Eighth Day Of Fighting In Beirut Prompts Raging Tensions
Beirut reports say fighting continued through the eighth day as Premier Karami forms a six man reconciliation cabinet with representation from Lebanon’s major sects. President Franjieh approves the lineup and three cabinet posts per minister. In Kinshasa Uganda’s Idi Amin pardons British lecturer Denis Hills after mediation by Mobutu Sese Seko. Amin seeks mediation with Britain over relations and demands high level talks with James Callaghan. Queen Elizabeth II sends officers as Britain refuses to travel to Uganda.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Rashid Karami
Suleiman Franjieh
Kinshasa
Zaire
Idi Amin
Uganda
Denis Hills
Hills
Amin
Mobutu Sese Seko
Zaire Presse
Mobutu
James Callaghan
Callaghan
King’s African Rifles
Britain
Lebanon cabinet split over ministries after clashes
After nights of squabbling over portfolios, casualties rose above 210 dead and over 1,000 wounded as factions battled with mortars and rockets. Noncombatants hid as fires burned and streets emptied, while a 700,000 population city faced widespread violence and a shifting power balance among Karami Chamoun Takla Osseiran Arslan Tueni.
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Karami
Camille Chamoun
Philip Takla
Adel Osseiran
Majid Arslan
Ghassan Tueni
Chamoun
Interior
Osseian
Takla
Arslan
Cooperatives
Tueni
Kamal Jumblatt
Chamou
Ann Landers Seeks Divorce After 36 Years of Marriage
Syndicated columnist Esther Lederer known as Ann Landers announces divorcing Jules Lederer, after 36 years of marriage. The Chicago Sun Times notes her high profile, her duties with Field Newspapers Syndicate, and no details given to readers.
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Ann Landers
Chicago
Miss Landers
Chicago Sun-Times
Esther Lederer
Jules
Lederer
Field Newspapers Syndicate of
Jules W. Lederer
Budget Rent-A Car Corp
Margo
Fire Suppression Efforts Preserve Woodstock Drug Store Block
A late night Woodstock blaze gutted the third floor of the Walton and Smoot's Drug Store building leaving a roofless upper level and evacuated 15 apartments. About 50 firefighters from Woodstock Strasburg Front Royal and Winchester battled the flames from 10:45 p.m. to midnight with aid from aerial ladders. No injuries were reported as out-of-town units returned by 3 a.m. and Woodstock crews remained on scene until 7:30 a.m. The cause is undetermined. the structure is owned by the Woodstock Hotel Corp and stands on the site of a 1900 fire tragedy.
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Front Royal
Winchester
Main St
Woodstock
Walton and Smoot's
Walton and Smoot’s
John Bright
Strasburg
Joseph Hottle
Hottle
Harold E. Dailey
Shawnee Fire Co
Rouss Fire Co
Warren Turner
The
Woodstock Hotel Corp
Ford says no ultimatum to Israel and notes economic recovery
President Ford rejects claims of pressuring Israel to accept Egypt's terms at Geneva talks and says the U S will seek a comprehensive settlement. He also signs unemployment extensions, pledges no first strike nuclear policy, and remarks at NAACP convention amid AFL CIO critique. Pennsylvania faces first statewide union strike involving about 90 000 workers.
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Washington
Ford
United States
Israel
Middle East
Dinitz
White House
Ron Nessen
Simcha Dinitz
Geneva
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
AFL Cio
George Meany
Ford Administration
Washington Post
Egypt
Mitla
Gidi
Sinai
Daniel P. Moynihan
U.S
United Nations
U.N
Nelsen
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Greensburg State Prison
Rockview State Prison
Milton H. Shapp
Gerald McEntee
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes
Afscme
Stock Market's Half Year Rise Biggest Since 1933
New York AP reports the first half of 1975 was the best calendar half year for the stock market in 42 years with the Dow Jones average up 262.75 points to 878.99, a 42.6 percent gain from year end 1974.
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New York
Dow
Butz Plans Fed-State Grain Inspection Overhaul
Secretary Earl L. Butz will push Congress toward a cooperative federal-state grain inspection system to curb alleged corruption in the U S grain trade. He favors a federal-state approach to preserve state ties while addressing investigations into bribery and improper influence.
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Butz
Washington
Earl L. Butz
Congress
United States
Agriculture Department
Grain Division
New Orleans
Houston
Department of Agriculture
Boards of Trade
Chambers of Commerce
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J. Miles Cary
Papp Jlo
F. Worth
Worth’s
Gallup
Star
Jessica Sullivan
Hirsch Organization
Wall
Abby
OF Grain Inspection
William Robbins
New York Times News Service
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