CIA Spends 3 Million on Poisons and Silent Weapons
CIA testimony before the Senate intelligence committee disclosed nearly 3 million dollars spent on developing and maintaining poisonous agents and silent delivery devices. The record cites a silent dart gun and shellfish toxin storage, with two operational uses noted, including a 1960 U-2 incident and a Southeast Asia dog incapacitation plot. Weather and lake level data follow the agency testimony.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
William E. Colby
Senate
Intelligence Committee
Colby
U-2
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Powers
Southeast Asia
Army
Fort Detrick
CIA
Fracas at Donavan's Tops Bemidji City Council Meeting
Bemidji votes to review 1975 improvement project assessments and contemplates restaurant lounge rules after a Friday night disturbance at Donavan's Bar and Lounge described as the city’s closest riot. Plans include an Oct 6 assessment hearing open rolls and possible university cost-sharing on Nymore sewer work.
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Tom Crawford
Donavan
Bemidji
Doug Peterson
Gene Ouradnik
Larry Dow
Donavon’s
Peterson
Ray Holter
Nymore
Industrial Park
Dorothy Roe
Dale Page
Management Support Services
James Walker
Council
Walker
First Street
Dougherty
Ford Sees Courts Missing 1974 Busing Law Limits
President Ford, in a brief Oval Office news conference, criticizes federal courts for not recognizing 1974 busing limits as a last resort for school integration. He also says no firm commitments exist to supply F16 fighters or Pershing missiles to Israel and that any shipments depend on talks with Israel.
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Washington
Ford
Oval Office
United States
Israel
Sinai
Egypt
Fromme trial critics decry gag order amid limits
Lynette A. Fromme's attorney calls the proceeding a potential farce as a court ban on all case participants from speaking to the public concentrates attention. Public defender E. Richard Walker seeks to lift the gag order, while U.S. Atty. Dwayne Keyes defends it to curb sensational media reporting.
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Sacramento
Calif
Lynette A. Fromme
Miss Fromme
E. Richard Walker
Ford
U.S. Atty
Dwayne Keyes
U.S. District Court
Thomas J. MacBride
Four Palestinian Guerrillas Flown From Madrid Embassy
Four Palestinian guerrillas who seized the Egyptian Embassy in Madrid and held the ambassador hostage were flown to Algiers early today. President Anwar Sadat angrily rejected their demand that he renounce his Sinai peace accord with Israel.
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Cairo
Madrid
Algiers
Anwar Sadat
Sinai
Israel
Clemency Board closes after processing 15468 applicants
President Ford's Clemency Board ends work having reviewed 15468 of an estimated 120000 eligible men for Vietnam era draft evasion and desertion pardons. Justice Department to finalize 910 cases. 5361 recommendations sent, 2402 pardons signed. about half of grants outright pardons, others conditional on public service.
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Washington
Ford
Justice Department
Nia Nicholas
Nicholas
Defense and Justice Departments
Charles E. Goodell
New York
State funds aid removal of diseased trees in Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Agriculture launches a 1.5 million dollar program to help homeowners remove diseased elm and oak trees. State subsidies up to 50 per tree require local matching funds, with sessions across Slayton Appleton Blue Earth Rochester Litchfield St. Cloud Mora to explain eligibility and plant health control.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
Grills
Slayton
Appleton
Blue Earth
Rochester
Litchfield
St. Cloud
Mora
Twin Cities
Congress Budget Office sees U S recovery with inflation and unemployment
The Congressional Budget Office reports the United States is beginning to recover from the recession but faces years of high unemployment and inflation. It outlines two strategies to boost jobs or curb inflation, neither recommended, and notes a midyear surge in food and fuel prices with inflation projected at 6 to 8 percent later this year.
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Washington
United States
Congressional Budget Office
Congress
Congressional
Federal Reserve Board
James L. Pate
Commerce Department
Budget Office
The
Con
Settlement nears in New York City teachers strike
Negotiators for the Board of Education and 65,000 striking teachers tabled a tentative agreement after about seven hours of talks. If ratified, votes by delegates and rank and file could end the walkout for NYC students, with classes hoped to resume soon.
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New York City
Board of Education
Chicago
California
Delaware
Massachusetts
New York
Clover Park
Tacoma
Wash
Robert Healey
Berkeley
San Jose
Berryessa
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Frank Church
Didaho
Colbyn
Thomas’ H. Karamessines
Misty
Photos By
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Donavan's
Leonard Dickinson
Dewey Avenue
9Th
12Th Streets
University
Don Dougherty
Dow
Fromme
Clemency Board
Peter Grills
Congressional Budget Office Reports
U.S
Gressional Office
Associated Press
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Albert Shanker
United Federation of Teachers
Shanker
Wilmington
Del
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