Lebanon cabinet formed as fighting rages in Beirut
Premier Rashid Karami assembled a six member reconciliation cabinet representing major sects, with Chamoun Takla and Tueni in key posts. Amid a seventh day of combat, the capital faced 210 dead and over 1,000 wounded as mosques and markets stayed shut and civilians hid as fires burned and ambulances were targeted.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Rashid Karami
Suleiman Franjieh
Karami
Camille Chamoun
Philip Takla
Adel Osseiran
Majid Arslan
Ghassan Tueni
Defene
Chamoun
Interior
Osseiran
Justice
Takla
Arslan
Tueni
Kamal Jumblatt
Chamou
Interior Ministry
Treasury gold auction attracts hundreds of bids
U S Treasury auction draws about 750 bids for 500000 ounces of gold as officials consider selling the full amount near 165 dollars an ounce. Swiss Bank of Zurich placed 49 bids for 628750 ounces ranging 140 to 167 dollars. The sale aims to satisfy domestic demand and curb imports after the 41 year gold purchase ban was lifted.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Department
Treasury
Swiss Bank of Zurich
U.S
crossword clipping misspelled entries and clues
Fragmentary OCR shows a crossword puzzle list with multiple incomplete entries including Italian city and various clues. The readable items include Italian city, outmoded, daisylike flower, Crosby nickname, and several two word phrases, but most clues are truncated or garbled.
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Reynar the Fox
Daily Cryptoquote reveals substitution puzzle rules
A sample cipher shows the quote AXYDLBAAXR where one letter substitutes another. The note explains that A stands for L and X for O among others. Each day the code letters change, with single letters and word patterns guiding solving.
Warnings ignored in fatal jet crash at Kennedy
Tapes reveal an Eastern Airlines jet was cleared to land in a thunderstorm despite another pilot warning of dangerous wind shear and urging the runway be closed. The June 24 crash of Flight 66 near Kennedy killed 112, making it the nation’s worst single-airplane disaster.
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New York
Eastern Airlines
Eastern Flight 66
New Orleans
Kennedy International Airport
Federal Aviation Administration
O.K
Flying Tiger
Flight 902
Newark Airport
Newark
Refugee releases organize at Ft Chaffee Arkansas
Army spokesman Col. Mark Tinseth said Ft Chaffee has released more than 10,000 refugees to sponsors nationwide and logged over 20,000 sponsorship requests. Since opening May 2, 35,109 refugees have been relocated from the center, with about 24,000 remaining and 10,669 released to sponsors across the country.
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FT. Chaffee, Ark
Army
Mark Tinseth
Ft Chaffee
Chaffee
Tinseth
Washington
Indiantown Gap
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Army Major Dunn Graduates From Staff College
Army Major Carle D. Dunn, son of Mr and Mrs William C Dunn of Victoria, graduated from the U S Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. The course trains officers for general staff duty and command leadership roles.
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Ft, Leavenworth
Kan
Carle D. Dunn
William C. Dunn
N. Louis St
Victoria
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Kerls Completes Army Medical Training Course
FMPT Sam Houston reports that Chief Warrant Officer Micheal D Keris, 22, son of Elmer A Kerls of 4601 Begonia Victoria, completed a medical training course at the Army Academy of Health Sciences. Cadets learn to spot abnormal signs, triage wounded personnel, and teach preventive health measures to reduce disease and injury.
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FT. Sam Houston
Micheal D Keris
Elmer A. Kerls
Begonia
Victoria
Army
Academy of Health Sciences
Uae
Shaffer Completes Mortar Platoon Course at Fort Benning
Army Second Lieutenant Dean K. Shaffer 23 son of Mr and Mrs Gordon L Shaffer of Bay City completed an infantry mortar platoon course at Fort Benning Ga The training focused on supervising and directing the fire of a heavy mortar platoon in support of infantry combat operations.
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FT. Benning
Dean K. Shaffer
Gordon L. Shaffer
Highland Drive
Bay City
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