Downey Refuses Bitter Feelings After Cold War Prison years
John T. Downey, freed after 21 years in Communist China, says he harbors no ill will toward captors or U.S. leaders. Now a Harvard Law School graduate and soon a Connecticut lawyer, he reflects on his captivity, denies pursuing fame, and discusses his CIA past, Nixon’s role in his release, and ongoing views on U.S. covert action.
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Wallingford, Conn
John T. Downey
Unson
China
U.S
Downey
America
Harvard Law School
Lord
Connecticut
John A. Carrozzella
Oee
New Haven
Central Intelligence Agency
Wney
CIA
Yale University
Richard Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Manchuria
Fecteau
United States
Nixon
Mainland
Audrey Lee
Hearst gains dormitory living in Pleasanton prison campus
Patricia Hearst moves into a private air conditioned dorm room at a 10 acre Federal Youth Corrections Center in Pleasanton. She shares a campus with 100 men and 135 women ages 18 to 26 and may attend courses or work assignments while adhering to strict rules including no drugs no sex and no escape.
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Pleasanton
Calif
Patricia Hearst
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
Federal Youth Correction
Bill Meko
Miss Hearst
Alameda County
University of California
Meko
Poe
Rhodesian talks move toward black rule transition
Rhodesian nationalist Joshua Nkomo heads to Gaborone Botswana for talks with black African leaders on transferring power from whites to blacks. Kis singer aide William Schaufele and British official Mocianas join to push for a constitutional conference as five front line states demand control over Rhodesia's future.
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Botswana
Rhodesia
Gaborone
U.S
Henry Kissinger
William Schaufele
Mocianas
Rowlands
Nkomo
Lusaka
Zambia
Kissinger
7th and 8th graders join anti smoking clinic in St Louis
Shenandoah school in St Louis hosts a three week after school program led by the American Cancer Society to help seventh and eighth graders quit smoking. Thirty eight students representing about one third of 13 and 14 year olds enrolled in the DEP in quitting program with weekly assemblies and biweekly rap groups at a local health center.
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ST. Louis
Shenandoahchool
American Cancer Society
Nola Mae Morgan
Ellie Moses
Dr. Morgan
Spaghetti suit could be fashion scoop of future
In a lighthearted but topical take on waste to energy, the House backed a 282.5 million plan to fund research on turning garbage into usable fuels and materials. The proposal cites potential energy and economic gains while warning of practical drawbacks.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Richmond
Fred Rooney
D-Pa
Federal Energy Administration
America
Ford seeks Saudi policy moves amid oil price fears
Washington reports the Ford administration weighs halting 650 Maverick missile sales to Saudi Arabia and punishing firms honoring the Arab boycott of Israel, while warning such acts could raise world oil prices. Kissinger appears before the Senate panel amid debate on vetoing the sale.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Cosmet
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
United States
Administration
Israel
Congress
Henry A. Kissinger
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Alfred L. Atherton
Atherton
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Oil Cartel
Ford Sets Scene for 2nd Debate With Carter
President Ford plans a White House procession of foreign ministers to set the scene for his second debate with Jimmy Carter. The Oct. 6 San Francisco debate will focus on foreign policy and national security as Ford showcases diplomacy experience.
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Washington
Ford
Jimmy Carter
White House
Carter
San Francisco
Oval Office
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
West Germany
Ron Nessen
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Italy
Genscher
Congress
Africa
Henry A. Kissinger
Nessen
United States
United Nations General Assembly
Georgia
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Zaire
Mozambique
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Michelin
Save
Scarborough
Taylor
I T
Service
Neil’s Motors
Alfred & Barra Roads
Biddeford
Emperor Hirohito
Japan
Imperial Palace Compound
Tokyo
UPI
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