Israeli raid hits Lebanon bases after London bus attack
Israeli planes struck two Palestinian bases in Lebanon at dawn in retaliation for a Mayfair bus attack in London that killed one El Al stewardess and wounded several others. The Burj el Barajneh refugee camp and the village of Damour were hit, with reports of civilian casualties and conflicting counts. Palestinian and Israeli spokesmen differed on fatalities while the PLO warned civilians to evacuate Palestinian areas.
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Lebanon
London
Palestine Liberation Organization
Burj el Barajneh
Beirut
PLO
Damour
el al
George Habash
Popular Front For the Liber
Ation
Palestine
Yasser Arafat
Habash
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine Special Operations
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Derailment near Du Quoin shoos traffic. coal cars derail
Four Illinois Central Gulf coal cars overturned near U.S. 51 in Du Quoin, spilling coal dust and closing the highway for hours. Two more cars derailed earlier in the 37 car train, with no injuries reported. ICG officials planned an investigation and estimated $20,000 in track and equipment damage.
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Marguerite Fox
du Quoin
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
U.S. 51
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IGC
Paul Seaton
Fox
Sharon Wright
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Maid Rite
Benton
Seaton
Soto
Elkville
ICG
Murphysboro
20Th Street
St. Louis
Jackson
Tenn
Two-time heart transplant patient fathers child in California
A 20 year old Granada Hills man who had two heart transplants in 1976 is believed to be the first such patient to father a child. Robert Dodge, who received the transplants at Stanford Medical Center, became the father of an 8 pound 13.2 ounce girl. His wife Susan, 23, and daughter Sandra were reported in good condition after the birth on Saturday.
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Calif
Granada Hills
Robert Dodge
Stanford Medical Center
Susan
Sandra
Food chains break strike ranks in Southern California
Los Angeles AP reports the first day of a supermarket clerks strike affecting 10 million shoppers ended with four chains signing interim agreements. Eleven other companies cut hours and hired temporary staff. About 5,000 to 6,000 clerks at Boys, Arden-Mayfair, Hughes and Smith's Food King were recalled by the Retail Clerks Union after Sunday agreements.
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Southern California
Boys, Arden-Mayfair
Hughes and
Smith’s Food King
Retail Clerks Union
Snake kills entertainer during Quebec club act
In La Tuque Quebec AP reports 25 year old night club performer Jean Guy Leclair who performed as Grand Melvin died after a 712 foot boa constrictor escaped during his act and strangled him before 150 spectators. He wore a vampire cape and fangs and walked on glass while puncturing his skin with nails.
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Quebec
Jean-Guy Leclair
Grand Melvin
Club la Tuquois
Montreal
Leclair
Wallet removal relieves male hip pain says doctor
New Jersey physician Dr Elmar G Lutz reports two patients relieved of hip and back pain after removing or relocating an inch thick wallet from the back pocket. He cites prior cases and suggests doctors consider wallet-induced pressure to avoid unnecessary X rays.
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Chicago
New Jersey
Elmar G. Lutz
St. Mary’s Hospital
Passaic
Lutz
Journal of the American Medical Association
Iran riot blaze at Abadan cinema kills 377
Iranian authorities blamed anti reform radicals for the Cinema Rex arson in Abadan that killed 377 people. Police said 10 suspects were arrested and several carried explosives. Most victims died in a locked theater during Ramadan with few foreign nationals present.
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Iran
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlahvi
Abadan
Reza Razmi
Ayatullah Khomaini
Iraq
Cinema Rex
Weather and world briefs from a dental press page
The National Weather Service forecasts fair and not so cool conditions tonight with upper 60s to mid 60s lows and a warm Tuesday near 90. Wednesday will be hot and humid with highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s and a mid to upper 60s low. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies and a chance of thunderstorms with mid 70s lows and lower 90s highs. Friday looks fair and cooler with a low in the lower 70s and mid 80s highs.
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National Weather Service
Prosecutor declines charges against Bourne ex drug adviser
Prince William County prosecutor Paul Ebert ruled no Virginia charges will be filed against former White House drug adviser Peter Bourne for writing a prescription under a fictitious name. He found Bourne likely had no knowledge the prescription would be filled in Virginia and noted no evidence of similar offenses.
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White House
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Paul Ebert
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Virginia
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Metsky
Toby M. Long
Ms. Metsky
Ms. Long
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