U S Ambassador and aide assassinated in Beirut
U S Ambassador Francis E. Meloy Jr and two colleagues were killed as they traveled from the embassy in Beirut. A joint Palestinian leftist Lebanese command announced arrests of suspects. Bodies found on a beach. U S contemplates evacuation plans while urging restraint.
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Lebanon
U.S
Francis E. Meloy Jr
al Fatah
Lebanese Socialist Revolutionary Organization
Bank of America
Robert Waringeley
Zoheir Maghrabi
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Kamal Jumblatt
Washington
Ford
Kissinger
L. Dean Brown
Brown
Gee Godley
Meloy
Mageloy
Waring
Funseth
Elderly Oswego Barber Robbed at Knifepoint for Cash
An elderly retired Oswego barber was bound with rope and robbed of more than $900 at his home after 6 p.m. A 20-year-old man, described as six feet tall with black kinky hair and dark complexion, fled after taking $730 in coins, $100 in change, and $100 in bills. A composite sketch was prepared by Detective Nettles with help from the victim.
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John D
Ike) Sanford
West Fifth St
Ike
Sanford
Putnam and O’brien
Erie St
la Nettles
David Saylor
John Regan
George Nettles
Ike Sanford
Oswego City
Carter Financial Buildup Tops Democratic Hopefuls
Carter leads in delegates for the Democratic nomination and faces about 1.75 million in campaign debt. Top aides gathered at Sea Island to plan a major strategy session with Carter and organize funds efforts to bring the campaign into the black before the Democratic National Convention next month.
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Sea Island
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Carter
Robert Lipshute
Snow Memorial Dedicated in Pulaski Amidst Rain and Dignitaries
The Snow Memorial Building honoring John Ben Snow was dedicated in Pulaski with state officials and Speidel family members present. Dignitaries described Snow as a philanthropist and Woolworth figure who built a fortune and later founded the Speidel chain. The ceremony occurred under stormy skies. the building will open to the public after interior work completes.
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Snow Memorial
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Beng Benjamin
Mary
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Pace
Vilage Effings Ok
Bai Ben Snow
Snow
Vernon Snow
Ae H. Stem
Oneacre
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F.W. Woolworth Company
New York
Woolworth Firm
London
Woolworth
Merrit Speidel
Speidel
H. Douglas Barclay
John
County
Bruce Sould
Ric
Carter advisers plan fundraisers to replenish war chest
Carter aides say advisers will stage 12 fundraisers to rebuild the campaign treasury, amid debt estimates of about 1.75 million dollars. They report expected funds from federal matching, media reimbursement, and travel aid totaling around 1.1 million, leaving net debt near 600 thousand. A Dallas fundraiser raised over 200 thousand dollars as Carter weighs vice presidential selection and privacy concerns.
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Lipshutz
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Dallas
Ford
Ieee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Powell
U. S
Weather forecast overview with temperatures and conditions
Highs in the mid 70s with clear skies and a low around 50 to 55. Sunny Friday with a high near 80 and light winds turning west. Precipitation noted at 1.03 inches and humidity near 97 percent. Sunset tonight at 8 49, sunrise tomorrow at 5 24, record highs and lows listed for the date.
U S Decision Near on Lebanon Evacuation
Secretary of State Kissinger said the United States will decide within 36 hours whether to evacuate Americans from Lebanon where two U S diplomats were found murdered at a new U S chancellery site.
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Guadalcanal
Lebanon
U.S
Cyprus
Ford
White House
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Court voids blue laws as unconstitutional nationwide
New York's blue laws restricting Sunday sales were declared unconstitutional by the state Court of Appeals. The ruling found the laws devoid of reason after centuries of amendments, striking down decades of Sunday sale restrictions.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State
Ing
State Court of Is
Bergman Gets Four Month Prison Term in Medicaid Fraud Case
Bernard Bergman 64 was sentenced to four months in prison for a $1.2 million Medicaid fraud. U.S. District Judge Marvin Frankel called the term a general deterrent to white collar crime and cited the seriousness of Bergman’s admitted crimes.
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New York
Bernard Bergman
Jude
Bergman
U.S
Marvin Frankel
Congressional draft on six point eight billion foreign aid bill
Washington reports a six point eight billion foreign military aid proposal aimed at tightening congressional control of arms exports. Conferees work on a compromise after President Ford vetoed a prior bill in May for hindering foreign policy execution. Senator Hubert Humphrey says administration objections were addressed and a bill considered acceptable.
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Ford
Hubert Hum
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