Thai government quashes coup bid led by former general
Five month old Thai regime fends off a right wing coup attempt as Major General Chalard Hiranyasiri and four officers are deported. One general and an aide die. 300 soldiers surrender after tanks guard Bangkok as the nation returns to normal.
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Tiny Robinson Beats Odds to Shine On and Off Stage
AP Special Correspondent recounts Tiny Robinson once a rising singer in Philadelphia and club circuits who survived a damaged heart valve after a 1968 open heart operation. He later settled in Des Moines with wife Carol, trading high life for a quieter life and renewed purpose.
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Man freed after 40 years for $1,184 theft
Ben Pickens, 66, who served 31 of 41 years in prison and parole, was granted total freedom after federal review. He says he bears no animosity, hopes to help others and warns youth crime does not pay. He recounts time in Atlanta, Leavenworth, and Alcatraz, and his lifelong consequences.
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Ford Warns Carter Fiscal Policy May Hurt Inflation Fight
Former President Gerald R. Ford warned that Carter administration and Congress could miss the inflation battle, predicting a real crunch in 1978 and 1979. He spoke at a Washington breakfast on his first days with the American Enterprise Institute and noted concerns about fiscal restraint and foreign policy under the new leadership.
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Common Market Leaders Push for Economic Cooperation
At a two day summit the nine nation Common Market leaders urged intensified cooperation to promote growth and curb unemployment especially among youth and women. They backed an emergency fund to stabilize commodity prices and reduce price fluctuations for developing nations. The talks included Britain France West Germany Italy Ireland Denmark Belgium Luxembourg and a reduced participation by the United States.
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Walker retraces cross country trek seeking lost items
Johnson, an East Carolina University alumnus from Ahoskie, NC, retraces his 1976 cross country walk from Wells, Maine, to California. He aims to recover items lost during the 48 state journey and was in Concord, New Hampshire, visiting Rose Hanson who helped him once with a flat tire.
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Desai forms new government amid ally boycott in India
Prime Minister Morarji Desai formed a cabinet of 14 ministers while four posts remained vacant due to allied dissidents led by Jagjivan Ram Raj Narain and George Fernandes. Ram later considered accepting after appeals from Jayaprakash Narayan but vetoed oath. Narayan urged Ram to join as reform drive continues.
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