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...been largely confined to Beirut and a few scattered towns and villages, last week spread with explosive intensity; the death toll since April was pushed to more than 9,000. "A state of total anarchy," was the way a horrified Beirut television announcer described the killings, kidnapings, looting, arson and destruction. The disastrous round of fighting triggered two abortive cease-fire efforts in 24 hours, as well as the proffered resignation-not accepted-of Premier Rashid Karami, a moderate Sunni Moslem, who had been frustrated in his seven-month effort to make peace...
...papers were burned in the club's large fireplace. Precisely who ordered this destruction and carried it out has not been disclosed. The three-story club, valued at up to $200,000, burned to the ground in a fire of undetermined cause on Nov. 23. No evidence of arson has been discovered...
...century, has plummeted to 24,000 as many citizens fled in search of employment. More than 50 businesses have deserted the once-stylish uptown district since open-pit mining began. With the exception of one small bank building, no major construction has taken place in Butte since 1962. Arson has become common as people who are unable to sell their devalued buildings burn them for the insurance...
Will the new TV season feature the same old guns, rape, murder and arson? Yup. But with a difference. This fall the networks have agreed that between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Eastern Time (6 to 8 Central Tune) is to be "family time," when Mom, Pop, the kids and Rover can cluster round the tube assured that they are not going to be shocked or scared. The very notion summons up classic adventure stories and young people's concerts. Is TV finally beginning to grow...
...Arson Mystery. The mystery started last February with what seemed to be an accident. Fire suddenly swept Gateway's $110,000 main building and also wrecked some $60,000 worth of equipment the clients were assembling. Yuba City fire investigators said the blaze was apparently a case of arson, but they could not explain it. Gateway Director Donald Garrett, 43, a jovial, bearded man who weighed a jovial 300 lbs., moved all of Gateway's work to a smaller building that housed the upholstery project...