Colby Confirms U S Involvement in Angola Questioned
CIA Director Colby tells House panel that U S actions in Angola are not like Vietnam and avoid combat troops. He cites the War Powers Act and notes no Americans fight in Angola while denying exact figures on aid through Zaire or to Angolan factions.
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Associated Press
Washington (Ap
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William E. Colby
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House Intelligence Committee
Henry A. Kissinger
Zaire
Soviet Union
State Department
New York Times
Washington Post
Knight Case FBI Joining The Search For 3rd Murder Suspect
FBI joined the hunt for the remaining suspect in editor John S. Knight’s murder as a body was found after police identified two killers. Knight, 30, was killed in his Center City apartment amid a robbery motive, with investigators probing a link to Philadelphia’s homosexual community and tracing items taken from the scene.
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New Jersey
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Salvatore Soli
Isais
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Clementon
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Thomas Marotta
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Tullio G. Leonparra
Soli
Mount Ephraim
N.J
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Philadelphia Daily News
Rittenhouse Square
America
Detroit Free Press
Detroit
Conservatives Win In Aussie Election landslide victory
In Sydney AP reports former Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam conceded Australia’s national elections as returns showed a landslide for the conservative coalition. Malcolm Fraser, 45, caretaker prime minister since Whitlam’s dismissal on November 1, leads the Liberal-National Country coalition.
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Australia
Gough Whitlam
Malcolm Fraser
Whitlam
Gas station robbery spurs mass self service and theft
At a South Side E-Z Go station two attendants were tied up by three gunmen who fled with cash and cigarettes. With pumps unmanned hundreds of motorists began paying themselves for gas and grabbing cigarettes, describing the scene as chaotic. Police noted the heist lasted about 45 minutes as customers joined in the free service. Separately, New Zealand conservatives routed Labor in a major swing, with Hawke predicting big gains for the Liberal-CNational coalition.
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Chicago
David Olsen
Kenneth Harris
Olsen
Curtis McDowell
South Side
McDowell
NATO plans standardize arms spur West Europe spending
In Brussels NATO ministers floated standardizing weapons to boost efficiency and shift defense funds toward Western Europe. U S defense spending could rise there, potentially reducing U S orders and jobs. Aiming for reciprocal purchases and joint development, officials urge broad cooperation across 15 allied nations.
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Belgium
U.S
Europe
North Atlantic Alliance
Henry A. Kissinger
Sam Nunn
Georgia
John C. Culver
Iowa
Credibility questioned of FBI Klan informant Rowe
In Richmond Virginia former FBI agent James Morgan casts doubt on Gary Rowe Jr. the Alabama Ku Klux Klan informant who testified to Congress about FBI complicity. Morgan recalls Rowe as untruthful and says the Gary he knew differed from TV portrayals amid 1965 Selma violence and Liuzzo case fallout.
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FBI
Gary T. Rowe Jr
James P. Morgan
Rowe
Senate Intelligence Committee
Gary
Morgan
Alabama Ku Klux Klan
Senate
Birmingham
Freedom Riders
Bus Train Collision Kills Eight in Toronto Crossing
In eastern Toronto a commuter train struck a stalled bus at a crossing, killing eight passengers and injuring twenty. Deputy police chief Jack Ackroyd said four men and four women died. The driver, injured, was helping passengers when the crash occurred as the train hit the bus on the left side, sending debris up to fifty feet along the track.
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Toronto
Moynihan Says He Speaks Out Only On Orders
Ambassador Daniel Moynihan said at the United Nations that when he speaks on human rights issues it is on government orders, not on his own. He urged tolerance of one party governments while stressing the United States faces a stark choice between democracy and totalitarianism. He cited Kovalev and Sakharov in a show of solidarity with dissidents and praised Moynihan as a champion of rights.
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Fraser
Moynihan
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Daniel BP
International League For the Rights of Man
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Andrei Sakharov
Kovalev
Sakharov
Jerome Shestack
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