CIA Dirty Tricks Chief Faces Rockefeller Probe
Washington AP Karamassines, former deputy CIA director of plans, led the agency’s covert operations unit and is to testify before the Rockefeller commission into domestic espionage. The report notes his retirement in 1973 and mentions earlier overseas actions aiding opponents of Chile’s Allende. A separate memo details a CIA agent involved in efforts to free financier Vesco, leading to Vesco’s Swiss bail and subsequent fugitive status.
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CIA
Rockefeller Commission
Thomas H. Karamassines
Agency
Chile
Salvador Allende
Richard D. Vine
U.S
Berne
Walder
Vesco
Costa Rica
Geneva
Syria seeks peace if Israel yields captured lands
Syria’s president Hafez Assad says a peace treaty hinges on Israel giving up territory captured in 1967 and accepting a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. Israel rejects the demands, while Kissinger and Gromyko discuss a potential April Geneva session contingent on further Israeli withdrawals.
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Associated Press
Syria
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Israel
Hafez Assad
Newsweek
Roseal Youssef
Henry A. Kissinger
Andrei A. Gromyko
Sinai Desert
Golan Heights
Kissinger
Gromyko
Geneva
Sinai
Man offers eye for sale to save wife’s life in California
Jean Gibboney 54 of Grass Valley died of cancer weeks after her husband Herbert made national headlines by offering to sell his cornea for 35 000 to finance a jaw reconstructive surgery. Doctors and hospital staff provided free care but surgery was dropped when the cancer was found. An anonymous donor offered funeral expenses.
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Placerville
Calif
Jean Gibboney
Titusville Vehicle Theft Totals Over $1,000 In Losses
Police report a truck parked near Hogan's Palace was broken into between 10 p.m. Saturday and 2 a.m. yesterday. Items stolen include an $800 Craftsman tool box with tools, a Lafayette 23 channel CB unit marked RL, an $86 Kraco 8 track player, and 20 tapes worth $60. No suspects named and officers seek information.
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Titusville
Richard
Linda K. Titus
Oil City
Martin
Hogan’s Palace
Titus
Lafayette
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