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• Language: unknown
• Published: 1983
• Subjects: Bismarck; Dent; Sakhalin
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16921coll4/id/19694

Page 16 Concordian, November 11,1983 World watch After four days of bombardment by Palistine Liberation Organi-zation mutineers in North Lebanon, Yassar Afrfat was forced to flea his last stronghold in the Baddawi highlands late Tuesday and retreat into Tripoli. Reports from Lebanese police were that Arafat's group of loyalists were being fired on by PLO gunners at a rate of one shell per second. By Tuesday the death toll as a result of the fighting which began early Nov. 3 had reached 1,000 people. Approximately 3,000 people were reported wounded and hospitals by Sun-day were already becoming ex- «trf mely overcrowded. According to United Nations sources, U.S. fighter and bomber planes made "numer-ous" reconaissance flights over Beirut Sunday but had dropped no bombs. Sources also re-ported a "major build up" of U.S. aircraft carriers in waters near Lebanon. One unnamed Washington official reported that U.S. forces may be plan-ning water-to-ground bomb-ings-" a selective assasination of those responsible for the marine bombings," he said. In Syria meantime, the Soviet-backed government put its armed forces on alert and declared a general military mobalization in fears of a U.S. attack. Syria has threatened to attack immediately if the U.S. gets at all, involved in the fighting. ******** Chances are very probable that Soviet leader Yuri Andropav is indeed seriously III. Head of the communist government there, the last time Andropav was seen in public was August 18 when he greated visiting U.S. senators. Suspicions that Andropov is more than just "recovering from a cold" as his aids claim came after his absence at the highly propagandized Nov. 7 Red Parade. He is reportedly the only state leader in Russia's history to miss the national holiday. U.S. officials have said they believe Andropav is suffering from severe kidney and heart problems. By Sunday Japanese protesters were already out In large numbers to ralley against Presi-dent Ronald Reagan's sche-duled visit to that country on Wednesday. A reported 2600 protesters were condemning Reagan for the U.S. invasion of Grenada and his handling of economic' relations between Japan and the U.S. in recent years. Japanese officials said 90,000 policemen were de-ployed to guard the president during his day long visit. In his 15,650 miles of travel Reagan will also visit Korea. Part of his initial schedule in-cluded a stop in the Philippines but was cancelled most likely because of the protests and political unrest that has been occurring there lately. The initial air search for the downed Boeing 747 269-passenger plane covered a reported 3,000 square miles and involved 3,000 hours of flying time. The surface search, which ended Saturday, covered some 150 miles in the waters near Sakhalin island. ******** A late-night explosion at the White House Monday was reportedly the result of two to three sticks of dynamite. Accor-ding to sources, the explosion, which occurred in the main cor-ridor of the capital building, caused little damage but did blow out three windows. By Tuesday the person respon-sible for the bombing was still unknown. One senator, putting in some late hours preparing for Tuesday's senate sessions, said the bomb, which exploded only 25 feet from the senate chambers, "left a lot of smoke but no damage." Co. submitted the proposal to the Minnesota Public Utilities commission last Friday, the rate hike would increase the cost of a typical three-minute direct call made during the day by about ten cents. As part of the planned January 1 breakup of the Bell System, Northwestern Bell is asking the PUC for rate increases that would almost double local telephone J service form an average $11 a month to more than $20 a month. ******** The long and expensive search for the wreckage and flight recorders of the Korean Air Lines jumbo jet shot down September 1 by the Soviet Union has ended. The unsuc-cessful two-month search in the Sea of Japan cost the U.S. Defense Department an estimaed $22.4 million. ******** STATE NEWS The price of phone calls may rise by asTnuch as 8 percent in Minnesota if a proposal by AT&T of the Midwest, Inc. passes. The new subsidiary of Northwestern Bell Telephone ******** LOCAL NEWS Forty-seven-year-old Dale Moug, head of the North Dakota Department of Human Services, has been accused of shoplifting and faces a possible fine of $500 or 30 days in jail. 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