Rescued After Four Days From Tied Kidnapping Ordeal
Sheri Linda Jaffa, wife of a Jacksonville land developer, was bound and gagged for four days in a wooded area after a kidnapping by Jack McWilliams and accomplices dressed as police. McWilliams and Edith Burton were linked to the rescue, with Burton cooperating under questioning. Jaffa, 35, was hospitalized for exposure and injuries but in good spirits. her husband Richard stood by as authorities disclosed the abduction details and pursuit.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Sheri Linda Jaffa
Matt Touchton
Jack McWilliams
Jaffa
Wayne Ellis
Tax cut favored as poverty rises in 1975
Government data show a 10.7 percent rise in the poor to 25.9 million, about one in eight, blamed on inflation and recession. Despite higher median income, buying power fell 2.6 percent. Carter denounces economic mismanagement while parties debate future tax cuts and federal spending. Aluminum prices stay high amid recession and UAW Ford talks stall.
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Washington
Joint Economic Committee of Congress
Help line answers questions on local services and birth records
A reader asks about finding buttonhole workers and cheaper dental care in South Carolina. The reply guides public school students to the Guilford County Health Department dental clinic or local dentists for affordable care. It also explains birth certificates, hospital lithographs, and official state records for newborn documentation.
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South Carolina
Anon
Guilford County Health Department
Raleigh
F.P
A. David Lopp
Ford greets Wallace in Alabama rally splash
President Ford drew a large Gulf Coast crowd in Mobile as George Wallace appeared in support, bearing Dixie symbols while Bear Bryant’s houndstooth hat framed the scene. Wallace dodged pledges for Alabama voting predictions, keeping to neutral ground, as Ford basked in a festival atmosphere with 5,000 to 10,000 locals and a chorus of playful placards.
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Mobile
Ala
Bear’ Bryant
George Wallace
Wallace
Ford
Alabama
Mississippi
President Ford
Gulf Coast
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Five Black Nations Reject Rhodesia Power Transfer Plan
Presidents of Zambia Tanzania Mozambique Angola and Botswana rejected the white minority Rhodesian plan to transfer power to blacks but backed talks on an interim government and a British sponsored conference. Britain said talks would start within 48 hours. Rhodesia’s Prime Minister Ian Smith dismissed the shift as communist influenced and urged US Britain reaction.
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Lusaka
Zambia
Rhodesia
Britain
Salisbury
Ian Smith
United States
Tanzania
Mozambique
Angola
Botswana
Smith
Zimbabwe
Anthony Crosland
Blackpool
England
Edward Rowlands
P K van der Byl
John Vorster
Henry A. Kissinger
Bell aided FBI wiretaps on MLK Ali and others said
The Charlotte Observer reports Bell Telephone employees wired and connected FBI taps on private lines for over 30 years without court orders. Horace Hampton, a retired Bell official, testified he supervised taps upon the FBI's request in Washington, while Bell denies direct tapping.
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Charlotte
N.C
Bell Telephone Co
FBI
Martin Luther King Jr
Muhammad Ali
Morton Halperin
Charlotte Observer
Bell System
Observer
Bell
Horace Hampton
Hampton
Halperin
National Se
Curity
Washington
D.C
H.W. William Canning
Bishop Case Still Mystery
Washington AP reports six months after William Bradford Bishop Jr left his State Department post and allegedly killed his family, Montgomery County Police say they have no motive and no location. The case remains open as the FBI continues the active search.
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Washington
William Bradford Bishop Jr
State Department
Maryland
Montgomery County
Richard Green
Department
FBI
Bradford Bishop
Yale University
Special Trade Activities Office
Bishop
Lebelia
Annette
Brad I
Brent
Geoffrey
Jacksonville
N.C
Tyrell County
Great Smoky National Park
Chuck Lanter
Baltimore
Uding
Lontor
North Capita
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Census Bureau
Ford Administration
Portland
Ore
Carter
Nixon
Hoover
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Council On Wage and Price Stability
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
A.H
Maxine
Greensboro Road
Deep South
State
Michigan
Bryant
Foard
America
Herbert Krone
Lancaster
Bradford Bishop Jr
Financial
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