Guerrillas offer to release five Western hostages
Ethiopian guerrillas say they will release five captured North Americans if the government avoids retaliation. The five are two Canadians and three Americans from Tenneco Oil, held since a helicopter was downed near Massawa. Authorities report the captives are in good health and have been moved periodically.
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Addis Ababa
API
Ed P. Burtchnell
Tenneco Oil Company
Red Sea
Massawa
Tenneco
Burtchnell
Asmara
Mercury Moon Sought by Mariner 10 Near Mercury
Mariner 10 patrols the Mercury system in pursuit of Charley the suspected moon of Mercury. Despite an electrical short in its systems the spacecraft scans the sunlit region above Mercury hoping to confirm a possible moonlet, which would be the solar system's 33rd moon. Dr. A Lyle Broadfoot of Kitt Peak originally reported a strong ultraviolet signal separated from Mercury indicating a moving source.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Mariner 10
Charley
Mercury
A. Lyle Broadfoot
Arizona
Kitt Peak National Observatory
New York Transit Workers Reach Settlement to Avert Strike
The Transit Workers Union and Transit Authority announced a new two year contract hours before expiration averting a citywide shutdown. The agreement includes a 6 percent raise now an additional 3 percent December 1 and 5 percent April 1 1975 plus cost of living adjustments a higher meal allowance and extended productivity and health benefits. The TWU earlier warned of a 5 am strike deadline.
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New York
UPI
TWU
John V. Lindsay
Transit Authority
William Ronan
Ronan
Matthew Guinan
Transit Workers Union
SEC aides to testify in Mirchell Stans influence case
In New York two SEC assistants are due to testify as government witnesses in the conspiracy trial of former Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former Commerce Secretary Maurice H. Stans. The trial nears the end of its seventh week with 27 prosecution witnesses heard.
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New York
UPI
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Nixon
John N. Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Stanley Sporkin
Robert Kushner
Mitchell
Stans
Obscene oil profits charged amid price control dispute
Sen. Henry M. Jackson charged major oil firms will report obscene first quarter 1974 profits due to Nixon administration policy, accusing the government of bypassing the Petroleum Allocation Act and pressuring price increases. He cited foreign subsidiary pricing tactics and urged tighter cost disclosures by firms.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Senate Interior Committee
Aflcio
U.S
Texas Heat Drives Records as Snow Stretches North
Wet snow and cold rain span from the Missouri Valley to Lake Superior while Texas shatters heat records with 100s and 101 in Brownwood and Fort Worth. Snow totals reach up to 10 inches in parts of New York's southern tier and Adirondacks, with flood warnings issued in some areas.
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United Press International
Texas
Missouri Valley
Lake Superior
New York State
Tier
Mohawk Valley
Adirondacks
Binghamton
Syracuse
Tomkins, Cortland
Tioga Counties
Brownwood
Tex
Meacham Field
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Bank Secrecy Act Upheld by High Court
The Supreme Court split 6 3 upholding the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 requiring banks to keep detailed customer records and report large transfers. The ruling said the law does not violate due process or rights against unreasonable search and self incrimination though critics warned of privacy risks. Justice Douglas dissented arguing the act is too broad and could reveal personal affiliations.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
American Civil Liberties Union
William H. Rehnquist
Secretary of the Treasury
ACLU
William C. Douglas
Douglas
Five Year Plan Hints From Soviet Agriculture Leader Brezhnev
Advance reports on the Soviet Union's next five year agricultural plan suggest continued investment in fertilizer and mechanization to boost crops and livestock. Analysts note a possible policy shift from cutting livestock to maintaining herds during grain shortfalls following 1972's subnormal harvest and big world market purchases.
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Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
Russia
Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Brezhnev
Roger B. Euler
Agriculture Department
United States
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