Cambodian leaders reported executed after Khmer Rouge victory
AP dispatch reports three top figures from the Lon Nol era were executed following the Khmer Rouge win in April. Teng Sary confirms Lon Borel Lon Non and Sirik Matak were executed but provides no details. Franco remains gravely ill in Madrid while Juan Carlos begins provisional leadership.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Phnom Penh
Khmer Rouge
Teng Sary
Lon Borel
Lon Non
Lon Nol
Sirik Matak
Madrid
Juan Carlos de Borbon
Francisco Franco
Franco
Eckerd faces Senate vote to head GSA after apology
Florida drug store magnate Jack Eckerd moves toward Senate confirmation as head of the General Services Administration after apologizing for a 1974 campaign ad that labeled his opponent Jewish. The nomination vote is slated for next week by the Senate Government Operations Committee. Also, 10,000 greet astronaut Deke Slayton in Sparta Wisconsin while Jack Dempsey leaves NYU Hospital after a mild stroke.
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Washington
Florida
Jack Eckerd
Senate
General Services Administration
Senate Government Operations Committee
Eckerd
New York
Jack Dempsey
New York University Hospital
Manassa Mauler
Broadway
Teachers vote to strike in Appalachian Unit 8 plan
About 1 percent of teacher aides join 200 teachers threatening to strike November 7 in Bedford Blair Cambria and Somerset counties. A strike would halt special education classes across the four counties impacting students and staff. A separate bomb scare at West Greene High School evacuated students. police found nothing after a threat voiced by a caller with a boyish tone. In Monongahela a 40 year old man, Louis Paul Chilfer, died from a fall at his embankment home base in a likely accidental death.
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Johnstown
Appalachia
Bedford
Blair
Cambria
Somerset
Rogersville
West Greene High School
Princpal Paul Polink
Greene County
Polink
Monogahela
Washington County
Monongehela
Farrell Jackson
Yietlin
Louis Paul Chilter
Energy bill moves toward approval despite busing dispute
Congress nears final action on a national energy bill while opposing President Ford on price controls. Conferees removed a House anti busing provision aimed at fuel conservation. Senate vote blocks a rapid phase out of oil price controls. If approved, the measure likely goes to Ford as the current control extensions expire.
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Washington
Congress
Ford
Senate House
House
Conference Committee
Senate
Kissinger Says Presidents Approved Covert Actions
Secretary of State Kissinger testified before the House Intelligence Committee that every covert U.S. operation during his tenure received final presidential approval. He rejected claims of plausible deniability and said presidents always approved clandestine actions since 1969, while committee members debated possible contempt steps over a subpoenaed Cyprus memo.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Kissinger
House Intelligence Committee
House
Cyprus
Nixon
State Department
James R. Gardner
CIA
White House
Otis G. Pike
Dn.y
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Pike
Air Force Major Hering dismissed over request for sane president check
Mount Carmel Ill AP Air Force Maj Harold Hering is discharged for violating officer duties after asking for assurances that nuclear launch orders would come from a sane president He 39 with Vietnam service says he sought basic safeguards at national command authority level He may sue for losses and accuses the system of secrecy and misused authority.
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Mount Carmel
Ill
Air Force
Harold Hering
United States
Vietnam
Hering
California
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Ford to testify via videotape in Fromme trial
President Ford will videotape his recollection of the Sept. 5 incident in Sacramento when Lynette Fromme allegedly aimed a pistol at him. The session, arranged by Fromme’s lawyer, will occur before the trial starts next Tuesday.
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Washington
Ford
Lynette
Fromme
U.S. District Court
Thomas MacBride
Defense
Sacramento
Calif
California
Miss Fromme
John &. Virgo- MacBride
Virgo
Justice Department
MacBride
NY Sniper Hangs Self at County Jail
Seventeen year old Anthony Barbaro of Olean was found hanged in his jail cell in Little Valley after being charged in a December sniping spree at Olean High School. He faced multiple murder and assault counts tied to three deaths and injuries to eleven others, with his trial having begun the prior week.
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Anthony Barbaro
Olean
Olean High School
Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Aeputies
Little Valley
N.Y
Sheriff's Department
Barbaro
Little” Valley
Starvation Through Strike Hits University Animal Labs
About 20 000 animals used for medical research face starvation at the University of Pennsylvania due to a strike by animal handlers and maintenance workers. Caged animals including mice, dogs, cats, rabbits and monkeys rely on food deliveries that have halted, prompting concerns over care as staff manage cages and readings amid pickups blocked by picket lines.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Frank Robinson
School of Veterinary Medicine
School of Medicine
Lippincott
John Patrick
Cliff Templeman
Division of
Fred Norman
McLaughlin Opponent Attacks Political Mail Tactics
Democratic candidate Robert Cooney accused Erie County treasurer Neil McLaughlin of using his office to send political hunting date leaflets with McLaughlin’s picture in each license envelope. Cooney says the action could be a misdemeanor. McLaughlin disputed the charges, with a rebuttal expected over the weekend.
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Robert Cooney
Erie County
Neil McLaughlin
Cooney
McLaughlin
Erie County Home Rule Group Requests Recall System
Erie County Government Study Commission tentatively approves recall initiative and referendum provisions for a proposed home rule charter. Thresholds include 36 percent for recalls and 20 percent for initiatives and referendums. Also considers a clerk selected jury system and public observation. A six to eight week report is set from the personnel advisory committee. Next meeting moves to Mercyhurst College Heritage Room.
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Erie County Government Study Commission
Erie County
Study Commission
Department of Records
Roger Fischer
Erie County Registrar of Wills
Parr‘view
Mercyhurst College
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