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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1976
Page
2
An explosion on the Memphis State University campus shattered windows and sent concrete chunks flying nearly three stories high at 12 15 a.m. Damage was estimated at $20,000 by MSU community relations director Charles Holmes. No injuries were reported.
In Lisbon and key cities, Portugal's ruling Socialists trail for now with 30.8 percent of counted ballots as of early results. Soares claims victory and expects urban quotients to lift his party while rivals, including the moderate Social Democrats and pro Moscow Communists, pick up shares amid a fragmented field.
In Madrid an ultraleft group GRAPPO says it will trade 15 long term political prisoners for the release of Antonio Maria de Oriol a 63 year old president of the Council of State and king’s adviser who was seized by four armed men. Police tightened roadblocks as a nationwide referendum loomed.
Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith told reporters at Johannesburg airport that Geneva talks on a transition to black rule are further away from the objective than when they began in October. He added there has been no real progress, but expressed hope if work continues, after rejecting new British proposals for a peaceful transfer of power to the black majority.
In Beirut Lebanon a gun battle grenade attack and kidnappings split the two largest Christian groups, Chamoun's National Liberal party and Gemayel's Phalangist party. At least three killed five wounded. Chamoun's Tigers militia withdrew from the united Christian command amid tensions.
Between 1954 and 1974 metal can production rose more than twofold from 188 million to over three billion. This surge equals about 14 cans per American and reflects rapid industrial growth in the period.
The estranged husband of a former Egyptian princess is reported in satisfactory condition after he allegedly shot her to death and then turned the gun on himself. Riad Ghali, 56, was moved from UCLA to County USC with head wounds as police investigated the case of Fathia Ghali, 45, killed by gunfire. Her son Rafik’s body was found in the West Los Angeles apartment she shared with her mother Nazii Fouad, 81. The Ghalis had been separated seven years and faced financial troubles following bankruptcy filings and jewel sales in Los Angeles.
An Allegheny Airlines commuter flight 977 crashed short of the Cape May County Airport runway, killing pilot John Schaeffer and passenger Mrs Rita Hayman of Wildwood. Co-pilot John Breyers and seven passengers were injured. Judge Maurice Hayman, husband of Hayman, was hospitalized in critical condition.
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