Gunmen hold hostages in London restaurant siege
In Knightsbridge a 10 by 12 foot basement storeroom holds seven hostages as three gunmen demand release of prisoners. A psychiatrist says one gunman seems unstable while police circle the Spaghetti House with no attack. Italian hostages and officials monitor the situation. negotiators reject any bargain.
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London
Knightsbridge
Roberto Ducci
Mario Manca
Ducci
Robert Mark
Rolling Stone claims Hearst sought SLA membership after kidnapping
The Rolling Stone piece cites Howard Kohn and David Weir saying Patricia Hearst asked to join the Symbionese Liberation Army seven weeks after her Feb 4 1974 kidnapping to prove herself. It reports four weeks confinement in a closet, later nine weeks per affidavit, and her presence during SLA activities and the LA shootout aftermath.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
SLA
Rolling Stone
Howard Kohn
David Weir
Patty Hearst
Berkeley
Miss Hearst
Donald DeFreeze
Cinque
Robbery and global protests shadow Franco regime crisis
Gunmen robbed a Barcelona pay office of the Spanish social security administration, stealing $600000 and wounding two guards as unrest over Friday executions spread across Spain and Europe. Demonstrations and diplomatic recalls followed, with tensions rising from Madrid to Lisbon and Geneva.
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Madrid
Spain
Spanish
Social Security Administration
Barcelona
Revolutionary
Patriotic Front
FRAP
Europe
Carlos Arias Navarro
Francisco Franco
Mexico
Guipuzcoa
San Sebastian
Vizcaya
Navarre
Basque Country
Algoria
Scandinavia
Greece
Oporto
Lisbon
Geneva
Hague
Ankara
Turkey
Pike Questions U S Intelligence Predictive Ability in Attack Warning
Rep Otis G Pike chairman of the House intelligence committee told CBS that U S intelligence cannot reliably warn of an imminent U S attack and criticized Secretary Kissinger for blocking the panel s inquiry CIA defended its capabilities saying Colby believes U S intelligence is top tier Pike signaled a fight over access to secret information and possible full House action.
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Washington
CIA
House Intelligence Committee
U.S
America
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
CBS
Pike
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S. In
Central Intelligence Agency
William E. Colby
Colby
Kissinger
House
White House
Minnesota lawmakers deny questionable private office funds
Minnesota's two U S senators and eight congressmen say they maintain no separate private office accounts funded by special interests. They report using regular campaign committees to cover costs, subject to disclosure and contribution limits under new campaign finance rules.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minn
U. S
Federal Election Commission
Congressional
Washington
The
Minneapolis Tribune
Commission
William Frenzel
Joseph Karth
Donald Fraser
Richard Nolan
Bob Bergland
Walter Mondale
One Bedroom Apartment Rented After Two-Night Ad
Advertisement notes high demand for Austin area rentals. A furnished one bedroom apartment with private entrance and bath and utilities included was rented after appearing in the low-cost want-ad section for two nights, despite six planned insertions.
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Austin
Supreme Court to rule on death penalty and other issues
The article notes the Supreme Court's 1975-76 term begins with key questions including capital punishment and Justice Douglas's role after his stroke. It describes accelerated conference schedules, cases slated for review on campaign finance, school busing, oil import fees, and a North Carolina death penalty case set for reargument.
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Wisnaparant Ston
Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
Douglas
Yakima
Wash
Ford
North Carolina
Lipid Chemistry Award Bestowed on Dr. Lundberg
The American Oil Chemists' Society names Dr. Walter Lundberg 12th Annual Lipid Chemistry Award winner. The Hormel Institute former director receives the $2,500 honor and will be honored at the society fall meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Walter ©. Lundberg
Hormel Institute
American Oil Chemists’ Society
Lundberg
Society
Cincinnatti
Ohio
Congress weighs defining lobbying amid reform push
Washington lawmakers push bills to regulate lobbying and define the term, weighing constitutional risks and enforcement feasibility. Rep Walter Flowers seeks a clear, tough, comprehensive measure, while civil liberties groups warn against abridging petition rights. A Kastenmeier Railsback proposal defines lobbying as communication or hiring to influence federal policymaking.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Walter Flowers
D-Ala
House
Flowers
American Civil Liberties Union
Robert W. Kastenmeier
D-Wis
Thomas F. Railsback
R-Ill
Plane crash kills Hendrum father and son near Kelso
A light plane crashed southeast of Kelso killing Eugene Engle and his 11 year old son Douglas. Witnesses said the craft stalls during a turn and fell into the Elm River as authorities investigated.
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Kelso
N. D
Hendrum
Minn
Trail County Sheriff's Department
Eugene Engle
Douglas
Trail County
Elm River
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