Robbers in Barcelona Pay Office Hold Up Social Security
In Madrid and Barcelona a group of five armed robbers hijacked the Spanish social security office in Barcelona, taking about $600,000 and wounding two guards seriously. One guard died, authorities said. Unnamed sources linked the attack to FRAP after its recent executions. The crew disguised themselves as medical staff.
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Madrid
Spain
Spanish
Social Security Administration
Barcelona
Revolutionary
Patriotic Front
FRAP
Nurs
Basque Country
Spain in Crisis After Five Executions Spark Widest Protests
Across Western Europe protests flare after five executions including two Basque nationalists. Prime Minister Arias Navarro convenes cabinet as 12 nations recall ambassadors and Spain faces diplomatic isolation. Basque regions see mass strikes and police crackdowns with injuries and arrests reported.
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Europe
Spain
Carlos Arias Navarro
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Mexico
Itasca Park Advisory Board keeps snowmobile trails unchanged
The Itasca State Park Advisory Board declined adding trails, keeping current snowmobile access while planning a new north area route. A potential east side loop toward Lake George was proposed, with a Highway 71 alignment. The board also aims to exchange state lands for trust fund land within park bounds and advance a Bemidji State University outdoor communications degree.
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Itasca State Park Advisory Board
Milt Krona
Department of Natural Resources
Lake George
DNR Park Services
Minnesota
Krona
Itasca State Park
Aurel L. Ekwall
Park Service
Ekwall
Wegmann
Bemidji State University
Aurel Ekvall
Bagley
Wilford Halstrom Mahnomen
Ford Luebke
Park Rapids
Postal reforms face Congress and unions opposition
Postmaster General Bailor argues Congress and unions block efficiency gains in the Postal Service. He cites plans such as closing 12,000 rural post offices and cutting delivery routes as options that would save money without reducing service, though opponents resist.
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Washington
Congress
Benjamin F. Bailor
Bailor
Capitol Hill
Jamaican gunmen hold Italian waiters in London restaurant
Three Jamaican gunmen seized seven Italian waiters and confined them in a small basement storeroom at the Spaghetti House in Knightsbridge for a second day. They invaded to steal that night’s proceeds, while police guarded the scene and negotiators sought to resolve the standoff.
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London
Knightsbridge
Sir Robert Mark
Lawmakers wrestle with defining what counts as lobbying
Washington lawmakers discuss how to define lobbying as they consider stricter rules. The debate covers ad hoc activist groups versus professional lobbyists from groups like AFL-CIO and NAM, and questions about constitutional rights and petitioning the government.
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Washington
Congress
Afl-Cio
National Association of
Patty Hearst Journey Pushed Toward SLA Ties
Rolling Stone reports Patty Hearst rode cross country with activist Jack Scott after kidnapping, meeting the SLA in Berkeley. She declined Scott’s offer to drive her home, saying she wanted to go where her friends were going as the group moved toward New York and a Pennsylvania farmhouse. Authorities say Hearst and several SLA associates were later arrested in San Francisco. psychiatrists’ evaluation is underway as Hearst’s mental state is scrutinized.
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San Francisco
Patricia Harstrode
Jack Scott
Scott
Rolling Stone
Miss Hearst
SIA
Howard Kohn
David Weir
Patty Hearst
Harrises
Berkeley
Tania
SLA
Donald DeFreeze
Los Angeles
Bill
Emily Harris
Scotts
New York City
Weir
Wendy Yoshimura
New York
Pennsylvania
Micki
Kohn and Weir
Steven Weed
DeFreeze
Nancy Ling Perry
Willie Wolfe
California
Kathleen Soliah
Steve
Ford turns non secret documents over to House
President Ford's aides began giving non secret papers to the House Intelligence Committee as a split panel debated Ford's terms for access to secrets. Chairman Pike pressed for a resolution to force full access while Republicans warned the volume could overwhelm staff. The dispute also touched Kissinger and a possible blocking of the committee's inquiry into intelligence failures.
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Washington
Ford
House Intelligence Committee
Otis G. Pike
Dn.y
House
White House
Pike
Robert McClory
Illinois
Secretary of
Henry A. Kissinger
Minnesota lawmakers back new campaign finance rules
Minnesota's two U.S. senators and eight representatives largely support a new Federal Election Commission proposal to require disclosure and ban corporate treasuries and union dues. They say they finance official costs through regular campaign committees, with some using outside funds in past years and others noting travel and staff expenses are covered by official allowances.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minnesota
U. S
Federal Election Commission
Washington
Minneapolis Tribune
Commission
William Frenzel
Joseph Karth
Donald Fraser
Richard Nolan
Bob Bergland
Walter Mondale
Albert Quie
Tom Hagedorn
James Oberstar
Hubert Humphrey
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Legislative Branch
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Dala
House Judiciary
Flowers
American Civil Liberties Union
Patty
M Harrises
Steve Soliah
McClory
Robert N. Giaimo
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