Mayaguez rescue confirms crew saved after hostile action
The Mayaguez crisis ends with all crew recovered and Marines aiding in the operation. President Ford authorized a naval and ground assault after diplomatic efforts with Cambodia failed, with Kissinger favoring a sharp strike. The Coral Sea provided air support as Marines boarded the ship and Koh Tang island to free hostages.
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Ford
China
Cambodia
Henry A. Kissinger
National Security Council
Kissinger
Mayaguez
Southeast Asia
U.S
Vietnam
James R. Schlesinger
Coral Sea
Gulf of Thailand
Pentagon
White House
Ron Nessen
Koh Tang
Sihanoukville
Nessen
Washington
Koh Tang Island
Phnom Penh Radio
National Union
Cambodian
Nelsen
Congress Leaders Credit Ford for Mayaguez Crew Release
Congressional leaders from both parties praised President Ford after the Mayaguez crew was freed. Senate leaders Scott Mansfield McGovern Price voiced mixed views but lauded the administration for decisive action and diplomacy followed by military action deemed necessary and successful.
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Washington
Mayaguez
Ford
Council of the
Senate
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
California lawmakers consider special session on malpractice crisis
The article notes renewed CMA pressure for a state special session to address rising malpractice premiums. Alioto floated state insurance takeover for doctors for two years while Brown discussed rate hike limits but urged long term relief. Dr. Peterson of the AFPD urged state level action to curb high awards.
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Alioto
California Medical Association
CMA
Carl Goetsch
Brown
St. Louis
Stanley S. Peterson
American Federation of Physicians and Dentists
State to Build Offices in Long Beach LA Area
Sacramento and Long Beach reach an oral agreement to swap Broadway Chestnut sites for a seven story 11.8 million state office building on the Veterans Auditorium site. The 153145 square foot structure will house twelve state agencies with planned completion target in August and funding in the 1975 76 budget.
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Sacramento
California
Long Beach
Broadway
Veterans Auditorium
Joseph M. Kennick
Kennick
D-Long
Savona
Inmates protest food with snacks at Los Angeles County Jail
County inmates refused barbecued chicken and meals, instead snacking on peanuts and candy from a cart. Spokesman Antonio Rodríguez says they seek weekly bedding changes and biweekly towel and clothing changes. deputies note current schedules.
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Los Angeles County
Antonio Rodriguez
Gromyko Attacks Kissinger During Warsaw Pact Anniversary
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko criticized Henry Kissinger by name for advocating detente alongside higher military budgets. He praised progress toward Vladivostok accords on arms limits and warned the USSR won’t yield sovereignty. He condemned Kissinger’s Middle East diplomacy as a step by step obstruction to settlement.
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Moscow
Andrei A. Gromyko
Henry A. Kissinger
Soviet Union
U.S
Kissinger
Gromyko
Middle East
Seventeen Prisoners Escape From Cook County Jail Laundry
Seventeen inmates slipped from their cells during a routine inspection into the laundry room and escaped through a window. Five captives were rearrested. police ordered a gun in hand search for the remaining fugitives.
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Chicago
UPI
Cook County
Deputy D A guarded after assassination attempt near Marina del Rey
Deputy District Attorney James W. Grodin, head of the organized crime and narcotics division, has been under guard since three shots were fired from a passing van as he rode a bicycle near Marina del Rey. No arrest yet. no link to suspects established. Grodin had previously prosecuted Howard V. Perno, involved in murder-for-hire schemes, who was convicted and later linked to threats against Grodin.
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Organized Crime and Narcotics Division
Marina del Rey
Joseph Busch
Busch
Dist
James W. Grodin
Grodin
Artesia
Bush
George Stoner
Murder Inc
Perno
Stoner
Moseley
Archie Simonoff
Los Angeles
Southland
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the-Hebbard Pride
Associated Press
United States
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Vladisvostok
D.A
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