Algeria blamed for oil czar kidnapings in Vienna attack
Foreign papers allege Algeria organized the December 21 Vienna raid on the OPEC headquarters with Libyan help. The operation freed ten oil ministers abducted by pro Palestinian terrorists who killed three during the assault. Extradition orders were sent to Vienna, while attackers fled to Tripoli after a brief stay in a villa.
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Algeria
UPI
Vienna
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Babies swapped at birth in Moldova court case
Ten years after a hospital mix up two boys were found to be swapped at birth. Sergei and Valery faced separate lives with one family receiving visitors while the other was largely isolated. The Moldavian Supreme Court ordered the boys kept in an orphanage until they could choose.
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Moscow
UPI
Ksenia Tanasov
Maria Zaldo
Moldavian Republic
Tanasov
Ivan
Sergei
Valery
Literary Gazette
Supreme Court
Nevada doctors brace for malpractice crisis triggers rate hikes
Nevada faces a looming malpractice crisis with doctors considering quitting to avoid suits. Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital reports more indigent emergency cases, while California physicians seek Nevada licenses as insurers rise. Some local doctors relocate to states with lower premiums.
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Cammack
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
California
Minimum Wage Increase Hits 2.30 Per Hour Nationwide
Washington reports the federal minimum wage rose to 2.30 an hour on New Year’s Day affecting about 4.2 million workers. The increase is the final step of a 1974 law covering nonsupervisory non agricultural jobs. Senator Harrison A Williams of New Jersey lauded the rise as aiding low wage workers.
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UPI
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Williams
Ford predicts 1976 win over Humphrey in UPI interview
President Ford tells 23 reporters in the Oval Office he expects to face Hubert Humphrey in 1976 and defeat Republican challenger Ronald Reagan if needed. He vows to stay in the race, calls for release of rivals' records, and cites slow economic progress as a major frustration.
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Hubert
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UPI
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Oval Office
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White House
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D-Minn
Humphrey
New Hampshire
Florida
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Padartoage Ford
Clum S
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Angola
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Vietnam
Security Guard Shot Near Tule Springs Park
A Sunset Detective security guard Dan Pasco was shot twice in his abdomen and thigh while guarding a home on Rome Blvd near Tule Springs Park. Police say suspect Joseph Jerome Fairchild, 26, fired a handgun, fled in a green pickup, and a metro-wide search followed amid reports of bazooka threats and weapon firings at the residence.
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Sunset
Dan Pasco
Pasco
Joseph Jerome
Jerry” Fairchild
Rome
Fairchild
Tule Springs Park
West Texas town evacuated after deadly gas well blowout
A Parker Drilling Co gas well near Mentone Texas erupted early New Year’s Eve forcing the evacuation of about 300 residents. Roads into Loving County were closed and nearby Pecos residents sought shelter as crews worked to cap the leak. No injuries were reported.
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Tex
UPI
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Department of Public Safety
Denver City
DPS
Parker Drilling Co
Men
Earthquake Strikes Tonga Fiji Area on New Year
A 6.6 magnitude quake rattled waters near the Tonga and Fiji Islands late New Year’s Eve. The U S Survey logged the tremor about 1:29 local time and 8:29 p m EST, reporting no damage or tsunamis and placing the epicenter northeast of Brisbane, Australia.
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UPS
Tonga
Fiji Islands
Cad Tecver
U.S. Survey
Uake
Brisbane
Australia
Gulf Oil political contributions probe spurs Senate House interest
UPI reports sentiment to probe Gulf Oil Company political campaign contributions. The SEC charged Gulf with diverting at least 10.3 million for political and foreign payments, triggering a nine month internal review led by James J. McCloy. Officials say a full accounting awaits completion of Watergate prosecutions and SEC inquiries.
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UPI
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Defense
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U.S. District Court
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Red McCloy
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Pennsylvania
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