World in Brief spans European and global protests
Brussels reports the Belgian Socialist government resigns after a failed $200 million Iran oil refinery deal near Liege due to coalition opposition and location disputes. IMF signs stopgap reform delays into 1976 amid oil price shocks. Solzhenitsyn accuses Soviet authorities of a state driven smear campaign against his Gulag Archipelago. Maine ratifies the Hua Rights Amendment, boosting momentum for a national civil rights measure ahead of the required 38-state threshold.
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Brussels
Belgium
Edmund Leburton
Iran
Liege
Christian Democrats
National Iranian Oil Co
Moscow
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Gulag Archipelago
Washington
Maine
Diane Saulter
Common Cause
Boyle defense motions delay murder trial start
In Washington, Tony Boyle's murder trial postponement on defense motions threatens the January 28 start. Boyle, 72, faces charges in 1969 killings of Joseph Yablonski and his wife and daughter, with a venue change request among the motions.
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Washington, Pa
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony'’ Boyle
Boyle
UMW
Joseph ‘Jock’ Yablonski
Nixon says genuine oil shortage exists says adviser
President Nixon faces questions about a real oil shortage and a possible conspired effort by oil producers. Kenneth R. Cole Jr. insists there is no conspiracy and urged quick congressional action on energy legislation. Nixon planned meetings with Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott and John Rhodes to push a bipartisan energy program.
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Washington
Nixon
Kenneth R. Cole Jr
Cole
Congress
Mideast
Senate
Hugh Scott
John Rhodes
House
Scott
Oval Office
Rhodes
Senator Schweiker sees slow Corry housing aid
U S Senator Richard Schweiker said federal funds for a 50 unit Corry housing project on South Center Street face slow release. Speaking during a Northwestern Pennsylvania swing he warned a new admin philosophy is needed to free about one million dollars. A taped WICU broadcast set for 1 p m tomorrow featured Schweiker amid questions from Corry Journal and other reporters. He cited frozen funds and likened the situation to Missouri highway funds requiring a court action to be freed.
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Richard Schweiker
South Center Street
Pennsylvania
Corry
Wicu-Tv
Schweiker
George Sample
The
Corry Journal
Evan Lovett
WICU
John Siegel
Meadville Tribune
Nixon
Missouri
Fourth Ward
Reheral
City Agenda Has Varied Makeup
City Council meets Monday night with a light but meaty agenda. They will consider a first reading of an ordinance to establish a local redevelopment authority, targeting a downtown renewal project. Safety Director Halfast will present the 1973 fire report and comment on the 1974 street lighting program.
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William Halfast
Douglas Rozelle
North Center Street
David Johnson
Robert Grice
League of Cities
Judge Sirica Referes Watergate Tapes to Grand Jury
Federal Judge John J. Sirica says there is a distinct possibility of unlawful conduct by one or more persons and refers the Watergate tapes case to a grand jury. White House rejects implied guilt while Jaworski commits to an exhaustive FBI inquiry with possible grand jury action.
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Washington
John J. Sirica
White House
Sirica
Federal Grand Jury
James D. St. Clair
Boston
Fap
Grand Jury
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Jaworski
FBI
Grand
Shiva
Kissinger Shifts Focus to Israeli Syrian Front
Secretary of State Kissinger moves from Egypt Israel disengagement to mediating an Israeli Syrian pact. Sadat says Geneva talks won t resume until Israel Syria disengage. Kissinger to meet Assad in Damascus after Amman talks as regional leaders discuss oil impact.
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Associated Press
Israel
Egypt
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
U.S
Suez
Anwar Sadat
Geneva
Syria
Kissinger
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Hussein
Amman
Cairo
al Ahram
Sadat
Assad
Aswan
Saudi Arabia
Persian Gulf
Kuwait
Abu Dhabi
Qatar
Bahrain
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Suez Canal
Gidi
Mitla
United Nations
Corry Grand Jury to Hear Two Key Local Cases
Two Corry cases head before the Erie County court grand jury when it convenes Monday. One case involves a kidnapping of John and the other an embezzlement tied to the Corry Area School District. Former treasurer Robert B. Wharton faces six charges over missing funds, with auditor Robert Kebert's audit prompting the probe into at least 35000 dollars misappropriated from district funds.
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Erie County Court
Grand Jury
Corry
Corry Area
Robert B. Wharton
Wharton
Porter_Auer
Warton Business Service
Robert Kebert
Meadville
Kebert
John
Rehearsing For Concert At Corry High School Auditorium
The Corry Area High School wind ensemble directed by Ronald Rairie joins concert band stage band and junior high band for a musical program in the high school auditorium Tuesday at 8 p.m. Grades seven through 12 perform with admission set at $1.50 for adults and 75 cents for students.
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Corry Area
Camp Burglar Trapped by Muzzy Cameras Evidence in Court
Richard Proctor, 44, of Spartansburg, found guilty of burglarizing East Branch area camp owned by Eugene L. Muzzy. His brother Max W. Proctor had pleaded guilty earlier. Muzzy had installed two hidden home movie cameras, one in a tree, another near the rear entrance, triggering a sensor when the door opened. Proctor faces sentencing after being freed until then.
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Warren
Sparta
East Branch
Eugene L. Muzzy
Brook Street
Muzzy
Richard Proctor
R.D. 2
Spartansburg
Max W. Proctor
Rube Goldberg
Forest Counties
Robert L. Wolfe
Samuel Bonavita
Harry W. Jabo
Commonwealth
Proctor
Mills urges Nixon to resign over impeachment risk
Congressman Wilbur Mills a leading Democrat calls for Nixon to resign rather than face impeachment. He proposes immunity legislation if a crime is shown and suggests Gerald Ford could assume the presidency. Mills sees impeachment as nation dividing and notes progress on Nixon tax returns. Senator Hugh Scott endorses further Watergate disclosures.
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Washington
Wilbur D. Mills
Nixon
Mills
Arkansas Democrat
Ways and Means Committee
Gerald R
Ford
Jerry Ford
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
House Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
House
Senate
Hugh Scott
Scott
China Expels Five Russians for Espionage in Beijing
The Xinhua news agency reports China ordered the expulsion of five Russians accused of spying at the Soviet Embassy in Peking. First Secretary Vl Marchenko his wife Third Secretary A A Semenov and his wife interpreter A A Koloyoy left China. Vice Foreign Minister Yu Chai summoned Soviet Ambassador Y S Tolstikov and handed him a protest note alleging espionage and secret contacts with a Soviet agent in Beijing on January 1, 1974.
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Marchenko
Semenov
Kolosov
China
Dsinhua
Li Hongshu
Oatakitts
Peking
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Rome
International Monetary Fund
IMF
Harrisburg
Agriculture
Jim McHale
Department of Property and Supplies
Charles Adler UI
Pittsburgh
Shapp
Peets
Senator Glum
Wilbur Mills
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