Disruptive labor unrest erupts in Vitoria Spain
In Vitoria and nearby cities, three people were killed and hundreds injured as police used tear gas and firearms to quell two months of labor protests. The violence shut down the city, with demonstrations in Bilbao Pamplona and San Sebastian and a planned general strike.
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Vitoria
Spain
Bilbao
Pamplona
San Sebastian
Juan Carlos I
Alava
Carlos Arias Navarro
Manuel Fraga Iribarne
Fraga
West Germany
General Hospital
Hearst defense hampered by new damaging documents
In San Francisco UPI reports Patricia Hearst’s notes from a terrorism class and a two page bank robbery checklist bearing her print were admitted as evidence. Judge Carter pressed toward trial completion, warning of an imminent jury appearance after days of procedural disputes.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
U.S. District Court
Oliver J. Carter
Carter
Joel Fort
Miss Hearst
SLA
William
Emily Harris
James L. Browning Jr
Sacramento
Carmichael
Fort
Bailey
Executives released in Portugal after factory lock-in
In Portugal two American Firestone executives Maurice Brunson and R James Roney were freed by protesting workers after a four day lock-in at a Lisbon area plant over retroactive pay. Government pressure and army observers followed, while workers insisted talks occur inside the factory. The incident drew concern over foreign investment prospects.
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Lisbon
Portugal
UPI
Maurice Brunson
R. James Roney
Brunson
Roney
Firestone
Setubal
Scientists sue to get nuke data
The Union of Concerned Scientists sues the U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Washington to force disclosure of 79 documents on nuclear plant safety. Daniel Ford cites FOIA violations while Edward Mason defends industry safety. Documents cover design tests, sites, and risks at Millstone and Seabrook.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Union of
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Daniel F. Ford
U.S
Washington
Edward Mason
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit
Mason
Stephen Hanauer
Millstone
Connecticut
Seabrook
New Hampshire
Ford
Commission
Kissinger accused of trying to gag anti SALT admiral
Admiral Elmo R Zumwalt Jr says Henry Kissinger ~ threatened to have him court martialed if he did not cancel a TV appearance during the 1974 US Soviet arms talks. Zumwalt pins the threat on Kissinger via Gen Haig. Kissinger denies the charge as irresponsible and surd.
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Washington
UPI
Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Haig
Moscow
Nixon
Defense
James Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Zumwalt
Bell accused of fraud over telephone invention claim
In federal court testimony two Italian Historical Society of America witnesses allege Alexander Graham Bell stole Antonio Meucci's superior design and patented it for profit to block a March 10 stamp centennial. They say Bell knew of Meucci's working model years earlier and that patent fraud and collusion got him the patent.
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New York
UPI
Alexander Graham Bell
Antonio Meucci
Italian Historical Society of America
Bell Telephone
Philip Gisses
Bell
Meucci
Staten Island
Gisses
Patent Office
Byrd Muskie set for Mansfield's Senate post
In Washington, Sen. Robert Byrd aims to succeed retiring Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield, with Sen. Edmund Muskie already declaring his own bid. Other potential candidates include Sen. Hubert Humphrey and Sen. Ernest Hollings, while Muskie praised Mansfield’s leadership as a model for gradual transition. Mansfield, 73, who has led since 1961,steh rests and reflects on his tenure as tributes fill the chamber.
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Washington
UPI
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Byrd
Ku Klux Klan
Mansfield
Muskie
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Ernest Hollings
South Carolina
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Alan Cranston
California
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Montana
Third New England hog cholera herd to be destroyed
The USDA will humanely destroy about 200 hogs in a southeastern Massachusetts herd within a few days. This follows the destruction of 14 infected pigs in North Dartmouth and a nearby Rhode Island herd of about 2,000 hogs in Tiverton. Pork scraps from infected hogs pose no human health risk. Farmers are reimbursed at roughly 50 cents per pound. Authorities seek reports of any sick hogs in the region.
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Westport, Mass
UPI
New England
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Kathy Ellis
Dartmouth
Mass
Miss Ellis
Norfolk
Plymouth
Bristol
Massachusetts
Tiverton
R.I
Rhode Island
New Jersey
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