Detective claims secret POW talks with Laos
Private detective Theodore R. Grevers says in 1974 he engaged in covert negotiations with Pathet Lao officials to win freedom for 200 to 300 Americans and 700 mercenaries held in Laos and Vietnam. He deposited money, met Lao officials, but talks stalled after U.S. officials learned of the mission and communications ceased.
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Laos
Grand Rapids, Mack
UPI
Pathet Lac
Hanoi
Theodore R. Grevers
Fatman International Detective Agency
Thailand
Crevers
North Vietnam
Grevers
Faotians
Vientiane
Bangkok
Geevers
A Dove's Four Hour Quest to Save a Fallen Mate
A dove grieves near a busy street where a passing car struck its partner. The devoted mate hovers and nudges, spending hours dodging pedestrians and traffic in a failed bid to revive the injured bird.
U S firms to help build Iran nuclear power plants
Iran and the United States reportedly near a principle agreement for American firms to build up to half of a 27.8 billion nuclear energy program aimed at replacing oil by 1964. The plan would involve U S reactors from Westinghouse and General Electric with Western partners competing for contracts while Iran seeks reliable nuclear fuel access.
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Tehran
Iran
United States
U.S
Tran
Westinghouse Corp
General Electric Corp
Japan
Canada
Great Britain
Mercenary on trial cites mental problems and personal history
An American mercenary Gary Acker testified in Luanda Angolan tribunal that he joined as a soldier of fortune to cope with youth trauma and mental problems after discharge from the Marines. He said he fought briefly in northern Angola and would not fight for MPLA for any sum, while two telegrams urged mercy for him and Daniel Gearhart. British mercenaries testified their commander killed fellow Britons amid fear of their own leader.
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Grevers
Vientiane
Thailand
Grever
Luanda
Angola
UPI
Gary Acker
Sacramento
Acker
Parade Rest
U.S
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
MPLA
Libera
Rui Monteiro
California
Monteira
Gearhart
Arabs Israelis dialogue experiment at Ohio State
Ohio State University graduate student Roberto Sonabend led a ten person dialogue between five Arabs and five Israelis. Initial reluctance gave way to open discussion and even shared meals as the group pursued two goals: to understand each other and prove Arabs and Israelis can dialogue constructively.
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Columbus
Ohio
UPI
Ohio State University
Roberto Sonabend
Sonabend
OSU
Mexico City
Tal
PLO demands Syria pullback in Lebanon crisis
The PLO accuses Syria of escalating in Lebanon and calls for Damascus to withdraw its forces to allow a pan Arab peacekeeping contingent to deploy. Arab League moves to implement ceasefire and replace Syrian troops with a joint force from Algeria Libya Saudi Arabia Sudan Syria and the PLO.
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Cairo
Egypt
UPD
Palestine Liberation Organization Friday
Syria
Lebanon
Damascus
Arab League
Arab Foreign Ministers Conference
Algeria
Libya
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
PLO
Voice of Palestine Radio
Beirut
Sidon
Panel kills Brown job bill in California
SACRAMENTO UPI Assembly Ways and Means committee voted 7 to 0 to scuttle the California Job Opportunity Act. The plan sought 3,000 public works jobs over three years with $10 million state funding and $15 million federal. Brown said to be dead as a presidential hopeful while critics questioned the jobs program’s national model aim.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly Wars and Means
Edmund G. Brown
Bill Lockyer
Dan Leandro
Jimmy Carter
Brown
California
Locker
Senate cuts aid to black nations in foreign bill
The Senate nearly finished work on an 8.8 billion foreign military aid measure after deleting 25 million set for Black African nations amid Kissinger’s Africa policy. Amendments limited funds to Zaire and Zambia, barred support for Rhodesia guerrillas, and blocked Mozambique until a missionary is released. House action and conference negotiations loom as the bill shifts to final passage.
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Washington
New Africa
Africa
Zaire
Zambia
Mozambique
Armand Coll
Pennsylvania
Church of the Nazarene
U.S
Senate
Sen
Allen
Rhodesia
House
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
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Prigna Khamsouk Keola
National Coalition Political Council of
Keola
Souphanouvoog
Santa Monica
Bhah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
West Germany
France
Daniel Gearhart
Kensington
David Bufkin
Acker and Gearhart
Bou
Caird
Ramleh-Beida
League
Mahmoud Riad
Riad
Suleiman Franjich
Elias Sarkis
Chile
Cyprus
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