Tremors Stir Criticism as Italian Quake Toll Grows
Northeastern Italy endured further tremors with at least five shocks in Friuli near the Yugoslav and Austrian borders. Officials report 815 dead with heavy damage to the National Archeological Museum in Cividade del Friuli and about 150,000 homeless. relief debates focus on aid delays and shelter plans including use of retired ocean liners Raffaello and Michelangelo for temporary housing.
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Italy
Friuli
National Archeological Museum
Cividade del Friuli
Rome
Il Messaggero
Turin
la Stampa
Christian Democrats
Raffaello
Michelangelo
Cabinet orders settlers to move from West Bank Army base
After a ten hour meeting, Israel's cabinet ordered ultranationalist settlers at an Army base in the West Bank to relocate to a new site. The date and location of the new site were deferred for several weeks. The cabinet also urged intensified settlement activity on the West Bank without naming specific destinations.
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N.¥. Tomes
Jerusalem
West Bank
The
Jordan
Christians Launch Attack in Lebanon Civil War
Christian militiamen pressed a mountaintop offensive against leftist Moslem positions near Beirut after the election of Elias Sarkis as president. The Palestine Liberation Army said it would intervene, while Syria weighed participation amid a 13 month civil war that has claimed thousands of lives and devastated Lebanon’s economy.
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Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Army
Elias Sarkis
Central Bank
Kamal Jumblatt
Raymond Edde
Jumblatt
PLA
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Hafez Assad
Damascus
Virgil Moyer Heads Virginia Lutherans
The Rev. Virgil Albert Moyer Jr., 41, of Winchester, was elected president of the Virginia Synod of the Lutheran Church in America. He succeeds Dr. J. Luther Mauney who retires June 30 after 28 years. Moyer, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Winchester, has been a regional missions consultant since 1973. Delegates endorsed accessibility and social actions including aid for alcoholics and disabled access, plus a $583,963 budget for the coming year.
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Richmond
Virgil Albert Moyer Jr
Winchester
Virginia Synod of the
Lutheran Church In America
Moyer
J. Luther Mauney
Grace Lutheran Church
Division of Missions
Robert J. Marshall
Mauney
Synod
Goldwater Backing Ford In Nebraska Campaign Push
Senator Goldwater launches one minute radio spots across 45 Nebraska stations to promote Ford over Reagan in the upcoming presidential primary. He condemns Reagan’s Panama Canal statements as dangerous and unreliable while Ford seeks a more presidential, united campaign.
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Wendy Times
Lincoln
Neb
Ford
Nebraska
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Senarry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Panama Canal
Panama
Commerce
Elliot L. Richardson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Arizona Republic
Arizonan
FBI Black Bag Break-ins Roil Senate Report
Senate intelligence committee findings show the FBI considered black bag break-ins illegal but used them under policy for decades. Since 1960 the bureau conducted about 200 unauthorised break-ins and roughly 1,000 bug-planting operations, with later activity lingering into foreign targets and electronic surveillance.
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FBI
Bureau
Senate Intelligence Committee
J. Edgar Hoover
W.C. Sullivan
C.D. DeLoach
Justice Department
Robert F. Kennedy
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
Ford Pledges Defense Weapons Ahead of Armed Forces Week
President Ford said the United States will equip the armed forces with the finest tools to deter war and defend the nation and aid world peace. He cited Washingtons warning that preparation preserves peace and urged keeping defenses strong with modern weapons on display at the Washington Monument grounds.
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Washington
Ford
U.S
America
Washington Monument
George Washington
Ronald Reagan
West Virginia primary stakes amid Ford Reagan fight
West Virginians face a pivotal primary with President Ford and Ronald Reagan contesting Republican support. Delegates are uncommitted at the convention, Moore misses a bid for a third term, Underwood and Albertazzie lead, Maloney withdraws to back Albertazzie, Rockefeller and Sprouse headline the Democrats, Byrd faces Wallace in a high profile clash.
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W.va
West
Arch A. Moore Jr
Cecil Underwood
Ralph Albertazzie
Moore
Dunbar
Melton Maloney
Albertazzie
John D. Rockefeller IV
James Sprouse
Rockefeller
Secretary of State
Sprouse
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Alabama
George Wallace
Fate of autos seized by the Sheriff’s Office
Wire from Warren reports on the confiscation of autos by the Sheriff’s Department. The item notes the ongoing fate of seized vehicles and related proceedings as of today.
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Sheriff's Department
Warren
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