Tree Trimming Deaths Spark U N North Korea Tension
North Korean guards killed two U S Army officers during a dispute over pruning a tree in the Panmunjom truce village. UNC reports say U N Command authorities sent workers to cut the tree, prompting North Korean aggression. The incident follows accusations of U S provocations and large scale military activity near the truce zone.
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Seoul
South Korea
UPS
United Nations
United States
Panmunjom
Navy
Mark P. Frixden
Han Chun-kyung
Korea Herald
Niko Seid Han
UNC
Army
Richard G. Stilwell
Korea
AJLS
Washington
Guam
Panramjom
U.S
Helicoper
H Washington
United Nations Command
Arthur Bonifas
Newtnrg
N Y
Mark Barrett
Columbia
S.C
Travis Air Fore Base
Maj
Honifas
West Puan
N.Y
la. Barrett
D.C
Amy Gan Ricard Stilwell
Truce Village
Korean Central News ‘Agency
S. Levops
Sunday summary of bizarre incidents and political gambits
A Pennsylvania man labeled unclean appears in a bar scene while a wild LSD incident in Hartford involves a minor girl threatening self harm as bystanders jeer. President Ford pursues televised debates against Carter amid shaken polls. Raiders lose in Oakland 23-14 as New York Sets win tennis opener 31-23. details span pages 3,4,21.
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Hartford
Conn
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
New York
Golden Gaters
Gators
Betty Slove
Francoise Durr
Seta
Billy Jean King
Phil Dent
Francoise Exar
Frew McMillan
Dreams and a man chasing silver to fund a dream
Stephanie Smith profiles Dick Owen of Hayward who, after a Nevada mining past, dreams of buying equipment to mine silver and build a 54 foot sailing boat to sail the Pacific with his wife. He works nights with a trash can on rollers, hoping for capital of $80,000 and a future where silver may outshine gold in five to ten years.
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Pennsylvania
Charlie Neubaum
Chambersburg
Dick Owen
Hayward
Pacific
North Star
Nevada
Earthmayer
Owen
Reagan Refused Offer For Ford VP Spot
Reagan aides say John Sears and William Timmons discussed a firm commitment not to offer Reagan the vice presidential slot. Bill Roberts said Ford would not extend a running mate offer and Reagan would only meet Ford under that condition prior to the nomination decision.
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Bill Roberts
John Sears
Reagan
William Timmons
Ford
Timmons
Roberts
White House
Richard Cheney
Sears
Reagen
Cheney
Doles selection a wily compromise
Ford chose Robert Dole as running mate to shore up the Farm Belt and Midwest support while keeping the ticket balanced. The choice aimed to unite farmers behind Ford, counter farm policy backlash, and weigh other possible picks like Connally, Richardson, and Baker against regional and political vulnerabilities.
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Kansas City. Mo
Robert Dole
Kansas
Ford
Midwest
Dole
South Dakota
Nebraska
Montana
Wyoming
Jimmy Carter
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Michigan
North Dakota
Ronald Reagan
John Connally
Texas
Connally
Elliot Richardson
Massachusetts
Howard Baker
Senate
Richard Nixon
Fire on Green Island freighter but crew safe after hours
Firemen battled a long engine room blaze aboard the 700 foot Central Gulf Lines freighter Green Island near Destrehan Louisiana. Fire crews initially feared a toxic cargo ferrosilicone but switched to river water to control the fire as two missing crewmen remained unaccounted for.
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Destrehan
Dpt
Coast Guard
Ken Freeze
Freeze
Central Gulf Lines
Green Island
New Orleans
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Rolling Stone
Stephanie Smith
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
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Phate
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