Hoffa’s vanishing prompts fuels and fears in Detroit area
A UPI report questions how James Riddle Hoffa, 62, disappeared from a suburban Detroit parking lot five days earlier without a fight or a call to his wife. The piece recalls Hoffa’s violent history, his bid to regain Teamsters power, and the mafia links and witnesses who say he would not leave quietly.
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Detroit
UPI
Jimmy Hoffa
Josephine
James Riddle Hoffa
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Hoffa
Bloomfield Township
Paul Allen
Riggers Local No
Jimmy
John Degutis
Angola Bazooka Battle Heightens Angolan Civil War in Luanda
In Luanda a three-way fight erupts as the Soviet backed Popular Movement, the National Front, and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola clash. At least three black soldiers die and civilians flee as food, fuel, and water run low. The U S consulate urges remaining Americans to leave while a Portuguese airlift evacuates thousands.
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Luanda
Angola
API
U.S
Popular Movement For the Liberation of
National Front For the Liberation of Angola
Lisbon
National Front
Zaire
National Union For the Total Independence of Angola
Popular Movement
Government
Marine corporal found guilty in recruit beating case
Maine Corporal William T. Mason was found guilty of maltreatment in a court martial for a beating of 18 year old Navy recruit Steven Stawnychy at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Mason was reduced in rank to lance corporal, fined $100 per month, and two of three initial charges were dropped on sentencing by Captain Horace H. Morgan. Stawnychy, from White Bear Lake Minnesota, died by suicide weeks after the incidents.
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Waukegan, Ir
UPI
Maine
William T. Mason
Navy
Steven Stawnyby
Mason
Dale Kinkerman
SomerviUle
Mass
Kunkerman
Klinkerman
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Stawnychy
White Bear Lake, Minn
White House
Ford
Ford Opens Second Year With Low-key White House Events
President Ford began his second year in office by addressing unresolved energy and economic issues with top advisers. He hosted a private first anniversary dinner at the White House for Vice President and Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller, while aides said he had not contacted Richard M. Nixon to mark the power transfer.
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Kroger
Lewisburg
Hoffa
Teamsters
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Nixon
Washington
UPI
Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Mrs. Ford
Oval Office
Rockefeller
Russian grain shortfall could trigger double digit inflation
UPI reports Senator Henry M. Jackson warns Soviet grain shortages may reach 40 million tons, risking double digit food inflation with large US grain sales. He cites Agriculture Dept estimates 185 million tons produced in the Soviet Union and limited import coverage. President Ford met with top advisers as inflation and energy concerns shape policy.
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Washington
UPI
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
U.S
Jackson
Washington Post
CIA
Russia
United States
Agriculture Department
Department
Hardrock Kid Crowned King in Hoboes Festival at Hoboken Iowa
The Hardrock Kid, a 70-year-old drifter from Trenton New Jersey, was chosen king of the hoboes at the Hoboes Convention in Britt Iowa drawing about 15 000 spectators. John Maslen beat Fry Pan Jack and Slow Motion Short in a runoff as Adventurer Jan Jan Denfeld 17 of Rockwell City was named queen with Maury Graham presiding as head judge.
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Britt, Iowa
UPI
Hardrock Kid
Trenton
Iowa
John Maslen
Jan—Jan Denfeld
Rockwell City
Jan
Long Looker Mic
Long Looker
Hobo Cook
Fusco Jack
Under
Willy
Lord Open Road
Montana Jack
Cheyenne Kud
Sparky Smith
Hardrock
Fry Pan Jack
Steamtrain
Maury Graham
Toledo
Ohio
Willey
John “Hardrock
Mislen
Trenton, N.J
Ian” Denfeld
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David Smothers
Grand Jury
Teamsters Local No
Lincoln Continental
Richard Fitzsimmons
Frank Fitzsimmon
Dave Johnson
Hoffa Ally
Johnson
Teamsters’ Pension Fund
Anthony
Tony Jack” Giacalone
Senate Rackets Committee
Richard Will
North Attleboro
Long Point
Provincetown
Cape Cod
Will
Upifoto
Horace H. Morgan
Rose Garden
NASA
Vail
Colo
Arkansas
Ft. Chaffee
National Security Council
Betty Ford
Happy Rockefeller
Hardrock Kid King of Hoboes
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