Gurney calls indictment political harassment amid charges
Sen Edward J Gurney a Republican on the Senate Watergate Committee says he is absolutely innocent of charges he accepted campaign contributions without reporting them He calls the Leon County Grand Jury indictment a form of political harassment Defenders plan motions including dismissal a statement of particulars and a speedy trial Gurney accuses Sen Richard Pettigrew and Rep Marshall Harris of collusion to embarrass him Harris alleges Gurney violated election laws with 100000 in contributions in 1972 He faces up to one year in prison and a 1000 fine If convicted He will testify before the Jacksonville grand jury on May 21
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Tallahassee
Fla
UPI
Edward J. Gurney
R- 4
Senate Watergate Committee
Gurney
Nixon
Leon County
Grand Jury
John Gardner
Washington
Circuit Court
Marshall
Harris
Miami
Richard A. Pettigrew
U.S. Senate
Pettigrew
Grand
Secretary of State
Jacksonville
Federal Housing Administration
Meeting on ways to foresee national crises
Washington officials and congressional leaders meet to plan preemptive methods for national problems before they become crises. The idea, proposed by Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield and Republican Leader Scott, envisions a coordinated machinery with government industry and labor input to foresee needs five to ten years ahead.
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Washington
House
Senate
Treasury
William Simon
Roy Ash
Cost of Living Council
John Dunlop
Peter M. Flanigan
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Mansfield
United States
Scott
Nixon
Argentinian guerrillas release Esso official after 144 days
Victor E. Samuelson, 37, a Cleveland native and Esso Campana refinery manager, was released in Argentina after a 144 day kidnapping by ERP guerrillas. Exxon paid a record 14.2 million dollars, delivered in 142,000 hundred-dollar bills, ending a high profile case that left Samuelson disoriented but in good health. He is en route to New York with a Braniif connection, and company officials noted he was well treated in the captors’ jails.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
U.S
Victor E. Samuelson
Esso Argentina Oil Co
Cleveland
Samuelson
Esso
Campana
Argentina
Exxon Corp
Marxist People’s Revolutionary Army
ERP
Exxon
Saigon charges Hanoi renews efforts to conquer the South
Prime Minister Tran Thien Khiem announced Hanoi has launched an offensive to conquer the South Vietnam. In Mekong Delta fighting, 82 soldiers died as clashes raged near Tuyen Binh. Cambodian shelling near Phnom Penh killed four civilians and wounded 20 as rebels pressed toward the capital. Government air strikes and reinforcements intensified, with 62 bombing raids and 46 Communists killed in separate fronts.
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Saigon
UPI
Tran Thien Khiem
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Khiem
Information Ministry
Mekong
Tuyen Binh
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Takhmau
Bassac
Delta
Bong Son
Peace efforts jeopardized by Golan Heights fighting
United Press International reports heavy fighting on the Golan Heights in the 50th day of a war of attrition between Syria and Israel. Syrian forces claim multiple Israeli tanks destroyed and casualties inflicted around Mt Hermon as Kissinger pushes for a cease fire and force separation talks. U.S. officials meet with Egyptian and Israeli leaders while questioning criticisms of U.S. Middle East policy.
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Syria
Israel
Golan Heights
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Damascus
Mt. Hermon
Kissinger
Houaria Boumedienne
Alexandria
Anwar Sadat
U.S
Kenneth B. Keating
Tel Aviv
Abba Eban
Keating
Eban
United States
U.N. Security Council
Lebanon
Ha’aretz
U.N
Zakaria Ismail
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Geneva
Moshe Dayan
British troops hunt IRA proxy bombers in Belfast raid
In Belfast a large Protestant district was cordoned off as British forces searched for IRA proxy bombers after gunmen hijacked a truck and forced drivers to deliver explosives to Lisburn police stations. The Lisburn attack followed earlier proxy bombs at Tyrone UDR HQ and a Rosslea police station amid a campaign tied to political moves to end decades of violence. More than 1,000 people have died since August 1969 in the sectarian conflict.
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Belfast
UPI
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Andersonstown
Army
Lisburn
County Tyrone
Ulster Defense Regiment
UDR
Rosslea
Irish Republic
Martha Mitchell to sue John Mitchell for support and division
Martha Mitchell will sue estranged husband John Mitchell for separate maintenance legal fees and property division. Attorney Melvin Belli said she seeks temporary support and assets wherever located. Mitchell’s separation followed a 1957 marriage and his recent federal perjury acquittal.
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New York
UPI
Martha Mitchell
John Mitchell
Melvin Belli
Mitchell
San Francisco
Phoenix
Ariz
Fifth Avenue
Belli
Essex House
Nixon
White House
Portugal May Day rallies call for mass demonstrations
In Lisbon and across Portugal, leftist parties and labor unions urged workers to demonstrate for May Day, the first mass rally in over four decades since the military junta proclaimed May Day a national holiday and promised calm amid fears of agitators. The regime planned street patrols by troops and police while Spinola met with former opposition groups and signaled a quick move to a provisional civil government.
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Lisbon
UPI
Portugal
Alvaro Cunhal
Communist Party
Prague
Marcello Caetano
Detroit Gangs Seek Legitimate Business Ventures in Chicago Tours
In Detroit the Bishops and Chains gangs plan to transform street life by studying black owned businesses in Chicago and meeting with Black P Stone Nation members. They tour publishers and fast food franchises, aiming to form a corporation with adult sponsors and attract support from local business groups.
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Detroit
UPI
East Side
Chicago
Bernard Parker
Parker
P Stone Nation
Bill Pickard
Wayne State University
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Inner City Business Improvement Forum
Pickard
Blazing Sad Dies among Harte cinema notes at local theaters
Harte reviews Mel Brooks film as majestic insanity with R rating and adult humor. Main Street offers The Yearling matinees at 1 p.m. featuring Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman with a young fawn. TwinCinemas shows Busting and Pat Garrett plus Crazy Joe and The Stone Killers, all R. Manchester Cinema screens Don't Look Now starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland, also R. Showtimes via Harte 442-8500, Cinemas 442-8179, Manchester 362-1229.
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Manchester
Julie Christie
Donald Sutherland
Nicholas Roeg
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