President Ford attends Pearl Harbor memorial services
President Ford becomes the first sitting U.S. president to attend the annual Pearl Harbor memorial at the sunken USS Arizona. He traveled from a Beijing visit to honor the 1941 attack that killed 2,409 Americans and wounded 1,178, with plenty of historical detail and reflection on the event.
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UPI
America
Arizona
Ford
Peking
United States
Honolulu
Japan
Pearl Harbor Administration
Navy
Presidents In Accord On Bases In Manila Meeting
In Manila Ford and Marcos issued a joint communique agreeing negotiations on U S bases should proceed with clear terms and no new Philippine sovereignty altered. They favored an early review of steps to conclude an agreement and pledged no foreign ground troops except as a last resort. They also discussed speeding a new trade agreement and future cooperation with key regional partners.
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UPI
Ford
Philippines
Ferdinand E. Marcos
U.S
Italy
Philippi
Shaky Truce Emerges From Miami Bomb Flurry
A military communique claimed responsibility for an 18 hour siege of seven bombings, demanding 50 million for minority groups and the release of exiles jailed for politics. It cites the deaths of Rolando Masferrer and the kidnapping of Humberto Lopez Jr. as context, while noting renewed threats if demands are unmet. Five bombs exploded at FBI, post offices, Social Security, and a bank, prompting tightened security.
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UPI
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Rolando Masferrer
Humberto Lopez Jr
Santo Domingo
Lopez
Dominican Republic
Social Security
Three Teens Hurt by Belfast Bomb Near Elderly Home
In West Belfast three teenagers were injured by a bomb near a Roman Catholic elderly home on Beechmount. Elderly residents were treated for shock, while police planned follow up questioning. A separate shooting and a gunbattle near the Irish border occurred with no reported casualties.
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Northern Ireland
UPI
West Belfast
Beechmount
Falls Road
Irish Republican Army
Jonesborough
Irish Republic
Lurgan
Britain
Merlyn Rees
Faday
Maze
Rees
Sinn Fein
IRA
Ulster
London
Airey Neave
Brian Faulkner
North Vietnam releases last U.S. servicemen ashes
North Vietnam handed over the ashes of the last three U.S. servicemen missing in Vietnam and told a U.S. congressional delegation there are no Americans left in Vietnamese prisons. The embassy cited a gesture of friendship and pledged continued searches for any other remains. Some lawmakers cautioned the North may believe only two Marines’ remains might be found.
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Paris
UPI
North Vietnam
United States
U.S
Congressional
Special Committee
Vietnam
Paul N. McCloskey
R-Cal
Saigon
Judge bans pet owls in witchcraft shop case
Beverly Hills judge rules that pet owls violate state law ordering 28 year old Miss Lanzilli to abandon her owls King Solomon and Boo. Boo seized by state agents while King Solomon’s status remains unclear amid appeals. The ruling cites illegal possession of an owl though the defendant argues owls are integral to her witchcraft shop and ritual practice.
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Calif
UPI
Andrew Weise
Babetta Lanzilli
King Solomon
Boo
Miss Lanzilli
State Fish and Game Commission
Lanailli
California
Lanzilli
Amtrak Plans Fare Increases Across Most Routes
Amtrak will raise passenger fares five to ten percent on most routes over the next two months with increases beginning December 15. The Metroliner fares stay the same while long distance and some coach fares rise in phases through February.
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API
Amtrak
Washington-Boston
Paul Reistrup
Boston
New York-Washington
Springfield
Mass
Metroliner
South Moluccan terrorists threaten end of train takeover
Gunmen holding 52 hostages in Beilen and Amsterdam with two mediators pressed for Dutch UN action to back South Moluccan independence from Indonesia. Dutch foreign minister rejected concessions as gunmen signaled possible end to the five day siege if demands met.
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Netherlands
UPI
Holland
United Nations
Max van der Stoel
Indonesia
W. Delima
T. Kuhuwaal
Toos Faber
Justice Minstry
Abduction of Detroit Bank Assistant Manager Demands 250000
Federal and local authorities await word from abductors who demanded $250,000 for the return of James Crawford, 25, an assistant bank manager. Witnesses say two men forced Crawford into a waiting car outside the West Side branch of the National Bank of Detroit. An FBI spokesman noted the ransom call and money delivery attempt, with Crawford’s whereabouts unknown.
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API
James Crawford
West Side
National Bank of Detroit
Friay
FBI
Crawford
Grosse Pointe
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