Moslems and Christians clash in Beirut fight leaves four dead
In southeastern Beirut Moslems and Christians traded tank mortar and bazooka fire leaving four dead and 25 wounded. Syrian tanks intervened while UN reported a Senegalese peacekeeper killed and another wounded by an American made cluster bomb. Rockets and shelling hit Ein Rummaneh and Chirah as Syrians and other forces police the area.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.N
Ein Rummaneh
Christian Voice of Lebanon
Experts Expect No More Decline in Jobless Rate
Washington AP analysis notes economists do not expect unemployment to fall below 6 percent, despite steady improvement. May 1975 to last month saw joblessness drop from 9.1 to 6.0 percent, with gains in Vietnam veterans, construction, and blue-collar workers, amid a post-winter building boom.
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Washington
William Cox
Commerce Department
Carter
Labor Department
Gunman Holds Deputies Hostage At Indianapolis Clubhouse
A man armed with a shotgun stormed the Nottingham Village recreation center during a late night party and took two sheriff's deputies hostage, offering them in exchange for four captives. Deputies Joe Ernst and Billy Romeral faced the gunman identified as Robert Gibson, with no motive given and police keeping residents from entering the area.
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Joe Ernst
Billy Romeral
Nottingham Village
Paul Kasey
WFMS
Joe
Robert Gibson
Kasey
Carter warns Russians in Spokane over Africa stance
President Carter accused the Soviet Union of racism and warned Moscow to curb its African policies while praising U S aid and human rights. He cited Cuban troops in Africa and said Vance raised the issue in Moscow. Carter also attacked the American Medical Association for blocking health care progress.
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Wash
Carter
Soviet Union
Africa
Leonid
Brezhnev
Washington
Moscow
Cyrus Vance
United States
American Medical Association
Los Angeles
FBI seeks exiles in Letelier assassination plot case
The FBI is searching for two of three Cuban exiles charged with plotting to kill former Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier. One suspect, Ignacio Novo Sampol, was arrested in Jersey City on conspiracy charges. Also sought are Jose Dionisio Suarez Esquivel and Virgilio Paz Romero, with Townley already charged and cooperating. Letelier, then Chilean foreign minister and ambassador to the U.S., was killed in 1973 during a coup linked to Augusto Pinochet’s regime.
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Washington
FBI
Orlando Letelier
Ignacio Novo Sampol
Jersey City
Jose Dionisio Suarez Esquivel
Virgilio Paz Romero
Suarez
Letelier
Calfornia
Paz
New York
Townley
Chile
United States
Salvador Allende
Augusto Pinochet
Pinochet
Abortion trial ends in deadlock for Dr William Waddill
In Santa Ana California the abortive baby murder trial of Dr William Waddill ended in a seven to five deadlock over the meaning of brain death. Jurors leaned toward acquittal and those voting to convict doubted the doctor killed the infant as alleged. The mistrial was declared after jurors could not resolve if Waddill was guilty by omission for failing to save a baby who briefly survived a saline abortion attempt.
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Santa Ana
Calif
William Waddill
Waddill
John Thomas
Chrysler to raise 1978 car prices by 1.4 percent
Chrysler says it will boost prices on its 1978 model cars by an average of 1.4 percent about 90 dollars. The hike takes effect Monday and adds about 56 dollars to the suggested retail price per car and 34 dollars on options. The move follows General Motors’ 1.4 percent average increase of about 100 dollars per car.
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Rysler
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Chrysler
Police intensify hunt as Moro apparent death sentence reported
Police widen their search around Rome after anonymous calls claim Aldo Moro’s killing by the Red Brigades. Nine people were seized. investigators pursued leads from Terracina to coastal ports while Moro’s office withheld comment amid reports of a farewell letter.
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Rome
Aldo Moro
Red Brigades
Moro
Terracina
Milan
Turin
Genoa
Buffett breaks leg playing softball in West Palm Beach
Singer Jimmy Buffett suffered a broken right leg sliding into second base during a softball game in West Palm Beach Florida. A spokesman said he will wear a cast for his Saturday Night Live appearance on May 13 and that ABC Records will confirm details.
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Nashville, Tenn
Jimmy Buffett
West Palm Beach
Fla
ABC Records
Martha Haggard
Buffett
Weekend Weather Outlook With Wind and Showers
Weather forecast shows warm windy cloudy Sunday with highs in the 60s and light rain late in the afternoon. Tonight remains partly cloudy with lows near 50. Extended outlook calls for showers Monday through Wednesday with temperatures mainly in the 60s and lows in the upper 30s to mid 50s.
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