Last Weeks Provide President Ford With Tough Matters
Washington AP reports in the final days of his presidency President Ford weighs amnesty to aid wartime draft evaders and deserters limited to certain cases while considering veterans rights restoration. Energy officials expect removal of gasoline price controls with safeguards. a pay panel urges big raises for Congress and top government officials.
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Rising coffee prices spark protests and boycotts nationwide
The piece notes escalating coffee costs provoking consumer action from Boston coupon campaigns to Massachusetts cafeteria price shifts. It cites a Toronto theft of 43,000 pounds of freeze dried coffee worth 30,000 dollars, a Salamanaca nursing home ending free coffee, and a Miami grandmother leading a local boycott with 400 condo neighbors. It also mentions supermarkets promoting tea as an alternative and brands like Celestial Seasonings marketing new flavors.
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Abu Daoud Freed After Lufthansa Hijack Demand
Three surviving guerrillas were captured and freed by German authorities to meet hijacker demands on a Lufthansa jet. Abu Daoud, linked to Yasir Arafat's Al Fatah and founder of Black September, was later captured in Iraq and sentenced to death before a 1973 amnesty.
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Million Throng Peking Honors Chou En Lai Amid Protests
About a million people crowded Tiananmen Square in Peking to honor Premier Chou En Lai as wall posters urged Teng HsianPing’s reinstatement. Kyodo reported wreaths and posters denounced the Gang of Four, with arrests and rioting tied to the Cultural Revolution.
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Housing Minister Innocent After Israeli Cabinet Vote
Israel's cabinet declared Housing Minister Avraham Ofer innocent of corruption charges following his death by suicide last week. The probe into related allegations involving other Labor party members was to continue, per Atty. Gen. Barak's recommendations. Avneri urged reopening the inquiry, citing testimony of funds allegedly channeled to Labor in the 1970s election.
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Summit backs Rhodesian nationalists in regional show of force
At a Lusaka summit five black states pledge full political, material and diplomatic support to the Patriotic Front led by Nkomo and Mugabe. Nyerere says backing reflects the guerrillas key role in Geneva talks and the push for a black ruled Zimbabwe amid stalled negotiations with Smith.
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Robert Mugabe
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Zimbabwe
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Rchard
Maine Sugar Beet Revival Faces Hard Times Yet Hopes Lift
In Easton Maine bad weather and rock bottom sugar prices hinder Maine’s revived beet industry. Triple A Sugar Corp and local farmers warn of funding gaps as crop yields and beet adoption rise slowly. Officials say the refinery could struggle without loans and federal support despite potential gains in capacity and new grower interest.
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