Return of POWs as War Ends Nears in Disengagement Pact
Crowds greet the first returning prisoners in Damascus and Tel Aviv as Israel and Syria begin a wounded POW exchange under a disengagement pact. Red Cross planes carry 38 repatriated prisoners. 12 Israelis land at Ben-Gurion amid tears and flowers while 25 Syrians and one Moroccan arrive in Damascus. Israeli officials pledge to remain on the front until all prisoners are back. In New York, a separate AP survey shows most editors report newsprint shortages still forcing cuts, though some local content has been restored. Newsprint price rises to 213 per ton, affecting 7,000 copies per ton.
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Mordechai Gur
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Geneva
Henry A. Kissinger
New York
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Ron Martin
The
Miami Herald
APME
United States
Ford Talks Coping With White House Pressure On Tapes
Gerald Ford discusses the Watergate tapes matter and his role as a liaison between the White House and Congress. He says he avoids speculation about the presidency, emphasizes open communication, and describes his duties as a two way conduit while denying arm twisting.
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White House
Congress
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Tye
Americans Weigh Leaving Britain Over Tax Shift
London reports a growing American exodus as the Labour government's plan to tax foreigners on world income from April 1976 prompts warnings from industry leaders and tax attorneys. Estimated 50,000 to 100,000 Americans live in Britain. editors say firms may relocate to Amsterdam or Brussels as multinationals expand.
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Brussels
Herbert Mayes
Good Housekeeping
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Cosmopolitan
Hyde Park
Harold Wilson
Britain
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Amsterdam
Religious events loom large in history say experts
Will H. Yolen of the Overseas Press Club notes that eight of the twenty three top historical news events, as chosen by club journalists for the book Newsbreak, are religious. The list spans Creation, Babel, Moses, Christ, the Popes, and the Children's Crusade, among others, with many other major milestones containing religious elements.
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New York
Will H. Yolen
Overseas Press Club
Newsbreak
Babel
Cain
Abel
Asia
Holy Land
Troy
Foreign fishermen troubling U S waters
American fishers distrust Coast Guard and foreign regimes as tensions rise over the 12 mile limit. Fishermen from New England and New Jersey plan a June 1 sail-in on Washington to press for a 200 mile limit. International talks on the Law of the Sea are set for Caracas to shape a regime governing fishing grounds.
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Associated Press
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North Atlantic
Coast Guard
U.S
William Gordon
National Marine Fisheries Service
Gloucester
Mass
New England
New Jersey
Washington
Annessee
Gordon
United States
Caracas
Venezuela
Maine
North Carolina
Gunman robs Little Rock bank. FBI detains, then releases suspect
In downtown Little Rock at the Tower Building branch, a gunman grabbed $20,000 and forced Hurd into a car. The gunman threatened a child and fled north after police stopped him. Hurd and the children were unhurt. FBI agents questioned a suspect Friday night and released him. The assailant is described as a white male in his early 20s, about 5 feet 10, with red hair and a moustache, wearing a green baseball cap.
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Bank Rock
FBI
Hurd
Tower
Little Rock
Ray Faisst
Charjie
Hardie
Weuiman
Finnegan sues over alleged lack of treatment at reform school
Robert E. Finnegan, 16, filed in Little Rock federal court claiming Tucker Reformatory denied him treatment for an alleged emotional illness after a Pulaski County trial found him guilty of stabbing Michael Devine, 6. The suit alleges confinement deprived him of due process and adequate mental health care.
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Robert E. Finnegan
U.S. District Court
Tucker Intermediate
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Finnegan
Pulaski County
Michael Devine
Jack Holt Jr
Jack, D. Finnegan Jr
Paper pennies coming to stores soon
Washington reports Treasury plans to issue paper pennies to ease coin shortages. Stores will receive the new notes as the government moves to address a coin scarcity.
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Official
Treasury
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