Hearst recounts fear driven bank robbery and abuse
Patricia Hearst testified that revolutionary rhetoric and SLA threats, including rape, forced her to participate in the April 15 1974 Holdup at a Bernal bank. She described being kept blindfolded and coerced to perform acts as the SLA sought to control her.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
Hibernia Bank
SLA
Donald
DeFreeze
FBI
Willie Wolfe
Bailey
Los Angeles
U.S
Carter
Golden Gate Avenue
Patricia Soltysik
Daly City
Hearst
Patty Hearst
The
Federal
Bellmon pushes weather modification bills for drought relief
Sen. Henry Bellmon urged a Senate panel to expand weather modification efforts including rainfall programs and a study commission. He proposed federal grants for cloud seeding and long range research, while NOAA head White questioned administration support and scale feasibility.
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Washington
U.S
Henry Bellmon
R-Okla
Senate Commerce Committee
Bellmon
Bellman
Robert M. White
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ford Administration
White
Oklahoma
Subcommittee
Reform panel cites fairness over crime reduction claims
Survey doubts the proposal will cut crime. Goodell says reforms aim to make the system fairer. Committee includes Alan Dershowitz, Herman Schwartz, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Joseph Goldstein, and David Rothman from Harvard, NY correctional commission, NYC human rights, Yale, and Columbia.
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Goodell
Alan Dershowitz
Harvard Law School
Herman Schwartz
New York State Correction Commission
Eleanor Holmes Norton
New York City Commission On Human Rights
Joseph Goldstein
Yale Law School
David Rothman
Columbia University
Europeans Worry Over U S Alliances and Leadership
Influential Europeans fear the postwar alliance with the United States may weaken amid U S Congress clashes and domestic turmoil. The AP survey cites concerns over American leadership, NATO stability, and potential Soviet strength, with leaders like Schmidt Thatcher Haig and Boeynants weighing future security.
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Ondon
United States
Associated Press
White House
Congress
Ford
Julian Amery
Harold MacMillan
Foreign Office
America
Washington
Vietnam
CIA
Winston S. Churchill
Britain
Paul Vanden Boeynants
U.S
Nevada
Europe
Henry A. Kissinger
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Italy
Helmut Schmidt
Angola
Margaret Thatcher
Alexander M. Haig
Haig
West
Japan
Fertilizer crunch easing but near term volatility noted
Washington AP reports Agriculture Department experts say the tight fertilizer supply aggravated by 1974 shortages is easing. Over the next five years world capacity for nitrogen and phosphate will rise, with poor countries increasing use and production, reducing the food gap, though near term nitrogen demand may tighten if grain prices stay weak.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Economic Research Service
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Arthur L. Gayshon
AP News
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Edward H. Levi
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