U S veto on Israel resolution sparks UN clash
United States vetoed a Security Council draft criticizing Israel on occupied Arab areas amid charges of election-year politics. Ambassador Scranton cited hindrance to peace as the vote paves way for broader Middle East talks, with PLO and Israel facing off in UN proceedings for the first time.
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Mansur Rashid Kikhia
Libya
Zehdi Labib Terzi
Palestine Liberation Organization
Council
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West Bank
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Dahomey
Guyana
Pakistan
Panama
Tanzania
Hearst's mother says fair trial unlikely due to terrorism view
Mrs. Catherine Hearst told the Chicago Tribune that Patricia Hearst cannot receive a fair trial because the public misreads terrorism’s impact in the United States. Patricia Hearst, 22, was convicted of belonging to the Symbionese Liberation Army after a 1974 bank robbery and faces sentencing April 12.
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Patricia Hearst
United States
Catherine Hearst
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Chicago Tribune
Miss Hearst
U.S
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Los Angeles
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San Francisco Examiner
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Soviet cries US aids Zionist thugs in New York terror acts
Moscow accuses Washington of backing Zionist rioters targeting Soviet interests in New York. A Tass report links the 1974 Amtorg bombing to US tolerance of terrorism. Patty Hearst and SLA context appear with her trial and sentencing notes.
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U.S
Walter J. Stoessel Jr
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Tass
U S
Egypt to Sell Six C130 Planes to Egypt Over US Sale
The United States moves to sell six C130 transport planes to Egypt for about 40 million dollars unless Congress vetoes within 20 days. Ford lifts a 20 year military trade boycott, arguing the sale could foster moderating forces and peace talks. Israeli and American Jewish groups oppose the deal, but the administration says the pledge to Israel remains intact. The plan may grow to 65 million with parts and training, and hearings are set by Senate Foreign Relations next week.
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Egypt
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Middle East
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Soviet Union
Swine Flu Threat Sparks Urgent Prep in Texas
Medical experts in Houston warn a swine influenza virus once lethal in the U.S. could reemerge next winter. While not seen as high risk, authorities push vaccine plans costing about 135 million dollars to prevent a possible outbreak. Dr Reuel Stallones of the University of Texas School of Public Health backs the Ford administration vaccine program.
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UPI
United States
Reuel Stallones
University of Texas School of Public Health
Stallones
Ford Administration
Senate rejects ban on Concorde landings in United States
The Senate defeated amendments to ban or limit Concorde SST flights, leaving possible court challenges as the primary path to stop flights scheduled to begin May 24. The vote blocked a plan to bar FAA funds from allowing civil supersonic operations except emergencies.
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UPI
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Coleman
New York
Dulles
Dale Bumpers
D-Ark
Glenn Beall
R Md
LST
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Ford seeks momentum with California and Wisconsin battlegrounds
President Ford launches two day campaign in California and Wisconsin to rebound from his North Carolina loss to Reagan. He opens in San Francisco with a textile convention and hosts $500 and $1,000 a plate fundraisers expected to raise over $750000. He also plans a Fresno stop with state GOP officials and a La Crosse stop en route to Washington for the April Wisconsin primary.
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Nixon's final days told in accounts
New York reports based on a forthcoming Woodward Bernstein book portray Richard Nixon in the last phase of his presidency as drinking heavily and obsessed with death. Pat Nixon is said to have turned to alcohol and avoided intimacy, while Eisenhower warned Haig of a potential breakdown as Nixon isolated himself in the White House and on the Sequoia yacht.
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Washington Post
Nixon
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Daily News
Pat Nixon
David Eisenhower
David
Alexander Haig
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