Clashes Hit Ehden as Lebanese Civil War Escalates
In northern Lebanon 800 Phalange militia fighters and Giants Brigade allies clashed in Ehden, killing Tony Franjieh and his wife and child. The fighting followed Israel's withdrawal and stemmed from Syrian curbs on Christian activity. A police spokesman confirmed 39 dead and widespread shelling of the Franjieh home.
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Suleiman Franjieh
Israel
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Franjieh
Giants Brigade
Beirut
Ehden
Tony Franjieh
Two Americans charged with Soviet espionage in Moscow
Moscow police detained P Jay Crawford an International Harvester representative in downtown Moscow with his embassy staff fiancee Virginia Olbrish amid claims of currency violations. Izvestia linked Petra Peterson a former embassy official to espionage noting a poison cache sent by the CIA.
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P. Jay Crawford
International Harvester
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Virginia Olbrish
U.S
Izvestia
Martha D. Peterson
Peterson
Central Intelligence Agency
Repeal not requested on policy restrictions
Washington AP reports a House study found neither President Carter nor the State Department has asked to repeal any congressional restraints on foreign policy. The memo to Speaker ONeill noted 56 laws affect presidential conduct, with no repeal requests. Carter and administration officials plan meetings with Congress to discuss policy complexities.
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Bud Schuster
R-Pa
Carter
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D-Wis
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O'Neill
Executive Branch
Jody Powell
White House
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Powell
Zaire
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AHOC
Japan Rallies for Relief After 7.5 Quake Kills 21 in Miyagi
Eight thousand troops and police lead relief along Japan's northeast coast after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake near Sendai. Thousands homeless, water shortages persist as trains, highways, and utilities suffer widespread disruption and costly damage across Miyagi Prefecture.
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Japan
Sendai
Miyagi
Nations seek 8.3 billion to boost world food aid
The United States and Yugoslavia push an 8.3 billion dollar program at the 36 nation U N World Food Council to aid poor countries with long term loans grants and other aid by 1980. The survey notes rising malnutrition in Africa and the Far East despite more global food production. It cites deficits in distribution and population growth with 71 to 128 countries in likely food shortage in 1972 74 including Bangladesh and India.
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Yugoslavia
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India
Berkowitz receives six prison terms in Son of Sam case
Justice Joseph Corso, one of three judges, says Berkowitz deserves the death penalty if New York had it, calling him sly and cunning with a sexual problem. The killer, who claimed demons drove him, is sentenced to more than 500 years to life in prison for six murders and related charges, with parole eligibility in 30 years.
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CTK
Ladislav Sevec
New York
David Berkowitz
Berkowitz
Joseph Corso
Corso
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