FBI says raids cripple Bay Area terrorism efforts
FBI agents report two weekend raids on bomb factories in the San Francisco Bay area crippled terrorist activity. Six arrested in Richmond 150 pounds of bomb paraphernalia seized. one more arrested in Oakland with additional explosives. NWLF and Zapata Unit amid threats. Hearst Castle target cited by NWLF.
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UPI
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San Francisco Bay Area
New World Liberation Front
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
Richmond
Calif
Oakland
NWLF
Emiliano Zapata
Hearst Castle
San Simeon
Randolph Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
Patricia Hearst
Defense
Symbionese Liberation Army
William Harris
Emily
Los Angeles
Charles Bates
Lagunitas
New Dawn
Kissinger urges concrete program in Latin American talks
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met with Colombian President Alfonso Lopez Michelsen in Bogota to discuss the Panama Canal, narcotics control, and regional cooperation. He said the U S will not use military force in Angola like operations and will aid Colombia against drug trafficking.
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Costa Rica
United States
Rio de Janeiro
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Kissinger Party
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Caribbean
Pacific Ocean
Sinai lands handed to Egypt mark interim pact end
Egyptian troops took control of the final 89 square miles of Sinai under the Kissinger negotiated interim peace. U N officials handed the wasteland at Alpha east of Cairo as Egypt moves into Sinai, about one eighth of the peninsula. Israel seeks U S backed peace talks with Arab states, demanding nonbelligerency pledges.
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Israel
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Middle East
Sinai
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Sinai Peninsula
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Jordan
Dam Breach Destroys Homes In Asheville Area
In North Carolina a rising earthen dam failed after heavy rain, unleashing a wall of water that swept through the Newfound community. Four deaths are reported among the Ledbetter family and others suffer losses as about 25 structures are destroyed or damaged and 100 families evacuated briefly. Officials cite waterlogged dam sections and possible construction flaws.
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William Perrigo
Oil firms accused of funding senators over gas deregulation
American Public Gas Association charges major oil companies Gulf Oil Phillips Petroleum and Ashland Oil illegally contributed to a majority of senators voting for natural gas deregulation. Edwin Rothschild says donations raise questions of influence while IRS SEC and Senate Ethics probes continue.
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Washington
UPI
American Public Gas Association
Edwin Rothschild
Gulf Oil
Phillips Petroleum
Ashland
Rothschild
Internal Revenue Service
Securities and Exchange Commission
Senate Ethics Committee
Hearst Escape Tale Shaped by Harrises Interview
Bill and Emily Harris recount in New Times that Patricia Hearst could have escaped more often and once received ranger help on a San Francisco beach cliff while in disguise. They say Hearst discussed retaliation after watching SLA members killed, described as aggressive naivete not bloodthirstiness.
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New York
UPI
Bill
Emily Harris
Patricia Hearst
New Times Magazine
Miss Hearst
Patricia
Bill Harris
Patty
San Francisco
James L. Browning
Harrises
Harris
Nixon and Mao Meet in Peking Amid Friendly Talks
Former President Richard Nixon conferred with Mao Tse-tung for about one hour and forty minutes at Mao’s residence in Beijing. A Chinese spokesman described the session as friendly and Nixon conveyed regards to President Ford for his return to the United States.
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Ford
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Forbidden City
Pat
John Brennen
Hua Kuo-feng
Chiao Kuanhua
Huang Chen
China
Washington
Wang Hai-jung
Tang Wensheng
Chang Han-chi
Foreign Ministry
Gerald R. Ford
Plane collision near Moss Landing kills 2 and leaves 3 missing
Two small aircraft collided about 3000 feet over the Pacific off central California. One plane carried a pilot and six parachutists. four parachutists survived while two in the other craft died. Three more parachutists remain missing as crews recover bodies and rescuers search the area.
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