Debate on Capitol Hill Scandals Echoes in 200th Birthday Reflections
UPI survey of religious leaders finds varied views on moral climate amid Watergate and sex scandals. Figures include Rev Ryan Seawright of First United Methodist Church Washington Georgia, Baptist minister Joe West of San Antonio, and Evangelist Billy Graham, with Cardinal Timothy Manning offering an optimistic note for the nation’s 200th anniversary.
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Washington
America
UPI
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Capitol Hill
Washington Gang
American Party
Joe H West
San Antonio
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Hearst cooperating with psychiatrists awaits sentencing
Patricia Hearst remains in custody at the San Diego federal correctional facility as officials seek a 30 day extension for her mental tests. Her attorney said she is cooperating with psychiatrists but anxious about a September sentencing date and potential terms. Judge William Orrick Jr. is expected to set a new schedule after former judge Oliver Carter died in June.
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UPI
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San Diego Federal Correctional Facility
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Redwood City
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Oliver Carter
Orrick
Carter
Symbionese Liberation Army
Supreme Court rejectee Carswell arrested in Tallahassee
Former federal judge G Harrold Carswell, denied a Supreme Court seat 20 years ago for a segregationist speech, was arrested at a shopping mall on battery charges. He was hospitalized in satisfactory condition and later released to his own custody. He faces a misdemeanor with up to one year in prison.
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UPI
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Maige
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Monticello
Fla
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Cloud Seeding Aimed At Cuba Sugar Crop In 1969 70
UPI reports Lowell Ponte a former Pentagon researcher says the CIA and the Pentagon secretly seeded clouds to reduce rain over Cuba to drought the 1969 70 harvest. He notes the effort tied to Castro s goal of 10 million tons of sugar and cites a broader program Nile Blue studying weather manipulation for political ends.
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UPI
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Soviet Union
China
America
Leftist Beirут Forces Hit Refugee Camps Drive
Leftist forces bombarded Beirut with heavy artillery and penetrated Christian areas to open a supply line to Palestinian refugee camps near Tal Zaatar and Jisr Al Pasha. Christian defenders retreated amid casualties while observers warned the coming 48 hours could decide the battle.
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Elias Sarkis
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Abdel Salem Jalloud
Chicago Dems questioned over alleged payoffs in sludge case
Federal investigators questioned top Illinois Democratic leaders including Mayor Richard J. Daley and party chairmen about possible payments tied to the Fulton County Metropolitan Sanitary District sludge contract involving Ingram Corp and Ingram Barge Co. Up to 3 million in cash payments were alleged by sources.
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UPI
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Democratic Party
Payroll Robbery Plot Foiled at Sloan Kettering
Detectives posing as hospital staff conducted a two month stake-out at Sloan Kettering Hospital Center and halted a planned $250000 payroll robbery. Five suspects were arrested, four inside the lobby and one in a car outside, all charged with attempted robbery. An inside job and further accomplices are suspected.
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New York
UPI
Sloan-Kettering Hospital Center
Famed Cancer Institute
Manhattan
Robert Morgenthau
Morgenthau
Sloan-Kettering
Judge Refuses Adamson Release In Bombing Murder Case
A Superior Court judge in Phoenix refused to grant bail for John Adamson in the bombing murder of Don Bolles. Judge Roger Strand said the open murder charge carries potential death penalty and that bond denial hinges on whether proof of guilt is evident. Prosecutor Schafer sought to use Adamson’s 13 hour preliminary hearing transcript to prove the point. Defense urged calling witnesses to challenge the strength of the case.
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Phoenix
UPI
John Adamson
Don Bolles
Roger Strand
Adamson
Strand
William Schafer
William Feldhacker
Bond
Trudeau Cabinet Huddles Over Canada Air Strike Crisis
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau held an emergency cabinet session to consider special legislation to end a six to seven day air strike by 2,800 pilots amid a dispute over French language use in air traffic control. Domestic flights were grounded and tolls rose as airlines and railways faced losses and passenger displacements.
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Ottawa
UPI
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Canada
Trudeau
Puerto Rico
Air Canada
CP Air
Phoenix man charged in robbery and crime against nature
A 29 year old Phoenix man David Wade was arrested by Metro police on robbery and infamous crimes against nature charges after allegedly threatening a vice worker with a kitchen knife at the Holiday Inn on the Strip. He drove her to Boulevard Mall parking lot and stole $4 before leaving. Police captured Wade about 20 minutes later using a vehicle description from the victim.
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Phoenix
Metro
Clark County
David Wade
Wade
Holiday Inn
Center Strip
Boulevard Mall
Maryland Parkway
Twain
Diplomat Released After Bottom Pinch Incident at Wimbledon
An Egyptian embassy official arrested for pinching girls at the Wimbledon Championships claimed diplomatic immunity and was released. Police said they had to release him. Egyptian Ambassador Mohamed Samih Anwar called the act disrespectful but did not indicate any follow up action.
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Wimbledon
England
UPI
Mohamed Samih Anwar
Heart cide a 3q fecte was City men high mad turn
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a city and men with high anger or danger. Readable facts are minimal. no clear event, names, dates, or locations emerge to form a complete summary.
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