Castro Targeted by Eight CIA Murder Plots
Senate intelligence committee report details CIA plans against Fidel Castro through 1965. It notes schemes using gangsters, poison cigars and pills, a poisoned seashell, and a beard-destroying shoe polish plan timed with Kennedy’s assassination.
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Washington
UPI
Fidel Castro
CIA
John Kennedy
Senate Intelligence Committee
Castro
Kennedy
Dallas
Cuba
Ousted general leads bid to end Portugal government strike
In Lisbon the Revolutionary Council dismissed Gen Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho as Lisbon military district commander to restore order amid a provisional government strike. Capt Vasco Lourenzo will assume Lisbon duties, while Carvalho remains security chief. Troops backed Azevedo’s regime and leftists occupy media as bombs are defused near the presidential palace.
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Lisbon
Portugal
UPI
Revolutionary Council
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Carvalho
Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo
Vasco Lourenzo
Azevedo
Con
Newspaper seeks high court review on grand jury transcript case
Fresno Bee attorney Phillip Fullerton heads a bid for U S Supreme Court review of a lower court contempt ruling against four Bee staffers who refused to reveal how they obtained a court sealed grand jury transcript. The firing issue hinges on newsman shield law immunity and press confidentiality.
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Fresno
UPI
Bee
Phillip Fullerton
U.S. Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Fullerton
5Th District Court of Appeal
George Gruner
James Bort
William K. Patterson
Joe Rosato
Superior Court
Fresno Superior Court
Denver Peckinpah
The
Gruner
California
Peckinpah
Battle against fruit fly expected to end in June
Los Angeles based effort to eradicate the Mediterranean fruit fly relies on sterile-insect technique. Project director Bill Routhier says full elimination is not expected before June. About 20 million sterile flies weekly will be released over an 80 square mile area after quarantines and a multi government funded program.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Hawaii
Bill Routhier
Routhier
Senate sets 1976 federal spending ceiling at 375.6 billion
The Senate approved a 375.6 billion dollar spending ceiling for the current fiscal year ending June 30 1976 by a 69 to 23 vote. The move aligns with a law limiting appropriations and aims for a 74.8 billion dollar deficit while the administration seeks 359.2 billion and the House proposes 373.8 billion. Kennedy pushed for 1.5 billion in tax reform funding but his amendment failed 76 to 21.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Congress
House
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Long
Kennedy
Central plains buried under foot and a half of snow
In a central Plains blizzard, Grand Island Nebraska police report heavy snowfall and stranded motorists. Winds up to 75 mph create 12 to 13 foot drifts forcing closures across Colorado to Minnesota. Cattle roam as fences fail and residents seek help for locating cars and surviving the storm.
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United Press International
Grand Island
Neb
Tom Smaha
Central Plains
Upper Midwest
Husky House
Limon
Colo
Colorado
Karen Briggs
The
Denver
Simon
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Minnesota
Duluth
Tom Baxter
Council reaffirms keeping Queen Mary as tourist magnet
Long Beach officials pledged to keep the Queen Mary open and revitalized. They urged a unified management plan to stabilize operations across hotel, museum, and shops while weighing single-operator or city-management options. Several leaseholders remain, with cancellations totaling about $110,000 due to publicity concerns.
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Long Beach
UPI
John Mansell
Shipboard
Catering Service
Hyatt Hotel Chain
Queen Mary Hotel
Museum of the Sea Foundation
Jury Sequestered Under Guard in Fromme Trial
Jurors in Lynette Fromme’s trial for attempting to assassinate President Ford have lived under 24 hour guard for nearly two weeks in a secluded motel. The eight women and four men plus two alternates are banned from visits and receive censored reading material with limited dinner drinks at personal expense. Judge Thomas MacBride ordered the all white, middle class panel kept away from news reports to prevent influence as they await defense opening.
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Sacramento
UPS
Lynette Fromme
Ford
U.S. District Court
Thomas MacBride
Death Valley Days License Implications for Reagan Run
FCC says stations airing Ronald Reagan narrated Death Valley Days or similar past programs must provide equal time to all presidential candidates now that Reagan has declared himself a GOP candidate. The fairness rule applies when a station allows a candidate to use its facilities.
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Washington
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Federal Communications Commission
Reagan
FCC
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Communist Party
High Court
State Division of Fruit and Agriculture
San Diego
United States
Fed
Julie Schmidt
Lompoc
Century Club
Lompoc Valley
Rennie Adam
Century
Queen Mary
Fromme
Miss Fromme
John Virgo
Charles Manson
Starbuck
Security Pacific National Bank North “H” Street
San Julian Valley
Monterey Pines
Gregory & McPeek Mortuary
Death Valley
Mastro
Santa Barbara
Alpha Clubhouse
Fost
Ocean & B Street
Cancer Society
Heart Merch
Lompoc Lumbe
North
Redwood
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