Civil War Flare in Beirut Escalates Amid Fighting
Civil war violence spiked in Beirut with Christian and Moslem militias clashing along a two mile line. Police reported 50 killed and 82 wounded overnight as truce attempts failed and a wider Syrian Palestinian confrontation seemed to ease temporarily.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Yasir Arafat
Rashid Karami
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Army
PLA
Tripoli
Hafez Assad
Imam Mousa al Sadr
Saiqa Organization
Syria
Kamal Jumblatt
Escaped Inmate Merle Unger Sought After Hagerstown Break
Merle W. Unger 26 and fellow inmate Robert Miller 22 escaped Washington County Detention Center by sawn metal partition and catwalk route to the roof. FBI issued fugitive warrants and all points bulletin as search continues with roadblocks on major highways around Hagerstown. Sgt Donald Kline death case referenced with upcoming Westminster trial.
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Washington County
Unger
Washington County Detention Center
Maryland
Donald Kline
Westminster
Shade Gap
Robert Miller
Hagerstown
Alonzo Hoffman
Michigan and Oklahoma Duels Shape Early Primary Week
Reagan campaigns Michigan while Ford tours southern Michigan by train. Carter faces Udall and Brown in Maryland and Michigan battles, with Brown drawing teen concert cheers in Baltimore and Meany meeting Carter. Udall denies any primary deal with Church as Carter weighs amnesty questions.
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Ronald Reagan
Michigan
Oklahoma
Ford
Reagan
Maryland
Jimmy Carter
Arizona
Morris Udall
California
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Baltimore
The
Eagles
Carter
Linda Ronstadt
Georgia
Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Labor
Meany
Udall
Sen
Frank Church
Church
Nebraska
Connecticut
Sen. Church
Alabama
George Wallace
Michigan State Fairgrounds
Wallace
Arkansas
Plains
Inichigan
Flint
Niles
Durand
Lansing
Battle Creek
Kalamazoo
Levi Weighs Move on Boston School Plan
Atty. Gen. Edward H. Levi considers filing a friend of the court brief with the Supreme Court to strike down the Boston desegregation plan. Backers include Solicitor Gen. Bork. opposers include J. Stanley Pottinger and Cabinet members Coleman and Sen. Brooke. Four appeals seek Supreme Court review of Judge Garrity’s order amid protests from Boston officials and teachers.
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Levi Weighs
Boston
N.Y
Levi
Robert H. Bork
J. Stanley Pottinger
Department
Transportation
William Coleman
Edward Brooke
R-Mass
Bork
Pottinger
Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals
W. Arthur Garrity
Kevin White
Boston School Committee
Board of Education
Boston Home and School Association
Justice Department
J. Harold Flannery
Larry Fordham
Flannery
VP Urges Buildup in Sea Power
Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller urged Western allies to rebuild naval strength to counter the growing Soviet navy at a tightly secured bicentennial event in Frankfurt St Pauls church. Chancellor Helmut Schmidt praised American aid and democratic reforms as police guarded the venue against possible disruptions while a dummy time bomb was found outside.
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Frankfurt
West Germany
Nelson A. Rockefeller
U.S
Soviet Union
Rockefeller
Helmut Schmidt
Germany
St. Paul's
Cabinet squabbles threaten Israeli cabinet survival
In Jerusalem ministers clash as Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Defense Minister Shimon Peres feud. Analysts say the cabinet faces strain and may not endure the deteriorating atmosphere, described as intolerable by Maariv commentator Yosef Harif.
Rabin and Peres Struggle to Align on Israel Policy
Reporters describe daily clashes between prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and foreign minister Shimon Peres over arms purchases, West Bank nationalism, and peace talks. Rabin, a former military chief, often cuts Peres off and makes unilateral decisions, prompting Peres to accuse him of shooting announcements from the hip during a Labor party meeting.
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Israel
United States
West Bank
Rabin
Peres
Labor Party
Clarke County School Board trims proposed budget
In line with a Clarke County Board of Supervisors recommendation the Clarke County School Board reduced its proposed budget including the teachers salary total. Religion notices in Winchester list upcoming services speakers and concerts across several area churches.
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Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Clarke County School Board
Winchester
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Louisville
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Tenn
Detroit
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
West Berlin
Ulrike Meinhof
AP News
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