Arab peacekeeping force to reopen Beirut airport
About 1 000 Arab peacekeeping troops reached Beirut to reopen the airport and police a cease fire in Lebanon. They crossed from Syria in 50 trucks marked Arab Security Force and took up positions at the war torn airport after a long drive from Damascus. Syrian and Libyan battalions and Saiqa units held overall control, facing Palestinian guerrillas they have fought for weeks.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Damascus
Americans leave Lebanon as peace force moves south
A sharp gun battle preceded a peacekeeping convoy through a beach area south of Beirut. Syrian supplied trucks and a Syrian battalion join the mission. Palestinians and Saiqa commandos escort the force from Sidon toward Beirut airport, with clashes reported on multiple fronts near Sidon and along anti government zones.
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Beirut
Damascus
Sidon
Mediterranean
Saiqa
Zohair Mohsen
Yasir Arafat
Lebanon
High court upholds state aid to church colleges
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that states may grant funds to private church-related colleges with safeguards. Maryland’s program, started in 1971, funds 17 colleges, including Notre Dame and Loyola in Baltimore, under secular purpose and limited entanglement.
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Washington
Supreme Court
States
Maryland
Baltimore
Notre Dame
Loyola
Mount Saint Mary’s
Emmitsburg
Harry A. Blackmun
Warren E. Burger
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Department of Divinity
Byron R. White
William H. Rehnquist
White
Rehnquist
Illinois Supreme Court
United States
Canada
Eastlake
Ohio
Weather and notices span days with events and open centers
Partly cloudy tonight with a low around 60. Tuesday showers chance, highs near 85. Wednesday to Friday warm with possible showers and highs near 90. The Hurst-Bush Children's Center remains open per a state commission report. Carbondale Public Library hosts a Storytelling Hour Tuesday. calendar on Page 18. Several items reference politics and events including pensions, budget talks, and local notes.
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Hurst-Bush Children’s Center
Carbondale Public Library
Massachusetts statewide strike by state workers shocks Boston
Massachusetts workers including prison guards and welfare staff walk out over wages. Gov Dukakis seeks court injunction to end the illegal action affecting 50 000 of 65 000 state employees. Picket lines form at state offices and hospitals while mediators join talks in Washington to avert further disruption.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Michael S. Dukakis
Concord
The
Alliance
Washington
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
James Scearce
Dan Hurley
John Sullivan
Riots flare again in Pretoria and Johannesburg
Fresh riots erupted in Mabopane Mamelodi and Atteridgeville as police in armored and helicopter support moved to cordon off rioters. Two people were killed, and earlier government figures cited 128 dead 1 112 injured and extensive property damage from last week’s violence.
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Johannesburg
Pretoria
Mabopane
Mamelodi
Atteridgeville
Klipgat
Bomb injures guard at Middlesex Courthouse in Lowell
A bomb exploded at 6 20 a m injuring maintenance man John Osmond 58 as he unlocked the Middlesex Superior Courthouse in Lowell Massachusetts He suffered multiple cuts and was listed in good condition No other injuries were reported A bomb threat had been telephoned to the night watchman about midnight and a timing device fragment was found at the scene
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MacPhail
Boston
Suffolk County
OSHA ladder and exit rules draw congressman ire
OSHA spent 65 pages defining ladders and walking working surfaces and explains that knots may be allowed on wide faces with limits. It also defines exit and exit discharge as means of egress. Rep. Marvin Esch calls the rules overly complex for small businesses and mocks the regulation as ridiculous.
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Edmund Pinto Washington
Webster
Federal
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Marvin L. Esch
R-Mich
Jacob
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic Rules Committee
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Ford
Illinois
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Marvin Rosenblum
Jerry Pate
Larry ‘Boom Boom’ Cannon
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