Kuwaiti to try five Arab guerrillas for kidnapping extortion
Five gunmen captured after hijacking a Saudi embassy mission in Paris and seizing 16 hostages faced kidnapping and extortion charges as Kuwaiti officials pledged trial. The group, calling itself Al Iqab, abducted diplomats to demand Palestinian leader Mohamed Abu Daoud’s release, but Jordan refused.
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Paris
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
France
Middle East
Mohamed Abu Daoud
Jordan
Hussein
Teachers Strike Shuts Schools Across States
Students stay home as teachers walk out in at least six states threatening up to a million children with another week of missed classes. San Francisco briefly resumes for 20 000 pupils, while Detroit and 31 districts face widespread recess. The Detroit school board failed to compel a return to work in court as Wayne County officials weigh next steps.
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Pennsylvania
Niles Township
Chicago
Time reports Agnew expects to be indicted
Time Magazine cites a friend and adviser saying Vice President Spiro Agnew told President Nixon he expects indictment by a Baltimore grand jury after a September 1 meeting. Both sides dispute the claim, with officials denying resignation discussions and lawyers noting constitutional grounds discussed.
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Maryland
U.S
Elliot Richardson
Colorado beauty wins Miss America 1974 contest
Rebecca Ann King of Sterling Colorado, a blonde farmer's daughter, won the Miss America 1974 pageant in Atlantic City New Jersey. The 19 year old described herself as very conservative and said she believes marijuana should be legalized.
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N.J
UPI
Rebecca Ann King
Sterling
Colo
Nixon
Colorado Women’s College
Miss King
Hancock
Iowa
Behrman Dead at 80 Humorist and Playwright
S. N. Behrman, 80, noted humorist, playwright and author, died Sunday of an apparent heart attack in New York. His Broadway debut comedy The Second Man opened in 1927 starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. despite blindness and wheelchair confinement late in life, he wrote until shortly before his death. His memoir People in a Diary appeared in June 1972.
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New York
UPI
S. N Behrman
Behrman
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Gas stations close nationwide to protest price controls
United Press International reports many stations nationwide shut down over Phase IV price rules requiring margins on wholesale costs. Some remained open with long lines on major routes. Detroit Mobil owner preached to customers. Phoenix Exxon dealers to halt sales for three days.
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Detroit
Exxon
San Diego
California
San Francisco Federal Building
Michigan Automobile Club
Phoenix
Ariz
Wisconsin Retail Gasoline Dealers Association
Arthur D. Johnson
Lady Ice stinks at Harte Theatre in mixed reviews
Harte Theatre week program stumbles with Jennifer O Neill underwhelming in Lady Ice. Donald Sutherland fails to elevate a predictable plot. A Cinema I scheduling mixup leaves The Day of the Jackal holdover. Cinema II shows The Harrad Experiment. Manchester Cinema offers Doll House. Times via ads or theatre call.
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Harte Theatre
Jennifer O'Neill
Donald Sutherland
O’neill
Cinema
Beef price freeze ends but rise uncertain amid market shift
The Cost of Living Council lifted the beef price freeze two days early under Phase IV. Farmers had held back cattle, expecting higher prices, but a larger market influx could keep prices down. Experts warn sales drops may force some cattlemen to liquidate. consumers may face price changes as markets adjust.
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Cost of Living Council
Charles Bradley
Colorado Cattlemen’s Association
Glenwood Springs
Colo
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Arch Booth
Booth
Los Angeles Area
Women United For Action
New York City
Council
John Dunlap
The
Beef Trust
Soviets press demand release of Belogorsk ship
Federal marshals hold the 230 foot Belogorsk in Woods Hole awaiting State Department action on a Soviet immunity claim. The vessel, seized over a $97,000 lobster trap damage suit and a second $139,000 claim, was detained after a Boston firm alleged damage by Soviet trawlers during a 1971 incident. The ship participates in a U S Soviet research project with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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Woods Hole
Mass
UPI
State Department
Belogorsk
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Three Annapolis Men Plan World Canoe Circumnavigation
Three young Annapolis men John Paxton Steven White and Jim Malone set out on a four year circumnavigation of the globe by inflatable canoes. They start on a Wyoming highland stream and will travel 73 countries aided by National Geographic diary funding if they reach Brazil. The team carries a large food supply two guns medical kit snake bite antidote and other survival gear in 60 pound packs.
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Pamela M. Larrett
Annapolis, Md
UPI
Annapolis
John Paxton
Steven White
Jim Malone
Missouri
Thomas F. Eagleton
St. Louis
Eagleton
Earth
Wyoming Highlands
Brazil
National Geographic
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