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ARRROX. AREACONTROLLED I MOSLEM ANO PALESTINIAN FORCES ja«iLS; ; . _7~ *^** - j BEIRUT q' SYRIA / Mt. •" ~- -*•' BEIRUT * / v • TY *t * t'. ~£~r3 / \ - lllr <h nJ*??.?''?' x x \ H \ Z4m ISRAEL j J »•’. ptoSTI Christian and Moslem gunmen upheld a shaky Syrian-backed cease-fire despite occasional exchanges of rocket and machingegun fire. In Beirut, a skirmish during the looting of a supermarket killed six persons. Moslem and Palestinian forces controlled at least two thirds of the country when the cease-fire went into effect. (UH) Clash violates cease-fire BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) — Moslem leftists clashed with right-wing Christian gunmen in suburban Beirut today in the most serious violation of Lebanon’s two-day-old Syrian and Palestinian enforced cease fire. Four Moslems died in an assault on a right-wing Phalan gist party militia position in Ain Rummaneh, a Phalangist spokesman said. Two Christian Phalangists were wounded. The spokesman said about 100 leftists stormed the position from the neighboring Moslem stronghold of Chiah but were repulsed in a fierce battle. “Political contacts are under way to deal with the situation and the fighting has died down,” the Phalangist spokes man said. He indicated the attack may have been incited by members of the Palestinian “rejection front” which has refused to obey the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organisa tion. Palestinian spokesmen con firmed an exchange of fire between gunmen in Chiah and Ain Rummaneh but said “it is now being dealt with.” Elsewhere the city enjoyed They killed town DAMOUR, Lebanon (UPI) — The Moslem and Palestinian gunmen carried off the spoils of war in everything from baby carriages and shopping carts to limousines and pickup trucks. They left behind a burning town. And dumped among the ruins were the bodies of old men, women and children, hacked or shot to death in an orgy of destruction. Three days after its fall, there is simply not much left of the Christian town of Damour, a seaside resort once jammed with 25,000 residents. A hand-scrawled sign on the outskirts of town said it was “liberated by the progressive forces”. More precisely, all of the ..k A' • Jr r es G °i jßfcc .>^< <lst Quality tf lueS PANTYHOSE joc UM Y»vf MA*Tt« CHARGt or »AHKAMI«ICA»O 372 North Expro»»w«y Next To RBM Volkswagen Get to know us; you’ll like us. its quietest day in months as Palestinian regular troops pol iced Beirut with orders to shoot truce violators on sight. The Palestinian security pa trols — led by Syrian officers — made it clear they would tolerate none of the violations that caused the collapse of previous Lebanese-supervised cease-fires. Police said 10 persons were killed and about 30 wounded Friday in clashes with the cease-fire patrols that virtually have taken control of western Beirut and all areas outside the capital. The truce — the 26th since last April — so far has held up. Leftist groups toured Moslem areas of the crumbling capital in trucks mounted wih loud speakers, hailing the presence of the Syrian officers and declaring: “The war is over, we have won our victory.” The casualty toll after nearly 10 months of civil war between Christian, Moslem and Pales tinian forces stood at more than 10,000 dead and 21,000 wounded. The cease-fire imposed Thursday by Syria following talks between Syrian Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khad dam, Syrian chief-of-staff Maj. town’s furniture, appliances, and other valuable items have been liberated, carted off by hundreds of looters using what means of transportation was available. Damour, 25 miles south of Beirut, fell Wednesday after a two-week siege. About 60 per cent of the town had been reduced to rubble by the time this correspondent arrived Fri day. Part of the reason for destroying Damour was simple revenge for a similar Christian blitz unleashed on the Moslem slum district of Karantina in Beirut earlier in the week. Nearly 10,000 panicky resi dents fled Damour during the Moslem-Palestinian siege, leav ing behind the helpless — Gen. Hikmat Chehabi and Lebanese President Suleiman Franjieh was taking effect in stages. But it appeared the agree ment amounted to an indirect Syrian intervention throughout about two-thirds of Lebanon. Christian groups objected to the presence of some 10,000 Syrian-controlled Palestine Lib eration Army troops, saying it represented the loss of Leba non’s independence. “Our Moslem brothers have committed a great sin in voluntarily destroying the army and the state institutions,” said the Christian Phalangist party. Twenty more Syrian officers landed at reopened Beirut Airport Friday to help super vise the truce being adminis tered by a six-man Syrian- Lebanese-Palestinian commit tee. One Palestinian security unit set up roadblocks on the Sidon- Beirut highway and opened fire on convoys of trucks and cars carrying goods looted from the Christian town of Damour. A Palestinian spokesman said 38 cars belonging to looters were burned “as punishment for looting which we will not tolerate.” mainly old men, women and children. About 50 of them were shot, or hacked to death with axes. Some were dismembered and burned. A heap of bloodied scalps lay scattered in a gutter near the burned bodies of two men. A pair of gunmen pointed to them with the butts of their rifles and laughed. For most, though, there was little time to waste on the dead. There was looting to be done. Convoys of cars and trucks rumbled down from Beirut and up from Sidon, many carrying families, to haul away the spoils. Even toilet paper was carted off. “We’re just helping the Christians to get their goods out before the fire,” one gunmen joked. Late in the day, fires began spreading through Damour, engulfing most of the streets in black smoke. THANKS The Family at the late Mrs. Sarah Woods would like to give thanks to all their friends for their floral offerings, cards, and other acts of kindness shown to them during the loss of their loved one. May God Bless. The Family 1 Gunned down ALBANY, Ga. (UPI) - George Howell, 61, died Friday at an Albany hospital after being gunned down during the holdup of a rural grocery store in Terrell County. Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents and county police were searching for four heavily-armed men who allegedly shot Howell Thursday. Officers said Howell, an employe of a Lee County plantation, was paying for grocery purchases at the store on Georgia 32 east of Dawson when shot in the head from behind. Officers said two men in ski masks then looted the cash register and joined two companions waiting outside. The four drove away in the store owner’s pickup truck, officers said, and later abandoned the vehicle. Arson charged BUFORD, Ga. (UPI) - A 67-year-old East Point woman has been charged with arson in a fire that destroyed an elaborate mobile home in Gwinnett County, police said. The woman, identified as Ella Mae Ring, was charged Friday with setting fire to the home, located five miles northwest of here. A taxi driver said he drove the woman to the home early Friday and waited outside while she went inside. A few minutes later, he said, the fire started. Police theorized Mrs. Ring started the fire after a quarrel with Reed Newell, the home’s owner. Hilton to open ATLANTA (UPI) — Gov. George Busbee will be the keynote speaker Monday at the opening of the Atlanta Hilton Hotel — the second opening of a major Atlanta hotel this month. The downtown Atlanta hotel has pre-booked 850 rooms for Monday night with 1,250 bookings anticipated by mid week. 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Use your JCPenney charge / account. i' A -rr- m 1205 West Taylor Store Hours Ul*|||in I laZ3 Griffin, Go. Mon.-Sat. 10 to 9 Catalog 227-1220 Sunday 1 to 5 Page 5 March planned ATLANTA (UPI) — The Southern Christian Leadership Conference will lead a march across the country to show public support for less military spending and more social justice. The “Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice” begins in San Francisco Jan. 31 and ends in Washington, D.C., approximately seven months later, SCLC officials said Friday. The SCLC said the walk, being co-sponsored by the War Resiters League, would urge “a shifting of priorities away from the criminal insanity of militarism to life-saving peaceful endeavors.” Girl dies in fire HIRAM, Ga. (UPI) — Seventeen-year-old Deborah Hicks was killed Friday in a fire that destroyed her family’s home near here. Paulding County authorities said five other members of the McArthur Hicks family were injured in the blaze. None were seriouly burned. Students rally DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (UPI) — Hoping to keep their school open, Lithia Springs High School students rally today at the Douglas County Courthouse to urge citizens to pay their taxes. “We just want to let the taxpayers and public officials know that we’re interested in keeping the schools open,” said Guy Spencer, student council president at the Lithia Springs school. IRS corrects ATLANTA (UPI) — The Internal Revenue Service is having to correct income tax returns where individuals have failed to claim new S3O personal exemptions. About one of every 10 Georgians filing returns with the IRS have failed to take advantage of the exemptions, the IRS said Friday. John Henderson, district IRS director for Georgia, said the S3O credit for every personal exemption claimed is new on the tax forms this year, and he urged all taxpayers to remember it in preparing their forms. He said IRS employes are correcting returns where tax payers have failed to claim the exemptions. — Griffin Daily News Saturday, January 24, 1976 YUGOSLAV PLANS BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (UPI) — Belgrade officials plan to attract more foreign tourists next year by expanding enter tainment programs on the Danube and Sava Rivers that flow through the Yugoslav capital. The officials envisage mid night cruises with folk dances on the rivers and national and fish restaurants along the rivers’ banks. In the first nine months this year about 750,000 tourists, 313,000 of them foreigners, visited Belgrade, which was about 12 per cent more than in the same period in 1974. IN MEMORIAM In loving memory of My rtice Lou Bankston Goodson who passed away 3 years ago January 25. Mother, we miss you dearly, but we know our Father in Heaven was ready for you and know we'll have to wait a while before we'll join again, and when we do, there will be joy forever more. You are not forgotten here on earth. The things you did for your family might have been small to some, but we'll cherish and hold dear to our hearts because you had so much love for us, just by helping and being there when we needed you. You never sent anybody away with a problem, you could always lighten the load. Somehow, you don't have to be wealthy to help people, but know how to love and be loved. We will always have a place in our heart for you and cherish the memories we have. Mother we'll be together again and we'll never part again. Husband: C. H. Goodson Sons: H. G. Goodson, C.W. Goodson, L. C. Goodson Daughters: Mrs. Virginia Gasses, Mrs. Brenda Smith Brother: Ira Bankston Sister: Tressia Wilson Grandchildren