Malagasy junta accuses dissident police in president ambush
In TANANARIVE Malagasy military rulers accuse dissident police of assassinating President Richard Ratsimandrava. The president’s car was ambushed on the way home. Body guards and several attackers were killed. The army surrounded Antanimora police camp and urged Col. Brechard Rajaonarison to surrender as a possible attack loomed.
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Tananarive
Malagasy
Richard Ratsimandrava
Ratsimandrava
Antanimora
Col
Brechard Rajaonarison
Woman Elected Top Tory Leader Thatcher Promises Change
Margaret Thatcher, 49, elected leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Commons to succeed Edward Heath. She defeated four rivals, gaining 149 votes to 79 for William Whitelaw, signaling a shift to the right for the battered Tories.
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London
Margaret Thatcher
House of Commons
Edward Heath
William Whitelaw
Cambodian commander warns aid needed to avoid loss in 1975
Gen Sosthene Fernandez told AP that without the $222 million supplemental military aid requested by President Ford Cambodian forces cannot win the war this year. He said aid could only help hold a stalemate that might lead to negotiations.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Ford
Sosthene Fernandez
Associated Press
Ervin Urges Probing Rebozo and Fundraising Practices
Davis California AP Sam Ervin calls for further Watergate probe into Bebe Rebozo and the $100000 Howard Hughes gift to Nixon. He also urges prosecution of Nixon aides who solicited illegal corporate campaign contributions for 1972. Ervin cites abuse of presidential power under Johnson and Nixon.
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Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Lyndon Johnson
Kissinger Tours Middle East After Israel Visit
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger flew to Cairo after a 36 hour Israel visit. Foreign Minister Yigal Allon called the move a very successful preliminary step toward a new Israeli Egyptian agreement. Kissinger said he would discuss basic principles for a possible interim agreement and planned further talks with Egyptian leaders.
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Associated Press
Henry A Kissinger
Cairo
Israel
Yigal Allon
Ismail Fahmy
Kissinger
Tahra Palace
Jerusalem
Allen
Martha Mitchell seeks rapid separation case in New York
Martha Mitchell asked the New York state supreme court to speed her separation suit against former attorney general John N. Mitchell. Her lawyer cited a custody dispute over their 14 year old daughter Marty. Mitchell’s counsel argued delays pending appeals and financial issues. Mrs. Mitchell has received temporary alimony of 1000 dollars weekly. The girl attends Sacred Heart Convent in Greenwich, Connecticut. Justice Manuel Gomez said a ruling on the speedup request would come soon.
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NEW York
Martha Mitchell
State Supreme Court
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Henry Rothblatt
Margaret Shaw
Marty
Sacred Heart Convent
Greenwich
Conn
Supreme Court
Manuel Gomez
Peron Travels to Ushuaia in Southbound Buenos Aires
President Isabel Peron has moved to Ushuaia in her fourth relocation in just over a month as Argentina’s summer continues. She is accompanied by her private secretary Jose Lopez Rega, the social welfare minister, other officials, and friends in the Beagle Canal frontier town at the tip of the continent about 1,600 miles south of Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Isabel Peron
Ushuaia
Beagle Canal
Ush
Uaia
Peron
Jose Lopez Rega
Possum Visitor Spooks Home in Aiken Calhoun Place
Early morning caller at Mrs. Betty Thigpen’s residence on Calhoun Place is a possum who toured the brick wall to the next house before vanishing. Thigpen jokes high food prices could turn the animal into possum stew.
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Betty Thigpen
Calhoun Place
Public Hearing Planned for Aiken County Housing Project
The Aiken Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a March 4 public hearing on a $2.25 million low income housing project on Chesterfield Street. It includes 100 units, 46 for elderly and 54 for families, with a 40 foot pine buffer along Columbia Avenue and plans for a 30,000 gallon underground propane gas tank. The commission also urged a detailed study on Aiken becoming a designated historical district to access federal funds, noting Section 106 concerns could delay funding.
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Aiken
Columbia Avenue
Commission
Maurice Williams
Weems
Sce&g
Housing and Urban Development Commission
HUD
Planning and Zoning Commission
Williams
Frank E. Alexander
Hollings Attacks Ford Proposals In Aiken Visit
Senator Hollings challenged President Ford s economic and energy plans during a late arrival in Aiken South Carolina. The talk sponsored by the Aiken Chamber drew about 35 residents who pressed him on utility rates defense spending energy conservation and social security. He criticized Ford s plan to raise oil import taxes to curb gasoline use and urged deliberation and public hearings before any action.
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Fritz Hollings
Ford
Aiken
South Carolina
United States
Con
Ford Administration
Hollings
Congress
House
Senate
Ford Forecasts Faster Rate Of Unemployment
President Ford warns Americans of a faster rise in unemployment than forecast while pledging the jobless rate will not exceed 10 percent and will decline toward year’s end. He spoke at a Topeka news conference after releasing $2 billion in highway funds to spur construction jobs and planned a White House meeting with economic advisers.
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Washington
Ford
Kan
Middle East
Henry A. Kissinger
New School Board Members Installed In Aiken County
Augustus T. Stephens at large and Clifton L. Williamson Area No 3 were sworn in during last night’s Aiken County Board of Education meeting. Board attorney Henry Busbee administered the oaths after certification by Election Commission Chairman Eugene England as about 50 spectators watched in the Education Center board room.
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Eric Higgs
Aiken
Clifton L. Williamson
Augustus T. Stephens
Henry Busbee
Criminals blamed for inflation at Aiken County meeting
Sheriff Paul D. Grant told the 50 Plus Club at the Ramada Inn that crime drives costs for citizens and merchants. He cited 40 armed robberies in 1974 and over 40 to date, plus 11 homicides last year, arguing the public bears the price of crime and urging support for tougher measures. He noted limited sheriff’s staff and endorsed a 10 day handgun waiting period with fingerprinting.
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Howard Shanker
Paul D. Grant
50 Plus Club
Ramada Inn
Grant
Aiken County
Sherman Lloyd
Satcher Ford
Ltd’s
Customs
Sheriff's Department
Ford warns of possible Middle East war and oil embargo
Ford warned that without progress there is a serious prospect of another Middle East war and an oil embargo. He defended a 45 minute meeting with John B. Connally, under indictment for perjury and bribery, saying no conflict exists while Connally's case remains unresolved. He dodged a firm unemployment forecast, noting a potential rise but predicting a downturn may begin sooner than some expect. He declined to engage in a precise unemployment date.
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Ford
Middle East
Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
Weather forecast shifts to clear spell after rain
The weather bureau raised rain chances to 80 percent today but now expects near zero rain tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures drop to 40 tonight with highs in the 60s on Thursday.
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Weather Bureau
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