Cyprus Cease-Fire Strain Grows as Turkish Offensive Expands
Reports from military and diplomatic sources say Turkey is boosting its Cyprus invasion force with troops trucks armored matériel and helicopters pouring into the north coast. Eyewitnesses note numbers ranging from 6000 landed Saturday to over 10000 by Thursday amid sporadic border fire. In Geneva Greece Turkey and Britain agreed to prioritize a cease-fire and UN peace efforts while Greek foreign minister accused Ankara of continuing troop landings in defiance of the UN resolution. In Moscow Kosygin and Podgorny were reelected for four more years by the Supreme Soviet, nominated by Brezhnev as part of the ruling leadership troika.
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Geneva
Switzerland
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Britain
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Georges Mavros
United Nations Security Council
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Kremlin
Troika
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Lovelace charges dismissed in Las Vegas case
Narcotics possession charges against Linda Lovelace were dropped by a justice of the peace after police entered her hotel room with an invalid search warrant. The 23 year old actress, known for Deep Throat, was arrested January 31 at the Dunes Hotel with Los Angeles producer David Winter. The charges against him had been dropped earlier.
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Nev
Linda Lovelace
Justice of the Peace
As Pee
Miss Lovelace
Dunes Hotel
Los Angeles
David Winter
Somerset businessman fined for tax charges
Clarence Firestone, 63, of Somerset, pleaded guilty to federal tax charges and was fined $1,000 and placed on two years probation. He was accused of failing to account for income and social security taxes withheld from employees in late 1973 and early 1974.
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Pittsburgh
Somerset County
Clarence Firestone
Somerset
Plea Guilty in Beating Death Case in Washington County
Two Washington County men pleaded guilty to the beating death of a Monessen man. Gerald Buch, 27, of Speers, drew 5 to 12 one quarter years in Judge Charles G. Sweet's court. Stephen Hega, 37, of Charleroi, received 5 to 10 13 years after character witnesses testified.
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Washington, Pa
Washington County
Monessen
Gerald Buch
Speers
Charles G. Sweet
Stephen Hega
Charleroi
NAACP To Fight Integration Vote In Detroit Area Schools
The NAACP vows to refile in court for a Detroit area cross district desegregation plan after the Supreme Court overturned the 1972 Roth order and returned the case for a Detroit focused remedy. Lawyers argue suburban districts caused segregation and will seek a Detroit only plan and further litigation.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Supreme Court
U.S. District Court
High
NAACP
Paul Diamond
Stephen Roth
Roth
Warren E. Burger
Nathaniel Jones
New York
Diamond
Crowds, TV Swarm as Hearst Tale Goes Wrong
Police and crowd chaos mark a mistaken tip about Patty Hearst in Los Angeles. Lt. Dan Cooke laments media advisory errors that drew hundreds, despite officers arriving late and finding only a car and unregistered weapons. A hoax call and garbled communications compounded the confusion. Also notes on famous fathers Chaucer Hippocrates and Madison.
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Los Angeles
Dan Cooke
Patty Hearst
Symbionese_ Liberation Army
Cooke
Miss Hearst
Marcella Tyler
Mr Hearst
Area Singers Begin Tour In Ontario
The Brokenstraw Singers a group of area youths leave Columbus Community United Church of Christ for a two day tour in London Ontario presenting five concerts at churches cathedrals nursing homes and colleges It will be the fourth Canada tour Travel totals exceed 75000 miles and audiences reach hundreds of thousands. London tour arranged by Mel Howey of the London Free Press includes visits to Storybook Gardens Hast Park Golf Gardens and downtown London with swimming and potter golf among planned activities. Public TV funded Harrisburg Gov Shapp signs legislation for 7 million to the Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission upgrading prior year funding by 3 million.
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Brokenstraw
Columbus
Detroit
London
Mel Howey
London Frep Press
Storybook Gardens
Hast Park
Denenberg Granted Bar Admission Amid PUC Dispute
Herbert Denenberg won admission to the Pennsylvania Bar just before a Commonwealth Court hearing on a bid to block him from serving as chief counsel to the Public Utility Commission. Republican commissioners argue his past remarks disqualify him. Denenberg contends a lawyer may criticize an employer. A separate note reports Florida lawmakers proposing an impact tax for new residents as population projections rise.
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Herbert Denenberg
Public Utility Commission
Denenberg
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth Court
PUC
Vhe Urer
Senate
Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners
Enenberg
Nebraska
District of Columbia
PAC
George J. Bloom
Commission
Bloom
James Kelly
Hubert K. Bloom
Joseph Shartsin
U.S. Senate
Shapp
Lawrence Silver
Sharfsin
Consumer Advocate
Law Examiners
State Supreme Court
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Naacp To Fight
Kansas City
Geoffrey Chaucer
Hippocrates
B.C
Fatcher
James Madison
America
Ontario
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission
Tallahassee
Fla
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