Manson Family Threats Against Reagan Reported
The San Diego Union says the Manson family issued a series of death threats against Ronald Reagan and his family over four years. Lynette Fromme was linked to one threat and Sandra Good spoke of an international court targeting corporate figures harming the environment.
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San Diego
Manson
California
Ronald Reagan
Atty
Evelle Younger
Charles Manson
Nixon
Reagan
Edward Hickey
State Police
Union
Fromme Ejected From Court After Redwood Tree Plea
Lynette Fromme, charged with attempting to assassinate Gerald Ford, was removed from a Sacramento federal courtroom after she demanded the judge save Redwood trees and repeatedly warned that the gun is pointed. She wore her red nun’s robe and insisted on speaking about trees despite the judge’s warnings to stay on the trial.
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Sacramento
Calif
Lynette
Thomas MacBride
Miss Fromme
Corps of Government Engineers
Trees
MacBride
Ford Wades into Crowd in Keene Wearing Bullet Proof Vest
President Ford visited Keene New Hampshire with a 120 mile political motorcade to boost his campaign and that of Republican Louis Wyman. He wore a bullet proof vest as he walked through crowds greeting thousands of well wishers. The trip included more than 20 stops and a home grown lunch in Amherst.
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Keene
N.H
UPI
Ford
Washington
Senate
Louis Wyman
Amherst
Wyman
Sacramento
Encephalitis Confirmed Sparks Wellman Mosquito Spray
Johnson county health crews sprayed Wellman after a rural resident contracted a mild encephalitis case. Dr. J R Miller reported tests pending strain identification. The Wellman council urged spraying amid unconfirmed reports of encephalitis in horses and multiple human cases in Johnson county. Snowg temper reduces mosquito activity. frost expected to curb sandflies population.
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Wellman
Johnson County
J. R. Miller
Lyle Fisher
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Fisher
The Computer Is a Great Invention
A reflection on the computer as a powerful invention noting many mistakes exist yet no single person to blame. The quote highlights broad innovation and responsibility considerations.
Six Plead Guilty in Grain Plot in New Orleans
Six riverfront workers pled guilty to charges tied to the grain export scam at the Port of New Orleans. They admitted to falsifying grain certificates and related crimes, part of a broader federal probe that has indicted 48 individuals and four firms.
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New Orleans
Clark Smith
Mississippi River
Myrtle Grove
U.S
Alvin Rubin
Smith
Cornelius Heusel
FBI
Robert Isakson
Pillsbury Co
Rubin
Louis Rachal
Panel votes to reject federal pay hike limit
Washington AP report: Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee backs 8.66 percent federal pay raise, opposed to Ford’s 5 percent proposal. Vote 7 to 2 with possible changes before full Senate. Increase would apply to Congress, federal workers, and military. Estimated cost over 3.5 billion. two dissenters warn of 1.6 billion added deficit. If rejected, 8.66 percent could still take effect Oct. 1.
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Washington
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Ford
Senate
Congress
House
CIA Official Says Mid East War Intelligence Lapse
A CIA official testified that U.S. intelligence failed to predict the 1973 Middle East war. William Parmenter said sources indicated inevitability but no agency issued a definitive warning. He cited preconceptions and missed factors as key causes of the lapse.
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CIA
Washington
House
U.S
Middle East
William Parmenter
House Intelligence Committee
Parmenter
Defense Intelligence Agency
National Security Agency
Committee
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
Sadat
Israel
Soviet Union seeks world ban on nuclear tests
Soviet Ambassador Yakov Malik delivered a letter to UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim proposing a complete ban on nuclear weapon tests. The missive, signed by Andrei Gromyko, asks to place a general disarmament agenda item in the 1975 General Assembly and cites the arms race as a burden.
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United Nations
N.Y
UPI
Soviet Union
Yakov Malik
Kurt Waldheim
Britain
United States
Tass
Andrei Gromyko
House Approves 60 Day Oil Price Extension After Veto
The House passed a 60 day extension of domestic oil price controls retroactive to Sept 1 to buy time for a Ford energy compromise. Leaders said Ford could accept the extension with no strings attached amid a stalled Senate override attempt and ongoing talks on a broader energy bill.
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Washington
House
Ford
House Commerce Committee
Harley Staggers
D-W.va
America
Senate
John Dingell
D-Mich
Energy and Power Subcommittee
Dingell
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Brown
Carl Albert
Democratic Congress
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
D-Mass
Henry Jackson
Boyle gets three life terms for order of murders
MEDIA Pa AP Tony Boyle formerly UMW president was sentenced to three consecutive life terms for ordering the assassinations of rival Joseph Yablonski his wife and daughter in Delaware County Court Judge Francis Catania heard that Boyle, aged 73, claimed innocence as he faced possible appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He was hospitalized in Middletown with heart and stomach ailments prior to sentencing.
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Boyle
Riddle Memorial Hospital
Middletown
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