Franco ends 35 years of rule as he transfers power
Generalissimo Francisco Franco 81 relapses in hospital and hands acting chief of state duties to Prince Juan Carlos 36 as officials surround his bedside. Government says Franco instructed parliament to appoint Juan Carlos temporarily while medical bulletins note gastric complications and a sudden deterioration.
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Madrid
UPI
Francisco Franco
Spain
Juan Carlos
Franco
Carlos Arias
Arias
Turkish Fleet Sails Toward Cyprus Amid Cyprus Crisis
Turkish warships and landing craft depart from Mersin toward Cyprus as Greece and Turkey tense up. U.S. and U.N. diplomacy accelerates with Nixon summoning Kissinger, Sisco racing to Athens, and NATO and Soviet actions noted.
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United Press International
Mersin
Cyprus
Turkey
Greece
Athens
NATO
United Nations
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
San Clemente
Joseph Sisco
U.S
Makarios
New York
U.N. Security Council
U.S. Navy
Mediterranean
Independence
USS
Forrestal
6Th Fleet
UPS
John Lawton
Orhan Birgit
Lawton
Del Mar farm labor strike enters fourth day
Pickets line Del Mar Packing Co. at Central and Union Sugar avenues as about 70 to 75 Teamsters farm workers walk out for higher wages and unemployment coverage. Curto of Local 865 says demands include pension benefits and carton pay. Del Mar declines contract.
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del Mar Packing Co
Central
Union Sugar
Teamsters
Bart Curto
del Mar
Barto
Sheriff's Deputies
Lompoc Cooling
Highway 246
Union Sugar Avenue
Bill Goforth
Oxnard
Curto
Panel Traces Spying and Confers on Charges
The House Judiciary Committee presents five volumes detailing wiretaps and surveillance from 1969 to Watergate and Ellsberg cases. Special Counsel Doar signals impeachment recommendations on one or more articles, with a June 27 target for a committee vote. Nixon vows to fight impeachment as Ford notes transcript variations.
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Washington
UPI
House
Judiciary Committee
Nixon
White House
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
John M. Doar
House Judiciary Committee
Wiley Mayne
Arowa
Doar
Peter W. Rodino Jr
D-N.j
California
Ed Reinecke
Reinecke
Grand Rapids
Mich
National telephone strike risks idle 750000 workers
United unions representing Bell system workers plan a strike vote by July 30 after a stalled bargaining round. CWA IBEW and independents say a strike could occur though service might not immediately drop. Issues include agency shop, pensions, and cost of living terms with Bell telco negotiations paused.
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Washington
UPI
Bell System
Communications Workers of America
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Obert Nickey
Ibew Telephone Department
CWA
Glen E. Watts
Nickey
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