Dutch cabinet weighs four convicts hostage demands in Scheveningen chapel
In The Hague four convicts holding 16 hostages in Scheveningen prison chapel seek to join another hijacker, a bus to Schiphol, and a plane to unknown arrival. Justice Minister van Agt says cabinet not rushing a decision. In Rabat the Arab summit pledged over 2 billion dollars in oil money to neighboring states and recognized the PLO as future Palestinian state government.
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Netherlands
Scheveningen
Justice
Andries van Agt
Amsterdam
Schiphol
Rabat
Morocco
Israel
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
West Bank
Jordan River
Grain Experiments Ruined by Early September Frost
An early September frost ruined two years of grain research at the Borlaugh grain center in Mexico, causing widespread losses. The frost also trimmed Mexico's grain harvest by more than half a million tons, prompting concern for future crop yields.
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Mexico City
Norman E. Borlaugh
Mexico
Veal rise forecast for 1974 per capita consumption
The Agriculture Department predicts per capita veal consumption will average about 2.1 pounds in 1974, up from 1.8 pounds last year, marking the first increase since 1964. Calf slaughter surged last summer with July up 42 percent and August up 60 percent, and September up 45 percent from a year earlier.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Department
Ford Asks Congress to Allow Time for Proposals
President Ford urges Congress to modify or refine his anti recession and anti inflation program if better alternatives develop. He spoke in Grand Rapids at Calvin College fieldhouse and at a downtown plaza in cold rain. Ford said he will be open to changes while asking for a chance for his proposals. He noted Nixon’s medical setback and planned a Los Angeles rally, while campaigning for Republican Paul Goebel Jr. VanderVeen faces defeat in a district Ford once held. Ford also hinted at easing tensions in the Middle East and Cyprus and looked ahead to trips to Vladivostok, Japan, and South Korea.
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Ford
Congress
Calvin College
Grand Rapids
Mich
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Ron Nelsen
Los Angeles
White House Press Center
United States
Paul Goebel Jr
Richard VanderVeen
Ford Welcomed by Crowd in Grand Rapids Homecoming
President Gerald R. Ford toured a rain soaked downtown Grand Rapids gathering as more than 10,000 residents greeted him in his hometown for the first time since moving into the White House.
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Gerald R. Ford
Grand Rapids
Mich
White House
Justice Department Probes Illegal Food Price-Fixing
Washington AP The Justice Department probes possible food price fixing as part of a broader antitrust push by the Ford administration. Attorney General Saxbe says 14 food-related civil and criminal cases are pending, covering broilers dairy baked goods and more nationwide and regionally.
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Washington
Justice Department
William B. Saxbe
Ford Administration
Antitrust Division
Saxbe
the Grocery Manufacturers of America
Department
Area Farmers To Participate In Cattle Kill Protest
Area farmers plan a cattle kill this weekend to protest President Ford's remark. Cattle will be shipped to AMCO Packing in Utica for slaughter and distribution to orphanages and overseas needy. Details on central collection point and participant numbers were to be announced later.
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Gerald Ford
Chautauqua County
N.Y
National Farmers’ Organization
Midwest
Stanley Coutt
Union City
Crawford County
NFC
Amco Packing Co
Utica
Coutt
Cherry Creek
Edinboro
Mennonite Central Committee
Salvation Army
The
World Medical Supply
Erie County appoints new district attorney Robert Chase
The Erie County Court en banc admitted 18 new attorneys and swore in Robert Chase as district attorney to replace the late R Gordon Kennedy. Chase, 61, has served as an assistant D A for years and is expected to complete Kennedy's term through December 31 1975. First Assistant D A Bernard Siegel praised the choice. Britain eyes tidal power as a potential electricity source and notes the challenge of matching output to fluctuating load.
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Erie County Court
Erie County
Robert Chase
R.gordon Kennedy
Kennedy
Chase
Court En Banc
Bernard Siegel
Bob
Siegel
NEW Sea Power
London
Britain
Central Electricity Generating Board
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Watergate
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Shuster
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