Kissinger Failure Leaves Mideast Tense and Unstable
UPI reports Secretary Kissinger failed to seal a new Egypt Israel accord, raising the risk of war in the Middle East this year. Ford welcomed him back from an 11th trip as Sadat warned of holy war if rights are denied, and Fahmi said the outlook was dim with higher tensions ahead.
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Washington
UPI
Henry Kissinger
Egypt
Israel
Middle East
U.S
Nixon
China
Indochina
United Press International
Aswan
Anwar Sadat
Ismail Fahmi
Fahmi
United States
Tel Aviv
Beirut
Mideast
Airlift resumes amid rocket fire as Cambodian battle intensifies
UPI reports that the airlift of food fuel and ammo to Phnom Penh resumed after a pause despite intensified rocket fire on the city airport. In Vermont politics, labor weighs support between Stafford and Salmon for the 1976 Senate race as leaders hint at shifting alliances.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Cambodia
Lon Nol
U.S
Robert T. Stafford
Thomas P. Salmon
Stafford
Emma Harwood
Bennington
Harwood
International Ladies Garment Workers
ILGU
Vermont
Bennington County
Democratic Committee
Salmon
Mallary
Vermont Labor Council
Senate
Labor
Communists breach Hue walls and seize Tam Ky in Vietnam
North Vietnamese tanks and infantry shattered Hue defenses and pressed on the 80,000 refugees on the coast. Tam Ky fell within four hours, expanding Communist control to Quang Tin and splitting South Vietnam from Da Nang to the Laotian border. Refugees faced fire while seeking evacuation at Tan My and along Highway 1 as Saigon bolstered defenses and field reports warned of a very critical situation.
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DA Nang
UPI
Hue
Seacoast
Tam Ky
South Vietnam
Quang Tin
Vietnam
Quang Ngai
Central Highlands
Saigon
Perfume River
Thua Thien
My Chanh
Huong Dien
Quang Dien
Nam Hoa
Phu Loc
Tan My
Somali Kidnappers Nab French Ambassador in Mogadishu
In Mogadishu a group calling itself the Front for the Liberation of the Somali Coast abducted French Ambassador Jean Gueury after mass, then moved to a city villa as police surrounded the venue. They demanded the release of two French jail inmates and a $100000 ransom within 36 hours, while Italian diplomats negotiated and Somalia pledged to aid in Gueury’s survival.
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Nairobi
UPI
Somalia
Front For the Liberation
Jean Gueury
Paris
Gueury
Mogadishu
Horn of Africa
Indian Ocean
Omar Osman Rabeh
Omar Elmi Kabeh
Afars
Issas
Africa
French Somaliland
France
Mohammed Siad Barre
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Conference unit weighs tax cuts and 1974 rebates
Washington officials report House and Senate negotiators face a setting where a 1975 tax cut and 1974 rebates hinge on a conference bill acceptable to President Ford or enough votes to override a veto. The House seeks 19.9 billion with 100 to 200 rebates, the Senate 33.1 billion with 120 to 240 rebates, while Ford backs about 16 billion.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ford
Ron Nelsen
al Ullman
Ways and Means
Congress
Treasury
William Simon
Max Friedersdorf
GOP
Barber Conable
Herman Schneebli
White House
Ullman
Nessen
ABC
CBS
JEC cites Ford policies as costly to economy
The Joint Economic Committee warns Ford's policies could cost the U S about 1 45 trillion in output from 1975 to 1980, nearly the entire annual GNP, with a 14 percent output gap projected for this year. The Democrats urge increased deficits of 15 to 20 billion in 1976 to boost recovery, fund jobs, mortgage subsidies, and urban aid, while Treasury Secretary Simon cautions deficits risk inflation and higher interest rates.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
United States
Congress
Joint Economic Committee
Treasury
William E. Simon
Simon
Backers finance LaForce engine in 18 weeks plan
Edward LaForce, who says he invented a more efficient auto engine, reports production within 18 weeks aided by $156,000 from backers to Venture E by July. Two Duluth businessmen bought distribution rights. initial run will modify 10 engine types to fit most cars. EPA dispute lingers while a Senate panel calls for further testing.
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Richmond
UPI
Edward LaForce
LaForce
Robert
Venture-E
Internal Revenue Service
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Senate
Inside National and Local Highlights Across Pages
Summary mentions ongoing exposure of a Cold Bloods repeat in Kansas murders and a series of interviews and editorials from Page 2 to Page 5. It notes a Sunderland School robbery report, over a thousand petitions on Manchester electric rates, and sports items including MAU ranking, Pembroke shrine team, Princeton NIT win, Syracuse sleeper potential, and Indiana loss to Kentucky across pages 6 to 15.
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Kansas
Parker
Bennington
Gerald Raftery
Sen. Stafford
CIA
FBI
James Reston
Washington
Sunderland
Manchester
MAU
New England
Pembroke
Vermont
Princeton
Syracuse
Indiana
Kentucky
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Jerusalem
Lon Ndcaster
U.S. Senate
Thailand
Tool Leap
US S
Prek Phneou
JEC
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