Jewelry stolen from czarina recovered by FBI
Five platinum pieces made for Alexandra of Russia valued at 1.5 million are among stolen jewelry recovered by the FBI. The set includes two large earrings a bracelet a necklace and a pendant all with diamonds and emeralds. In California a kidnapping case involves John Siegman his wife and three children with $8 000 seized in cash. the wife remains missing. El Cajon chooses to skip a federal grant for burglar alarms deciding it would cost more in paperwork than the grant would save.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Czarina Alexandra
Russia
FBI
Bureau
Nicholas II
Los Alamitos
Calif
John Siegman
Siegman
Market Basket
Mrs. Siegman
EL Cajon
Women's Equality Day observed with mixed turnout and calls for action
Betty Friedan urged hard political action at a Boston rally as women marked the 70th anniversary of suffrage. Observances varied from a large Boston gathering to vigils in St Paul and rallies in Cleveland. A separate incident in Cleveland saw a former Chessie System employee take hostages at the corporate HQ, releasing all unharmed after declaring demands tied to GI Bill benefits for Vietnam veterans.
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Betty Friedan
Boston
Chicago
National Organization For Women
Loop
St. Paul
Cleveland
UPI
Chessie
Ashley Leach
Huntington
W.va
Sugar price collapse sparks calls for import controls
In New Orleans sugar prices have fallen after good harvests and lack of buyer demand. Industry spokesmen say stabilization is needed to keep prices steady, with suggestions that President Ford should raise duties or tighten import controls. In Utah, a brakeman narrowly saved 2-year-old Kimberley Wood from a freight train after she ran onto the tracks, emerging with only a minor head cut.
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New Orleans
UPI
Ford
Lehi
Utah
Carl Bury
Kimberley Wood
Union Pacific Railroad
Ron Rima
Diamond stockpile politics linked to Israel sales
UPI reports a lobbyist claims Kissinger ordered 300,000 carats of industrial diamonds from the U S strategic stockpile for Israel. Steven Fellman testifies Israel could have sold diamonds elsewhere, while critics say stockpiles are misused for political aims contrary to the law.
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Washington
UPI
Henry Kissinger
Israel
U.S
Steven John Fellman
House
Armed Services
Fellman
Richard T. Schulze
D-Pa
Diabetes cure possibility via insulin producing cells
Dr John S Najarian reports early clinical trial success using transplanted insulin producing islet cells from donor pancreas into a diabetic patient. Seven patients participated, with four animal studies previously proving efficacy. The procedure, injecting islets into the portal vein, reduced insulin needs by about two thirds and shows safety but remains experimental for broader use.
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New York
UPI
Najarian
The
Transplantation Society
National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases
American Diabetes Association
Rain Strikes London as Guru Rain Festival Fails to End Drought
Rain fell in London and southeast England for the first time in 30 days but drought officials warned the downpour would not alter Britain's severe 500 year drought. A Sikh rain festival linked to a Punjab guru drew leaders to London as showers moved through Kent and Essex. The Thames River continued to retreat with major leakage and the source in Gloucestershire dry, choking the river's flow for the first time in 25 years.
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Michael Dennigan
London
UPI
England
Britain
Heathrow
Kent
Essex
London Weather Center
Punjab
Niranjan Sagh Mangat
Thames
Coates
Gloucestershire
Police minister calls violence child play in Soweto
In Soweto clashes between Zulu tribesmen and black militants subsided as Police Minister Jimmy Kruger dismissed the violence as child’s play. Police reported a calm night after four days of bloody unrest that left at least 35 blacks dead and hundreds injured.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Soweto
Jimmy Kruger
Gert Prinsloo
Kruger
Pretoria
Mass. suspends auto insurer for refusing to cover drivers
Massachusetts suspends Maryland Casualty Insurance Co. from selling any insurance for at least a month under a new law after the firm refused auto coverage for 20,000 policyholders. Licenses may extend if conditions are not met. existing policies stay in force and may be renewed after runout. The move targets insurers threatening to leave the state amid auto insurance crises.
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Boston
UPI
James M. Stone
Maryland Casualty Insurance Co
Stone
Keith R. Rodney
Rodney
Maryland Casualty
American General
Australians Return to River Kwai for Healing Ceremony
Lance Lowe and three other Australian former prisoners of war journey to Kanburi near Bangkok to honor comrades who perished on the Burma railway. The group will visit the cemetery near the bridge site, then travel by boat along the River Kwai in a bid to bury longstanding hatred.
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Sydney
Australia
UPI
Lance Lowe
Kwai
Lowe
Takashi Nagase
F Force
Kanburi
Bangkok
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American Mining Congress
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Minneapolis
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New York Times News Service
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