Tragic jail explosion in Point Pleasant kills four
Bruce Sisk 19 and Harriet 18 die in a jail cell blast after he forces entry with a suitcase of dynamite. Mason County Sheriff Elvin Wedge and deputy Kenneth Love among injured as eleven people wounded. The case involves a missing two month old baby found in a grave. authorities investigate whether the blast was self inflicted.
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UPI
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Kenneth Dale Love
Bruce Sisk
Harriet
Sisk
J. L. Fitzwater
Ohio River
West Virginia
Gallipolis
Ohio
Charleston
Fitzwater
Aides urge Reagan to attack Ford in Florida primary
Reagan aides press him to defy his anti attack pledge and criticize Ford. David Keene and Tommy Thomas urge a sharper line to secure the March 9 Florida primary and the GOP nomination. Thomas says Reagan has not committed, with a final Florida blitz planned.
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Miami
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Ford
David Keene
Tommy Thomas
Florida
Tallahassee
Thomas
California
Trio Seen as Ford Appointees to Intelligence Board
Washington officials say President Ford likely will name John Connally Melvin R Laird and Leslie C Arends to an expanded Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board to advise on policy and oversee reforms. The list may also include watchdogs already named last month Robert D Murphy Stephen Ailes and Leo Cherne. Connally previously resigned from the board amid bribery charges.
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UPI
Ford
John Connally
Melvin R Laird
Leslie C. Arends
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Administration
U.S
CIA
Robert D. Murphy
Army
Stephen Ailes
Leo Cherne
Richard M. Nixon
Connally
Treasury
Texas
Ovations for President Ford in White House meeting
Republican leaders in Congress gave President Ford two standing ovations in the Cabinet Room after his Massachusetts and Vermont primary victories over Ronald Reagan. The session covered reconstituting the Federal Election Commission and a $3.5 billion military aid bill for Israel and Arab nations. Ford seeks Florida and Illinois victories to defeat Reagan.
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Washington
Federal Election Commission
Israel
Ford
New England
Reagan
Florida
Illinois
Mozambique and Rhodesia near war after border closure
Mozambiquan President Samora Machel declared a state of war and closed the border with Rhodesia, saying Mozambique will defend against what he called aggression. He ordered air raid shelters and war footing measures, citing Rhodesian attacks near the frontier and the need to apply UN sanctions.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
UPI
Mozambique
Samora Machel
Machel
Mozambique Liberation Army
Purple Machel
U.N
Central Committee
Rom
South Africa
Maputo
Angola
African National Council
Abel Muzorewa
Pafuri
Ian Smith
Smith
Joshua Nkomo
Moderate
California Storm Brings Floods Fire Risk and Fatality
Severe storm drenches Southern California with mudslides and power outages. An unidentified woman dies in Malibu pileup. Gary Cook, 37, of Santa Monica, dies in heavy rain on the Santa Monica Freeway. Weather prompts warnings of critical summer water shortage and renewed conservation urged by the DWP.
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United Press International
California
Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu
Gary R. Cook
Santa Monica
Los Angeles
Department of Water and Power
Sierra Madre
Highway Patrol
Antelope Valley
Interstate 5
Kern County
Ojai
Tehachapi
Pass
Southern California Edison Co
Long Beach
Palmdale
Wrightwood
Angeles National Forest
Big Bear Lake
Mountain High
Jannette James
Los Alamitos
Japanese officials seek testimony from two U S businessmen
The Japanese foreign ministry asked former Lockheed vice chairman A C Kotchian and Shig Katayama to testify before parliament on a alleged 12 million dollar payoff to Japanese officials. Marubeni pulls out of 18 year Lockheed deal as trust vanishes and chairman Hiro Hiyama resigns. The two Los Angeles residents declined requests.
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Tokyo
UPI
Foreign Ministry
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockheed
Japan
Marubeni Corp
Mutual Trust
Marubeni Board
Hiro Hiyama
Los Angeles
A.C. Kotchian
Shig Katayama
Kotchian
Katayama
Ministry of Justice
Washington
United States
U.S
Marubeni Trading
Lockhose ® c
Hiyama
Marubeni
Nixon to file written China trip report to State Dept
President Ford era report will be reviewed by officials to determine if it merits attention. White House spokesman says Nixon sent the report on his own initiative and an unidentified White House official was briefed by phone. Nixon just returned from an eight day trip to China.
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