Daily review of notable 1974 news snippets
Clifford Irving, serving a federal sentence, says the autohography hoax about Howard Hughes felt exhilarating from start to finish. Opera star Jan Peerce was hospitalized after a fall at his daughter’s home in Orinda. Robert Dixon notes possible life-creating amino acids in labs hint at life elsewhere in the universe. Patsy Mink argues education costs require reform but budget hurdles persist. Princess Anne and Capt. Mark Phillips may wed November 14 as Parliament debates timing.
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Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
Irving
Danbury News-Times
Danbury
Conn
Opera
Enor
Jan Peerce
San Francisco
Peerce
Robert Wabrhaltiy
Orinda
Robert Dixon
Perskins Observatory
Delaware
Ohio
Dixon
Earth
Pixon
Princess Anne
Capt
Mark Phillips
Labor
Willie Hamilton
Energy minister warns of gas cut to California amid supply talks
Canadian Energy Minister Donald MacDonald said gas deliveries to California could be interrupted to ensure adequate domestic supplies. He spoke ahead of talks with White House energy adviser John Love, warning of potential action against U.S. subsidiaries of oil firms operating in Canada.
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Oftawa
California
Dunald MacDonald
Nixon
MacDonald
White House
John Love
Ottawa
House of Commons
Canada
United States
Ginuci
Rurai Empargo
B.C
Alex MacDonald
British Columbia
UAW Ford Talks Signal Possible 185000-Worker Pact
Detroit reports hint of agreement between Ford and the United Auto Workers for about 185,000 workers ahead of Friday’s strike deadline. A news blackout began as talks continued and key issues like overtime and early retirement for foundry workers remained unsettled. Chrysler also faced a nine day strike context, affecting pattern setting contracts.
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Detroit
UPL
Ford United Auto Workers
UAW
Carollalors
Chrysler
Fot
Mitchell Stans trial delayed by White House tape issues
The trial of former Nixon officials John N. Mitchell and Maurice H. Stans was postponed due to legal disputes over President Nixon’s White House tape recordings. U.S. District Court Judge Lee Gaphardy adjourned proceedings at prosecutors’ request as the case hinges on immunity and testimony related to the Watergate inquiry.
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Nixon
John N. Mitchell
Maurice 1 Stans
White House
TLS. Bistrict Court
Duipe
Lee Gaphard
Tee Ie
John W. Dear
Dean
Mitchell and
Stans
Angie
Gaphiardy
Dean Foi
Capliand
Deans
Mitchell
Mitel
Cam
Jelph Roanager
Commerce
Ford Capri Price Rise Hits U S Market
Ford raises Capri price by 245 dollars in the United States, raising total cost by about 6.8 percent to fund safety and pollution standards. Elizabeth Taylor arrives in Hamburg to start filming Healithit at a Lake Alster hotel, accompanied by a Dutch businessman friend amid rumors of her separation from her husband.
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Detroly
UPI
Paid Motor Co
Capri
United States
Ford
Hamburg
Germany
Elizabeth Taylor
Laxity
Lake Alster
Three Boys Charged in Derelict’s Fire Death in Miami
Three boys aged 11 to 12 are charged with first degree murder for setting fires that killed Charles Scales, 34, as he slept behind an abandoned building. They also face two counts of assault with intent to commit murder for attacks on two other men, with victims including Emmett Spratling, 53, who survived.
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Miami
Fla
Derelct
Sit Atiow
Charles Scales
Lrnd
Bighter
J.B. Blackbur
Blackburn
Emmett Spratling
Scales
Spratling
Tham
Kendall
Dade County
Boston
Plans for Disney Sierra resort dead or not
The Los Angeles Times reports plans for Walt Disney Productions to build a high alpine resort in Mineral King Valley east of Visalia are largely dead due to court delays, new environmental approvals, and ongoing Sierra Club litigation. Disney won the bid in 1965 but faces a forest service permit battle and need for environmental impact statements.
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108 Angeles
Walt Disney Productions
Witter and
Mineral King Valley
Los Angeles Times
Visalia
the Times
Disney
Forest Service
Sierra Club
Abel
U.S. Supreme Court
Federal District Court
San Francisco
Supreme Court
Teressary
John D. Hollman
The
Plane crash near Rio injures Indiana trade mission
A Wasp 9inline turboprop crashed in Guanabara Bay after takeoff from Santos Dumont Airport. Reports say 66 aboard including eight Indiana trade mission members. Initial word said five killed, eight American mission members reported saved, some hospitalized with minor injuries. Survivors rescued from the bay taken to hospital.
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Guanabara Bay
Santos Dumont
U.S
Rio
Anty
Ted
Airorail
Indiana
Goe
Robert JD. Orr Ul
Brazil
Rio de Tawi
Belo Horizonte
Wasp
Strpor
Souza Aguiar Iespital
Nobel Chemistry Prize awards honor Fischer and Wilkinson
The 1973 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to German chemist Robert H. Fischer of Munich and Geoffrey Wilkinson of Imperial College London for work on organometallic chemistry that reshaped chemical structure concepts and potential gasoline reform implications. American laureates Ivar Graeber of General Electric and Len Esaki of IBM share the Physics prize for semiconductors and tunneling effects, with Esaki noting the practical Esaki diode applications in high frequency gear.
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Stockholm
Einstscher
Munich
Eenglishman
Geoffrey Wilkinson
University of London
Loyal Academy
Ivar Graever
General Electrc Company
Schenectady N.Y
Len Esaki
Fischer
Technical University of Munich
Wilkinson
Munich Technical University
Inorganic Theaestry Laboratory
London
Imperial College of Science and Technology
Academy
Gunnar Brusewitz
Swedish Academy
Brusewitz
Miseher
Esaki
Snow Closes Tioga Pass In Yosemite Park
Tioga Pass in Yosemite National Park was closed about 1 am due to snow. Crews hoped to reopen the Trans-Sierra route that day barring more snowfall as strong winds forced trees onto Highway 120 between Yosemite and Sonora. Chains were required for travelers on California 41 above Carmel.
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Yosemite National Park
UPI
Tioga Pass
Yosemite
California
Sonora
CHP
California 41
Cinquapin
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Daily Review of
Patsy Mink
Dllnwaii
Bedford
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
East
el Faso
el Pago
Mitchell, Stans
Liz
Sierra Dead
Filluen
Hayward
Tennyson Road
Lea
Eet Bet Pvs
Flaki and Graever
Josephson
Ginever
General Electric Co
Norway
Ppt
General Electric Research Laboratory
Schenectady
Harry
Giaever
Srian Josephson
Leg Esaki
Ray
Les Ers
Chuck Steak
Se Lee
Lita Ern
Sun
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