Bombing and gun battles scorch Beirut five-day toll tops forty
Beiruts wealthier districts suffer hit and run bombings while eastern suburbs see street fighting. The five day casualty toll reaches 42 dead and 97 wounded as eight more die overnight and 39 wounded in the slum districts where leftist Muslims and Palestinian guerrillas clash with right wing Christian militiamen. Dynamite blasts destroy five shops and a Lebanese bank in business districts and quiet residential areas. One establishment is a British owned grocery popular with foreigners.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Sagler
Protesting Students Seize U S Information Service Site in Laos
In VIANTIANE Laos AP reports students occupied the USIS library and the American embassy's general service support compound without violence. A student carried an automatic rifle and others had walkie talkies amid protests over the unilateral U.S. aid mission pullout.
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Viantiane
Laos
U.S. Information Service
General Service
USIS
Pathet
U.S
Mortgage Bill Move Eases Financing For Home Buyers
Washington President Ford is set to sign a bill to expand mortgage financing for thousands of moderate income homebuyers. The Senate passed the measure by voice vote and sent it to the White House after narrowing home buyer fees. Senator William Proxmire, Wisconsin, had blocked it Thursday night but relented when the administration agreed to a four percent limit on points fees attached to federally insured mortgages.
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Washington
Ford
Senate
White House
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Ford delaying auto exhaust cleanup despite opposition
Environmentalists and some administration experts oppose President Ford’s four year delay to 1981 for stricter auto exhaust rules. Automakers welcome the plan as White House notes the catalytic converter may pose health hazards and that delaying tighter controls would avoid reduced miles per gallon and higher car costs.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Lord
No Fault Insurance Bill Advances In Senate Committee
Washington AP reports a Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill requiring no fault insurance for all drivers. It would speed victim compensation by paying medical and rehab costs from the injured party’s own insurer, potentially saving up to one billion dollars in premiums annually, according to Sen. Warren Magnuson of Washington.
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Washington
Senate
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wast
Commerce Committee
Mechanical Problems Ground Navy F14 Fighters
The Navy grounded its entire fleet of 139 F14 fighters for the second time in a week due to mechanical problems. An $18 million F14 had to make an emergency landing at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia three days earlier, prompting scrutiny of the aircraft.
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Washington
Navy
Oceana Naval Air Station
Virginia
Prosecution Seeks New Trial in Barboa Mistrial
U S Ally Victor Ortega says the government will retry State Sen Eddie Barboa on heroin distribution and related charges after Judge Howard Bratton declared a mistrial when jurors could not reach a verdict. Key witness testimony included meeting with undercover agent Tripodi and taped discussions. Barboa testified he acted to combat drug traffic in Albuquerque's south valley and offered law enforcement his help.
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Alauquerque
U.S
Victor Ortega
Eddie Barboa
U.S. District Court
Howard Bratton
Uhey
Barbosa
Bratton
Tie
Worre
Ortega
Barboa
Barbus
Albuquerque
South Valley
Baboa
Darboa
Thatias Tripadi
P Ager
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
Tripodi
Asst
U.S. Atly
Don Syer
Scott McCarty
Charlie
How Did Harry Truman Win
A concise retrospective on the 1948 election recounting Truman's underdog victory over Dewey. It notes prior doubts, key wartime leadership, and the dramatic late-night returns that flipped the result, ending with Truman's triumphant morning in Washington after the Chicago Tribune error.
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Truman
Potsdam
Hiroshima
United Nations
San Francisco
Berlin
Deep South
Midwest
Washington
St. Louis
Chicago Tribune
Rockefeller denies Kennedy CIA assassination plot claim
Vice President Nelson A Rockefeller on NBC Today rejected charges he implied John and Robert Kennedy were involved in CIA assassination plots. He cited time limits and the deaths of key figures, saying no conclusive information existed and denying misquotation. He noted two tragic assassinations hindered access to data.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
CIA
Nbc-Tv
Rockefeller
NBC
Meet the Press
Central Intelligence Agency
Barbara Walters
Kennedys
CLA
White House
Frank Mankiewicz
Adam Walinsky
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Miss Walters
United States seeks Korea peace pact at UN
The United States proposes ending the U.N. command in Korea and replacing it with a joint American-South Korean force while keeping 38,000 U.S. troops under a separate agreement. Washington seeks consent from North Korea and China, aiming to ease calls for dissolving the U.N. command amid ongoing Korea tensions.
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N.Y
United States
U.N
South Korea
China
North Korea
United Nations, N.Y
Korea
U.N. Security Council
U.S
General Assembly
Washington
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State Department
Robert Anderson
North
Indochina
FBI Continues Indian Search on Pine Ridge Reservation
The FBI keeps its hunt for the slayers of agents Coler and Williams centered on Pine Ridge in South Dakota. About 209 agents scour rugged hills using armored vehicles, a helicopter, and a light plane. Spokesman Thomas Coll says there is no sign the suspects left the reservation. authorities believe up to 16 may be involved.
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Pine. Ridge
S.D
PRL
FBI
Pine Ridge, Indian Reservation
PBI Spoksman
Thomas Coll
Coll
PBL
Wounded Knee Legal Defense Fund
Rapid City
American Indian Movement
Ader Russell Means
Jack R. Coler
Ronald A. Williams
Boll
Call
Airline Money Goes To Families
Delta Airlines agrees to pay 22 million dollars to families of 11 of the 89 victims of the July 31 1973 Logan Airport jet crash. Each family gets 200000, the Massachusetts wrongful death cap. Airline reserves right to recover damages from the federal government.
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Boston
Delta Airlines
Logan International Airport
U.S
Delta
Massachusetts
Zaire Marxists Release Hostages
DAR ES SALAAM AP. Marxist guerrillas in Zaire freed two women, American Carrie Hunter and Dutch Emilie Bergmann, after six weeks of captivity. They reached Kigoma Tanzania by boat and were to be flown to Dar es Salaam. An American man, Steven Smith, remained hostage as negotiations continued.
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Tanzania
Puerrillas
Zaire
U.S
Carrie Jane Hunter
Atherton
Calif
Emilie van Zinning Bergmann
Netherlands
Kigoma
Lake Tanganyika
Kenneth Stephen Smith
Garden Grove
Miss Hunter
Miss Bergmann
Dar Ea Salaam
Norman Hunter
Trem
Beverly Carter
Jan van den Berg
Smith
California
Statford University
Richard W. Lyman
Steven Smith
Gne
Barbara Smuts
Ann Arbor
Mich
July Fourth Food List Puts Service Clubs In Charge
A local spread for Independence Day marks Kiwanis Cowboy breakfast at 6 a.m. under a big tent donated by Kennecott Copper Co. China Mines Division featuring eggs ham coffee and biscuits. Grant County Jaycees serve Western barbecue at noon, tent remains open until 4 30 p.m. St Mary's to serve Mexican buffet at 4 30 p.m.
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Kennecott Copper Co
China Mines Division
Grant County Jaycees
St. Mary's
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