Angry UN debate over Israel’s Uganda hijack raid
UN diplomats predicted a fiery Security Council session on Israel’s rescue of Air France hostages in Uganda. Expected to be lengthy with African nations likely to condemn Israel and seek compensation for Uganda, while the US would veto such moves. Israeli envoy Herzog to press sovereignty issues amid broader talks on terrorism.
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State Earns Seven Million Less In Interest
Jefferson City Missouri AP report shows Missouri state investment earnings for the year ending June 30 totaled 18.4 million, down from 24 million the prior year and 23 million two years ago. Treasurer James Spainhower cites sharply lower interest rates as the main cause, noting some months yielded as low as 4.5 percent after highs near 10 percent the previous year.
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Entebbe Raid Revisited Says Israeli General
Israel's chief of staff recounts the Entebbe operation that freed 102 hostages. He notes plans considered, the fourth aircraft as a flying hospital, and the dramatic seven hour mission ending with a Nairobi-bound withdrawal.
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Israel
Uganda
Entebbe
Mordechai Gur
Gur
Kenya
Nairobi
Africa
Yonatan Netanyahu
Passing the Buck On New $2 Bills
Washington AP reports widespread buck-passing over the $2 bill as officials tally 210 million issued but few circulating. Banks retailers blame the public while postal service and Fed face criticism. Riggs National Bank cites customer reluctance and confusion with ones. Engraving and Printing keeps production steady while exploring savings if uptake grows.
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Parched Europe Sees Rain Relief Amid Drought Woes
Western Europe records a rare rainfall easing the severe dry spell. Denmark gains new relief valued at millions of kroner for farmers as temperatures hover in the 90s. Britain central Europe and Wales face continued drought with fish and cattle stressed. beef prices rise and calls for price controls emerge. Dwight D Eisenhower grandson David discusses his book project detailing the general and president’s feared temper and stern leadership.
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Change Urged In Social Security Change Urged In Social Security
Washington AP report says cost of living adjustments for Social Security should be computed twice yearly to shield seniors from inflation. Senate Special Committee on Aging chair Frank Church and Republicans debate funding, costs, and inflation trends. The panel urges formula changes to reflect elderly spending on food shelter and medical care and notes Medicare coverage gaps. Unemployment for ages 45 plus rose to 1.587 million in 1975 with high joblessness and longer spell durations.
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Fonz Returns to Happy Days After Absence
Los Angeles AP report says Henry Winkler back in the cast of Happy Days on ABC after a two day absence. A Paramount spokesman said all issues have been worked out and filming for the new season has resumed.
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Paramount Television
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Harris to Albuquerque Moves With Family
Former Oklahoma senator Fred R. Harris says he and his family will move from McLean Virginia to Albuquerque New Mexico at end of July He will serve as visiting professor of political science at the University of New Mexico teaching New Populist Studies and lecturing in other classes.
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Nine Indicted In Pipeline Sex and Gambling Ring
Nine individuals including former federal prosecutor Richard L. McVeigh and Alexander Miller were indicted in San Francisco on a conspiracy to run a multimillion dollar sex and gambling operation near Alaska’s trans-Alaska pipeline work camps at Valdez. The scheme allegedly targeted pipeline workers with prostitution and wagering, with meetings held in San Francisco and plans to import prostitutes from Northern California, potentially earning $80,000 to $1 million in six months. The case traces a two year probe involving FBI infiltration across San Francisco, Las Vegas, Valdez and Anchorage.
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Richard L. McVeigh
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Alexander Miller
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William Brockett
Charles “the Blade” Tourine
Miami
Charles White
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Pat Nixon Hospitalized After Stroke In Long Beach
True To Form In Her Ordeal traces Pat Nixon 64 hospitalized in Long Beach after a stroke. The former First Lady, famed for privacy and self reliance, described weakness on her left side and cheerful arrival by ambulance. Her life story spans humble roots, work on a ranch, USC studies, wartime service, and decades aiding husband Richard Nixon in politics.
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Venezuela
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Arteala
Scouts Return From Thunderbird Camp Near Cairo
Nineteen Boy Scouts and two leaders from Mexico Troop 58 sponsored by United Methodist Church returned home after a week at Camp Thunderbird near Cairo. Leaders Dennis Herndon and Julius Fennewald accompanied the group which included Mike Rodenbaugh, Lyndall Bartels, Terrance Gardner, Marvin Blue, David Allen, Pat Herdon, Robert Graf, John Robinson, Ricky Robinson, Roger Powell, Curtis Little, Fred McNatt, Tracy Vines, Gerald Nix, Mark Bramon, Jeff Bramon, Billy Cox, Darren Carr and Grant Lower.
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Julius Fennewald
Mike Rodenbaugh
Lyndall Bartels
Terrance Gardner
Marvin Blue
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Pat Herdon
Robert Graf
John Robinson
Ricky Robinson
Roger Powell
Curtis Little
Fred McNatt
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Woman's Fate After Raid Still Unknown
London AP reports the Foreign Office has no confirmation of US claims that Dora Bloch, a hijack hostage left behind after the Entebbe raid, was killed by Ugandan police. British officials await meeting between High Commissioner Hennessy and Idi Amin in Kampala. Bloch, 7 year widow, was said to be hospitalized after choking, with conflicting accounts of her fate following the operation.
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