U.S. weighs Lebanon troop deployment amid PLO evacuation
United States considering a limited deployment of troops to Lebanon to supervise the end of the evacuation of about 6,000 PLO fighters amid intensified Israeli bombardment and a tightening siege on west Beirut. Israel presses bombardment as cease-fire holds.
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West Beirut
United States
Lebanon
U.S
Mideast
Reagan
Los Angeles
Palestine Liberation Organization
Jerusalem
Israel
PLO
Iraq
Syria
Algeria
Egypt
Beirut
Philip Habib
Burj Barajneh
USN
Security Council
Chefik Wazzan
West
Habib
Washington
Elyria Telephone seeks 34 percent rate hike in Ohio
Elyria Telephone Co plans a 2.5 million dollar increase in basic rates, boosting most customers’ monthly charges by about 34 percent. Residential lines would rise from 12.65 to 16.95, business customers from 25.40 to 34, with Columbia Station residential and business rates also climbing. Inflation, depreciation, and modernization drive the request, the area manager said. A digital switching system is set to operate next year.
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Elyria Telephone Co
Public Utilities Commission of
Ohio
Elyria
Columbia Station
Silvidi
Fireworks injuries hit Lorain area as Fourth crowds surge
Fireworks incidents kept emergency staff busy across Lorain County though Lakewood saw the heaviest event. Twenty-two people were burned and scraped during the Fourth of July weekend, with two Lakewood residents hospitalized after a display at a city park exploded. A 13 year old from Lorain and a 12 year old from Sheffield Lake suffered injuries from explosive devices while police reported no fireworks arrests.
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Lorain County
Lakewood
Raymond Kinney
Flag patch wearer says he meant no disrespect
Michael McMullen 22 of Elyria was jailed for desecrating the American flag after sewing a patch onto the rear of his jeans. He insists the patch was an accidental patch and says he didn't know it violated a law. He faces Elyria Municipal Court and is on probation for unrelated offenses while police confiscated the patched jeans.
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Tom Ford
Michael McMullen
Elyria
McMullen
River Road N
Middle Avenue
Elyria Municipal Court
Senators Oppose New Senate Gym Cost
Sen. William Proxmire mocked a proposed 736400 gymnasium for the Senate as unnecessary, part of a 4.2 million plan tied to the Hart Office Building project. He accused Architect of the Capitol George White and the Senate Office Building Committee of wasteful spending amid the ongoing construction.
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Washington
UPI
William Proxmire
Proxmire
Senate
Hart Senate
Wisconsin Democrat
George White
Proxmire attacks Hart Building plan for new gym and offices
Senator Proxmire denounces a proposed Hart Building package calling it a vanity project funded by taxpayers. He targets a new gymnasium as unnecessary alongside other restored items such as office space, carpeting, partitions, hearing facilities, blinds, security stations, and more. He urges savings to go to the Treasury and criticizes Senate insiders for “feathering their own nest.”
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Hart
Senate
Robert Stafford
R-Vt
Proxmire
Treasury
Commission
Senate Office Building Commission
J. Bennett Johnston
D-La
Stafford
Howard Cannon
D-Nev
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Pete Domenici
Re N.M
Walter Huddleston
D-Ky
Spark Matsunaga
Hawaii
90 Dead In Moscow Jet Crash At Sheremetyevo Airport
The Aero flot jetliner bearing about 90 passengers crashed moments after takeoff from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport. Diplomatic and embassy sources said all aboard were believed killed as the flight to Dakar and Freetown went down roughly six miles from the airport, with the Civil Aviation Ministry issuing a brief condolence statement.
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Moscow
UPI
Sheremetyevo
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Tass
Dakar
Senegal
Freetown
Sierra Leone
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Lorain Community Hospital
Angel Sanchez
E. 31St St., Lorain
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Grove Avenue
Sanchez
Robert McElheny
Kenilworth Drive
Sheffield Lake
St. Joseph Hospital
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