Ford Opens Seven Nation Summit At Dorado Beach
President Ford hosts West Germany, Japan, Britain, France, Italy and Canada for a seven sided table economic summit at Dorado Beach Puerto Rico. Protests in San Juan raise independence demands as leaders discuss preventing boom bust cycles and global cooperation amid inflation and unemployment.
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Dorado
Puerto Rico
Ford
Helmut Schmidt
West Germany
James Callaghan
Great Britain
Takeo Miki
Japan
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
France
Aldo Moro
Italy
Pierre Elliot Trudeau
Canada
Trudeau
Giscard
Rockefeller
White House
Rambouillet
Solon Sees New JFK Cuba Data
Senator Schweiker says the Senate Intelligence Committee has received several new leads about possible Cuban links to the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy. He notes some leads relate to both pro and anti Castro factions, with one pro Castro and another anti Castro conspiracy.
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Solon
JFK
Cuba
Washington
UPI
Richard S. Schweicker
R-Pa
Senate Intelligence Committee
John F. Kennedy
Schweiker
Committee
FBI
CIA
U.S
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
Gary Hart
D-Corp
CBS TV
Schweicker
Radioactive Dirt Removal Under Way At Rocky Flats Plant
Plant officials say about 400 cubic yards of plutonium contaminated soil will be removed over a year and shipped to Idaho for burial in special air tight railroad cars. Workers will stay inside a filter shack and wear protective garb as the soil is wetted and bagged for transport.
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Denver
UPS
Idaho
Rocky Flats
Golden
Colo
Colorado
Dave Alter
Alter
Jim Nicks
Energy Research and Development Administration
Nicks
Viking I Mars landing canceled for hazardous site
Jet Propulsion Laboratory officials said July Fourth touchdown by Viking I on Mars was scrapped after photos showed the original area with too many unknowns and possible hazards. The team will consider sites NW of the original area then A2 B1 and C1 as options, with a delayed landing possibly around July 22 or 23. Viking 2 aims for orbit on Aug 7 and land on Sept 4.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Mars
Viking I
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Hazadous
James
Martin
Viking Project
Viking 1
Red Planet
Tornado Devastates Minden Iowa Prompting Massive Cleanup
After a Saturday tornado hit Minden Iowa the town declared a disaster area. Authorities estimated damages exceed 1 million dollars as 2 homes were destroyed 17 badly damaged and 54 more minor damaged. Mayor Orvel Kaven recounted survivors sheltered in the community house as splinters and debris filled the venue. The blast also affected nearby Omaha Nebraska with 35 homes damaged and the Ak-Sar-Ben Race Track canceling its final race.
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United Press International
Minden
Iowa
New York
Chicago
California
Omaha
Neb
Arville Medel
Orvel Kaven
Kaven
Raren
Jon Linman
Robert D. Ray
Ak-Sar-Ben
Long Island
Lake Michigan
South Carolina
Arkansas
Gulf Coast
Centerville
Ala
Albertville
Great Lakes
Witness Rose Had Bad Deal in D'Aquino Propaganda Case
Norman Reyes a defense witness in the Iva D'Aquino Tokyo Rose trial says the U.S. prosecuted the wrong person for the wrong things. He testified he was forced to work on Japanese propaganda during World War I and that his FBI statements conflicted with his newspaper interview.
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Honolulu
UPI
Iva D’aquino
Tokyo
Japan
U.S
Norman Reyes
First Hawaiian Bank
San Francisco
D’aquino
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Iva
Reyes
Radio Tokyo
Pacific
FBI
Vandalism Calls Lead to Legal Twist in Michigan
John and Anne Reckwald face charges under a 1966 law for secretly recording a private telephone call with State Senator Kerry Kammer after reporting vandalism at their Green Lake home in Independence Township Oakland County officials say the tape prompted the case while the couple allege repeated harassment and uninsured losses.
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Detroit
UPI
John
Anne Reckwald
Oakland County
Independence Township
Kerry Kammer
Reekwalds
Reekwald
Kammer
Green Lake
Reckwald
Sen. Kammer
Jack McCall
Reckwalds
McCall
State Attorney General Office
Solomon H. Bienenfeld
Quake Shakes Los Angeles Area at 3:15 P.M.
A 2.5 magnitude quake struck around four miles northeast of Culver City and four miles southeast of Beverly Hills, with no damage reported. Cal Tech Seismological Laboratory placed the epicenter and timing at 3:15 p.m. PDT. Culver City Police said no damage reports, while central LA officers reported numerous calls.
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Los Angeles
Calif
UPI
Cal Tech Seismological Laboratory
Pasadena
Culver City
Beverly Hills
Blood War Threatens In Africa
At the OAU meeting in Port Louis Mauritius Arab and African ministers urge armed struggle against South Africa and threaten to boycott Western firms trading with Pretoria. They also warn they may skip the Montreal Olympics if New Zealand is allowed to compete over its rugby tour.
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Port Louis
Mauritius
UPI
South Africa
Organization of African Unity
Montreal
New Zealand
OAU
Peter Onu
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Commonwealth of the United States
San Juan
Mars Land
Rose
Africa
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