Israeli raid into Lebanon kills 10 Arabs and wounds many
Israeli commandos penetrated 28 miles into Lebanon killing 10 guerrillas at a coastal base and wounding several others. The raid, the deepest since 1968, targeted caves, houses, and a rocket launcher. Officials said six Israelis were wounded and noted the operation was retaliation for prior guerrilla raids.
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New York
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Miamisburg couple dispute POW match to son
A Navy spokesman ruled out a news magazine photo as their son Mark Dennis missing since a 1966 helicopter crash in Vietnam. The Dennises question fingerprint IDs on a burned body and consider exhumation, while awaiting confirmation from Lt. Paul Galanti’s family.
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Quang Tri Province
South Vietnam
Charles Dennis
Newsweek
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Paul E. Galanti
Richmond
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Mark
Galanti
Bureaucrats Upstaged by Bird in Denver Helicopter Test
Denver aviation mechanic Bill Farington defied FAA and faced possible fines after testing a helicopter without a proper airworthiness certificate. The case drew satire from NATAPROBA, which praised Zartman for stepping back and dropping charges. Farington celebrated renewed zest for life.
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FAA
Ned K. Zartman
Los Angeles
Farington
Watch For Bucher Continues Watch For Bucher
Police and newsmen kept watch through heavy rains today for Swiss Ambassador Giovanni Bucher, but no indication when kidnappers would release him. Hundreds of police patrolled the hillside residence with orders to arrest the kidnapers as leftist guerrillas promised release after 70 prisoners were freed and flown to Chile.
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Giovanni Bucher
Bucher
Chile
Santiago
Brazil
Wildcat Strike Hits New York Police Force
Hundreds of city officers led by the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association walked off patrols after a court decision left their $100 a month pay parity dispute unresolved. Brooklyn, Bronx and Manhattan precincts saw sparse coverage while City Hall readied emergency measures to protect public safety.
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Brooklyn
Bronx
Upper Manhattan
Albany
PBA
Edward J. Kiernan
John V. Lindsay
Patrick V. Murphy
Florida
Three neglected men named in whimsical quip
A playful line remarks that Whistler's Father Grandpa Moses and Lord Godiva are the three most neglected men in the world, a witty cultural aside with no further context.
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Whistler
Grandpa Moses
Lord Godiva
Two Detroit Police Officers Fatally Shot in Street Altercation
In downtown Detroit two plainclothes officers were killed when they encountered a street quarrel. Officers Danny Watson 29 and William Wortman 28 were shot as they attempted to break up the fight and were pronounced dead after arrival at Detroit General Hospital. Police detained two suspects, one armed with a light automatic weapon.
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Detroit
Richard Boutin
Boutin
Danny Watson
William Wortman
Detroit General Hospital
Watson
2-BIT HAIRCUT UNPATRIOTIC Barber Won't Yield To Inflation
Harrisonburg Virginia barber Strode Higginbottom who opened in 1938 still charges 25 cents for a haircut and 25 cents for a shave. He resists price hikes despite civic urging and boycott talk, citing age and steady income for him and his wife. On busy nights he gave over 100 haircuts, but now he slows after 62 years in the shop.
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Strode Higginbottom
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Shenandoah Valley
Chamber of Commerce
Weather turns colder with overnight and tomorrow chill
A cloudy regime brings colder air with a forecast low in the upper teens tonight. Daybreak temperatures rise to the lower 30s with yesterday's high at 42 and this morning's low at 26.
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