Gun threat at Waldorf Astoria targets ex Turkish PM Ecevit
In New York at a Turkish American dinner in the Waldorf Astoria Empire Room an apparent Greek demonstrator, Stavros Sykopetrides, 28, drew a .25 caliber pistol but did not fire. He was wrestled to the ground and disarmed. 600 Greek and Cypriot-Americans protested outside. Sykopetrides was arrested by a state department official and taken to the Metropolitan Correction Center. Three others were arrested for disorderly conduct.
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Cyprus
UFW plan targets Florida farm workers with boycott drive
The United Farm Workers announce a statewide Florida campaign to organize 150,000 farm workers through city consumer boycotts and field organizing. The effort follows a California model and seeks to end child labor and contract abuses while winning job protections.
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UPI
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California
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Florida Farm Worker Ministry
Hearst second trial date set amid Harris case hearing
Emily and Bill Harris trial halted for a hearing to fix a date for Patricia Hearst's second trial on the same 11 state charges. Hearst, pale and frail, was brought from San Diego to attend. Judge William Rizzi urged a realistic date. In Nairobi, Kenya, The Daily Nation reported two bombs at Idi Amin's Kampala HQ, a third defused, with guards killed but Amin unharmed, while Radio Uganda denied the claim.
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Government seeks vaccine liability plan for swine flu program
HEW officials met with drug makers and insurers to craft a liability agreement to back the national swine flu inoculation plan. After a 12 hour session the group split and agreed to reconvene within 48 hours as insurers balk at underwriting risk amid Congress refusal to authorize government guarantees.
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UPI
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HEW
Leo Parent
Congress
Pakistani Army unit scales Paigu Peak first ascent
Rawalpindi reports that a Pakistani army expedition climbed Paigu Peak in the Karakoram Range reaching 21,685 feet. It marked the first ascent of Paigu Peak, with the achievement announced in a Monday message.
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UPI
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Nitrogen and Water on Mars Boost Life Search
UPI reports scientists in Pasadena see nitrogen and water indicators on Mars, bolstering hope that life could be found by the Viking mission. The findings strengthen the case that chemical conditions once suitable for life may exist or have existed on the red planet.
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UPI
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Carter to Return to New Hampshire After Primary Win
Carter plans a return visit to Manchester August 3 between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. Local Democrats organize a downtown rally and a $3 fund raiser for the Democratic party. In Mars exploration news Viking 2 nears Mars with seismometer fix attempts and life-search experiments.
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UPI
New Hampshire
Jimmy Carter
Lucille Kelley
Carter
Democratic Party
Sikes Faces House Ethics Reprimand for Conduct Violations
The House Ethics Committee says Rep. Robert L. F. Sikes violated conduct standards and should be reprimanded but not punished. The panel recommends reprimands for stock disclosures involving Fairchild Industries and a Pensacola bank, but cites lack of jurisdiction on a 1961 land case, noting possible floor action on Thursday and public reaction from Common Cause.
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UPI
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Fairchild Industries
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Florida
Fairchild
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Howe
300 Evacuated From Beirut Amid Smooth One Hour Run
A U S Navy landing craft evacuated about 300 Americans and foreigners from Beirut in a one hour operation guarded by PLO and other leftist groups. Ambassador Talcott Seelye joined roughly 2 embassy staff, with around 200 of 150 remaining Americans signed for a Athens trip. The mission followed a tense civil war stretch as fighting raged nearby and the scene included PLO guards and a skeleton embassy staff of 15 post-evacuation.
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Lebanon
UPI
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U.S
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Athens
Washington
Ford
National Security Affairs
Brent Scowcroft
Donald Rumsfeld
Ron Nelsen
PLO
United States
Seelye
Christopher Ross
No Man’s Land
Tal Zaatar
Kidnap suspect blocked at Canada border with guns
A suspected abducter of 26 school children tried to cross into Canada on July 19 but was turned back at the Washington border after border guards found three pistols and a rifle in his vehicle. James Schoenfeld, 24, was detained, cleared by checks, and released with guns returned, while entry denied. Police issued warrants for Schoenfeld and two other suspects, and a Marin County search followed.
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Calif
UPI
Canada
Livermore
James Schoenfeld
Schoenfeld
Atherton
California
Frederick Woods
Ralph Snyder
Snyder
Ford signs coastal energy impact fund bill
President Ford signed a new law creating a 1.6 billion eight year program to aid coastal states as offshore oil and gas activities grow. The act allocates 800 million for an energy impact fund 400 million for OCS formula grants and 464 million for planning and research.
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UPI
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Location Counts in Real Estate Value
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