Fighting flares in southern Lebanon amid new Syrian Palestinian clashes
In southern Lebanon fierce night battles spread around Jezzine and Sidon as Syrian, Palestinian forces exchange heavy weapon fire. PLO and leftist officials warn of a potential new Syrian push while Israel-denial talk and border troop movements raise fears of a fresh warfront. Two American envoys returned to push terms of an Arab League peace plan.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Israel
Jezzine
Sidon
Palestine Iberation Organization
Sporadi
Cally
Syria
PLO
War Room
South Lebanon
Ali al Khalil
Washington
Arab League
Britain Charged With Torture By Council of Europe
The 17 nation Council of Europe Commission found Britain guilty of inhuman treatment and torture of prisoners in Northern Ireland in 1971. Five techniques were used during interrogations including hooding prolonged standing noise sleep deprivation and deprivation of food and drink. Merlyn Rees said the events occurred five years ago and have since been stopped with victims compensated. The Irish government referred the findings to the European Court of Human Rights and Rees urged focus on defeating terrorists instead.
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Joseph W. Grigg
London
UPI
Council of Europe
Human Rights Commission
Britain
Northern Ireland
Dublin
Council
Strasbourg
France
Commission
European Court of Human Rights
Merlyn Rees
Rees
FTC restricts Spider Man vitamin ads for children
The FTC orders Hudson Pharmaceutical to halt child targeted vitamin ads and imposes rules on superhero figures, limiting TV and print campaigns. The consent decree bars dominant child appeal, bans comic book ads, and restricts ad size and timing, with Action for Children's Television praising the precedent.
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Michael. J. Conlon
Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
Hudson Pharmaceutical Corp
Spider Man
Commission
FTC
Action For Children’s Television
Hudson
Ford Demands Swine Flu Program Explanation At White House
President Ford summoned Health Secretary David Mathews and Dr Theodore Cooper to the White House to explain why the nationwide swine flu vaccination program is behind schedule The delay stems from manufacturers not yet converting bulk vaccine into individual doses and only about 204 million doses of 143 million projected will be ready by October 1, prompting calls to speed delivery and recheck production capabilities.
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Helen ‘Thomas
UPI
White House
Washington
Ford
Health, Education and Welfare
David Mathews
Congress
Ron Nessen
Theodore Cooper
HEW
Mathews
Rioting Reaches All White Cape Town Districts
Rioting spread to Cape Town's all white downtown as police used tear gas and charged crowds. A black man was killed near Johannesburg. violence escalates ahead of Vorster Kissinger Zurich meeting. Police clash with demonstrators in Adderley Street, injuries report and businesses shut as unrest continues across South Africa.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Johannesburg
John Vorster
Henry A Kissinger
Zurich
Southern Africa
Adderley Street
Rhodesia
South West Africa
Namibia
Jimmy Kruger
Soweto
South
Viking 2 lander tests boost Mars Friday touchdown
Viking 2 underwent a five hour radio readiness check in Pasadena to ensure landing in a dune field near Utopia on Friday at 658 pm. Viking 1 continued its biology experiments as engineers evaluated Viking 2 systems to assess life detection chances.
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AL Rossiter JR
UPI
Pasadena
Calif
Viking 2
Mars
Wholesale Prices Fall for First Time in Six Months
The Labor Department reports the Wholesale Price Index dropped 0.1 percent in August, the first decline in six months, indicating easing inflation. Farm prices declined 2.9 percent, grains pork and cotton led the fall, while the primary WPI category rose 0.7 percent. Consumer goods ready for purchase fell 0.2 percent for the fourth straight monthly drop.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
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