Arab guerrillas threaten unimaginable reprisals in hostage crisis
The five governments led by the United States and Britain asked the Swiss ambassador in Amman to widen talks for releasing 49 or more hostages held by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The Red Cross resumed negotiations, while Israel's 450 arrests in Gaza and the West Bank complicated efforts. The PFLP warned that continued Israeli pressure would prompt unimaginable reprisals, as discrepancies over hostage numbers persisted and mediators shifted between withdrawal and reentry.
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Amman
International Red Cross
Israel
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Irvine Graham
Ambrose, Ga
U.S
Jordan
Bern
Charles DuBois
Egypt
Sudan
Algeria
Arab League
Irbid
Red Cross
Popular Front
Gaza Strip
West Bank
Jordan River
PFLP
TWA
Swissair
BOAC
Typhoon Georgia Devastates Casiguran Philippines Town
Typhoon Georgia devastates Casiguran in the Philippines. About 200 feared dead and 90 percent of buildings destroyed as residents dig for survivors. 132 bodies recovered and 300 carabao carcasses found amid widespread ruin. Defense Secretary Enrile warns of disease risk. aid by sea and air being arranged.
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Philippines
Manila
Georgia
Sierra Madre
Luzon
Defense
Juan Ponce Enrile
Ponce Enrile
Philippine Air Force
Inside Bennington stores change hands
The article notes that On the Inside Bennington highlights the transfer of ownership of the town’s first organic foods store. Page 3 also references a Mankiewicz Braden column praising progress in reducing automobile pollution via consumer and industry action. A mystery picture invites reader identification. Page 4. The piece about Williams University situates women arriving to enliven campus life for men on Page 6.
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Leary Escapes California Prison Amid Manhunt
FBI agents and police statewide search for Dr. Timothy Leary after he walked away from California Men’s Colony near San Luis Obispo. He is a 49 year old Harvard ex faculty member serving time for marijuana possession. Clothing found near U S 101 suggests possible accomplice involvement, though authorities report no theft of clothing. Leary, a known marijuana advocate, faced an August hearing on his sentence length after serving six months.
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FBI
California
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Harvard University
U.S. 101
Leary
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pacific Ocean
Quentin Heer
Fifth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Laredo
Tex
Mexico
California Adult Authority
Double agent Noel Field dies in Budapest
Noel Ha villand Field former double agent and State Department official who vanished in Eastern Europe during the Cold War died in Budapest MTI said He was 66 The MTI communique called him a known fighter for the Communist movement Field once was described in Hungary as a Western spy who blackmailed East European Communists into espionage activities Field was born in London to Quaker parents and served as a State Department official for 10 years and worked with the League of Nations in the Spanish Civil War and directed refugee relief during and after World War II.
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Budapest
UPI
Noel Havilland Field
U.S. State Department
Europe
MTI
Field
Hungary
London
State Department
League of Nations
Democrats blast Nixon era in Vermont dinner speech
U S Sen Birch Bayh D Ind energizes about 500 Democratic diners in Rutland Vermont charging President Nixon failed to curb inflation raise voting rights or cut crime while warning that Agnew rhetoric masks policy shortfalls. The speech follows Minnesota remarks and targets national administration policies as Democrats press for action.
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Salury
U.S
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Richard Nixon
South
Bayh
Indiana
Philip H. Hoff
Leo O'Brien
PSB weighs conflicting views on biological effects of radiation
The Public Service Board in Montpelier weighed rival scientific opinions on radiation biology to decide if Vermont Yankee may obtain permanent financing. The four-day hearing featured proposals to delay orders, require stronger environmental controls, and potentially add about 1 million dollars of emissions containment equipment.
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Vermont Yankee
Vernon
Lake Champlain Committee
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Harvey D. Carter
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Conservation Society
Public Service Board
Jeffords
Connecticut River
Minnesota
Vermont
Carter
Bloustein
Water Resources Department
State Health Board
Victor P. Bond
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Long Island
N.Y
Bond
Georgia Tech
Ernest Tsivoglou
Tsivoglou
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