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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1975

Page

2

Gunfire exchange at Indian monastery disrupts truce talks

Militant Indians in a monastery near Gresham Wisconsin exchanged gunshots with law enforcement after cease fire talks failed. No injuries reported as negotiations with the religious order stalled and hopes for resolution dimmed. A separate loan deal funds Southern Peru Copper Cuajone project with 200 million from a transnational bank consortium led by Chase Manhattan, backing 620 million expansion to 170000 tons yearly.

Gresham Wis Shawano County New York Southern Peru Copper Corp High Andes Cuajone Lima World Bank U.S. Export-Import Bank

AEC to Release Two Reports on Plutonium Contamination cases

The Atomic Energy Commission will release the first of two reports on plutonium contamination of Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corp. worker Karen Silkwood. AEC spokesman Jan Strasma said the second report would be released Tuesday. Silkwood was contaminated and died in a November car crash near the Cimarron plant.

Oklahoma City Atomic Energy Commission Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corp Cimarron AEC Jan Strasma Karen Silkwood Edmond Okla

Fire destroys five wings at Oklahoma State Penitentiary

A Sunday night blaze at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester wiped out all five wings of the dormitory housing about 250 inmates. Authorities say everyone likely escaped safely, with Fire Chief John Scroggins citing possible simultaneous ignition from faulty wiring as the cause.

Mcalester Okla Oklahoma State Penitentiary John Scroggins

Saigon Suburb Is Hit By First Rocket Assault In Three Years

In Saigon a suburb was bombarded by 12 rockets early Monday, hitting the Phu Lam long-range site and a nearby village. Civilian deaths reported at four with six wounded. last rocket strikes on Saigon were in December 1971.

Saigon Phu Lam Phuoc Binh

Linda Honeycutt Aims to Join Houston Fire Dept Academy

Linda Honeycutt, 23, University of Houston graduate, passed a rigorous fitness test and aims to join Houston Fire Department Ambulance Service and enter the Fire Academy on March 31. She must complete background checks, polygraph, and medicals to become the city s first female Fire Academy entrant. Her parents’ reactions reflect mixed pride and concern.

Linda Honeycutt Houston, Tex Fire Academy University of Houston Fire Department

Amish Leaders Thwart $1 Million Extortion Plot in Indiana

In Lagrange Indiana Amish leaders with state and local police foiled an extortion scheme that sought up to one million dollars. Arthur Hayner 42 of Lagrange was arrested on a preliminary charge after officers traced a late night money drop plan involving a phone booth.

Lagrange Ind Arthur Hayner Hayner

Successor Prince Juan Carlos Marks 37th Birthday

Prince Juan Carlos de Borbon, designated successor as Spanish chief of state to Franco, celebrated his 37th birthday Sunday. He was named by Franco to succeed him in July 1969 and acted as chief of state for two months during Franco’s critical bout with a leg thrombophlebitis last July.

Juan Carlos de Borbon Francisco Franco Juan Carlos Franco

Publisher Tom Johnson named fifth publisher of Dallas Times Herald

James Chambers announced the promotion of Tom Johnson, 33, a former Lyndon B. Johnson aide and current executive editor, to oversee all aspects of the Dallas Times Herald. The Times Herald is owned by Times-Mirror Co. of Los Angeles.

Tom Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Dallas Times Herald James Chambers Johnson Times Herald Times-Mirror Co Los Angeles

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