South Korea Navy Tug Capsizes Off Chungmu
A South Korean navy tugboat with 316 seamen aboard capsized off the Chungmu coast. 164 sailors reported missing as 152 were rescued and two later died. Islamic leaders from Asia and Africa opened a three day summit in Lahore dominated by the Arab Israeli dispute. Solzhenitsyn arrived in Copenhagen by train on a three month visitor visa after leaving Zurich.
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Seoul
South Korea
Chungmu
Defense Ministry
Lahore
Pakistan
Asia
Africa
Middle East
Jerusalem
Copenhagen
Denmark
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Norway
Zurich
Switzerland
Texas teens mass slayings defendants reject lifesentence deal
AP reports Elmer Wayne Henley 17 and David Owen Brooks 18 refused guilty plea offers in the homosexual torture slayings of 27 youths over three years in Texas. Other items cover Pentagon base shutdown delays amid recession fears, House veto prospects for Nixon pay raises, impeachment evidence requests, and Redd Foxx’s return home from a nervous condition with a relapse.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Los Angeles
Redd Foxx
NBC
Sanford and Son
Foxx
Jim Tolbert
Tolbert
Harrisburg brief on veto threat and probes
AP dispatches from Harrisburg report Republican candidate Drew Lewis vows to veto any antipornography bill while Gov. Shapp faces a pending anti pornography measure. Philadelphia probe talk follows from Alt. Gen. Packel and Crime Commission staff. In Pittsburgh, Gulf Oil cautions on foreign oil dependence and a union praise for Shapp amid trucker tensions, with steel import figures showing a decline from 1972 levels.
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Harrisburg
Drew Lewis
Lewis
Shapp
Alty
Israel Packel
Philadelphia
State Crime Commission
Jubilant Israeli Soldiers Dance on Bridge in Suez Canal
Jubilant Israeli soldiers danced the horn on a bridge in the Suez Canal as Israel completed the penultimate stage of a disengagement accord with Egypt. Officials said the fifth and final stage was expected to follow.
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Suez Canal
Israel
Egypt
Bread Lines Possibility Says Bakers Association
The American Bakers Association urges quick government action to avoid a bread shortage. President Robert J. Wager warns that unless action is taken, bread lines and higher prices could resemble gasoline lines, tied to a Feb 1 deficit of 23 million bushels in hard red winter wheat. The ABA asks the Agriculture Department to set minimum supply needs for Q2 1974 and craft a stabilization plan.
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Washington
American Bakers Association
ABA
Robert J. Wager
Wager
Agriculture Department
Bakers Association
Sparta Heart Fund Drive Set for February Calls
Sparta Township and Spartansburg leaders urge heart health action as Laura Scouten, Heart Fund chair, says heart disease is America’s top health problem. Volunteers including Mrs Judy Volpe Donna Volpe Linda Berkey Lynette Berkey Yvonne Cook Linda Dean Ruth Shaw Denise Reed Pammy Kim Rogers will call borough residents. unaffiliated donors may call Mrs Scouten. Joel Asldorf chairs the Sparta Township drive.
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America
Laura Scouten
Spartansburg
Scouten
Judy Volpe
Donna Volpe
Linda
Lynette Berkey
Yvonne Cook
Linda Dean
Ruth Shaw
Titusville Youth Suffering Gunshot Wound In ICU
Dennis Hicks 17 remains in guarded condition in the ICU of Titusville Hospital after a self inflicted gunshot wound. Police report the teen and his mother finished a late movie, he promised to come upstairs, and a shot was discovered in the hallway before emergency responders were summoned.
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Titusville
Titusville Hospital
Dennis Hicks
Hicks
Franklin PSP Arrest Three In Insurance Sale Scheme
State police filed charges against three men for an insurance sale scheme. Thomas M. Lucas of Butler, William E. Sarbo and William Stoner of New Castle face theft by deception and burglary or larceny counts. Sarbo posted bond and awaits an 11 am March 1 hearing. Lucas was jailed on bond. Police say Monica Clinger paid funds totaling 672.92 that were allegedly diverted for personal use to cover insurance premiums.
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Pranklin
Thomas M. Lucas
Butler
William E. Sarbo
New Castle
William Stoner
Sarbo
Robert E. Billings
Lucas
Thurau
Monica A. Clinger
Oil City
United American Insurance Co
Monica Clinger
Hijack Attempt Kills 3 at Baltimore Airport
Three people were killed in a hijacking attempt at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. A gunman and a security guard died at the scene, the Delta DC9 pilot was seriously wounded, and a stewardess injured after jumping from the plane. An object under a bomb blanket prompted bomb-sniffing searches as authorities secured the area. Flight 523 to Atlanta carried about 70 passengers. Police described a white male gunman shooting an airport officer, then fleeing onto the jet and prompting tire damage. The state insurance commissioner and state police are investigating.
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Baltimore- Washington International
Federal Aviation Administration
Anne Arundel County
PBI
Atlanta
Charles Toyer
Toyer
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United Steelworkers Committee
East Bank
Sparta Heart Team
J.peterson
Eet
Sela
Franklin
State Insurance Commissioner
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Venango County District Attorney's Office
Yamaha
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