Ford offers help to find leak source in the report
President Ford offered House Speaker Carl Albert all services of the executive branch to identify who leaked segments of the Select Committee report. Albert declined comment and said all 43 House members can read the still classified report under strict non disclosure. Kissinger called the leak a form of McCarthyism and urged caution over releasing highly classified information.
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Washington
Carl Albert
Albert
White House
House
Village Voice
New York City
New York Times
CBS
Daniel Schorr
Henry A. Kissinger
House Committee
United States
Kissinger
U.S
Pike
Otis G. Pike
D-N-Y
CIA
Negsen
Executive Branch
Congress
FBI
Nessen
Sve
Joseph R. MacCarthy
Rot Nessen
IRA Martyr Sparks Ulster Conflict After Hunger Striker Dies
IRA activist Frank Stagg, 34, dies in English prison after 61 day hunger strike. Riots erupt in Northern Ireland with arson and attacks on vehicles. A parttime constable is killed and others wounded by snipers in Claudy. UK security tightens as Sinn Fein vows a military style funeral.
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Wakefield
England
Frank Stagg
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Stage
Claudy
Londonderry
Ireland
London
Dublin
Michael Connelly
Stagg
Michael Gaughan
Gunman Kills Policeman and Takes Woman Hostage in 52-Hour Siege
A young gunman wearing a ski mask killed Officer Zatka Sinlic and wounded a employee during a 52 hour siege at a Los Angeles burger restaurant. Gustavo Menez, 22, shot himself as tear gas was used. hostage Ann Catherine Modlin, 21, escaped. Menez’s identity awaited fingerprint confirmation. The incident drew a large crowd and ended with the gunman dead at Granada Hills Community Hospital.
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San Fernando
Valley
Dan Cooke
Cooke
San Fernando Valley
Granada Hills Community Hospital
Gustavo Menez
Ann Catherine Modlin
CIA
Zatka
Nick” Sinlic
Ford's net worth listed at $323,489 in 1975 report
Washington sources reveal President Ford and spouse reported net assets of 323,489 with 56,296 paid in federal taxes on 128,472 taxable income. The White House figures place Ford among wealthier presidential contenders. Milton Shapp was the only other millionaire in the field with about 2.5 million.
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Milton Shapp
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White House
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Vail
Colo
Stand Rapids
Mich
South Branch Township
Common Cause
Ronald Reagan
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Sargent Shriver
Reagan
CORE volunteers train near Centreville for Angola aid
About a dozen men participate in mock- combat drills at a training site near a Centreville Virginia shopping center. The Veterans Opportunity Project, allied with CORE, aims to deploy 1,000 volunteers to support U S backed forces in Angola or Angela, with future weaponry work planned in Africa.
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Angola
Congress For Racial Equality
Veterans Opportunity
Washington, D. C
Pmijeci
Fairfax County
Washington
Centreville
Veterans Opportunity Project
An-gela
Leonard Martin
Warren Goodall
Africa
Congress of Racial Equality
Goodell
Hearst case nears end as defense planned Friday
U S District Court near Oliver J Carter heard from the government’s closing portions with James L Brown stating the government will rest Friday morning. Defense to begin with testimony from Steven Weed, Hearst’s former fiancé, as Miss Hearst listened and recited the tape transcript. An FBI agent described the pivotal moments ending her violent journey, while Hearst spoke of her defiance amid the courtroom atmosphere.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
Donald “Cinque" DeFreeze
Symbionese Liber
U.S. District Court
Oliver J. Carter
U.S. Atty
James L. Browning
F. Lee Bailey
Steven Weed
Tania
Weed
FBI
PBL
Thomas Padden
Weather forecast for Virginia and North Carolina
A mixed forecast for Virginia and North Carolina with showers possible Friday and cooler conditions thereafter. Virginia highs near 30s to 70s with clearing Friday night, lows in 30s. North Carolina sees partly cloudy conditions, chance of showers Friday and Friday night, cooler Saturday with highs around 50s to 60s.
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North Carolina
Toantalns
Howses
Kissinger denounces committee as new McCarthyism
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger condemned the House Intelligence Committee for distorting classified information and creating a "new form McCarthyism." He warned that misuse of leaks harms U.S. foreign policy and criticized Reagan style attacks, urging substance over slogans in 1978 campaign discourse. He also noted Soviet actions in Africa and Moscow embassy bugging as complex issues.
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Henry A. Kissinger
House Intelligence Committee
Ronald Reagan
U.S
State Department
Kissinger
Popular Movement For the Liberation
Angola
Africa
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
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