All-Out War Ravages Beirut Amid Camp Battles
Beirut endures full scale civil conflict as Christians and Moslems clash over Tal Zaatar and Jisr el Basha refugee camps. Palestinian and Lebanese sources report heavy street fighting, with casualties and fires in multiple districts while communications to the outside world are severed.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Lebanon
Beirut
Amchit Radio
Tal Zaatar
Jisr el- Basha
Nabaa
Sinn el Fil
Mar Elias
GOP Chief Claims House Reforms Drafted in Panic
GOP leader John J. Rhodes blasted Democratic backed payroll and expense reforms as drafted in panic after the payroll sex scandal. He argued the panel must act and criticized the Democrats for failing to expose abuses and for not creating a special commission to audit the Administration Committee.
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GOP
Washington
John J. Rhodes
House
Rhodes
House Administration Committee
Capitol Hill
House Democratic Caucus
Dawson Mathis
Dga
J. Herbert Burke
Florida
Lloyd Meeds
D-Wash
Democratic
Administration
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Elizabet Ray
Hays
Administration Committee
Bible Stolen From Indianapolis Apartment Worth Big Sum
A 25 year old Indianapolis man reported a Bible valued at 10 000 stolen from an apartment on the near eastside. The Bible printed in 1800 was bound in reddish leather with illustrated engravings. Police said a telephone answering machine a tape recorder and a television were also stolen in the burglary Wednesday. In 1863 West Virginia became the 35th state to be admitted to the Union.
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Indianapolis
Eastside
Thurman Savage
Revolutionary War Soldiers of Vigo County Book Available
Vigo County historian Dorothy Clark offers the booklet Revolutionary War Soldiers of Vigo County at Campbell's Book Store. It lists 33 names of soldiers buried in local cemeteries such as Otter Creek Harrison Lost Creek Riley Pierson Linton Prairie Creek Prairieton Honey Creek and Sugar Creek with Grandview Woodlawn Pisgah as exceptions.
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Vigo County
Dorothy Clark
Campbell's Book Store
S. 7Th St
Otter Creek
Harrison
Lost Creek
Riley, Pierson
Linton
Prairie Creek
Prairieton
Honey Creek
Sugar Creek
Grandview
Woodlawn Pisgah
Bardsley
Oakey
Greater
Terre Haute
Beckwith
Parke
Vigo
O' Byrne
Indiana
Cronin—Esarey
Kentucky
Haycraft
Elizabethtown
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National Safety Council
Indiana Department of Traffic Safety and Vehicle Inspection
William J. Brighton
Dan Consalvo
Robert Donovan
Kenneth Thomas
Orig
West Virginia
S. 2
Honey Creek Square
Ere
Riley
Riley Lions
House of Photography
Diana
Merchants Savings Association
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