Hearst backs TV appearance for jailed SLA soldiers
San Francisco Hearst proposed a live TV appearance for SLA prisoners Remiro and Little to aid Patty Hearst’s return. He revamps a $2 million food giveaway as SLA said food aid was inadequate. The SLA demanded a televised release and the program was retooled as distribution paused to allocate funds.
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Hearst
SLA
San Francisco
UPI
Randolph A. Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Oakland
Marcus Foster
San Francisco Examiner
Patricia
Berkeley
Patty
Miss Hearst
Joseph Remiro
Russell Little
Remiro
Little
Contra Costa County
Sam W. Hall
Martinez
Rembo
People In Need
Hearst Corp
West Virginia coal miners end three week protest walkout
West Virginia miners halted a three week walkout that idled up to 27000, after Gov. Arch Moore suspended the quarter-tank gasoline rule for 30 days. The strike cost about 14.4 million in wages and cut production by 3.7 million tons, impacting U S Steel and the regional coal industry. District 17 head Jack Perry said aims were met and urged return to work.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
West Virginia
McDowell County
Arch Moore
West Virginia Coal Association
U.S. Steel Corp
Jack Perry
District 17
United Mine Workers Union
Perry
Britain at Crossroads as Labor Faces Parliamentary Vote
In London the minority Labor government led by Harold Wilson faced a crucial Commons test against Conservative and Liberal opposition over a legislative program. A defeat could trigger a new election or a constitutional crisis, with options including dissolution or inviting Edward Heath to form a coalition.
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London
UPI
Britain
House of Commons
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Labor
James Prior
Conservative
Jeremy Thorpe
Queen Elizabeth
Ing
Edward Heath
Laird alters testimony on weather warfare claims
Former Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird sent a secret letter to Congress altering his earlier testimony about U S weather warfare against North Vietnam. The Providence Journal Bulletin reports the change suggests U S used weather warfare techniques in the conflict, contrary to previous statements by Laird and the Pentagon.
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Providence, R
Laird
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Journal Bulletin
Cut in worker training seen endangering cancer research
In a gathering of about 100 scientists, leaders warned that insufficient federal funding for training researchers risks crippling the national cancer program. They urged restoring NIH biomedical training funds to attract top young scientists as the plan aims to hasten the fight against cancer.
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Washington
UPI
National Institutes of Health
Joseph L. Melnick
Department of Virology
Baylor University
National Cancer Institute
NCI
John Wayne stars as Seattle detective in McQ at Harte Theatre
Harte Theatre on Main Street shows McQ rated PG with John Wayne in a trench coat and shoulder holster as a Seattle detective. Cinema I runs The Sting in its third week, while Redford and Newman star in a 1930s con men film. Serpico with Al Pacino is at Cinema II rated R. Manchester Dubrow’s Cinema shows American Graffiti. For starting times, call Harte 442-8500, Cinemas 442-8179, Manchester 362-1229.
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John Wayne
Seattle
Harte Theatre
Main Street
Cinema I
Robert Redford
Paul Newman
Cinema II
al Pacino
Serpico
Manchester Dubrow
Harte
Cinemas
Manchester
Weicker urges GOP to distance from Watergate and Nixon
Senator Lowell P. Weicker warns Connecticut Republicans they will be politically dead this year if they do not denounce Watergate and the President. He calls Nixon’s statements trash and says candidates linked to the scandal risk electoral ruin unless they speak out, stressing partisan grounds and loyalty to the party.
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New Milford
Conn
UPI
Lowell P. Weicker
Rconn
Watergate
GOP
Weicker
Nixon
White House
Senate Watergate Committee
Joint operation to clear Suez Canal mines
Egypt, the United States, and Britain agree on a joint mine clearance project to reopen the Suez Canal. Scores of American and British specialists, in concert with the Egyptian navy and canal technicians, will start work to remove thousands of mines and unexploded bombs. The canal is targeted to reopen in October to handle ships up to 70,000 tons.
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Cairo
UPI
Egypt
United States
Britain
Suez Canal
Suez Canal Authority
U.S. Navy
Army
Canal Authority
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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Main St
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United Press International
New York Times News Service
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
Vermont
Florida
Pensacola, Fla
Paul Welch
Pensacola
Sen
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Pell
Foreign Relations Committee
Wayne
Paul
George Roy Hill
Technicolor
Paramount
Dino DE Laurentiis
Orga Soundtrack Alpue
Osh Records
TWIN
Twin Cinemas
Nas
Constitution
Republican Party
Warne
Nichals
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