Syrian Palestinian clashes intensify in southern Lebanon frontline
Fierce night battles flare between Syrian and Palestinian forces outside Jezzine and Sidon as both sides report possible new Syrian push. PLO intelligence warns of threat while Israel faces border pressure and Christian village tensions amid American mediation.
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Michael Ross
Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Israel
Jezzine
Sidon
Palestine Iberation Organization
Sporadi
Cally
Syria
PLO
War Room
South Lebanon
Ali al Khalil
Washington
Arab League
Britain Faces Torture Ruling Over Northern Ireland Arrests
The 17 nation Council of Europe HRC unanimously found Britain guilty of inhuman treatment and torture during 1971 interrogations in Northern Ireland. Five techniques included hooding and sleep deprivation. Merlyn Rees defended government actions and noted compensation and a halt to the methods. Ireland will take the matter to the European Court of Human Rights.
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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 to protect children
The FTC issued a consent order with Hudson Pharmaceutical restricting children's vitamin advertising. Ads cannot use hero figures or target children on TV before 9 05 p.m. nor be shown in comic books or mailed to kids. The ruling follows a complaint by Action for Children's Television and sets a precedent for marketing to minors.
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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
Peggy Charren
Ford Seeks Explanation On Swine Flu Program Delays
President Ford ordered HEW Secretary David Mathews and Dr Theodore Cooper to the White House to account for the slow swine flu vaccination rollout. Manufacturers blamed delays on converting bulk vaccine into individual doses, with only about 204 million doses expected by October 1, far short of the 143 million Americans targeted.
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Helen ‘Thomas
UPI
White House
Washington
Ford
Health, Education and Welfare
David Mathews
Congress
Ron Nessen
Theodore Cooper
Mathews
Rioting Reaches All-White Cape Town as Police Clash
Rioting spreads to downtown Cape Town’s all white area for the first time in 10 weeks of unrest that has killed 292 nationwide. Police fire tear gas and charge crowds as demonstrators clash near Adderley Street amid apartheid tensions and looming Zurich talks between Vorster and Kissinger.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Johannesburg
John Vorster
Henry A Kissinger
Zurich
Southern Africa
Adderley Street
Viking 2 tests in Mars landing readiness near dunes
Engineers in Pasadena conducted a five hour radio and systems check of Viking 2 in orbit to confirm readiness for a Friday Mars landing in a high dune field. Viking 1 neared end of its mission releasing biology test data as Viking 2 targets Utopia in the northern Mars region.
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AL Rossiter JR
UPI
Pasadena
Calif
Viking 2
Mars
Viking 1
Utopia
Wholesale Prices Dip as August WPI Falls 0.1 Percent
The Labor Department reports August wholesale prices slipped 0.1 percent, the first drop in six months, signaling easing inflation. Food prices mainly drove the decline while farm prices fell for the fifth time this year, aiding the consumer price outlook.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
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