Lebanese Premier Denounces Israeli Invasion Plan
Premier Rashid Karami accused Israel of preparing an invasion to rescue Beirut's Jewish quarter, a claim Israeli officials dismissed as silliness. Observers doubt any major confrontation with Syria would be undertaken over a tiny remnant community.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Rashid Karami
Israel
Tel Aviv
Karami
U.S
McMurtrie Godley
U.N. Security Council
Syria
Santa faces federal rules in holiday visit satire
Rep Gene Taylor jokes that Santa Claus may violate statutes from the Civil Aeronautics Board to the Sherman Antitrust Act over sleigh certification, reindeer safety, route permits, and alleged labor wage issues for elves while Rudolph’s nose fuel is questioned.
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Washington
Gene Taylor
Santa Claus
Taylor
Santa
Civil Aeronautics Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
U.S. Postal Service
Department of Labor
Rudolph
Ford Wins Tax Fight In House Vote On Short Cut
The House rejected a quick passage for a six month extension of 1975 tax cuts by 256 to 160, slowing action toward a Senate House compromise. A veto is possible if no spending ceiling is attached, with potential 8 percent tax rise for a typical family next month.
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Washington
Ford
House
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Congress
Senate
Senate moves to end covert military aid to Angola
A Senate subcommittee voted 7 to 0 to terminate secret U S military assistance to Angola and urged foreign troops to withdraw. The panel backs a public approach to the civil war and schedules a Wednesday session to consider defunding in the defense bill. Senate leaders seek a diplomatic solution amid concern over Soviet and Cuban support.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Angola
Ford
Russia
Cuba
United States
Dick Clark
D Lown
Senate Foreign Relations
Hubert Humphrey
Dhe
Joseph Biden
State Department
CIA
Judge Sirica Blocks Postal Rate Increase
U S District Judge John Sirica blocked a planned rise in first class letter rates from 10 to 13 cents set for December 28. The ruling also halts other rate increases, delaying higher charges for the Postal Service and requiring the Board of Governors to refile with the Rate Commission.
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Washington
U.S
John Sirica
Sirica
Postal Service
Board of Governors
Postal Rate Commission
Rate Commission
Bill Reynolds denies Vogue overcharging Warm Springs cleaning
The legislative auditor disputed Vogue Cleaners of Butte overpaying the Warm Springs State Hospital for dry cleaning. Bill Reynolds said he met terms of his contract, turned records to the auditor, and denied sweetheart deals. Burgess and Powers faced separate charges. Powers seeks reinstatement.
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Warm Springs State Hospital
Vogue Cleaners of
Butte
Reynolds
Frank Burgess
Vogue
Burgess
Tom Powers
Warm Springs
State Board of Institutions
Powers
Institutions Department
Robert Woodahl
Fromme to be sentenced for attempting to kill President Ford
Lynette Fromme, follower of Charles Manson, faces a life term after conviction for pointing a .45 at President Ford in Sacramento on September 5. U.S. District Judge Thomas MacBride will decide a punishment he says should deter future would be assassins.
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Sacramento
Calif
Lynette Fromme
Ford
Miss Fromme
Charles Manson
U.S. District Court
Thomas MacBride
Tech to buy land for library expansion in Butte
Montana Tech received approval from the Board of Regents to purchase property in Butte with five tracts costing under 100000 dollars and three tracts at one dollar. A surface lot deeded by Anaconda Co will serve parking and library access. Negotiations continue for the remaining parcels.
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Tech
Fred W. DeMoney
DeMoney
University of Montana
Keith and
Beckwith Avenues
Missoula
Navy Dumps Waste Fuel Into Sea Sparking GAO Report
A GAO study estimates at least 13 million gallons of ocean fouling waste fuel dumped by the U.S. Navy over two years and notes figures may be higher due to poor Navy record keeping. The report cites repeated dumping to remove water and vent fumes, with causes including shipyard overhauls and fuel separation.
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Washington
U.S. Navy
Navy
General Accounting Office
Independence
South Carolina
GAO
Ralph Metcalfe
D-Iii
House
GAC
Beame delivers $435,328 for slain officer’s dependents
Mayor Abraham Beame presented 435,328 in donations plus 8,500 yearly from the Good Samaritan Law to six children of Frank Walker, killed while helping a police officer. Guardians include Queens surrogate Louis Laurine and the grandparents. The children are Raymond 13 Linda 12 Frank 10 Theresa 10 Daniel 6 and Kelly 5. Their mother Ellie died in 1973 and their father was shot January 29.
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New York
Abraham D. Beame
Beame
Frank Walker
Board of Estimate
Good Samaritan
Queens County
Liouis D. Laurine
Raymond
Linda
Frank
Theresa
Daniel
Kelly
Ellie
Judge weighs release with tavern call for missing child
In Spokane, Superior Court Judge William J. Grant considered releasing a 27-year-old man to wait in a tavern for a monthly phone call about his 3-year-old son Malachi. The man, Earnest J. Finnie, remains jailed for refusing to reveal the boy’s location, claiming he entrusted the child to a friend named Dave near a Spokane tavern.
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Spokane, Wash
Spokane County
William J. Grant
Earnest J. ‘Buster
Finnie
Rosemary
Seattle
Superior Court
Grant
Malachi
Spokane
Dave
Third Avenue Inn
J.J
Grand jury inquiry shines on Quinlan case in Rock Island
Unnamed Quinlan associates may have tried to kill Karen Anne Quinlan before her coma, with court papers in Rock Island showing she was beaten prior to hospital admission on April 15. William Zynot is summoned to testify as New Jersey probes possible assault crimes.
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Rock Island, Ill
Karen Anne Quinlan
New Jersey
Rock Island
Miss Quinlan
William Zynot
Trenton
N.J
George Y. Schoch
Superior Court
Zywot
Quinlan
Tom Cannon
The
New
David DeDoncker
Rock
Island County
Zynot
Silvis
Ill
New Jersey Supreme Court
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