Critters Run Wild as Animals Escape Across U S
Capybaras fled in California while a wallaroo remained missing in Fresno. Elephants led a Meadville street show after a circus wagon wreck, and a Lima Ohio Charolais bull blocked I 75, injuring sheriff cars. A New York ocelot Mommy was captured after five days on the loose.
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California
Meadville
Sheriff's
Lima
Ohio
Frank Coghlan
Los Angeles Zoo
Lilly
Isa
Oklahoma
Mommy
New York City
Chicago
Kinky the Kangaroo
Illinois
Interstate 75
Fresno
Calif
Reeding Park
Irvine
Orange County
Capy
South America
Wildlife Park
Ohio Lottery launches second year with Buckeye 1000 game
The Ohio Lottery Commission begins its second year with top staff changes and a new Buckeye 1000 game replacing Buckeye 300. First drawing is slated for Oct 23. The panel fired publicity chief James Skelly after a liquor bill exposure and named Saul McCoy as deputy director and Paul Wolf as administrative assistant amid staffing debates.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio Lottery Commission
James Skelly
Saul McCoy
Columbus
Ohio Highway Patrol
Robert Chiaramonte
Ford vows veto on oil price controls amid energy push
President Ford framed energy policy as a national crisis urging Congress to end the price control fight. He promised to veto any extension and to drop the $2 a barrel import tariff if Congress sustains the veto, saying prices would rise only a few cents per gallon. He urged development of coal and solar energy and warned lawmakers to act soon.
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U.S
Ford
Congress
White House
House
Jury Acquits Little in Stabbing Case
In Raleigh the six white and six black jurors deliberated on the Joan Little murder trial. The judge outlined three verdict options including second degree murder and manslaughter with broad penalties. The case centers on whether Little acted in self defense during a sexual assault or as part of an escape plan.
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Raleigh
N.C
Joan Little
Wake Superior Court
Hamilton Hobgood
Hobgood
Miss Little
Clarence Alligood
Beaufort County
Wake County
Burley Mitchell
Jerry Paul
Bangladesh ousted leader Mujibur Rahman killed in coup
Reports from Radio Bangladesh say President Mujibur Rahman was slain in a military coup and Khondakar Mushtaque Ahmed named as successor. A 24 hour curfew was imposed and martial law proclaimed. Diplomatic wires note killings of Mansoor Ali and Mujib nephews.
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New Delhi
India
Mujibur Rahman
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Radio Bangladesh
Sheik Mujib
Khondakar Mushtaque Ahmed
Dalim
Mansoor Ali
Dacca
United News of India
Court upholds Federal Election Reform Act in Buckley challenge
The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the Watergate era Federal Election Reform Act, ruling Congress had power to provide public financing for presidential campaigns and impose strict donation and spending limits. The decision rebuffs a conservative liberal coalition claiming incumbents favored.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
James Buckley
Congress
Dayton Tremors Supposedly From Nearby Quake
Seismographs in Bloomington Indiana and Bowling Green Ohio indicate a small earthquake may have caused faint tremors in the Dayton area in recent days.
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Dayton
Ohio
Bloomington
Ind
Bowling Green
Anderson Report Denied Ford appointments linked to Watergate figures
A White House spokesman denied a columnist report that President Ford would consider federal posts for three Watergate figures. The article names former Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst former White House aide Harry S. Dent Sr. and former Representative Wendell Wyatt as those alleged.
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Vail
Colo
White House
Ford
Jack Anderson
Atty
Richard G. Kleindienst
Harry S. Dent Sr
Wendell Wyatt
R-Ore
Weekend Weather Outlook: Warm Humid with Scattered Showers
A warm humid pattern continues with showers and thundershowers tonight into Saturday. Lows rise to the upper 60s to low 70s and highs reach mid to upper 80s. Rain chances run about 70 percent through tonight and Saturday. Details, Page 9.
Bronfman pleads for contact in Samuel kidnap case
Edgar Bronfman says he has met kidnappers demands and seeks a signSamuel Bronfman II may be alive. He warns time is running out and asks for renewed contact through Patty Hearst’s mother as officials note a $4.5 million ransom possibly due within 10 days. A tape of Samuel’s voice and instructions was received.
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Yorktown Heights
N.Y
Edgar Bronfman
Samuel Bronfman
Samuel
FBI
Bronfman
Seagram's Co. Ltd
Montreal
Jonathan Rinehart
Hoffa Meeting Plots Reported by Underworld associates
Louis Linteau told a psychiatrist hired by the Hoffa family that Hoffa said he would meet Anthony Giacalone the next day before his July disappearance. The Detroit Free Press quoted sources saying Linteau and Airport Service Lines workers were hypnotized with brevitol sodium, a truth serum, to reveal plans. Giacalone and Provenzano deny arranging meetings, with Bonanno comparison cited by Don Vestal.
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Detroit
Teamsters
Jimmy Hoffa
Anthony
Tony Jack
Giacalone
Hoffa
Louis Linteau
Linteau
Bruce Danko
Detroit Free Press
Danko
Tony
Pro’ Provenzano
Leonard Schultz
Provenzano
Dallas
Don Vestal
Elyria Chaos After Racial Unrest Stuns Suburban Town
Elyria Ohio residents confront questions after a spate of racial violence subsides. Ohio State Patrol and city police patrol troubled areas following gunfire and firebombings on Tuesday and Wednesday. Lorain County deputies faced gunfire responding to a lounge fire in Carlisle Township. Six or seven arrests reported including a concealed weapon charge. Five shots hit the Pioneer Lounge. fifteen evacuees. A nearby vacant house fire blamed on a firebomb.
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Elyria
Ohio
Ohio Highway
Lorain
Pioneer
Carlisle Township
Lorain County Sheriff's Deputies
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Griffin
Alligood
Washington, N.C
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Julius Rodgers
John Wilkinson
Marvin Miller
Mujib
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Patty Hearst
Westchester County
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Tony P
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