Mathias Meets Arafat in Beirut Amid Lebanon War
U S Senator Charles Mathias Jr reports a secret Beirut meeting with Yasir Arafat during a night convoy to Arafat's headquarters. He traveled from Damascus via Lebanon and says Arafat offered no concrete peace proposals, focusing on the Palestinian viewpoint. Mathias is in Amman and plans to visit Israel while studying U S aid to the region.
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Amman
Jordan
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Palestine
Yasir Arafat
Arafat
Beirut
Maryland
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Lebanon
Mathias
Mathiassax
Damascus Road
Mideast
Green Valley sees call for new school amid growth and sewer issue
Green Valley parents and officials debated overcrowding as East County Middle School and New Market Elementary additions are planned. Community leaders pressed for a locally situated school despite regulatory sewer requirements, with a decision anticipated in the next month or two.
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Earl Smith
Clement E. Gardiner
East County Middle School
Green Valley
New Market
Snyder
Rita Gordon
William G. Linehan
East County
Green Vally
State Inter Agency
Barnney Valley Area Citizens Association
Marvin Anthony
Board of Education
LAC
Wes Salter
Salter
Urbana
Fred Volpe
Claude Burk
Wud
New Market Elementary
Volpe
Burk
Lake Singanore
Coldstream
Smith
Frederick County
Republican Central Committee
Green Valley Area
Ander
Linehan
William B. Barnes
A. Doty Remsbury
Frederick L. Smith
Frances W. Ashbury
Arab town Tulkarm under curfew amid West Bank protests
Israel troops enforce a curfew on Tulkarm for a second day as protests against occupation flare. Mayor Hilmi Haniun says demonstrations will continue while troops stay and settlements expand. Students clashed with soldiers and shops were shuttered during a business strike. injuries reported in Nablus.
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Jehusalem
Israel
Tulkarm
Jordan
West Bank
Hilmi Haniun
Kaunda urges united front against Rhodesia in Africa
Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda urged progressive forces in Africa to back intensified guerrilla war against Rhodesia. He spoke at a state banquet in Maputo marking his first official visit to Mozambique since independence last June, challenging the white minority regime of Prime Minister Ian Smith.
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Maputo, Mozambique
Kenneth Kaunda
Africa
Ian Smith
Kaunda
Rhodesia
Guerrillas Kill Argentine Businessman in Political Violence
Leftist guerrillas assassinated an Argentine business executive in Buenos Aires. Police said the death raised the political violence toll to at least 132 killed since the coup against President Isabel Peron nearly a month ago, with 316 dead this year and more than 1,700 killed during Peron’s 21 months in office.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Wome Blake
Seenee
Isabel Peron
Peron
Beirut battles rage as cease-fire falters in Lebanon
Violence escalates in Beirut and hillside towns with Christian and Muslim factions trading rockets and mortars. At least 130 people killed and 217 wounded as a bank is hit by fire bombs and a truce meeting is delayed. President Franjieh seeks Damascus help to curb Palestinian guerrillas.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Pioty
Fra
Damascus
Hafez Ansad
Assad
Your Arafat
Palestine Liberation Army
Saiqa Palestinian Organization
Callaghan Skips Queen's 50th Birthday Ball
Prime Minister James Callaghan did not attend Queen Elizabeth II’s 50th birthday ball amid speculation he avoided a public display that could jeopardize his push for austerity with the unions. The report notes a newspaper view that dancing at such an event might hurt his political standing.
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London
James Callaghan
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth II Birthday Party Draws Notables At Windsor
The Windsor Castle birthday event honored the queen with 530 guests including Harold Wilson, Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher, and Princess Anne. The party featured a late-night toast to the queen, dancing into the early hours as the Times praised the monarchy’s stability.
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Callaghan
Harold Wilson
Edward Heath
Windsor Castle
Margaret Thatcher
Heath
Conservative Party
Lord Snowdon
Elizabeth
George VI
Prince Philip
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Prime Andrew
Prince Edward
Anne
Princess Anne Injured After Horse Accident at Portman Trials
Princess Anne was unseated when her horse Candlewick fell during the Portman horse trials near Blandford England. She was briefly unconscious and taken to hospital where preliminary checks showed a tension but no broken bones. Officials say she is considered one of Britain's Olympic equestrian hopefuls for Montreal.
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Blandford
England
Princess Anne
Britain
Candlewick
Portman
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Jamal Hayat
Daily Express
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Mark Phillips
Times of London
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Ares
Dilie
Coolens
Svat At
Seus
CUNO
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