Lebanon's new leaders move to assert role
Beirut and surrounding districts faced renewed violence as Lebanon's new military government under Brig. Gen. Nureddin Rifai ordered security forces to remove barricades set by Phalangists and guerrillas. Heavy gunfire disrupted Karantina and Dikwaneh while authorities pledged to restore calm amid political splits and ongoing clashes that left at least 30 dead and 150 injured this week.
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Lebanon
Nureddin Rifai
Karantina
Dikwaneh
Phalangist
Ministry of Interior
Moussa Kanaan
Swimmer claims a record in brutal Bahamas attempt
Ben Huggard a 35 year old Long Island police officer claimed a long distance record for a Florida Keys to Bahamas swim after his shark cage collapsed forcing him from the water at Bimini. He swam 173 land miles in 27 hours 25 minutes and plans further extreme swims including Molokai Channel and San Diego to Catalina.
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Bahamas
UPI
Ben Huggard
Long Island
Florida Keys
Huggard
Walter Poenisch
Florida Straits
Haggard
Swimming Hall of Fame
Fintales
Don Hartman
Hartman
Gulfstream
Freeport
Marathon
Fla
Molokai Channel
Hawaii
San Diego
Catalina Island
Belfast spike in violence after hijacked car explosion
A hijacked car packed with hazardous materials exploded on Glenshawe pass near Belfast, killing a police officer and wounding others. The blast followed recent IRA cease-fire talks and a retaliatory claim by the Protestant Action Force. Investigators seek the cause, whether booby trap or remote detonation, as the second officer survived.
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Northern Ireland
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IRA
Britain
Irish Republic
Charlemont
Protestant Action Force
Londonderry
Glenshawe Mountain
Barracks nears as Vietnamese refugees head to Fort Indiantown Gap
At Fort Indiantown Gap in Pennsylvania, 15,000 Vietnamese refugees will be housed in aging barracks planned for modification to add privacy. First groups arrive next week as officials note crowded conditions, limited latrines, and heat in the sunlit, 1930s-era post. Locals rate the site, with 18,000 acres, as adequate, though insulation and winter heating remain concerns.
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UPI
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Ft. Indiantown Gap
Pennsylvania National Guard
Oren Henderson
My Lai
Blue Mountain
Albert Miller
Paul Teehan
Army
Teehan
Safety push backed to curb coke oven emissions
The United Steelworkers Union backs a federal Labor Department safety panel plan to cut cancer-causing coke oven emissions. Proposal sets benzo a pyrene to 0.2 micrograms per cubic meter over eight hours and limits pollution to city-safe levels. Includes worker protections, medical record access, and a moratorium on coke oven sheds. Union notes final standard may take over a year, with big changes anticipated within five years.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
United Steelworkers Union
Standards Advisory Committee
U.S. Labor Department
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Department
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Haniel Hannan
USW
Labor Department
Fire at Penn Material Lumber Yard in Chester
A two alarm blaze at the Penn Material Lumber yard near Sacred Heart Hospital in Chester, Pennsylvania, forced hospital staff to relocate about 20 patients from the east to the west wing. Firefighters fought the fire for nearly two hours with minor injuries to at least five firefighters and one case of heat exhaustion and smoke inhalation.
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UPI
Penn Material
Sacred Heart Hospital
Theospital
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