World in Brief roundup reports kidnap case and other global notes
Police recover two cars used in the kidnapping of PepsiCo official Douglas Gordon Roberts but fail to locate the 48 year old executive. Britain to press charges against three suspected terrorists including Allison Thompson for conspiracy to possess guns. Cambodian government and Khmer Rouge to meet January 14 in Vientiane to discuss peace talks. American sculptor Alexander Calder awarded the Legion of Honor alongside Solti Miro and Liebermann. Tel Aviv selects Shlomo Lahal as mayor. Likud wins control of city council as Labor ousted after 12 years.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Pepsi- Cola Co
Pepsi- Cola
Douglas Gordon Roberts
Martinez
London
Allison Thompson
Santa Barbara
Calif
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
Vientiane
Phnom Penh
Paris
Alexander Calder
Legion of Honor
Georg Solti
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Paris Orchestra
Joan Miro
Rolf Liebermann
Paris Opera
Tel Aviv
Shlomo Lahal
Israel
Southern Front
Likud Bloc
Lahal
Yehoshua Rabinovitch
Labor Party
Golda Meir
Abducted Nevada boy rescued. babysitter charged
John Glenn Lawrence, 15 months, was abducted from his Nevada home Monday and rescued by Amarillo police. The babysitter, Sharon Lee Bancherau, 19, is charged with kidnapping after the pair were taken off a bus from Tucumcari.
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Amarillo
Tex
John Glenn Lawrence
Nevada
John
Sharon Lee Bancherau
Oil Import Data Question Shortage Claims Across Nation
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that figures from oil companies show U S imports over the past year met demand and that federal officials overstated oil shortage severity. Data from the Bureau of Mines and API indicate supplies totaling 4.8 billion barrels vs 4.7 billion used since January. API shows rising heating oil inventories and continued import increases into December. Gulf Oil cites stockpiling not true and refineries at maximum, while Exxon Mobil Texaco and Standard of California study the data before replying.
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Philadelphia
U.S
Philadelphia Inquirer
U.S. Bureau of Mines
American Petroleum Institute
United States
Bureau of Mines
the Inquirer
API
Gulf Oil Corp
Exxon
Mobil
Texaco
Standard of California
County Hospital Job Baressi Solved Amid Friction
A personnel dispute at Erie County Hospital in Fairview involving Samuel was resolved yesterday, easing tensions that reached county commissioners and the salary board. The settlement ends a long standing issue over staffing and pay, with officials reporting a satisfactory outcome for all parties.
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Erie County Hospital
Fairview
Samuel
J. Baressi
Corry
Baressi
Barbara Shannon
John Mannarelli
Mannarelli
Miss Shannon
Lea Weir
William O. Hill Jr
Louis Rzymek
Baresi
Weir
The
Journal
Journal Today
Walter Wentzel
Kohoutek Dims Dimsky Sky As Comet Sheds Brilliance
Kohoutek, once billed as a celestial spectacle, has dimmed and may be hard to spot tonight. Skylab 3 astronauts Gerald Carr William Pogue and Edward Gibson say the comet is no brighter than a star, down from four days ago when it appeared at least 50 times brighter.
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Houston
Kohoutek
Earth
Gerald P. Carr
William R. Pogue
Edward G. Gibson
Halley
Inaugural City Meeting Sets Tone for New Regime
The city holds Monday ceremonies for a new mayor and two council members at 10 a.m. with a swearing in followed by routine business. City Engineer David Johnson will introduce the master plan and discuss the water department building rental. No night meeting unless needed.
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David Johnson
Water Department
Pa Mushrooms Recalled May Be Poisonous
Washington AP reports eighteen brands of four ounce mushrooms canned in Pennsylvania were recalled by the FDA. The recall covers mushrooms packed before last Oct by Mount Laurel Canning Corp. of Temple and distributed along the East Coast and Midwest under Mount Laurel and 17 private labels. Botulinum toxin risk detected in company samples. no estimate of cans recalled. Seventh such recall in a year for mushroom processors. Private label distributors include New England Co-op, King Kullen, Pastene, Premier Leggett, Regal, Associated Food Stores, Super A, and others with various cities listed.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Mount Laurel Canning Corp
Temple
Mushroom Companie
PDA
Laurel
Co-op
New England Co-op Inc
Farmingham
Mass
King Kullen
King Kullen Grocery Inc
Westbury
L.L
Pastene, Pastene & Co
Sommerville
Premier
PH. Leggett
Cincinnati
Ohio
Regal, Grocers Supply Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Super A. Associated Food Stores Inc
Jamaica
N.Y
Sweet Life
F. Schaffer Grocery Co
New Rochelle
Arlene, Food Products
Philadelphia
Jesse
Spifield Sugar and Produce
Suffield, Conn
Nixon Signs Two Bills in Quiet White House Action
President Nixon signed a $17 billion supplemental appropriation and a measure to lease federal plants to states for sewage treatment. He pocket vetoed a bill permitting charter service use of buses bought with federal urban transit funds, objecting that it would override a ban on such buses. The action follows Congress sending the measures to the White House.
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San Clemente
Galify
Congress
Nixon
White House
Federal Highway Trust Fund
Move Your Clocks Ahead for Year Round Daylight Saving
Washington reports clocks in nearly every state will advance one hour as the nation shifts to year round daylight saving time. The change, effective 2 a.m. Sunday, excludes Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, most of Indiana, and certain areas in Idaho Oregon Arizona and Kentucky per federal action.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Hawaii
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Indiana
Claude
Brinegar
Nixon
Idaho
Oregon
Arizona
Kentucky
Kissinger and Dayan Discuss Suez Withdrawal Terms
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger resume talks on what Egypt might receive in return for a substantial Israeli pullback from the Suez Canal. They also address postwithdrawal army separation distance and allowable weapons in the area.
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Washington
Moshe Dayan
Witi
Henry A. Kissinger
Egypt
Suez Canal
Nixon Rejects Senate Subpoenas in Watergate Clash
President Nixon rejects broad Senate Watergate committee subpoenas for tapes and documents. He calls them an unconstitutional intrusion into executive power. James D. St Clair named special counsel to replace Buzhardt. Leonard Garment removed as White House counsel.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Rufus Edmisten
Senate
Watergate Legal Defense
Ronald L. Ziegler
J. Fred Buzhardt
Watergate
James D. St. Clair
Boston
Hale and Door
St. Clair
Harvard University
Nixon Law
Leonard Garment
White House
John W. Dean Ul
No Apparent Motive Police Baffled By Brutal Murder
An 18 year old Titusville girl Melanie A Snyder was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds along a snow covered rural road near Wattsburg. Coroner Merle Wood ruled homicide. Police pursued ballistics tests and pursued leads with no progress. Debra Snyder, the victim's sister, was among those seeking clues locating her sister heading to Pitt Campus.
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Patrick J Hankinson
Titusville
Melanie A. Snyder
Wattsburg
St. Vincent Hospital
Erie
Erie County
Merle Wood
Wood
Lewis Penman
Troop
Ted Wood Ti
Pitt
Debra
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William B. Saxbe
Bernard J. Barker
Barker
Hubert H. Humphrey
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Edgar Berman
Minneapolis Tribune
Humphrey
New York
Associated Press
Gulf
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Sam Baress
Hast Walnut Street
Melanie
Wattsburg Area
William Weidle
Phillipsville Road
Colt Station
Greenfield Township
Miss Snyder
Melanie Snyder
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