Beirut and Washington clash over Lebanon peace mission
Lebanese Muslim and Christian forces clash with tanks artillery and rockets as Syria Alban Baath calls to foil the peace mission led by U.S. envoy L Dean Brown. HEW cites welfare mispayments saved 950 million while 45 states risk 123.4 million in federal funds due to errors.
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L. Dean Brown
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Supreme Court nominee Yarbrough faces multiple lawsuits
Denton lawyer and Texas Supreme Court candidate Ryland Yarbrough is named in at least five civil suits worth over 500000 filed in Houston alleging mishandled investments and unpaid loans. Yarbrough says he expects exoneration by year end and that the suits should not affect his ability to serve. Chief Justice Barrow noted awareness but did not pursue it as a campaign issue.
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Houston
Richard M. Zeerb
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Charles Barrow
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Court of Civil Appeals
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UN Security Council to discuss Egyptian charges against Israel
The United Nations Security Council may meet to debate Egyptian claims that Israel wages a violent terrorist campaign in the West Bank and Gaza. Egypt seeks PLO participation and an urgent session as Syrian support shifts amid Jerusalem riots and settlements protests. The article notes an Israeli officer to be court-martialed for a beating death of an Arab detainee.
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Pulitzer winners poke fun at awards and celebrate others
New York AP reports Saul Bellow won the 1976 Pulitzer for fiction Humboldt's Gift while joking about the prize. Gene Miller and Paul Horgan also earned Pulitzer honors in different categories, with the Anchorage Daily News and Chicago Tribune awarded for public service and special local reporting. Broadway’s A Chorus Line and composer Scott Joplin are noted in drama and music recognitions.
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Alaska
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Chicago
Michael Bennett
Scott Joplin
Appeals court bars retrial in false evidence case
A federal appeals court rejected prosecutors' bid for a second trial after evidence claims in a three year old plot to smuggle explosives into Mexico. Defendants include Richmond C. Harper Murray Morris Kessler Adler B. Seal James Mazzuka and James Miller Jr. They argued double jeopardy and a risk of abusing evidence.
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Mexico
Cuba
Richmond C. Harper
Texas
Murray Morris Kessler
New York
Adler B. Seal
James M. Miller Jr
Joseph Mazzuka
Primary voters in Georgia Alabama and Indiana pick favorites
Voters in three states decide in a busy primary day with Ronald Reagan challenging incumbent Gerald Ford for the Republican nomination. Ford targets Indiana and Alabama as Reagan’s Texas delegate landslide redefines the race and Carter faces Democratic contest shifts.
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Associated Press
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Alabama
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Texas
California
Four Marines face charges over McClure death in basic training
In San Diego four Marines stand accused in the March death of Lynn McClure of Lufkin Texas after a December drill left him unconscious. Officials dispute whether Marine recruiters contacted local authorities and the family files a 3.5 million wrongful death claim.
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Lufkin
Tex
David Cook
San Angelina County
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Cook
Felon Loses Sheriff Primary In Somervell County
In Glen Rose Texas 39 year old incumbent Sheriff Frank Lara defeated challenger Paul Bone in the Democratic primary with 848 votes to 587 Bone faced criticism as a convicted felon and Bone’s son awaited murder charges. Bone had previously served as sheriff from 1957 to 1964 before misapplying public funds led to a pardon.
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Somervell County
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Lve
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