Assad orders Lebanon intervention to end civil war
About 7,000 Syrian troops with 150 tanks crossed Lebanon's border and began disarming fighters. A second force of 2,000 troops with 65 tanks moved into northern Lebanon to halt Moslem attacks on Christian towns as Syria seeks to impose order and end the 14 month civil war.
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Assad
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Elias Sarkis
Akkar
Akbar
Zahid
Death Socialist Party
Syria
Saiqa Palestinian Organization
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Arafat
Alexander Soldatov
Alexei Kosygin
Iraq
Kosygin
Abanon
UN Habitat conference studies world population surge
UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim warned the world will see population double in 30 years and urban slums expand in developing nations. He cited poverty unemployment housing, sanitation and pollution as rising stresses and urged governments to prioritize human settlements in search of solutions. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau urged a "conspiracy of love" and closer social integration as essential to survival.
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Canada
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
Waldheim
Habitat
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Mexico City
Great American Race underway
The 102 riders began the 98 day cross country endurance event at Herkimer County Fairgrounds Frankfort New York. They rode 27 miles Monday and plan 30 more to Norwich as they tackle the Midwest mountains forests deserts and historic trails on the way to Sacramento with $50 000 in prize money including 25000 for the winner.
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Herkimer County Fairgrounds
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Sacramento
Calif
Midwest
Rhonda Utt
Red Bluff
Bitter Ohio town still mourning Vietnam losses
Beallsville, Ohio, a 500 resident village, marked Memorial Day with a small service for seven locally fallen Vietnam veterans including Jack Pittman, who died at 20. Residents voice bitterness, accusing the war of being for nothing, while others cite unemployment and refugee resentment amid a quiet town scene.
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Earl Pittman
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Terry Hickman
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