Beirut raid target Palestinian leaders and Sabra camp
Israeli commandos struck Beirut killing 11 Lebanese casualties and wounding over a dozen. Abu Yussef Najjar, Kamal Adnan, and Kamal Nasser were among the dead. A second raid hit a Sidon garage with no casualties. Palestinians at Sabra camp mourned and debris searches continued.
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Cyprus
Beirut
al Fatah
Mohammed Yussef Najjar
Abu Yussef
Lebanese Defense Ministry
Sidon
Suleiman Franjieh
U.N. Security Council
Ouzai
Shatila- Sabra
Rue Verdun
Toledo flood survivors return as National Guard guards loot risk
Residents returned to flood battered areas along Lake Erie as police and about 75 National Guard MPs guarded against looting. About 2,000 residents evacuated, 550 homes inundated, 1,500 partially flooded, with damage projected above 1.6 million dollars. Cleanup hoped within a week if weather clears.
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Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
Lake Erie
Harry Kessler
Ohio National Guard
Kessler
Reams
Air crash near Basel kills 106 tourists and crew
A British charter airliner carrying 139 tourists to Basel crashed in a blizzard outside the city killing 106. Seven crew members were aboard and 40 survived, some uninjured. Rescuers faced snow, downed lines, and used helicopters to evacuate injured survivors.
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Basel
Switzerland
Solothurn
Storm threatens weakened Mississippi levees and floods reach Ohio
A spring storm increases flood risk along the Mississippi and flooding near Toledo Ohio. Damage along the river is estimated at 160 million dollars. Evacuations near Kaskaskia Island and Chouteau Island threaten residents as winds gust to 60 mph and waves surge. The river's level remains above flood stage with further rises forecast at New Orleans.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Lake Erie
Toledo
Ohio
Missouri
Corps of Army Engineers
Kaskaskia Island
St. Louis
Kaskaskia
Chouteau
St. Charles
Louisiana
Bonnet Carre
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Charles C. Noble
Mississippi River Commission
Bennett Carre
Gulf of Mexico
Lake Pontchartrain
Nobie
Mississippi System
All's Western on the Quiet Front Quip by Young Mother
A young mother jokes after a noisy afternoon that peace has fallen and points to the children at the TV, quipping All's western on the quiet front. The remark captures家庭 calm after a chaotic spell in a domestic setting.
Nixon seeks broad powers over tariffs in trade push
President Nixon asks Congress for wide authority to raise or cut tariff barriers and to retaliate against unfair practices including banning some imports. He seeks MFN treatment for the Soviet Union and urges swift action to empower negotiations with Europe, Japan, and other partners beginning in September.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Soviet Union
Assistant city law director resigns to join private practice
James A. Combs, assistant city law director, announced his resignation to enter full time private legal practice. Jerry Bryant, 28, will succeed him Friday and join Levey and Levey. Bryant works with Ed Lykins in private practice.
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James A. Combs
Dale Helsel
Jerry Bryant
Central Ave
Combs
John Herr
Bryant
Ed Lykins
First Ave
Peacekeepers Ground Helicopter Flights in Viet Nam
The International Commission of Control and Supervision bans all helicopter flights for its four member nations Canada, Indonesia, Hungary and Poland after the chartered helicopter carrying five commission members crashes in northwestern Quang Tri Province. Four members die including Canadians and Hungarians, while a Filipino crewman and two Viet Cong liaison officers also perish. An investigation team heads to the Laotian border crash site.
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Saigon
International Commission of Control and Supervision
South Viet
Commission
Lakes Erie Ontario flood victims flee as winds ease
About 2,000 people are refugees from flooding on Lakes Erie and Ontario as winds shift and rain or snow fail to appear. Hardest hit areas include the Detroit River shore, Lake Erie north shore, and western Lake Ontario. Officials note continued risk from high water levels and outflow comparisons between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
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Toronto
Lakes Erie
Ontario
Detroit River
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
David Witherspoon
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Cornwall
Witherspoon
St. Lawrence River
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Najjar
Kamal Adnan
Israel
Kamal Nasser
Palestine Liberation Organization
Sabra
ABU Yassef Palestine
National Guard
Ted Reams
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Northeast Point Place
James Daken
Maumee River
Ann Sanders
Heloise
Middletown
Paul Johnson
Corps
Chouteau Island
Granite City
Executive Branch
U.S
Japan
City Law
James Combs
Levey & Levey
First National Bank Building
Tilmon Ellison
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