Ford's conference replies summed up
Washington President Ford summarized his news conference on energy economy indochina middle east oil war detente health and amnesty He warned against mandatory gasoline rationing vetoed it and planned a tariff on imported crude oil He forecast a late summer economic turnaround and unemployment improvement He asked Congress for 300 million for Vietnam and Cambodia and did not rule out renewed bombing He warned of war danger in the Middle East and supported arms equilibrium He defended a country right to self defense in oil pressure He expected detente with the Soviet Union to continue He ruled out national health insurance this year and considered extending conditional amnesty for Vietnam resisters and deserters
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Ford
Energy
Congress
Indochina
South Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S
Middle East
United States
Henry Kissinger
South Vietnam convoy battles to supply Phnom Penh
A 20 ship South Vietnamese convoy fought extreme rebel fire and riverine sabotage as it pushed upriver toward Phnom Penh to avert imminent food and fuel shortages. Guerrilla rockets struck Pochentong Airport while Saigon claimed no border cross strikes.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Tan Chau
Mekong
Cambodia
Pochentong
Mekong River
Neak Luong
Armed robbers free three hostages in South Bend getaway
In South Bend Indiana two armed robbers freed three of six hostages from Rosenbaum's clothing store after exchanging a police van for a car and gaining two getaway vehicles. Two policemen and the owner's wife were released while a 17 year old girl remained with the robbers.
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South Bend, Ind
UPI
Rosenbaum
South Bend
John Walsh
Irving Rosenbaum
Ruth
Larry Hostetler
Paul Harvey
IRA truce shattered by new round of killings near border
In Northern Ireland a hooded man was found fatally shot near Newry close to the Republic border, the latest in a surge of violence after the cease-fire's breakdown. Police reported another two IRA gunmen killed by their own bomb and by British troops, as unrest continues across Belfast and surrounding areas. The tally since August 1969 nears 1,148 dead with authorities awaiting IRA council decisions on renewing or shifting tactics.
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Belfast
UPI
Irish Republic
Northern Ireland
Newry
Irish Republican Army
IRA
John Stone
Maze
Kevin Cowan
Strabane
Army Council
Dublin
Britain
Round
Two Irelands
Hungarian-born vandal Laszlo Toth freed from asylum
Laszlo Toth, 36, the man who battered Michelangelo's Pieta in St. Peter's Basilica in 1972, left Castiglione delle Stiviere asylum as an "mentally recovered" patient and faced deportation to Australia as an undesirable alien. Police escorted him to Rome for a plane bound to Australia. He claimed to be Jesus Christ when he attacked the statue on May 21, 1972.
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Mantova
Italy
UPI
Michelangelo
Australia
Castiglione Delle Stiviere
Laszlo Toth
Rome
Toth
Jesus Christ
St. Peter’s Basilica
Montreal gangland massacre leaves 13 dead in bar fire
Police describe a mass killing at Club Gargantua in Montreal where 10 men and 3 women perished after being herded into a smoke filled storeroom and a jukebox was used to block the door The fire and asphyxiation killed victims including club manager Regent Fortin and his wife Claire Witnesses say many victims were young and the motive surfacing as revenge is suspected with two killers likely involved per investigators
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Montreal
UPI
Regent Fortin
Fortin
Claire
Maurice Labarre
Labarre
Boston School Committee reviews desegregation plan without busing
The Boston School Committee gave a final review to a federal desegregation plan that avoids busing. It proposes magnet school options with weekly integrated classes and a fifth day at an integrated school, to be submitted to Judge Garrity by next Monday.
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Boston
UPI
U.S
W. Arthur Garrity Jr
Garrity
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