Beirut engulfed in worst night of mortars and rockets
In Beirut heavy shelling by Christian and Moslem guerrillas killed 55 and injured 125 during an all night attack. Clashes hit downtown, Ashrafieh, and outskirts as Palestinian guerrillas demand safe food convoys to refugee camps Tal Zataar and Jisr el Basha.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Ashrafieh
Tal Zataar
Jisr el-Basha
Mt. Lebanon
Chamber of Commerce
Beirut-Damascus
Borg el Baragneh
Beirut International
Soviet Kresta II Cruiser Moves Toward Angola Region
A Soviet guided missile cruiser, the Kresta II, was reported steering south along the West African coast after leaving the Mediterranean. Pentagon sources described it nearing Conakry, Guinea, with unclear plans but potential reinforcement of Russian ships in Angola as US calls for outside forces to withdraw.
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Washington
West African
Angola
Mediterranean
Mauritania
Pentagon
Conakry
Guinea
Africa
United States
William Greener
U.S
Indian Ocean
Greener
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
MPLA
Russia
South Africa
Gabon
Kresta
Teen bank robberies surge in Buffalo area
FBI data show a near 300 percent rise in bank holdups across western New York with 50 robberies July through December, aided by gun carrying teens. Buffalo judge cites economic hardship in black neighborhoods as a factor behind youth involvement.
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Buffalo
N.Y
FBI
Dennis Gibbs
New York
Gibbs
Samuel L. Green
All-out war threat over Ulster crisis grows
In Belfast Protestant leaders vow to resist sharing power with Catholics. Vanguard's Ernest Baird warns of inevitable conflict if Harold Wilson rejects their demands. The Ulster Defence Association shows rising support as Protestants doubt Britain can restore order in Northern Ireland.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Harold Wilson
Vanguard Party
Ernest Baird
Ulster
Ulster Defense Association
UDA
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