Lebanese Civil War Cease-Fire Shattered by Heavy Fighting
Beirut and surrounding areas suffer the heaviest fighting of Lebanon's civil war with at least 129 deaths and 363 wounded in 24 hours. Christian, Muslim, and Palestinian forces clash, airport shelling continues, and reciprocal ceasefire efforts fail amid hand-to-hand combat and artillery exchanges.
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Brirat
Lebanon
Chrisan
Aril
Beirut
Cheistiak
Dashur
Mediterranean
Phalangist
National Liberal Party
Jiyyeh
Saariyal
Wrress
Ad National Liberal Party
Camille Chamoun
Diggeh
Saadyat
Damour- Saadyat
Judge OKs Suit Over Gulf Political Spending
A U S federal judge consolidated eight suits filed by Gulf Oil stockholders seeking more than 10 million dollars in claims over alleged illegal political contributions. The Gulf board fired top executives after a corporate investigation found 12.2 million dollars spent on political activity in the US and abroad in a year ending 1973.
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Pittsburgh
UPR
Gulf Oil Coe
U. S. District Court
Joseph PF. Willson
Gulf
Owen Spode
Conmissittece
Willson
Gull
United States
S. Securities and Exchange Com
Paroled rapist shot after attempting to attack officer in Pittsburgh
Benjamin Bryant 26 of Pittsburgh was confronted by officers in a Shadyside apartment building after a report of a suspicious man. He resisted handcuffing, fled to a nearby station, was recaptured in a garbage can, and Patrolman Peter Rust shot him when he tried to strike with the cuffs. Amtrak to lease Penn Central yard in Chicago and shift maintenance to its facilities as Burlingham Northern and Santa Fe work winds down.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Patrick McCauley
Hilhard Chicken Oond Aian
Benjamin Bryant
Bryant
Pollice
Peter Rust
Beyant
Washington
Amtrak
Penn Central
Chicago
Atoteak
Burlingham Northern
Santa Fe
Birthday cannon misfire nets fine for lord in Wales
Caernarvon reports Lord Newborough fired two cannons from his castle battlements to celebrate his mother in law birthday. A yacht was hit. the lord denied intent and his attorney said it was a misfired joke. He was fined 50 dollars.
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Caernarvon
Wales
UPI
Lord Newborough
Spain Strikes Ebb As Workers Return With Pay Hikes
In Madrid the labor unrest eased as construction and port workers resuming work after pay raises up to 20 percent. A new contract raised base pay to 290 dollars monthly for about 150000 workers. Police arrested 118 labor activists including members of a clandestine coordinating committee.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
Whering
Blackhawk teachers reach tentative contract in tense talks
Negotiators for striking teachers and the Blackhawk district reach a tentative contract after a marathon bargaining session. A teachers' spokesman says the 206 teachers will vote on the agreement later today under court supervision. Attendance is normal at the first classes since the strike began December 8, and about 4,380 students have been affected. In Pennsylvania, roving pickets idled about 4,000 coal miners across six mines in a seniority dispute at Nemacolin Mine and related operations.
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Beaver Falls
UPI
Blackhawk &Hoo
H. Beryl Klein
Uniontown
LIPI
Pennsylvania
Buckeye Coal Co
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
UMW
U. S. Stew Corp
Robena & Dilworth
Fayette County
Jones & Laughlin Stern Corp
Gateway
Shannopin
Warwick
Duquesne Light Co
Greene County
State leaders plot plan to rescue agency bonds
Harrisburg officials say Shipp administration and lawmakers will use about 60 million dollars in state funds to prevent the Pennsylvania Housing and Finance Agency from defaulting on short term notes due February 2. The plan shifts funds from current appropriations, lapses, and prior year balances to cover the agency until bond sales resume.
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Harrisburg
Shipp
Wimphin
Tennsylvania
Senate
Teoitas M. Notan
D-Allegheny
Nolan
Pennsylvania Housing and Finance Agency
Shapp
U S lawyer denies Shapp indictment report
A federal prosecutor in Pittsburgh said syndicated columnist Jack Anderson’s report that a Shapp administration figure would be indicted within 10 days was false. U S Attorney Blair A Griffith confirmed an ongoing Turnpike Commission probe of Chairman Egidio Cerilli but did not corroborate charges. Anderson alleged Shapp aide accused of lying to the State Contract Practice Committee on Oct 8, 1974.
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Pennsylvania
Tac Ifhe
Nolan
Tonger
Milton J Shapp
Charles McTulash
PUPA
McIntosh
Pittsburgh (Or
Jack Anderson
Shapp
U.S
Blair A. Griffith
Anderson
Calumni Today
Turnpike Commission
Egidio Cerilli
Cerilli
State
Prisoner confesses to WVU coed decapitation case
A New Jersey jail inmate, Eugene Paul Clawson, 36, confessed to the January 1920 decapitation slayings of West Virginia University coeds Naren Ferrell and Mared Malarik near Morgantown. He aided state police in locating the victims' heads, with authorities citing a machete used in the crime.
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Charleston
W. Va
Naren Ferrell
Uumwood
Greenbrier
Mared Malarik
Kinnelon
N. C
Morgantown
Arch Moore
Charleston Gazette
Clasgson
Camden
N. J
James McCabe
New Jersey
Clare van
Hearing set for suspect in kidnapping case
A New Jersey man James L. Carmen, 39, of Willingboro waived extradition and will be tried first in Pennsylvania before facing New Jersey charges. He was arrested near Pittsburgh Tuesday, held on 50000 dollars bail in Allegheny County Jail after arraignment, with hearings planned next Wednesday in Greensburg.
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Greensburg
UPI
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
James L. Carmen
Willinghero
N. J
New Jersay
Mount Holly
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Fittsburg
Thursay
Drilling ban debate over Lake Erie pollution fears
Witnesses at a public hearing warned proposed legislation to ban drilling in Lake Erie would protect fisheries and the region’s $1 million tourism industry. The motion follows a California spill and precedes an Erie County Council of Sportsmen push to halt American side drilling.
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Erie
UPI
Lake Erie
Erie County Council of Sportsmen
California
Canada
Milton Shapp
Bacon
Pennsylvania
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Seren
Gulf Board of Directors
Sid It
N. W. Pearson
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Praram
Dorsey
Remain
Jerry McAfee
Gulf Oil Canada Ltd
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Gulf Oil Real Estate Development Co
Trud €. Teering
Herbert C. Rooning
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Pearson
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Smake
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Wis
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Harald Radundt
Milwaukee
Floyd Eustermaon
Lange Girele
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