Evel Knievel quits after bus jump ends in crash
London upi report says stuntman Evel Knievel vowed to quit after a failed attempt to leap 13 London buses at Wembley ended in a dramatic crash. Manager Brian Cartwell indicated Knievel may reconsider and return to action as he recovers from a crushed vertebra and other injuries.
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London
UPI
Evel Knievel
Knievel
Brian Cartwell
Wembley Stadium
Snake River Canyon
Idaho
River Thames
London Buses
Wembley
Stanford coed recalls night of African kidnap sequence
Emily Polis, a Stanford University student, recounted hiding in hills with researchers after armed guerrillas abducted four colleagues in Tanzania. The group was moved across Lake Tanganyika to Zaire. Barbara Smuts was released to deliver ransom talks. The rebels demand $500,000, guns, and the release of two radical leaders as three captives remain.
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Stanford
Calif
Stanford University
Jane Gondall
Ms. Polis
Wildlife Research Center
Kigome
Lake Tanganyika
Zaire
Barbara B. Smuts
Ann Arbor
Mich
Carrie Jane Hunter
Atherton
Kenseth. Smith
Garden Grove
Cali
Emilie Bergmen
Voters face tax hike asks across five districts today
Polls open until 3 p m today in Hayward Union City Newark Sunol and the Livermore Amador Valley voters are asked for tax increases to fund a school budget balance a Memorial High School project a 55.5 million civic center and bus system Sunol district extra per student funds Dublin and Contra Costa parks. The Daily Review will not run a phone info line tonight but will publish a full election results rundown tomorrow.
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Hayward
Union City
Newark
Sunol
Livermore-Amador Valley
Memorial High School
Civic Center
Sunel
Valley Community Services
Dublin
Athan Downs
Boone Acres
Contra Costa County
Daily Review
Ford to push energy plan with new tariff hike
President Ford declares patience worn thin with Congress on energy laws and will impose action, including another $1 tariff on imported crude starting June 1. Tariff would raise gasoline prices by about 1.6 cents per gallon, drawing sharp criticism from Rep. Al Ullman who calls the move ill timed.
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Washington
UPL
Ford
Congress
House
al Ullman
T .Ore
Ways and Means
Ullman
NBC Today Show
Kissinger unrolls $1 trillion energy plan at IEA talks
Secretary Kissinger outlined a $1 trillion program to shield oil consuming nations from shortages and proposed commissions to study raw material regulation. He urged cutting oil imports by four million barrels daily by 1977 end and investing about $1 trillion by 1985 to expand own energy sources including nuclear power. The plan signals a shift toward shared interdependence and renewed talks with oil producers after a recent collapse.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
International Energy Agency
U.S
Kissinger
United States
Waterbed reading nook at Fremont library sparks interest
In Fremont two young readers praise a waterbed equipped reading space at the Fremont Library on Paseo Padre Parkway as the only library in the country with such a feature. The nine month old experiment drew notice in a national librarian publication.
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Fremont
Mary Jane Helm
Liz Griffin
Fremont Library
Paseo Padre Parkway
Maxine Dumey
Fremont Libraries
Forecaster predicts warmer weather in South County
Forecaster says South County will be fair and warmer tomorrow with highs in the high 70s and low 80s. Temperatures in Iowa will reach the 30s as cooler air arrives later, with more weather details on page 23.
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South County
Bay Area superboard bill sparks blessing or boondoggle
A bill to merge five regional planning agencies into a single Bay Area superboard chaired by a supermayor narrowly cleared the Assembly and moves to the Senate Local Government Committee. Critics warn it would centralize power and distance government from voters while supporters say current agencies already function under a unified framework.
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Senate
John Knox
D-Hichmond
Supermayor
Bay Arta
Federal Environmental Trelection Agency
Grrlies
Bay Area
San Francisco
San Jose
Oakland
South County
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