Word: homelessness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...whole exercise was disturbingly reminiscent of the Israelis' incursion into southern Lebanon in March 1978. In that operation, which verged on prolonged occupation, more than 2,000 people were killed and 265,000 made homeless. What were the Israelis trying to prove this time? Evidently they were prepared to risk everything, perhaps even the peace treaty with Egypt, in an effort to compel the Palestinians to end their terrorist raids on Israel. Recent assaults have been particularly vicious; in fact, the rejectionist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine described last week's attempted attack on the kibbutz...
...Iowa last week, another group of homeless refugees found sanctuary in a new land. There were not many relatives to greet the 196 Vietnamese "boat people" as their chartered jet from Malaysia landed in Des Moines, but their expressions of joy and hope were much like those of the Soviet Jews. Tran Qui Son, 26, had fled Viet Nam by boat with his wife and two young sons after the Communist regime had forced him to close his appliance repair shop. They floated to Malaysia, where they huddled with 60,000 other refugees awaiting a new home. Said...
...injuring 60. Others touched ground at Lawton, Okla., and Harrold, Texas, while a flurry of follow-up storms struck several Arkansas communities. By the time the skies cleared, at least 59 people had been killed and nearly a thousand injured, 200 of them critically. About 8,000 were homeless. With property damage estimated at close to $400 million, President Carter declared the stricken valley a major disaster area, making the survivors eligible for low-interest federal loans...
Pine Street Inn offers similar services to homeless men in Boston. Their program also includes counseling and health care. Paul D. Sullivan, executive director of Pine Street, said yesterday, "Folks fall through the cracks in a system which deals with so many people, and we help them out. The only thing they have in common is that they're homeless...
...three programs act only as way-stations for the homeless, and do not claim to be the solution in themselves...