Spotlight on the World: Beirut shelling and Zaire invasion aid
In Lebanon Palestinians report Israeli tanks and artillery shelling near a Muslim town four miles from Israel. Israeli reconnaissance planes are seen after the Khiam capture. Morocco sends 600 to 800 troops to Zaire to aid Mobutu against Angolan invaders, with a second African country expected to follow.
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Lebanon
Israel
Khiam
Rabat
Morocco
Zaire
Mobutu Sese Seko
Angola
Washington Post
U S news in brief
Crime labs often err in evaluating evidence a government study finds. The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration warned many crime laboratories across state local and federal levels misjudge bloodstains firearms glass paint soil and other items used in trials.
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Washington
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Young
Explosives Team Searches Oklahoma Cellar in Texas Case
An Oklahoma explosives demolition squad from Ft Sill searched a caved in Texas cellar for nitroglycerine but found nothing. In Austin lawmakers observe Easter holiday with limited sessions and stalled bills on child health and teacher pay. In Laredo bankruptcy court plaintiffs seek 454000 from Clinton Manges after his absence. case heads to Houston for further action.
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Holliday
Tex
Oklahoma
Ft. Sill
Okla
Laredo
South Texas
Clinton Manges
Manges
Houston
E.H. Petton
Retired FBI Officer Faces Criminal Charges
Washington AP reports the first time in FBI history a retired supervisor is charged with breaking the law while trying to enforce it. Indications point to possible charges against other FBI officials in the works.
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Griffin Bell
Weatherman
Bell
Justice Department
New York
John J. Kearney
Kearney
Bureau
Wells Fargo Armored Service
Shooting on Whitharral porch leaves unanswered motives
A 17-year-old student, Ricardo Lopez, was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Whitharral High School principal Malcolm Omar Tripp on the school front porch. Police reported no clear motive, though Lopez said he had a disagreement with the principal. The incident occurred after the bell at about 9 a.m. on a school day.
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Whitharral High School
Hockley County
Darrell Spence
Malcolm Omar Tripp
Ricardo Lopez
Lopez
Justice of the
Earl Ford
Littlefield
Tripp
Spence
Levelland
Ray Caster
West German Prosecutor Killed In Motorcycle Attack
The West German chief prosecutor Siegfried Buback was shot to death riding to work as motorcycle assailants sprayed his limousine with bullets. A suspect was held hours later, officials say the killers may be linked to the Ulrike Meinhof group and threats of further violence followed. Buback led prosecutions against Baader Meinhof operatives tied to 1972 bombings.
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West Germany
Siegfried Buback
Pri
Soner
Buback
Baader-Meinhof
U.S
DPA
Ulrike Meinhof Action Committee
White man sues Sears over alleged promotion bias
Raymond Turner, a 30 year old white male, files a federal discrimination suit against Sears Roebuck & Co alleging racial and sexual bias. He claims he was denied promotions and training for nine years and fired after filing suit. He says officials replaced him with a black woman and denied several transfer requests to multiple cities.
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Miami
Sears Roebuck & Co
Sears
Raymond Turner
Turner
Frank Malone
Southeast
Clarkesville
Nashville
Jackson
Memphis
Tennessee
Winter Haven
Fla
Humorous Views on Work and Odd Business Shifts
A playful column riffs on aging confidence at twenty and forty, the boss’s gruff view of idle jokers, a clunker dealer bragging about high mileage cars, Amtrak safety, and a local beanery owner spinning a salmon patty idea into a hockey puck venture.
Flooding Ravages Appalachian Counties Prompt Federal Aid Debate
Dozens of counties in West Virginia Kentucky Virginia and Tennessee were declared disaster areas after two days of rain. Residents slept in cars ate from soup lines and dug through muddy ruins as Tug Fork and other rivers receded. West Virginia officials said up to 10 000 people need help while relief efforts continued along the Tug Fork coalfield communities.
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Jason Watkins
Williamson
Rex
Williamson Street
Tug Fork
West Virginia
Associated Press
Appalachian
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Sandy
Hell
Ohio
Cincinnati
Harley Mooney
Mooney
Tug Fork River
Rabin scandal leaves Labor party leaderless
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin resigns after it emerges his wife kept $18,000 in an illegal U S bank account. The financial scandal sparks a second Labor leadership fight in two months, clouding peace negotiations prospects ahead of the May 17 election.
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Larry Thorson
Associated Press
Tel Aviv
Israel
Labor Party
Yitzhak Rabin
United States
Carter pushes global move to curb plutonium in nuclear plants
President Carter urged nations to join a policy restricting use of plutonium as fuel and limiting reprocessing technology. He announced ending U S government support for plutonium processing and proposed guaranteed U S fuel supply to reduce weaponizable material sharing.
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Carter
U.S
Japan
West Germany
Britain
France
Brazil
Pakistan
United States
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