Beirut Airport Reopens as Cease-Fire Efforts Continue
Beirut International Airport reopened for the first time in a week as a flight carried Syrian army officers to monitor Lebanon's cease-fire. despite 75 percent de-escalation, fighting left more than 9,000 dead and $8 billion in losses. U N FAO said emergency aid reaches 350,000, while looting tops $2 million.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Beirut Internaional
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Rome
Suleiman Franjieh
Syria
State Department
Washington
Soviet backed forces gain ground in central Angola
In a BBC dispatched report, the MPLA allied PLA says it has captured three central Angolan towns after defeating a Western backed faction in the north. The PLA threatens the rival faction's capital as South Africa calls for a conference table solution and hints at a possible withdrawal from the South-West African border. State President Nico Diederichs urged an end to armed intervention in Angola in a Parliament address in Cape Town.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
PLA
Angola
MPLA
Nico Dederichs
Cape Town
Chamber urged to seek viable hospital parking solution
Frederick area chamber directors urged City Council to find a viable hospital parking solution. The vote, 12 to 1 with Miles R. Orndorff Jr. dissenting, followed input from hospital administrator Carl Napps and civic speaker Massie. The group backed using hospital property for parking if needed, with eminent domain noted as city’s option. A zoning ordinance public hearing is set for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Daniel Morgan Middle School.
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Star
Chamber of Commerce
Miles R. Orndorff, Jr
Carl Napps
Joseph Massie
Melton Wright
Frederick County
Robert P. Parker
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
Chamber
Napps
Fred R. Young
Massie
Orndorff
Daniel Morgan
Kissinger Ends Nuclear Talks With Russians
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger wrapped up talks with Soviet leaders in Moscow and flew to Brussels to brief NATO on possible new ideas for a nuclear weapons treaty. The plan aims to cut about 10 percent of strategic bombers and missiles for both sides, resolving definitions of light and heavy missiles and how air launched cruise missiles are counted. Brezhnev could visit Washington in May to sign if progress continues, while Angola policy and MPLA support linger as unresolved issues.
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Brussels
Belgium
Henry A. Kissinger
North Atlantic
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Washington
Ford
Kissinger
Kremlin
Angola
Brezhnev
John Sc
Moscow
Gromyko
Geneva
U.S
Two DNR Pilots Dead In West Virginia Plane Wreck
The bodies of pilot Michael Beckelhimer and copilot Frank Conaway were found pinned in their plane south of Blackwater Canyon in Tucker County near Hendricks. They were retrieved by eight investigators and taken to Tucker County Hospital.
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Elkins
W.va
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
National Guard
Blackwater Canyon
Tucker County
Hendricks
Michael Beckelhimer
Charleston
Frank Conaway
Fairmont
Tucker County Hospital
Parsons
Supreme Court to Hear Death Penalty Tests in Five States
The Supreme Court will hear arguments March 30 31 on death penalty laws in Georgia Texas North Carolina Florida and Louisiana. The case tests varied state approaches since the 1972 ruling striking down earlier schemes and may lead to a June decision.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia
Texas
North Carolina
Florida
Louisiana
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
High Court
Jesse Fowler
Hidden Charges Stir Fuel Adjustment Debate In 1976 Session
Delegates on the House Corporations Insurance and Banking Committee debated possible hidden charges in the fuel adjustment rate for electrical companies. They also discussed changing the State Corporation Commission makeup and creating a guaranty fund for insurers. The main focus was a 4.1 percent fuel charge comprising a 3.5 percent state tax a 0.5 percent local tax and a 0.1 percent SCC expense fee.
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Star
Richmond
Del
Alson H. Smith
Winchester
House Corporations, Insurance and Banking Committee
General Assembly
State Corporation Commission
del. Lewis W. Parker, Jr
South Hill
SCC
Ford aims to publish new medical report after examination
White House aides say President Ford will make his latest medical report public after Saturday's exam though his doctor questions the propriety and privacy of revealing minute health details. The physician favors limited disclosure unless health affects duties. press secretary notes openness may have influenced Mrs. Ford’s surgery disclosures.
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Washington
White House
Ford
William Lukash
Lukash
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Two Big Brothers Honored for Going the Second Mile
Bill Nethers and Bill Prusch received plaques at the annual meeting amid recognition for going beyond. A small fire at the old Remount Station in Front Royal endangered no animals at the zoo site, with no injuries reported.
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Big Brothers
Bill Nethers
Bill Prusch
Remount
Front Royal
Ata
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