Americans Reunited In Athens After Beirut Rescue
Weary but relieved 267 people including 110 Americans and 157 foreigners reached Athens after being plucked from Beirut by a U.S. Navy craft. The Spiegel Grove docked at Piraeus about 9 30 a.m. Friends, relatives and consular staff greeted the evacuees from Lebanon.
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Greece
Lebanon
U.S. Navy
U.S
Spiegel Grove
U.S. Army
Piraeus
Beirut
Lebanon Civil War Rages as Peacekeeping Arrives
In Beirut and other fronts Muslim and Christian Lebanese forces clash with artillery and machine guns. Officials report 47 killed and 78 wounded as 1,000 peacekeepers arrive and a Saudi, Sudan, Libyan, Algerian, Syrian contingent girds for deployment.
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Lebanon
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Syria
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Libya
Algeria
Palestine Liberation Army
Mohammed Hassan Ghoneim
Ghoneim
Hafez Assad
Suleiman Franjieh
Elias Sarkis
Assad
Harris trial opens under fear as jurors endure shield
In Los Angeles the Harris trial begins with gunfire and kidnap charges from May 16 17 1974. Judge Mark Brandler imposes bulletproof protection but allows jurors to stay at home to avoid sequestration. Patricia Hearst is noted as a codefendant, with fears raised by the shield.
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Los Angeles
William
Emily Harris
Superior Court
Mark Brandler
Brandler
Sporting Goods Shore
Patricia Hearst
Leonard Weinglass
Harrises
Symbionese Liberation Army
Montoya's theft trial ready to enter court in Austin
AUSTIN AP Dist Atty Bob Smith who has prosecuted seven legislators in five years prepared to present the case against Rep Greg Montoya in Austin The all Anglo jury of 10 women and 2 men will hear charges that Montoya used his legislative payroll to pay personal employees The indictment says warrants totaling nearly 3000 were drawn for payroll workers Montoya was defeated May 1 in the Democratic primary for a fourth House term
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Austin
Tex
Bob Smith
Greg Montoya
Montoya
Craig Washington
D-Houston
D-Elsa
Smith
State
Treasury
Thursman
Boston Strike Standoff Grows as Mediation Hopes Fade
In Boston a union statewide walkout nears 20,000 workers with no federal mediator agreed. The Alliance leaders and state negotiators left without resolution as Superior Court Judge Thomas Morse issued a temporary injunction and scheduled further proceedings. Union figures said protests would continue at hospitals, prisons, and offices. Gov Dukakis pledged intolerance of the walkout while negotiations lag.
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Boston
Howard V. Doyle
Alliance
Superior Court
Thomas Morse
Massachusetts
George Bennett
Paul Quirk
The
Social Workers Guild
Michael S. Dukakis
Dukakis
GOP Platform Drafting Aims For Unity In 1976
Washington AP. Republican leaders seek a short concise platform for the 1976 campaign to avoid floor fights and unite the party. Leaders say Ford and Reagan largely agree on issues, with disagreements likely only on foreign policy and possibly abortion busing and amnesty.
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Washington
Republican Party
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Platform Committee
Grand Old Party
Unity
Robert Ray
Iowa
Republican Platform Committee
Ray
Reagan
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Ames
Viking finds water on Mars during 10 day study
In Pasadena, scientists report low-lying water vapor on Mars in greater quantity than expected as Viking 1 begins a 10 day study. Frost briefly becomes vapor in warm periods and may briefly turn to liquid during frost to vapor transition, challenging prior beliefs about Mars having no liquid water.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
C. Barney Farmer
Viking
Swine flu vaccine tests show age effects and optimism
The national vaccination effort showed promising initial human test results with 5186 participants. Adults 24 and older responded better with fewer side effects, while children faced more pronounced reactions. Researchers hope optimized regimens will broaden protection before next winter.
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Washington
Harry Meyer
Food and Drug Administration
Bureau of Biologics
David Karzon
Vanderbilt University
Karzon
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