Hearst Mystery Deepens as Tips Probed by FBI
Patty Hearst remains at large after a June tape in which she pledges action. Eyewitness sightings persist across multiple locations from Guatemala to California while FBI officials caution the case has no solid lead and many interviews have been conducted.
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Los Angeles
Patty Hearst
Guatemala
Panama
Canada
Illinois
San Francisco Bay Area
Hearst
Berkeley
Miss Hearst
Harrises
FBI
Charles Bates
Bates
San Francisco
Ford Faces Reporters as President Holds First News Conference
President Ford met reporters for his first full scale news conference on his 19th day in office. Aides prepared questions on amnesty, Rockefeller's role, White House changes, and economy. He also heard housing market aid proposals from economic advisers led by James T. Lynn.
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Washington
Ford
Jerad F. terHorst
Oval
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
East Room
Nelson A. Rockefeller
White House
James T. Lynn
Housing and Urban Development
Steven
Public Calls to Share Burden in War on Crime
Police leaders from 25 cities urged citizen involvement after Attorney General Saxbe warned crime could inundate the nation. They backed stiff action against repeat offenders while supporting rehabilitation for first-time offenders amid rising FBI crime figures through 1973 and early 1974.
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Chicago
Detroit
Philip G. Tannian
Donald D. Pomerleau
Baltimore
Peter Pitchess
Los Angeles County
William B. Saxbe
FBI
Saxbe
Honolulu
Francis A. Keala
Rail Union Raises 39 Percent Wage Demand Across Negotiations
Chicago AP report says United Transportation Union seeks 20 percent raise in 1975 and 15 percent in 1976, totaling 35 percent, in new contract talks to start in Washington next month. The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and Freight Handlers plans a similar settlement. Chesser cites inflation and corporate profits as drivers and warns on rail safety issues including bad track and faulty tank cars.
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Chicago
Ford
United Transportation Union
al H. Chesser
Chesser
General Motors
Washington
Brotherhood of Railway
U.S
Federal Department of Transportation
Ohio launches drive against shoplifting in state
Ohio officials led by Attorney General William J. Brown and John C. Mahaney Jr. announced a public campaign to curb shoplifting in retail stores. They cited average family costs of about 150 dollars yearly with a 20 percent price rise expected, and noted teens account for a large share of offenses.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
William J. Brown
John C. Mahaney Jr
Ohio Council of Retail Merchants
Brown
Council Against
Mahaney
FBI
Alaska Gubernatorial Nomination Goes To Hammond In Tight Race
Jay Hammond the Republican nominee in Alaska defeated four rivals including Walter Hickel with 48 percent of 348 of 441 precincts. He will face incumbent Democrat William Egan as Alaskans approve moving the state capital from Juneau. In Oklahoma Carl Albert wins 15th term while Gov. David Hall loses renomination. parimutuel betting proposal rejected.
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Associated Press
Jay Hammond
Senate
Alaska
Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Hammond
William A. Egan
Congress
David Hall
Naknek
State Senate
Hickel
Keith Miller
Statehouse
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
White House
C. R. Lewis
National Board
The
John Birch Society
Terry Fairbanks
GOP
US Senate
Lewis
Mike Gravel
Egan
Alaska Federation of Natives
Don Wright
Anchorage
Juneau
Turks Reject Soviet Plan for Cyprus Conference
Turkey refused the Soviet proposal for an 18 nation conference on Cyprus future. Greek Cypriots asked UN Security Council to address 200000 displaced by northern conquest. Foreign Minister Turan Ganes warned the plan could set a dangerous precedent and prolong talks.
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Associated Press
Turkey
Cyprus
United Nations Security Council
Turan Ganes
Security Council
Greece
Gunes
Cyprus Crisis Deepens as U N Security Council Plans Meeting
Turkish ambassador accuses Moscow of stalling a Cyprus solution as Greek and Turkish Cypriots, with Britain and Greece as guarantors, clash over the future. UN Security Council to hear Waldheim report after Malik push and Sadruddin Aga Khan appeals for aid. Turkish troops round up hundreds of Greek Cypriot men with possible POW transfers.
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Ment
Cyprus
Turkey
Greece
Britain
Washington
Nuri Eren
Moscow
Security Council
Northern
Eoka-B
Soviet Cosmonauts Return From Space Without Docking
Moscow reported that two cosmonauts aboard Soyuz 15 landed safely less than 40 hours after launch. They did not dock with the orbiting Salyut 3 laboratory and Tass gave no explanation for the failed link up.
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Moscow
Earth
Tass
U S Reassesses Cuba Policy Amid OAS Pressure
Washington sources report the Ford administration reevaluating decades old U S stance on the Cuba embargo as hemispheric pressure grows to end embargo sanctions imposed a decade ago by the Organization of American States.
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Washington
Ford Administration
U.S
Cuba
Organization of American States
Leading indicators rise in July on job gains
Washington reports the Commerce Department index of leading indicators increased 1.8 percent in July after June's 0.6 percent drop, driven by an improved labor market and lower labor costs, signaling momentum in future economic trends.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Mine Disposal Site Okayed by Reserve Mining Co
Reserve Mining Co. attorney Edwards Fride told a federal appeals court that the firm would reluctantly accept the Lax Lake site above Silver Bay Minnesota for on land disposal of taconite tailings. He said the project would cost more to develop and operate.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Reserve Mining Co
Lax Lake
Silver Bay
Minn
Edwards Fride
Weather showers and thundershowers tonight and Thursday
A local forecast calls for showers and thundershowers tonight and Thursday with lows in the upper 60s and Thursday highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. Details on page 2.
Lordstown Strike Settled and New Contract Ratified
In Lordstown Ohio Local 1112 of the United Auto Workers ratified a three year contract with General Motors ending a seven week strike. The agreement extends transfer rights and shift preferences for skilled trades and production workers with recalls of about 700 Fisher plant workers and 1 200 laid off. Ratification saw 62 percent of production workers and 68 percent of skilled tradesmen voting yes. The pact runs through September 14 1976 and covers negotiations from last September.
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Lordstown
Ohio
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Fisher
Vega
John Brinko
Youngstown
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Carl Albert
U.N
Jacob Malik
Kurt Waldheim
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Nicosia
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