Lebanon truce shattered as Syrian forces press Batroun clashes
In Batroun north of Beirut fighting erupts between Syrian troops and Christian factions after an ambush on a road between Batroun and Zagharta. Dozens killed or wounded in 18 hours of clashes before a midnight cease fire collapsed at daybreak. Syrian commandos seized key roads and hills in Batroun province amid tensions echoing a two month old armistice.
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Batrous
Beirut
Phalange Party
Iary
Franjieh
Salah Salman
Lebanon
Yasser Arafat
Elias Sarkis
Hijack hoax on TWA flight triggers Geneva scare
Swiss police found a wig, disguise, and glasses aboard the Boeing TOT jet after an eight hour hijack scare. Passengers, including Nina Axelrod and Mildred Meyers, reported no panic as two negotiators searched for a culprit. No bomb or hijacker identified. flight resumed to Nice after eight hours on the ground.
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Geneva
Switzerland
TWA
Cointrin
Irish Sea
Liajeelands
Pegessmoe
Mildred Meyers
Southbury
Conn
Europe
Kir
Robert Hamilton
New York
Nina Axelrod
Guy Fontanet
Rudolf Hess
West Berlin
Spandau
Robert Kennedy
Beepricamnd
Cntedad Tate
United States
Six Dead Reported In China Vietnam Border Clash
Tokyo AP reports a brutal clash at Friendship Gate near Hanoi left six dead and many wounded as both sides accuse each other. The fight involved Chinese refugees and ethnic Chinese in Vietnam, with conflicting official narratives from Xinhua and Voice of Vietnam.
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Tokyo
China
Vietnam
Friendship Gate
Hanoi
Peking
Hsinhua
Voice of Vietnam Radio
Laos returns four MIAs remains to U S as Laos says no live GIs
In Vientiane Laos says no missing American servicemen remain alive. A U S Air Force plane will pick up four remains found at three crash sites. Congressmen value the repatriation as a breakthrough though Laos had shelved search efforts earlier.
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Vientiane
Laos
United States
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Rep . V. Montgomery
Vietnam
Montgomery
Wat Tai
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Air Force
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon
Comptroller Memo Shows Tax Documents Exposed and Destroy Instructions
A memo by Spriggs disclosed access to confidential tax documents with names and refunds for individuals and corporations. It notes letters found blowing near the Treasury Building and directs shredding of unwanted tax materials by Income Tax Division staff.
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Spriggs
Church Circle
Treasury Building
Income Tax Division
Annapolis
Bond
Goldstein
Baltimore Evening Sun
State Police
Comptroller
Storm kills 14 in Philippines
Tropical Storm Elaine intensified to a typhoon and moved toward the South China Sea causing widespread floods. At least 14 people died and about 230 towns were underwater, with 200,000 in Lasoa affected as floodwaters rose and infrastructure suffered extensive damage.
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Manila
Philippines
Elaine
South China Sea
Philippine
Lasoa
Philippine Red Cross
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