Tragic Niagara raft capsizes. three dead
An experimental 30 passenger Zodiac raft overturned in the Niagara River rapids near the whirlpool. Three people were killed, 11 injured, and 16 rescued or accounted for as searchers recovered bodies and the raft was brought to shore. Victims identified as Anthony Sawczyk, 23, Niagara Falls. David D. Ross, 37, Ontario. Julia Martinez, Toronto.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
UPI
Niagara River
Joseph DeMarco
Niagara Frontier
Anthony Sawczyk
David D. Ross
Ontario
Julia
Peru Military Coup Ousts Velasco Leadership
In Lima the generals ousted President Velasco in a bloodless palace coup and appointed Gen. Francisco Morales Bermudez as premier. Velasco, isolated, later appeared in uniform with his family. Officials say Morales must address 30 percent inflation worsened by copper prices, while the revolution aims to continue its socialist base.
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Lima
Peru
Juan Velasco
Francisco Morales Bermudez
Velasco
Morales
Tacna
Javier
Portugal fires Goncalves to calm Portugal crisis
President Francisco da Costa Gomes dismissed Communist backed Premier Vasco Goncalves and named Adm. Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo as the new premier. Goncalves becomes armed forces chief of staff, ending 13 months of a Communist led government amid fears of civil conflict.
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Vasco Goncalves
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Adm
Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo
Goncalves
Lisbon
Portugal
UPI
Azevedo
Armed Forces
Costa Gomes
Antonio de Spinola
Brazil
Ford to revive oil controls for 30 to 45 days
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said President Ford would sign a brief revival of oil price controls for 30 to 45 days next month. The plan targets a new extension with a gradual phaseout and requires a second law, while Ford may veto a six month extension.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Ford
Mansfield
Congress
House
Carl Albert
Dekla
White House
Kissinger Says Sinai Pact To Precede US In Sinai
Secretary of State Kissinger said Israel and Egypt would sign a Sinai agreement before Congress acts on using American civilians as observers. The plan envisions Israel withdrawing from Gidi and Mitla passes and Abu Rudeis oil field in exchange for concessions from Egypt.
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Mitla
Abu Rudeis
Egypt
Ford Administration
U.S
United States
Congress
Kissinger
Alexandria
Sinai
Yigal Allon
Israel
Firefighters battle 1800 acre Sequoia blaze near Porterville
More than 300 firefighters fought a brush and timber fire in Sequoia National Forest east of Porterville. Sixteen air tankers and five helicopters aided efforts as crews, hindered by rugged terrain and smoke, worked to encircle the fire. 500 more firefighters were en route, with land access limited and no containment when first reported.
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Porterville
Sequoia National Forest
Here
Kern River
Boxboy's alarm nets L A market bandit
An armed robber fled with 35666 from a Long Beach Safeway on Fourth Street and Pacific Avenue at 8 30 p m. Boxboy Paul Gonzales alerted police by calling from a store phone after the gunman forgot to lock doors. Police booked 24 year old Mark Russell Pruett of Van Nuys for armed robbery.
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Long Beach
Fourth Street
Pacific Avenue
Robert Ozenbaugh
Paul Gonzales
Alfredo Pallacious
Pallacious
J. D. Olds
J. W. Ford
Mark Russell Pruett
van Nuys
Pregnant Woman Shot Dies After Clinically Dead Period
Sharon Cody twenty-year-old Westminster woman and five month unborn child both died after three days of clinical brain death. Allen Cody twenty-one was detained then released as investigators sought a material witness to the accidental shooting.
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Westminster
Westminster Community Hospital
Sharon Cody
Jack Smith
Cody
Farm Labor Board approves union symbols on ballots
The Farm Labor Board grants approval for union symbols to appear on farmhands ballots prompting wider coverage beyond the local area. The development is noted as potentially affecting related cities in subsequent editions.
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Farm Labor Board
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Market Bandit
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New York
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