Egypt Israel Announce New 3 Year Truce
The Beirut Al Anwar reported a three year ceasefire with U.S. personnel manning electronic listening posts in the Sinai while Israel pulls back from Mitla and Gidi passes and the Abu Rudeis oilfield. Egypt would extend the UN force mandate annually as disengagement proceeds.
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Associated Press
Beirut
al Anwar
Egypt
Israel
U.S
Sinai Desert
Abu Rudeis
Jerusalem
United Nations
Anwar Sadat
Security Council
AIT Anwar
Cairo
Hermann Eilts
Washington
United’ States
Sadat
National Congress of the Arab Socialist Union
Clsrael
Mitla
Gidi
Sinai Peninsula
Sinai
U.N
New Postal Pact Signals Higher Rates This Year
Washington AP reports a tentative labor deal for about 600000 postal workers averts a strike and preserves a no layoff clause. Officials say higher wages and costs push toward rate increases, possibly to 13 cents for a first class letter, with ratification expected within about a month.
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Washington
Postal Service
Hen
Independent Postal Rate Commission
W. J. Usery Jr
Usery
State Offices Running Again At Full Force
After a near three week pause, Pennsylvania state offices resumed normal schedules as welfare and unemployment workers accepted the state contract ending the first in history walkout. Unemployment checks lagged statewide with 75 percent below normal, while PESEA approved 9 to 18 in votes and PSSU narrowly backed the deal. In Philadelphia violence occurred as the vote fell 3 to 1 against the contract. The package includes 3.5 percent immediate raise, 2.5 percent in 1976, 6 percent in mid 1976, plus 3 percent extra for health and welfare fund care.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Employment Security Employes Association
PESEA
Pennsylvania Social Services Union
PSSU
Philadelphia
Contrac
Police Seek 14-Year-Old Lynette Jewell Missing
Police seek Lynette C. Jewell a 14-year-old Corry girl missing from 746 East Main Street Authorities say she is 5 feet 6 inches tall 118 pounds with light brown hair and blue eyes She may be headed for Erie with Lisa Taylor of Bethesda Home Crawford County Contacts urged for information.
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Corry
East Main Street
Lynette C. Jewell
Erie
Lisa Taylor
Bethesda
Crawford County
Survivors recount Cambodian massacre near Battambang
Witnesses say Khmer Rouge ambushed fleeing Cambodians near Battambang, killing about 300 men women and children with no warning. Survivors describe scenes of blood and fear as they escaped toward Thailand, with one man and others recounting how babies and adults were shot during three separate attacks in a 50 mile area.
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Aranyaprathet
Thailand
Khmer Rouge
Associated Press
Battambang
Cambodia
Ung Tien Seng
Battambang City
Three Killed in Southeast Asia Tension and Plans
Hanoi Radio accuses the United States and allied governments of planning naval maneuvers off Thailand at month end. Bangkok officials deny knowledge of any exercise while a WLS Embassy spokesman notes Thai-U.S. maneuvers occur periodically. Saigon reports South Vietnam rebuilds its economy by resettling urban residents into rural projects with rice, seeds, and farming gear.
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Hanoi Radio
U.S
Vietnam
Thailand
Bangkok
WLS
Saigon Radio
Soyuz returns safely as Apollo crews drift on
Apollo astronauts await splashdown in the Pacific while Soyuz cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov land in a dust cloud on a flat Russian plain. The two crews pursued separate missions in a historic joint space effort and telecasted landing footage to the world.
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Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Leoney
Kubasoy
Thomas P. Stafford
Vance D. Brand
Donald K. Slayton
Pacific
Japan
Houston Mission Control
Stafford
Brand
Stayton
Apollo
Leonoy
Salyut 4 Space Station
Pyotr Klimuk
Vitaly Seymay
Senators May Reopen JFK Death Probe Says Schweiker
Senate panel member Richard S. Schweiker suggests a possible reopening of the JFK assassination inquiry. He cites Warren Commission omissions on Castro assassination attempts and hints Nixon could be called to testify on CIA matters.
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Washington
Senate
CIA
John F. Kennedy
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Schweiker
Vastro
Dallas
Johanison
Wisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Chile
Greece
Drowning in Treasure Ship Salvage Crash
A Jamestown diver and two others drowned when the salvage tug Northwind capsized at anchor off Key West during a $100 million treasure recovery from a 17th century Spanish galleon. Victims include Rick Donald Gage 21 of Jamestown and Dirk Fisher 21 of Key West, plus Mrs Angel Fisher 25.
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Jamestown, N.Y
Rick D. Gage
Key West
Fla
Atocha
Jamestown
N.Y
Gulf of Mexico
Rick Donald Gage
Donald A. Gage
Dirk Fisher
Angel Fisher
Pa Drivers Win Time For No-Fault Law Delay
Gov Shapp granted a 40 day delay in enforcing Pennsylvania s new no fault auto insurance law after its weekend start The AP survey found police avoiding enforcement until guidelines are issued Motorists failing to prove insurance within 48 hours could face jail and fines but complaints and enforcement hinge on police action and upcoming DOT regulations linked to vehicle inspections
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Jarrisburg
Pennsylvania
Shapp
Associated Press
Department of Transportation
Series of Quakes Do Little Damage
HONOLULU AP Five major earthquakes rocked an area east of New Guinea late Sunday and early Monday. No damage or injuries were reported as quakes centered off the Solomons struck in a trench at sea near the International Dateline. Magnitudes ranged from 6.4 to 7.8 on the Richter scale, with each whole number increase representing roughly tenfold stronger ground motion.
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Honolulu
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
Solomons
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