Armed men abduct guards as rubber plant burns in Shelton
Masked trio abducted three security guards at Sponge Rubber Products Co in Shelton then set off three large explosions destroying the plant. Guards were later released unharmed in a wooded area. FBI said no tie to Weather Underground. damage up to 10 million dollars.
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Shelton, Conn
Roy Ranno
Ansonia
Ranno
Weathermen
The
Weather Underground
Thomas R. Duggan
FBI
New Haven
Sponge Rubber Products Co
al Hanley
Shelton
Conn
Fourteen year old Heidi Biggs dies after Hawaii dream trip
Heidi Biggs fourteen dies from cancer while being transported home from Hawaii. She had just completed a two week vacation funded by a world wide donor fund started by R J Penny. Heidi had a terminal diagnosis and feared hospitals. Penny accompanied her back to St. Louis, where she died en route to Belleville.
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Belleville
Ill
UPI
Heidi Biggs
Hawaii
Heidi
Lambert St. Louis
Memorial Hospital
Waikkiki
Honolulu
St. Louis
Lucille Hillman
R.J. Penny
Penny
Sniper Suspect Caught Near Oregon Border
A man suspected of gunning down four people at a Smith River California resort motel was arrested hours later by Oregon State Police near Grants Pass. Officers said the suspect drove a car with Ohio plates after the Ship Ashore Motel shootings. Details were scarce and victims' names were not released.
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Smith River
Calif
UPI
Oregon
del Norte County
Redwood Highway
Grant’s Pass
Grant's Pass
Oregon-California
Ohio
Democrats unveil sweeping energy plan with gas tax rise
House Ways and Means Democrats proposed a broad energy package to cut oil imports and fund development. It includes a phased gasoline tax increasing to 40 cents by 1979, an excise tax on high mileage cars, a federal oil purchasing agency, windfall profits tax, and an energy trust fund.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
al Uilman
D-Ore
Federal
Ford
Weather update with cloudy skies and mild temps
A forecast notes considerable cloudiness through Tuesday. Today highs near mid 50s with lows in the mid 20s. Tuesday highs in the upper 50s as winds shift from north to northeast.
Jailbreak bid by SLA suspects halted in Oakland
Two Symbionese Liberation Army members Joseph Remiro and Russell Little attacked guards during a jail interview in Oakland California. A guard was stabbed by a pencil and a pistol cabinet was accessed as they tried to grab four loaded handguns before deputies intervened.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
Little
John Bain
Contra Costa
Remiro
Bain
Houchins
Egan buried after slaying by guerrillas in Cordoba
John Patrick Egan honorary U.S. consul in Cordoba was buried in a brief ceremony less than 48 hours after he was killed by leftist guerrillas. The funeral was led by his Bolivian born wife Mrs Cyrila Leonard and attended by Gen Raul Lacabanne. Berlin police freed four anarchists to aid Peter Lorenz rescue, mayoral candidate kidnapped by a terrorist group. Lorenz 52, Christian Democrats won their biggest municipal victory.
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Cordoba
Argentina
John Patrick Egan
U.S
Cyrila Leonard
Raul Lacabanne
Berlin
Peter Lorenz
West Berlin
Christian Democrats
Lorenz
Germany
FACT-FINDING TOUR ENDS IN heated exchange in Saigon
U S congressional delegation pushing information on Americans missing in action clashed with North Vietnamese officials at Tan Son Nhut airport. Rep Bill Chappell Jr accused Hanoi of murder over graves searches, while Sen Dewey Bartlett called statements hogwash. The group then left for Washington to seek 522 million in supplemental aid as part of a broader effort to press for MIA and POW information.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
USS
Bill Chappell Jr
Dkla
North Vietnam
U.S
Dewey Bartlett
R.okla
Bella S. Abzug
D.-N.y
Donald M. Fraser
D.-Minn
United States
Bartlett
Henry A. Kissinger
Soviet Union
China
Tan Son Nhut
Washington
Ford
Congress
Cambodia
Kissinger
Vietnam
Russia
Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
Khmer Rouge
Chappell
Nguyen Duc Bao
Hanoi
Bao
Clifford Fiestel
Tulsa
Okla
Haiphong
Capt
Fiestel
Oklahoma
D-Fla
Flynt
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Seymour
Hanley
Inside News
SLA
MIA
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