Guerrilla Capture Threatens Christian Holdouts in Lebanon
Beirut reports Palestinian and Lebanese Moslem fighters captured Khiam, four miles from Israel, after a dawn assault. Dozens of Christian militia casualties cited as the fall endangers Qlaiaa and Maravoun, the remaining strongholds in southeast Lebanon. The broader war risks Israel Syria confrontation amid renewed guerrilla activity on the Lebanon–Israel border.
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Israel
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Maravoun
Syria
Palm Beach coroner rules death of Oswald ally a suicide
A Palm Beach coroner's jury ruled George de Mohrenschildt died by his own action but did not investigate the reasons. State Attorney Bludworth called the motive irrelevant after findings were released.
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Palm Beach, Fla
George de Mohrenschildt
Lee Harvey Oswald
David Bludworth
Bludworth
Palm Beach
Krueger
Edwards weighs energy program impact on gas flow to northeast
Texas Governor Edwin Edwards said he will wait for President Carter's energy plan announcement on April 20 before deciding whether to halt natural gas supplies to northeastern states. He suggested a deliberate effort by Atlantic coast states to use gas at regulated prices and then drill.
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Louisiana
Edwin Edwards
Carter
Edwards
Houston Press Club Forum
Atlantic Coast
Economists See Light on Horizon for Inflation
Washington economists hopeful that the March wholesale prices report will show inflation slowing. Labor Department release expected today with analysts predicting a price rise near February's nine tenths of a percent. In Texas, a dissatisfying grand jury report targets the Abilene Alcoholic Beverage Commission. In Beaumont a railroad worker, Joseph Savoy, 51, died after a tank car derailment. Inflation fears weigh on stock markets as the administration plans an anti inflation program next week.
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Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
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Lynn Ingalsbe
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Texas Atty
John Hill
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Texas
Hill
Commission
Asst
Lee Clyburn
Attorney General's
Dallas seaport costs $2 billion project aims to turn Dallas Fort Worth into seaport
The Trinity River project would create massive reservoirs in East Texas and a 350 mile barge canal to the Gulf, potentially transforming Dallas and Fort Worth into seaports. It faces environmental opposition while supporters, including Judge Nelson R Link and 161 Texans, push for federal funding.
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Associated Press
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House Appropriations Committee
Flood-ravaged Appalachia face disaster area status
President Carter declared parts of southeastern Kentucky a disaster area. Officials in West Virginia Virginia and Tennessee sought federal declarations while the region slowly recovers as rivers crest and relief crews deliver food and water amid 14 deaths and widespread damage including Matewan WV.
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Kentucky
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Virginia
Tennessee
U.S. Geological Survey
Thomas Harris
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