Fromme Receives Life Sentence For Attempt On President
Federal Judge Thomas J. MacBride imposes the maximum life term under the 1965 law for Lynette Fromme after she pointed a loaded pistol at President Ford in Sacramento. The ruling notes the law aims to deter attacks on public figures and cites Fromme’s ties to the Manson cult and belief in violence to reform society.
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Lynette Fromme
United States
Thomas J. MacBride
John F. Kennedy
MacBride
Miss Fromme
Mr. Ford
Sacramento
Calif
Charles Manson
Teacher Molloy tied art theft to big antique shop plan
A Sag Harbor Long Island teacher, 50, Philip F Molloy, confessed he stole art and antiques worth about 1.5 million dollars to stock an antique shop. Neighbors and Southampton residents fear a crime wave as details of the alleged looting surface.
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Philip F. Molloy
Long Island
Molloy
Sag Harbor
Southampton
Tax-Exempt Fund Donates to New York City
The Twentieth Century Fund contributes 20000 dollars to NYC as a voluntary payment for municipal services. The tax exempt charity joins other financially sound agencies in providing revenue to cities while receiving the same services as taxed entities.
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Twentieth Century Fund
New York City
New York
Merit Pay Aims To Reshape Federal Wages Across The Board
A government task force led by the Vice President proposes replacing longevity based raises with merit pay for federal workers. The plan would end automatic raises for 800000 professionals and 600000 clerical staff, replace uniform locality scales, and raise top executive pay limits. The retirement rate for federal workers has doubled since 1970.
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Washington
Commission
Congress
Rockefeller
Sec Sinaneaan
Russia's Side Always Right They Claim in Angolan Conflict
John Chamberlain surveys the Angolan war noting MPLA backed by Soviet Union and Cuban troops, while FNLA UNITA led by Holden Roberto oppose Moscow influence. He links U.S. policy with Zaire's anti-Soviet stance and fears about oil shipping lanes and strategic dominance in the region.
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Popular
Movement For the Liberation of Angola
MPLA
Luanda
Soviet
Russia
Fidel Castro
Moscow
Holden Roberto
Jonas Savimbi
Portugal
National Front For the Liberation of Angola
FNLA
National Union For the Total Independence of Angola
UNITA
Mobutu
Zaire
Angola
Soviet Russia
Congo River
South Atlantic
Persian Gulf
Europe
America
U.S
Western World Surrenders Positions in an Avalanche
The piece analyzes 1970s geopolitics noting Soviet gains in Indochina and Africa, Portugal’s fade as a NATO member, and China’s fear of the USSR. It cites Kissinger’s detente stance, Helsinki deals, and the implied shift of power toward Soviet influence in Angola and Mozambique.
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Henry Kissinger
Havana
Chile
Indochina
United States
Soviet Union
Paris
Kissinger
Laos
Portugal
NATO
Iberian Peninsula
MPLA
Angola
Africa
South Africa
Helsinki
Asia
Oklahoma and Angola politics mix in a muddled column
A columnist questions bread loaf profits for Oklahoma farmers, mocked Big 8 bowl outcomes, and riffs on divorce laws and Angola diplomacy. The piece argues South Africa's troops defend hydroelectric plans, suggests UNITA could carry anti Soviet aims, and forecasts South African withdrawal altering the Angolan conflict dynamics. The overall tone blends satire with geopolitical commentary.
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South Africa
U.S
Zaire
Zambia
Angola
Cunene
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Lawton
Oklahoma
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
DIAL
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
AP News
Ford
Clara
Willoughby
Grandmama Gertrude
Dunagin
George Washington
Joe
Joe's
Andrew Tully
Pocatello
John Chamberlain
CIA
FBI
Thomas Johnson
New York Times
Somalia
Madagascar
Malagasy Republic
Jeffrey Hart
Council
Diego-Suarez
Mozambique Channel
John Osborne
New Republic
China
Detroit
Peking
Taiwan
South Korea
North Korea
Korea
West
Barry Switzer
South-West Africa
South- West Africa
Namibia
John Vorster
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