Americans To Be Allowed Out Of Vietnam Starting Aug 1 1976
Vietnamese ambassador in Paris informed U S lawmakers that all Americans blocked in South Vietnam, along with their wives and children, will be authorized to depart beginning Aug. 1 1976 with UNHCR assistance. Rep. G V Montgomery estimated at least 40 Americans are affected. Two senators and a congressman received telegrams confirming the move.
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Washington
UPI
Vietnam
Vo van Sung
Paris
Rep. G.V. Montgomery
D-Miss
House Select Committee On
Southeast Asia
South Vietnam
United Nations High Commissioner On
Cannery strike protests throttle California harvests and markets
United Press International reports California farmers blasting horns and giving peaches away as cannery strikes threaten ripe crops. Oregon grain inspectors' strike stalls docks, risking grain rot and higher food prices nationwide. Talks with 28 cannery firms and national mediator set in Washington.
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California
Oregon
Washington
Thrill seeking heirs hunted in Chowchilla style kidnap case
A 100 acre San Mateo County estate is under police search as a task force investigates alleged kidnaping by youths from prominent local families described as a cult type group. Investigators seek a truck trailer tractor tied to the underground dungeon used in the Chowchilla incident and question creates a broader hunt across three counties with FBI involvement.
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Redwood City
Calif
UPI
San Mateo County
San Francisco
Ficers
FBI
Woods
California Rock and Gravel Co
Livermore
San Francisco Bay
California
Chowchilla
John R. McDonald
Ed Bates
Madera County
Tom Houchins
The
Sacramento Bee
Fresno Bee
Palo Alto
Biggest manhunt for IRA killers of British envoy in Ireland
Dublin police led the largest Irish history manhunt raiding suspected IRA sympathizers. In Belfast areas a bomb at a Londonderry army barracks killed a British soldier and wounded two. 9000 troops and police plus helicopters sealed towns as $36,000 reward offered. Amb Ewart-Biggs died when an estimated 200 pounds of explosives detonated under his Jaguar near Dublin. Judith Cooke was killed and Brian Cubbon's secretary injured. chauffeur Brian O Driscoll gravely hurt. Two men seen near the scene remain at large.
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Dublin
Ireland
UPI
Irish Republican Army
Christopher Ewart-Biggs
Northern Ireland
Rory O’brady
Sinn Fein
IRA
Sean Keenan
Londonderry
Ewart -Biggs
Belfast
Judith Cooke
Brian Cubbon
Brian O’driscoll
Sirica orders desegregation crackdown in 46 districts
U.S. District Court Judge John J. Sirica orders HEW to begin enforcement actions in 32 districts including Chicago and Los Angeles for desegregation violations and gives 60 days to conclude investigations in 14 more Northern and Western districts led by New York City. The order targets districts across 17 states outside the South and threatens potential loss of federal funds.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. District Court
John J. Sircas
Los Angeles
Chicago
New York City
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Sirica
South
HEW
Spectacular Nice Bank Heist Tunnels Vault For $10 Million
In NICE FRANCE a gang tunneled 25 feet from a sewer into Societe Generale vault and escaped by rubber boats via the sewer. They may have moved loot by pickup and then high speed boats along the Paillan River, with four stolen Riva speedboats linked to the case. The caper, dubbed century’s heist, involved 400 safe-deposit boxes and no alarms during a weekend burglary.
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Nice
France
UPI
Societe Generale Bank
Paillan
French Riviera
Riva
Rivieras
House passes offshore oil bill amid debate and veto threat
The House approved the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1976 by 247 to 140, aiming to balance environment with energy policy. It requires a five year offshore leasing plan, a new bid system favoring small firms, an oil spill fund, and limits on leases, with amendments on Buy American rules and safety regulations.
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William E. Clayton Washington
UPI
House
Congress
Senate
Secretary of Interior
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Bennington
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Fred Nicerson Woods III
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