Radical Puerto Rico group claims arson at NYC stores
New York brief reports that the Armed Forces for the Liberation of Puerto Rico claimed responsibility for 10 small incendiary devices planted in department stores near Madison Square Garden during lunch rush. Police cited very small damage and no injuries. A note blamed Democrats Puerto Rican delegation for colonial leeches at the national convention.
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McCarthy Lets Carter Have It In New York Critique
Former senator Eugene McCarthy urged Carter to name a vice presidential running mate and questioned the incumbent’s qualifications. McCarthy spoke to Overseas Press Club members in New York amid Democratic convention coverage and cited past campaigns against Johnson in 1968 and 1972.
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Thunderstorms sweep across nation with damaging storms
Potent storms ranged from the Rockies to New England and the Gulf Coast. A tornado hit near Stanton North Dakota, injuring two, as heavy rains and hail plagued Rapid City South Dakota. Winds reached 50 mph in Havre Montana and storms spread through New York and New England.
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Pat Nixon to be released from hospital soon
Pat Nixon, partially paralyzed by a stroke, will be released from Long Beach Memorial Hospital in a week to 10 days. She faces three to four months of therapy for significant, but possibly incomplete, recovery with lingering weakness and occasional slurred speech.
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Hearst spared by chance during SLA siege argues by Harris
In opening arguments at their trial for an SLA crime spree, William and Emily Harris blamed Patricia Hearst for a fatal shootout at Mel's Sporting Goods. They said Hearst, inexperienced as a gunwoman, sprayed bullets while accompanying the group and that a chance decision saved her life by avoiding Mizmoon Solitsyk at 54th Street.
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Massachusetts High Court Allows Withholding Life Prolongation Care
The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that life extending treatments may be withheld from Joseph Saskowicz a 67 year old resident of Belchertown State School with severe mental disability and acute myelogenous leukemia. The ruling rests on medical testimony that chemotherapy offers limited benefit and can cause painful side effects while not guaranteeing recovery.
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Corn crop up 15 percent over 1975, USDA predicts
The Agriculture Department forecasts the 1976 corn harvest at 6.553 billion bushels, about 14 percent above the 1975 record, aided by an 8 percent rise in spring planting. Higher corn output could lower feed prices and curb overall food inflation in 1977.
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Viking 1 Mars landing seen as July 20 target
Dr. William Baum and the orbiter team say high altitude Viking photos show Martian atmosphere hazy with clouds and ice, not as clear as closer pictures suggested. The project notes the landing in the west-northwest region remains slated for July 20.
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Democratic National Convention Schedule for Today
The Democratic National Committee outlines today's events in New York with a full lineup from 3:30 pm to 11 pm. Highlights include credentials and rules committee reports, remarks by Dwayne Holman Moon Landrieu Ken Gibson Wendell Ford, and speeches by Rodino McGovern Humphrey and Anderson.
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Israelis say raider impersonated Amin during Entebbe rescue
Israeli units rescuing hostages from Entebbe airport used a Mercedes limousine with a blackened face officer impersonating Idi Amin and two Land Rovers with Palestinian bodyguards to confuse Ugandan guards. The daring deception allowed the raid to reach the terminal and free 103 hostages before flight to Israel.
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