Sabotage Sets Lebanese Oil Refinery Ablaze Near Sidon
A refinery at Zahrani near Sidon burned after six gunmen overpowered guards and 18 tanks were wired with explosives. The Lebanese Revolutionary Guard claimed the attack while Palestinian groups denied involvement. Oil flow from Tapline halted. authorities expected a restart Saturday night.
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Lebanon
Lebanese Defense Ministry
Lebanese Revolutionary Guard
Exis
Zahrani
Sidon
Saudi Arabia
Trans-Arabian Pipeline Co
Tapline
Jordan
Syria
United States
Tions
Israel
Warm Springs State weighs clinic fate after fire damage
State authorities consider renovating or removing the old Warm Springs clinic building after a December fire that destroyed the hospital annex. The annex’s remaining first floor was torn down for grass seeding while patients remain in the west block structure. Administrator Willis Crosswhite provided the update.
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Warm Springs State Hospital
Willis Crosswhite
al Carr
UM Coaches Cleared of Work-Study Charges
Jury finds University of Montana coaches Jack Swarthout and William Betcher innocent on all counts regarding alleged misuse of federal work-study funds. After over seven hours of deliberation, the panel exonerated both men, ending a trial that began with 32 counts and saw 14 dropped.
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Missoula
Mont
University of Montana
Jack Swarthout
William Betcher
Swarthout
Betcher
U.S. District Court
Ray McNichols
Skylab to Move to Launch Pad for Checkout Before May Liftoff
Skylab will be transported to the Saturn 5 launch pad Monday for four weeks of checkout ahead of a May 14 liftoff. The 3.5 mile trek to the pad begins at 7 a.m. atop a tracked transporter.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Charles Conrad Jr
Paul J. Weitz
Joseph P. Kerwin
Anaconda teachers win restraining order over strike
A district court temporary restraining order halted Anaconda public school strike four days after it began. Deer Lodge County deputies served three union officials as the board met at Anaconda High School. Judge Boyd set 10 a m April 25 for show cause while arbitration work on $86,000 salary increases was at issue.
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Anaconda
Deer Lodge County
Board of Trustees
Anaconda High School
Allen R. McKenzie
Butte
Robert J. Boyd
Deer Lodge
Stanley Rogers
Warm Springs State Hospital
Eugene Burkey
James McGarvey
Montana Federation of Teachers
Montana Press Women Elect Betty Ann Raymond President
The Montana Standard editor Betty Ann Raymond was elected president of Montana Press Women at the annual convention in Billings. Lynn Schwanke Missoula was named vice president and Farrell Stewart Billings secretary with Betty Sweeney Boyd treasurer. Four district directors were chosen Lacy Jones Miles City Shirley Hicks Wolf Creek Betty Joe Finnegan Lewistown and Virginia Hansen Billings. The group amended its constitution to admit men as members and awards will be announced Sunday.
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Betty Ann Raymond
Montana Standard
Montana Press
Billings
Betty Joe Finnegan
Lewistown
Virginia Hansen
Gunmen claim 773rd in Northern Ireland violence
Shots from a speeding car fatally wounded a man in South Belfast raising the NI death toll to 773 in four years of Protestant Catholic feuding. A 17-year-old Protestant was found shot in a Catholic tavern bathroom. Police raids across Britain followed fears of IRA bombing at Easter. British troops seized a Protestant guerrilla training camp in NI.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
East End
London
Britain
Irish Republican Army
Dublin
GOP Senators Press For Full Watergate Disclosure
Virtually all Senate Republicans want Nixon to disclose all Watergate facts and allow White House aides to testify at hearings. Leaders across the party warn the case could damage the GOP in 1974 and 1976 elections. Some say the lengthy mystery harms the party more than it helps.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Virginia
William L. Scott
New York
Jacob K. Javits
White House
Goldwater
Vermont
Robert T. Stafford
Oregon
Bob Packwood
George D. Aiken
GOP
Teapot Dome
Associated Press
North Carolina
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Ervin
Sen
Jesse Helms
Helms
Vacationing students keep cool in Fort Lauderdale
AP report notes April college breaks bring up to 100000 students but crowds now calmer with few arrests. Mayor Virginia Shuman Young says city aims to shrink a bad image while enforcing rules against sleeping on beaches begging underage drinking and rowdy conduct.
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Eric Sharp
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Charles White
Virginia Shuman Young
Beach
Young
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