Berlin police hunt eight for abductors of Lorenz
West Berlin politician Peter Lorenz was freed unharmed after six days in captivity. Police launched a massive manhunt for eight suspected abductors led by Angela Luther and Ralf Reinders, with a $40,000 reward and a nationwide search involving hundreds of officers.
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Berlin
Erlin
West Berlin
Peter Lorenz
Huebner
Wilmersdorf
Angela Luther
Lorenz
Ralf Reinders
Earlier Findings Disputed X Rays Don’t Harm Fetuses
University of Chicago radiologists challenge earlier links between low level pelvic X rays in pregnancy and fetal defects or cancer. They followed nearly 1,000 exposed pregnancies in 1948 and found no abnormal increase in adverse outcomes, though they caution against routine X rays without medical indications.
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University
Fee
Bernard E. Oppenheim
Melvin L. Griem
Paul Meier
Radiology
Journal of the
Radiological Society of North America
Chicago
University Hospitals
Oppenheim
Griem
Meier
Colby Outlines CIA Spy Records for Congress
CIA Director William Colby testified before a House subcommittee detailing files the agency keeps on Americans and foreign personalities. He said hundreds of thousands perhaps millions of Americans are named in CIA records along with millions of foreign figures. Colby noted records of congressional contacts, journalist briefings, cooperating individuals and firms, and employee personnel files. He described steps to destroy nonessential files but said destruction was paused amid investigations. He also indicated to President Ford that the CIA plotted assassinations against several foreign leaders, though it was unclear if any were attempted or carried out.
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Washington
CIA
William E. Colby
Congress
House
Colby
Government Operations Subcommittee
INA
Ford
Dollar Gains in Europe After Record Lows
The dollar rose on European exchanges led by Zurich as it climbed about 2 percent from Tuesday. In London the dollar slipped against the pound, while Paris and Frankfurt saw modest gains. Gold fell by $2.50 in Zurich and London.
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London
Zurich
Paris
Frankfurt
Iran Plans Atom Plant Purchases
Washington AP report states Iran will buy eight nuclear power plants from the United States over five years as part of a $15 billion trade deal. The package includes materials for factories apartments and hospitals and is described as the largest ever between two nations.
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Washington
Dilrich
Iran
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Rhodesian leader detentions mocked by Daily News
In Dar es Salaam the Daily News denounces Zimbabwean arrest of ZANU leader Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole as unbelievable punishment for a freedom fighter. The piece says Ian Smith would be delighted by internal killings and notes past executions violating a Lusaka ceasefire. It recalls early aerial combat beginning August 1914 between German and Allied pilots.
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LA Times
Washington Post
Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
Ian Smith
Daily
News
Zimbabwe African National Union
ZANU
Ndabaningi Sithole
Daily News
Smith
Liberation Movement
Rock Island Workers May Reject Cuts
Executives of the financially troubled Rock Island Lines meet in Washington amid signs workers in 13 states may reject a mandatory 10 percent pay cut loan plan. Union officials hope for strong support. critics doubt it will save the railroad which serves 700 communities and runs from Chicago to New Mexico and Minneapolis to the Gulf.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Washington
John W. Ingram
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Ralph Jolly
Peoria
Ill
K.L. Brockman
United Transportation Union
New Mexico
Minneapolis
Gulf of Mexico
Memphis
Warhol Mao portrait dodged during China visit
A Corcoran memo attempted to hide Warhol’s gray green Mao portrait from visiting Chinese art experts by routing them through a back entrance and omitting the as seen work. The Chinese canceled their visit the next day amid questions over why the painting was excluded.
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Jashington
Andy Warhol
Mao Tsetung
Warhol
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Corcoran
Atrium
Mao
People's Republic
Ed Gray-Green
Washington
People’s Republic of China
National Gallery of Art
Corcoran Gallery
State Department
National Gallery
New York
Chairman Mao
Arabs End 10 Day Arab Economic Boycott Meeting
Arab League officials finished a 10 day session in Cairo revising a blacklist of more than 2,000 firms barred for dealings with Israel. The conference left Sony and British Leyland partially blacklisted, Volkswagen given three months to end Israel ties, and Nike? no, Amtel removed. NBC and CBS allowed to continue news activities while parent products remain banned. Cyprus independence noted.
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Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Arab League
Ford
Mohammed Mahgoub
United Arab Emirates
Mauritania
Somalia
Mahgoub
Sony
Japan
British Leyland
Saudi Arabia
Leyland
Volkswagen
Audi
Chemical Bank of New York
National Broadcasting Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
Okmulgee Faces Big Bird Problem
Okmulgee County officials report waves of blackbirds harming Milo soybean and peanut fields in east central Oklahoma with damage up to 20 acres in some plots. Estimated loss reaches about 200 dollars per acre, and current controls rely on propane poppers as birds remain numerous despite the migratory movement underway.
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Okmulgee
Okmulgee County
Duane Lester
Oklahoma
Okimulgee
Lester
Kuwait Plans Oil Seizure
Kuwait announced it would seize 100 percent ownership of foreign oil companies operating its fields, with oil minister Abjelmoutaleb Kazimi saying negotiations on transferring petroleum and gas ownership to the Kuwaiti state would begin next week. The claim came as OPEC leaders met in Algiers with Boumedienne opening the conference.
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Algiers
Kuwait
Abjelmoutaleb Kazimi
Kazimi
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
OPEC
British Petroleum
Gulf Oil Co
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Klaus Huebner
Inge Viett
Werner Sauber
Norbert Kroecher
Til Meyer
Andreas Vogel
Bonn
Social Democratic Party
Christian Democrats
Christian Social Union
University of Chicago
Colby Eke
Prs Snutting
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Hearst
Anne Hearst
Patricia Hearst
Buffalo
Donald Moffett
Denver
Miss Hearst
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Europe
Atom
Hushang Ansary
France
Ansary
U.S
Smithfield
Atlantic Seaboard
Rhodesia
Lusaka
Zambia
Chris Knapton
George O'Brien
R-Ill
Senate Commerce Committee
U.S. Railway Association
Lonrho
Wankel
Ford Motor Co
Revlon Cosmetics
Coca-Cola
Amtel Corp
Smith Corona
Cyprus
Bill Meyers
U.S. Department of Interior
Bureau of Wildlife and Sports Fisheries
Oklahoma City
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