Brezhnev Greets Wilson in Kremlin Return to Public View
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev greeted British Prime Minister Harold Wilson in the Kremlin in a cheerful meeting. Wilson and Foreign Secretary Callaghan traveled to Moscow, aiming to thaw three years of tense East-West relations after Britain expelled Soviet officials in 1971.
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Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Harold Wilson
Kremlin
Brezhnev
Communist Party
Russian Federation
Wilson
James Callaghan
Vnukovo
Alexei Kosygin
Andrei Gromyko
Britain
London
British
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Speed Trap Hoards Cash In Small Illinois Town
In Hartsburg population 363 a part time radar officer brings in 18996 dollars in 1974, over half the yearly town budget. Mayor Bitterbush defends the program, saying the aim is schoolchildren and street safety on a half mile Illinois 121 stretch, with a 45 mph limit and a 10 mph leeway.
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Hartsburg
Ill
Minois
Fred Bitterbush
Bitterbush
Roger Shane
Illinois 121
Shane
Wayne Coffey
Gas protester smashes car to protest rising prices
John Smiley of Charleston West Virginia struck back at rising gasoline costs by wrecking his $12,000 luxury car. He compressed the wreck into a steel block and displayed it in a Charleston hotel, drawing attention to protest against price increases.
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John Smiley
Charleston
W. Va
Ici
No Gas Shortage in Erie County Says Gas Official
Albion man Frank Sisak challenges claims of a county gas shortage at Erie Council meeting. He accuses utilities of closing marginal wells while National Fuel Gas vice president William Hill denies shortages and notes five billion cubic feet needed. Hill to testify at upcoming council sessions.
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Erie
Erie County
Frank Sisak
Corry
Fourth Ward
William Hill
National Fuel Gas Co
Hill
Sisak
East Ohio Gas Co
Albion
Millcreek
National Fuel Gas Corp
Federal Power Commission
Public Utility Commission
Antismokers Protest in Washington Bill of Rights Rally
In Washington DC a group named GASP! demonstrated on Capitol steps with banner slogans and a Lincoln lookalike advocate for a nonsmokers Bill of Rights. Founder Clara Gouin from College Park Maryland spoke amid near freezing rain as about 20 members urged rights to breathe clean air and to discourage smoking. Bill Wall of the US Department of Housing read the rights while noting 34 million Americans with smoke aggravated respiratory conditions.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Capitol Steps
Clara Gouin
Wil
Kissinger Says Sadat Talks Were Very Positive Progress
Secretary of State Kissinger called his talks with Egyptian President Sadat very positive about Sinai Israeli withdrawal. He travels to Damascus to seek Syria support while noting possible second stage deals and a Golan Heights accord may be favored. An Al Thawra editorial urged militancy and Geneva and Cairo discussions continue with Iran’s Shah to follow. US lends Egypt 80 million dollars with 40 year terms at 2 percent interest.
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Damascus
Syria
Henry A. Kissinger
Anwar Sadat
Sinai
Kissinger
Hafez Assad
U.S
Egypt
Israel
Golan Heights
al Thawra
Geneva
Cairo
Abu Rudeis
Shah of Iran
Zurich
Switzerland
Iran
United States
Sadat
Middle East
Tahra Palace
Ismail Fahmy
Cyprus Turkish Cypriots declare autonomous state in north
In Nicosia the Turkish Cypriot leadership proclaimed an autonomous administration forming a separate state in the island's occupied northern 40 percent. Rauf Denktash was named head. They seek equality with a Greek Cypriot state if Athens accepts a settlement. Britain Greece and Turkey react cautiously.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Cyprus
Makarios
Athens
Britain
Greece
Turkey
British Commonwealth
Council of Ministers
Legislative Assembly
Nicosia
Rauf Denktash
Ankara
Said Irmak
Pickets Question Red Barn Work Says IBEW
IBEW local official says informational pickets at the Red Barn site do not aim to halt work. Union claims nonunion electricians running parts of the project. developer says delay will not occur and stores will open as planned.
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IBEW
Red Barn
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Ben Gradler
Erie
Gradler
Grader
John Peck
Edinboro
Erie Corry Men To Head Easter Seal Campaign
Brady Louis president of WRIE will chair the 1975 Easter Seal Campaign with Olin W. Bracken Jr. of Bracken Funeral Home as co chair. The drive runs Feb 24 to Easter Sunday, March 30, supporting services for disabled children in Erie County and linked to United Way and state national Easter Seal Societies.
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Brady Louis
WRIE
Corry Man
Olin W. Bracken Jr
Bracken Funeral Home
Cochairman
Erie County
Erie County Crippled Children's Society
United Way
Louis
Erie
Erie Ad Club
Erie Rotary Club
Erie Center For the Blind
March of Dimes, Salvation Army
French Creek Council
Boy Scouts of America
Heart Fund
Sales and
Corry teacher a semifinalist in Miss Pennsylvania Pageant
Nancy Giblin a Corry Area School District reading specialist and Belmont High School graduate from Dayton Ohio is a semifinalist for Miss Pennsylvania. She will compete at Franklin Mall Washington PA on March 5 6 7 with finals televised by CBS TV.
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Corry Area
Nancy Giblin
Corry
Franklin Mall
Washington
Cbs-Tv
Giblin
Dayton
Ohio
Westminster College
Belmont High School
Steubenville College
Westminster
Melnnes Steel Co
Cooper-Penjax
Wwcb Radio
Miss Giblin
Linda Olson
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Washington, D.C
Bill Wall
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Capitol
Wall
Miss
Pennsylvania
Corryite
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