Swedish Leader Sees Castro Pulling Cuban Forces From Angola
Fidel Castro wrote Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme that Cuba would withdraw troops from Angola at about 200 men weekly. Kissinger said the report would be checked independently and noted a partial withdrawal might not meet U S demands. Castro reportedly told Palme no other deployments in Africa or Latin America.
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Angola
Axembourg
Fidel Castro
Olof Palme
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Stockholm
Luxembourg
Castro
Africa
Amer
Palme
United States
Washington
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Tokyo
Carlos Raphael Rodriguez
Rhodesia
Ford Administration
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
London
Sven Andersson
Sweden
Lee Kissinger
Greeks clash with police in Athens street battles
Violent clashes erupted in central Athens as police attacked protesting workers on a general strike against a labor bill. A woman was reported killed by an armored police car with rioters arrested and at least 27 injured. The protests shut traffic, with banks and stores idle and flights disrupted. STRIKES aimed to force Labor Minister Laskaris to resign as debate opened in parliament.
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Athens
Greece
Omonia
Labor Ministry
Constantine Laskaris
Bomb blast at Tel Aviv airport kills guard and suspect
A suitcase bomb exploded at Ben Gurion airport as a female security guard ordered a man to open it. The guard and the man died, a third person was reported killed, and a customs officer and others were injured or burned. Police found two more suspect suitcases. one exploded, the other was harmless. Witnesses described a vivid flash and shattered glass as hundreds were evacuated.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Ben Gurion
Hugo Miller
Selby
Rationing Ended Big Toilet Paper Crisis at School
In Bogus, New Jersey, Sussex Avenue Elementary faced a flap over toilet paper rationing. Principal Herbert Johnson ordered limits, rejected a supplier’s 1,000 free rolls, and a board spokesman called the move bad judgment while noting no crisis existed. A May 14 memo warned of shortages and described folded paper allotments for classrooms, prompting supplier Melvin Hantman to offer rolls he then distributed to passersby.
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EWARE
N.J
Sussex Avenue
Board of Education
Herbert Johnson
Johnson
Melvin Hantman
Abram Yecies & Co., Inc
Waterline Relocation Bid To Be Decided By Board
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority will choose Friday among three bids for relocating waterlines on 11th Street from Lee Boulevard to Bishop Road. Aqueduct Contractors Inc of Oklahoma City filed the low bid at 133 422.50 and work could start by late June as part of a wider 11th Street widening and resurfacing plan budgeted at over 2 million dollars for capital street improvements in 1975 76.
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority Board
11Th Street
Lee Boulevard
Bishop Road
Ith Street
Aqueduct Contractors, Inc
Oklahoma City
LURA
Lee
Storms churn through state across Southwest Oklahoma
Severe storms swept into Southwest Oklahoma from West Texas, spreading over a 100 mile wide area. Oklahoma City radar tracked a heavy thunderstorm near Frederick with strong winds and hail. forecasters warned of more thunderstorms through Wednesday with a 70 percent rain chance and temperatures in the low 50s tonight.
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National Weather Service
West Texas
Olney
Tex
Oklahoma City
Frederick
Oklahoma
Inmate Work Strike at Oklahoma State Penitentiary
About 40 to 50 inmates sit down to refuse work after a weekend cell-house shakedown at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. Warden Richard Crisp reports 300 to 350 prisoners overall refused work Monday with no violence or outside help. The maintenance workers in F block may be reassigned or jailed as authorities push for compliance.
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Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Richard Crisp
Crisp
Hike in Social Security taxes urged by officials
Trustees say workers must pay higher Social Security taxes to keep benefits flowing into the 1980s. Congress has resisted Ford administration proposals to raise payroll taxes, warning of long term solvency risk beyond 2000. The report warns deficits will deplete reserves though near term payments remain secure for now.
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Congress
Ford Administration
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