Moslems Press New Demands to Alter Lebanese Power Split
In Beirut leaders of the leftist Moslem bloc called for minimum demands to curb Christian control in Lebanon. They seek end to religion based civil service and army postings, proportional representation, and constitutional changes to rebalance power between 1.8 million Muslims and 1.2 million Christians. The Phalange party gave no response amid ongoing civil war that has killed over 7,000 and left downtown Beirut in ruins.
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Beirut
Lebanon
National Assembly
Phalange Party
House bans Concorde from U.S. airports for six months
The House barred Concorde landings at U.S. airports for at least six months after a 199 to 188 vote. Lawmakers approved withholding federal funds from airports that permit the planes to land unless they meet federal noise standards while debating the Aviation Trust Fund extension.
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Washington
House
U.S
Aviation Trust Fund
Brothers to Leave Echo Glen for Christmas Visit
Ike and Eldon, two brothers from Fall City, Washington, near Echo Glen Children's Home, are set to spend Christmas at home with their mother. Ike, 9, is the youngest in the state correctional system and on parole after trespassing and thefts. Eldon, 12, was sent there for running away and truancy. After holidays, Ike hopes to stay home. Eldon plans to return to Echo Glen then likely to a Spokane foster home.
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Fall City
Wash
Ike
Eldon
Washington
Echo Glen
Spokane
Seattle
Inflation Eases Slightly Amid Stable Consumer Prices
Government figures show a modest dip in the inflation rate with November CPI and wholesale prices flat or down modestly. Economists expect slight improvement at the retail level as gasoline and food prices ease, keeping the core rate near 6 to 7 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
James L. Pate
Commerce Department
Bi partisan effort to end tax impasse moves forward
A bipartisan Senate group proposes extending tax cuts while pledging to cut federal spending by 17 billion dollars next year in an effort to break the stalemate with the White House and House. The plan follows Ford veto and a failed House override vote.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ford
Russell B Long
D-La
Finance Panel
William V. Roth Jr
Rdel
Roth
Mystery ashes box uncovers cremation mix up in Tampa
Police find a neatly labeled box of ashes in an impounded car trunk. The remains labeled Marion Olds 70, died 1967, cremated 1967, raising questions for Virginia Walker 70 who buried a sister’s ashes in Virginia years before.
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Tampa
Fla
Virginia
Virginia Walker
St. Petersburg
Navy Nurse Corps
Fairbanks
Rice
Olds
Ford vetoes $45 billion LaborHEW appropriation bill
President Ford vetoed a $45 billion Labor and Health Education and Welfare appropriation bill saying it would raise spending by nearly $1 billion and add 8,000 federal jobs, worsening deficits. The veto cites unjustified increases and unwise spending in a message to the House.
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Washington
Ford
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
House
Dutch hostages released today from Indonesian consulate siege
South Moluccan gunmen at the Indonesian consulate in Amsterdam lowered their flag and freed 23 hostages who had been held since December 4. Mediators inside the building included Rev Semeul Mellary and Johan Alvares Manusama.
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Amsterday
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Semeul Mellary
Johan Alvares Manusama
Manusama
United Airlines and workers reach tentative wage contract
United Airlines and the International Association of Machinists reached a tentative wage contract ending a two week strike after an all night bargaining session. Federal mediators announced the agreement with United officials and union leaders saying flight schedules would resume as soon as possible, though no restart date was set.
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Washington
United Airlines
United
International Machinists Union
Middletown Weather Forecast Favors Snow Flurries Tonight
Cloudy skies with lows in the low 20s and a chance of snow flurries. Saturday brings highs in the mid 30s. Temperatures changed only one degree in 24 hours from 17 high and 16 overnight low. Extended outlook shows fair skies and warmer temps Sunday to Tuesday with Tuesday near the low 50s.
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Middletown
Ohio Delegation Votes on Ford Veto Override
The Ohio members of the House split along party lines on the failed effort to override President Ford's veto of the tax cut extension. Republicans Ashbrook Brown Clancy Devine Gradison Guyer Harsha Kindness Latta Miller Mosher Regula Stanton Whalen Wylie voted No while Harsha and Regula joined Yes. Democrats Ashley Carney Hays Mottl Seiberling Stanton Stokes Vanik voted Yes.
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Washington
Ohio
House
Ford
John M. Ashbrook
Clarence J . Brown
Donald D. Clancy
Samuel L. Devine
Willis D. Gradison Jr
Tennyson Guyer
William H. Harsha
Thomas N. Kindness
Delbert L. Latta
Clarence C Miller
Charles A. Mosher
Ralph S Regula
J. William Stanton
Clarence W. Whalen JR
Chalmers P. Wylie
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Gerald Ford
Carl Albert
al Ullman
Ways and Means Committee
John J. Rhodes
Allman
Guam
John Fairbanks
W.J. Usery
United and the Union
Thomas L. Ashley
Charles J. Carney
Wayne L. Hays
Ronald M. Mottl
John F. Seiberling
James V. Stanton
Louis Stokes
Chares A. Vanik
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