Gunmen in Lebanon battle as truce falters again
Fighting raged across Beirut as leftist Muslims and rightist Christians pressed seafront strongholds despite a newly announced cease fire. By morning gunfire diminished to sniper bursts while authorities moved to establish a buffer zone as the civil war entered its eighth month.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Rashid Karami
Ain Mreiseh
Karami
Coordination Committee
Holiday Inn
Phoenicia
Freedom Train Ticketed for Illegally Parked Locomotive
A meter maid cited the American Freedom Train engine on Fisherman's Wharf for a non allotted space ahead of its public display. A Freedom Train representative joked the ticket would be paid at the Hall of Justice as the rest of the train remained open to visitors at the Presidio.
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San Francisco
UPI
Fisherman’s Wharf
Freedom Train
Hall of Justice
the Presidio
Australia’s Kerr Dismisses Whitlam Sets Stage For Vote
Governor General Sir John Kerr dismissed Prime Minister E Gough Whitlam and dissolved Parliament after replacing Whitlam with Malcolm Fraser and triggering a general election. The coalition held a Senate majority, and polls favored Fraser as Whitlam faced a turbulent campaign amid economic worries and constitutional drama.
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Leon Daniel
Sydney
Australia
UPI
Sir John Kerr
John
E. Gough Whitlam
Kerr
Australian Labor Party
Malcom Fraser
Liberal Party of Australia
Whitlam
Fraser
Labor
House of Representatives
Liberals
National Country Party
Senate
Australian Democratic Labor Party
New York City faces potential default amid loan talks
New York City risks default on its debts as a $2.3 billion rescue loan nears President Ford. Governor Carey seeks a $160 million state loan to the Dormitory Authority and Housing Financing Agency while Congress considers a bankruptcy bill to accelerate relief if the loan fails.
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Washington
UPI
New York City
Ford
Hugh Carey
Carey
Federal Reserve
Arthur F. Burns
State Dormitory Authority
Housing Financing Agency
Burns
Senate
Sens
William Proxmire
Dwis
Charles McC. Mathias
R-Md
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
House-Senate
Congress
House
Dial Direct Weekend Call Rates Highlight Savings
The notice urges dialing direct and making a ten minute call before 5 p.m. Sunday. It compares costs from Patrick's Point to Topeka, Pittsburgh, or other U.S. destinations, showing low rates of about $1.66.
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United States
Illinois
Patrick’s Point
California
Alaska
Hawaii
Patrick
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Bedford
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