St Louis jail inmates free 14 hostages after 6 hour disturbance
Seven inmates at St Louis City Jail held 14 hostages including 13 female prisoners and a matron for six hours demanding better treatment and amnesty. Assurances from City Welfare Director Edward Tripp and KMOX newsman Jim White followed before the group released the captives without injuries.
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Skylab 2 trio back home after record 59 days in space
Alan Bean, Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma returned to Houston after 59 days aboard Skylab 2 setting a space duration record. They were greeted by families and planned extensive debriefings as they recover from a weightless, strenuous mission.
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Soviets launch Soyuz 12 to resume space program
A pair of rookie Soviet cosmonauts Vasily Lazarev and Oleg Makarov orbited Earth on a two day mission testing redesigned aboard systems. Tass said the flight aims to ready the program for a joint U S Russian mission planned for July 1975. The launch followed the 1971 Soyuz 11 tragedy and comes as American Skylab crews recently returned.
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Cinema listings bring contrasts of art and shock
Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet plays at Cinema I in a tame PG interpretation that stirs light debate. Cinema II counters with Love Under 17 and The Sensuous Teenager rated X, while Cleopatra Jones runs at Harte Theatre PG. A Dominican Republic hostage case ends with safe conduct flight to Paris after 24 hours.
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State of Siege screens as Costa-Gavras drama of terror
In a review style overview the film State of Siege is praised as a powerful thoughtful Costa-Gavras drama about terrorism in South America. The piece notes its even-handed storytelling and Solinas script and mentions parallels to real events around the Mitrione case.
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Writer vows to fight subpoena for Watergate notes
Freelance writer Andrew St. George, working on a Watergate book, vows to contest a subpoena from Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox for his interview notes. Cox staff say St. George offered material voluntarily and co ownership of notes with a publisher, while St. George claims press freedom rights.
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