President Ford vows not to be hostage of office amid security reviews
The Secret Service draws up new protective procedures after an attempted shooting in San Francisco. President Ford plans to continue travel, with partial recommendations to be sent before his Sept. 30 trip. Treasury and congressional leaders push up protective guard timelines to Oct. 1.
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Secret Service
Ford
Philip Buchen
San Francisco
Treasury
William E. Simon
Tan
Chicago
Evanston
Ill
Ron Nelsen
St. Francis Hotel
Hearst testifies mental torture by SLA drove her insane
Patricia Hearst described in a written affidavit that she was forced by the Symbionese Liberation Army to aid a bank robbery under torture and threats of death. She claimed confinement in a closet, indoctrination as a revolutionary, and periods of terror with memory gaps. Her parents urged hospitalization and psychiatric review as she seeks bail relief.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Miss Hearst
SLA
Patty
Hibernia Bank
Tania
Cinque
Donald DeFreeze
Hearsts
Hearst
Fromme declared competent to stand trial and self counsel
Lynette Fromme, accused in the Ford assassination attempt, was ruled mentally competent to stand trial and act as her own co counsel. U S intelligence agencies reportedly ignored a presidential order revoking a plan for illegal domestic spying and mail openings. Senate Chairman Frank Church said the CIA had opened mail before the Huston plan was approved by President Nixon.
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Calif
Lynette
Squeaky
Fromme
Ford
U. S. District Court
Thomas J. MacBride
Miss Fromme
Washington
U. S
Senate Intelligence Committee
Frank Church
Church
Didaho
CIA
Huston
Richard Nixon
Striking Teachers Face Contempt as Rhode Island Talks Probed
In Boston a leading union figure was cited for contempt during a two day teachers strike. In Rhode Island Gov Philip Noel was said to agree to mediate long running walkouts. Fort Lauderdale teachers voted to end a three day strike deemed illegal by state constitution and plan to return to work Wednesday. About 5000 strikers will resume classes while negotiations continue on class size and raises.
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Boston
Rhode Island
Philip Noel
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Florida
Springville Residents Claim Spraying Is Causing Illness
In Springville Virginia residents allege chemical spraying releases toxins causing eye irritation stomach upset kidney problems and severe headaches. Agnes Sparks cites Appalachian Power Company as a possible sprayer while a utility official says no spraying occurred recently. The group cites past clashes over 24D use and argues spraying near residential areas remains a recurring issue across miles downwind.
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Maryanne Stevens
Springville
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Censorship charges denied by Concordian editor’s faculty advisor
The faculty advisor rejects censorship allegations raised against the former Concordian editor. The report notes the controversy but confirms the advisor’s denial and discusses implications for editorial independence and press policies at the school.
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Concordian
Flash Flood Warnings Canceled In Virginia West Virginia
Warnings were canceled as Eloise weakened inland. The remnants will move toward southern Ohio and extreme western West Virginia by morning, skimming Virginia’s far southwest. Rain totals included 2.03 inches near Mercer County Airport and 2.4 inches on Tug River headwaters at Jaeger, with streams threatening to overflow in some areas.
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Tanya Williams
Virginia
West Virginia
Eloise
National Weather Service
Ohio
Mercer County
McDowell County
Welch
Jaeger
Kentucky
Bluefield
Mercer
Wyoming
Monroe
Bland
Iles
Tazewell
Buchanan
Sara Moore Scheduled for Psychiatric Examination
Sara Jane Moore, accused of firing at President Ford, was ordered by U S Magistrate Owen Woodruff to undergo psychiatric tests at the San Diego Metropolitan Correctional Center with findings due by Nov 18. Authorities cited the bizarre nature of the offense and Moore's responses to agents.
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San Francisco
Sara Jane Moore
Ford
U. S
Owen Woodruff
U.S
Browning
Moore
FBI
Eloise Hammers Florida Coast Then Weakens Inland
Hurricane Eloise battered the Florida panhandle coast with 130 mph winds and fierce rains, tearing roofs and flooding roads from Fort Walton Beach to Panama City. It moved inland into Alabama as a tropical storm, with tornadoes reported in Fort Walton Beach, Hartford and Jacksonville, Florida.
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Fla
Eloise
Florida Panhandle
Panama City
Alabama
Carlton Yackel
Geneva County
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