Gemayel seeks U S push for Israel troop withdrawal talks
Lebanese President Amin Gemayel urged President Reagan to pressure Israel to drop impossible conditions for starting talks on withdrawing troops from Lebanon. Washington called for an immediate end to foreign occupation, while Arab League and Soviet leaders expanded Middle East discussions. Clashes continued in the Shouf mountains as Druze and Christian gunmen engaged in fighting amid broader regional tensions.
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United Press International
Amin Gemayel
Reagan
Israel
Washington
Lebanon
Beirut Radio Today
Gemayel
Jerusalem
Moscow
Communist Party
Yuri Andropov
Arab League
King Hussein of
Jordan
Middle East
Tass
Nikolai Tikhonov
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Hussein of
Leonid Brezhnev
Charles Hernu
Beirut
U.S
Morris Draper
Shouf Mountains
Walid Jumblat
Tripoli
Twisters wreak death and destruction across three states
More than a dozen tornadoes struck Arkansas Missouri and Illinois killing at least six people and injuring hundreds. Mobile home parks and small apartments were destroyed scattering debris near Belleville and St Charles. Flooding mudslides and downed lines left hundreds homeless as emergency crews worked through three feet of water.
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United Press International
Arkansas
Missouri
Illinois
Canada
California
Rockies
Plains
New Baden
Scott Air Force Base
Belleville
Mississippi River
St. Charles
Little Rock
Ark
National Weather Service
Vichy
Springfield
Columbia
Chicago
St. Louis
Lebanon
Calhoun
Laid off hunter breaks back in quest for food
Kenneth Sevacko 34, laid off from Crucible steel, fell 25 feet while hunting near Columbiana Ohio. He broke his back in three places and is in critical condition. His family faces financial hardship, selling belongings and relying on welfare as unemployment and job training hurdles persist.
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Hunter
Pittsburgh
UPI
Crucible Steel
Midland
Kenneth Sevacko
Sevacko
Columbiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Donna
Columbiana County
Union
Crucible
West Virginia
Ceta
Thornburgh campaign seeks help to cover debt after race
In Harrisburg the Thornburgh reelection campaign reports 103000 in red ink from a late ad blitz, amid 3700000 raised versus 1300000 by challenger Ertel. Thornburgh won by about 113000 votes. debt includes 387000 to Bailey, Deardourff & Associates with 156000 still owed, and 250 to 1000 per person fundraisers planned.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Thornburgh
State Elections Bureau
Allen Ertel
Ertel
Pittsburgh
Evans Rose Jr
Rose
Executive Mansion
Bailey, Deardourff & Associates
McLean, Va
Pickets protest planned foreclosure in East McKeesport
Ron Richards a laid off electronics technician and his wife Marie face a sheriff's sale on their East McKeesport home. About 35 supporters from the Mon Valley Unemployed Committee picketed Vanguard Federal Savings & Loan in White Oak urging fair treatment and possible loan modification. The group cites a lump sum demand of 2000 dollars after 360 dollars monthly, while Vanguard cites confidentiality and ongoing litigation.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
McKessport
Ron Richards
Marie
Vanguard Federal Savings & Loan
White Oak
Mon Valley Unemployed Committee
Vanguard
Richards
Anthony Angiulli
Lawrence Iwanski
MVUC
Angiulli
Correction clarifies terms on board meeting and gas contract edits
A correction notes the mental health board item misnamed a therapist as ex pressive parts therapist. it should read expressive arts therapist. Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. says it will cut payments for Appalachian Basin gas by 26 percent unless producers renegotiate old supply contracts, correcting UPI's earlier report of a 7.4 percent cut. Len Kolasinski can be reached at 654-6651 for clarifications.
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Mental Health-Mental Retardation Board
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp
Babysitter pleads guilty in Florida child murders
Christine Falling, 19, admitted guilt in two Blountstown strangulation deaths, receiving two life sentences with a 25 year minimum. She had faced charges in three related cases, including an infant from Perry, as judges shuffled trial dates in a high profile case.
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Blountstown
Fla
UPI
Christine Falling
Larry A. Bodiford
Panama City
Miss Falling
Casssidy
Sibly
Circuit Court
W.L. Bailey
Perry
Counselor held on slay charges near Pittsburgh
Theodore T. Riggins, 24, once Brenda Johnson of Erie, a counselor at Allegheny Academy, is jailed on charges tied to the stabbing death of coworker Brenda Johnson. Riggins, a former Glen Mills student, attempted suicide with a razor within minutes of arrest and was treated at Mercy Hospital before transfer to Allegheny County Jail.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Allegheny Academy
Allegheny County
Theodore T. Riggins
Brenda Johnson
Erie
Riggins
Ms. Johnson
Glen Mills
Philadelphia
Mercy Hospital
CPR Basic Rescuer Class Offered by AHA Chapter
The Midwestern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Heart Association offers a basic rescuer CPR class on December 16 and 17 in the nursing school lecture room at St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing. Sessions cover one and two person rescue, airway management for all ages, and rescitation. Classes start at 6 30 p.m. both nights with a single fee. Registration due by December 13. Open to anyone eight years old or older.
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Pennsylvania
American Heart Association
St. Francish Hospital School of Nursing
Pennsylvania Heart Association
Christmas Dinner At Epworth Church With Carol Service
A Christmas dinner will be served at 5 p m tomorrow at Epworth United Methodist Church at Butler and East Washington streets. The program ends with Christmas carols and an animated film titled Christmas Carol. The public is welcome.
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Epworth United Methodist Church
Butler and
East Washington Streets
Transport for Christ Meets Tomorrow in Harlansburg
The New Castle Chapter of Transport for Christ will meet tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. at Liberty Grange on Harlansburg Road. A Christmas dinner follows with each couple asked to bring a casserole and table service. Gift exchange and devotions by Rev. Ron Leonard. Public welcome.
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New Castle
Transport For Christ
Liberty Grange
Harlansburg Road
Ron Leonard
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YMCA
Rosalie Fork
Shenango Women’s Aglow Fellowship
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West Middlesex
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Ellwood City
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