Kissinger outlines $1 trillion energy plan to avert shortages
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger proposed a $1 trillion program to help oil consuming nations weather energy shortages and called for commissions to study raw material regulation. He urged a restart of talks with Arab oil producers, warned of interdependence, and outlined steps including cutting imports and boosting nuclear power by 1985.
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Paris
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
International Energy Agency
U.S
United States
Kissinger
Ford to announce new oil import tariff
President Ford will use a televised address to reveal he is running out of patience with Congress on energy legislation and will impose unilateral actions including a $1 per barrel increase in the oil import duty starting June 1. Officials say the tariff hike will push gasoline prices higher for motorists nationwide.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
White House
United States
Rep. al . D-Ore
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ullman
Beirut seeks new cabinet to ease sectarian turmoil
President Suleiman Franjieh moves to form a cabinet with Rashid Karami as premier to heal a week of fierce fighting between Palestinian guerrillas and rightist militiamen in Beirut. Brig. Gen. Noureddin Rifai quit after 70 hours amid deep polarization. 77 killed, 225 wounded as a ceasefire holds with sniper fire continuing.
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Beirut
UPI
Suleiman Franjieh
Franjieh
Rashid Karami
Noureddin Rifai
Karami
Rifai
Lebanon
Birds found mutilated on N. Bennington pond
North Bennington residents reacted to a disturbing scene at Paran Creek where 12 young ducks and four geese introduced to Green Mountain Furniture Co pond were found mutilated. The incident disrupted the village’s peaceful riverbank spot near Route 67A and raised questions about local safety and wildlife protection.
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Bennington
Green Mountain Furniture Co
Paran Creek
New England
Green Mountain Furniture
Evel Knievel Says He Knows When To Quit
Inside national briefing notes Evel Knievel stating this is his final quit line. The piece frames his public stance with a concise personal assessment and hints at career ramifications.
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Evel Knievel
Connecticut
Vermont
Congress
Bob Hope
Norwich
Tom Braden
Vietnam
Gerry Raftery
Oktavec
Arlington
Patriots
Brattleboro
Generals
Bennington
Arnold Palmer
England
Portugal Moves Toward Dictatorship
Lisbon reports the military regime curbing political parties and forming a Cuban style alliance with the people to accelerate a revolution. A Socialist source warns of a move toward a military dictatorship as Mario Soares returns from Paris for an emergency party meeting. The 240 member assembly shelved a motion for a Marxist dictatorship while pushing revolutionary defense committees modeled on Castro's Cuba, raising concerns of a Communist takeover.
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Lisbon
UPI
Portugal
Socialist Party
Mario Soares
Paris
Armed Forces Movement
Proletariat
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Communist Party
Agreement marks end of U S involvement in Laos
UPI reports an eight point accord between U S and Laotian officials to end American presence in Laos, the last Indochina nation to fall to Communists. Some students threaten violence. most Americans have already departed amid harassment as Communist police dispersed a workers protest over back pay.
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U.S
Laos
Vientiane
UPI
Indochina
Secret talks eyed in effort to free kidnaped students
U.S. and Tanzanian officials consider covert negotiations after Tanzania rejects ransom demands from Marxist guerrillas who seized four researchers, including Americans Jane Hunter Kenneth Smith and Emilie Bergman, near Lake Tanganyika. Barbara Smuts, released earlier, described conditions and the captors' stated aims.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
UPI
United States
Mkapa
Popular Revolutionary Party
Mobutu Sese Seko
Zaire
Belgian Congo
Barbara Smuts
Ann Arbor Mich
Miss Smuts
Jane Hunter
Atherton
Cal
Kenneth Smith
Garden Grove
Emilie Bergman
Lake Tanganyika
Ann Arbor
Mich
Calif
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