization, Inc
Irving Crespi
Subcommittee delays gun control bill killing House chances
The House judiciary crime subcommittee voted 6 to 1 to reject a private handgun ban. Chairman John Conyers Jr. supported the bill, while the panel plans to draft its own measures on registrations licensing and bans. A Rules Committee deadline looms with no certainty of floor action this year.
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Washington
House
House Judiciary Subcommittee
America
John Conyers Jr
Dmich
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Full House
Judiciary Committee
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