Burning Cunard Ambassador Abandoned in Florida Straits
In the Florida Straits the Cunard Ambassador burned and listed seven degrees as 96 firefighters and crews evacuated. No passengers were aboard. 309 crew and entertainers were rescued by Tallulah and Cape York forces, with others remaining aboard to fight the fire.
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Key West, Fla
UPI
Cunard
Florida Straits
Coast Guard
Coast
Miami
Mexico
New Orleans
Robert Howard
Yorkshire
England
U.S
Tallulah
Port Everglades
Fort Lauderdale
Howard
Ambassador
Oil producers eye profit margin hike
Western economists warn of possible winter price hikes if OPEC raises profits to offset inflation. Ministers from oil exporting countries discuss a plan to boost profits, with Amouzegar saying increases could range zero to 14 percent while navigation of costs for consumers remains debated. Saudi minister Yamani hopes prices fall. industry sources doubt reductions. OPEC planners favor 14 percent to match inflation, aiming to shift costs from consumers to oil companies.
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Vienna
UPI
Jamshid Amouzegar
Iran
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
OPEC
Amouzegar
British Petroleum Co
Abu Dhabi
Algeria
Ecuador
Andom Leads Ethiopian Military government after Emperor's Ouster
Gen Aman Michael Andom, American educated, becomes chair of the Council of Ministers as Ethiopia's seven month coup ends Haile Selassie's 58 year reign. Crown Prince Wossen remains in Switzerland after a stroke while Ethiopians celebrate with crowds, street vendors thriving, and soldiers displaying Ethiopia First insignia as the military seizes control and suspends parliament.
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Addis Ababa
API
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Aman Michael Andom
Council of Ministers
Asfa Woosen
Geneva
Armed Forces Committee
Washington
State Department
Mussolini
Debre Zeid
Selassie
Solomon
Sheba
Andom
Howard University
Crown Prince
Wossen
Switzerland
CIA Chief Defends Secret Activities At Address
CIA Director William E. Colby defended covert operations as essential to U.S. security despite opposition at a symposium. He said secrecy protects policy and counters potential adversaries, noting covert actions are authorized by the National Security Council. Former officials and Daniel Ellsberg questioned an “invisible government” operating outside Congress.
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Washington
UPI
CIA
William E. Colby
Colby
National Security Studies Section
Fund For Peace
U.N
State Department
Pentagon
Salvador Allende
Chile
Allende
National Security Council
Congress
Cuba
Daniel Ellsberg
Nixon White House
Ellsberg
Reward Offer Sparks Du Pont Theft Theories
A New York Times classified ad from Chubb and Son offers 100000 dollars for information about a jewelry theft from a Delaware private residence on Sept 1, 1974. Police link Bayard Sharp family ties but provide few details while noting 50 pieces of personalized gold and platinum jewelry with diamonds rubies sapphires and pearls were taken.
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Centerville
Del
UPI
Delaware
du Pont
Chubb and Son, Inc
Philadelphia
New York Times
USA
Chubb
Bayard Sharp
Sharp
H. Rodney Sharp Sr
Isabella Mathieu du Pont
Lammot du Pont
Pierre S. du Pont
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co
du Pont Chemical Empire
University of Delaware
Opposition grows to 850000 Nixon transition fund
In Congress Democrats and some Republicans clash over an 850000 request for Nixon transition expenses. The GSA seeks 400000 for Former Presidents Act and 450000 for transitional costs to staff offices and screen papers, including a vault near Nixon's San Clemente estate.
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Arthur Sampson
General Services Administration
House
GSA
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Howard Robison
Rn.y
San Clemente
Youth sentenced to die in slaying of Mrs. King
Marcus Wayne Chenault, 23, former Ohio State student, was condemned to death by electrocution by a Fulton County jury for the slaying of Mrs. King and a church deacon at Ebenezer Baptist Church. He received 10 years for assault and 12 months on weapons counts. The judge set execution for November 8 in Reidsville. automatic appeal filed.
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Mrs. King
Atlanta
UPI
Marcus Wayne Chenault
Martin Luther King Sr
Chenault
Ohio State University
Randy Bacote
Marcus Wayne Chenault Sr
Dayton
Ohio
Fulton County Superior Court
Luther Alverson
Reidsville
Georgia
Bacote
Lewis Slaton
Ebenezer Baptist Church
King
Edward
Japanese fishing boat held in Maine until legal cases decided
The Tayio Maru and its 31 crew are kept at the Maine state pier as U.S. officials proceed with civil and criminal actions for violating the U.S. fishing limit near Monhegan Island. Captain Masatoshi Kawaguchi faces charges for piloting inside the 12 mile limit. Conviction could bring hefty fines, ship confiscation, or crew imprisonment.
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U.S
John Wlodkowski
Moran Shipping Agencies, Inc
Masatoshi Kawaguchi
Monhegan Island
Maine State Pier
Kawaguchi
U.S. Coast Guard
Japan
Richardson says Nixon pardon was ill timed
Former U S Attorney General Elliot Richardson said the Nixon prosecution or conviction would have caused a prolonged humiliating national ordeal. He criticized President Ford for granting an unconditional pardon as hasty and ill timed, noting preference for a full case development by the special prosecutor. Richardson resigning in 1973 after Nixon asked him to fire Archibald Cox in the Saturday Night Massacre.
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Detroit
UPI
U.S
Elliot Richardson
Richard Nixon
Richardson
Nixon
Ford
Attorney General Post
Archibald Cox
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