Gas thieves tie attendants. motorists pump free fuel in Chicago
Police describe a South Side robbery at Zoo service station where two attendants were bound and cash and cigarettes taken. With no staff on pumps angry motorists entered, pumped about 400 gallons, and helped themselves to cigarettes while a customer called for help. The raid lasted about 45 minutes.
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Chicago
David Olsen
Zoo
Kenneth Harris
Olsen
Curtis McDowell
South Side Station
McDowell
Harris
Michael Fry
Psychiatric test ordered for Sara Jane Moore
In San Francisco Sara Jane Moore requests to change her plea to guilty for the Ford assassination attempt. Judge Samuel Conti orders a psychiatric evaluation to determine competence to waive trial rights and possible life imprisonment. Moore cites political motives and claims readiness to answer for her acts.
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San Francisco
Sara Jane Moore
Attem
Ford
Miss Moore
FBI
U.S. District Court
Samuel Conti
U.S
Fidel Castro
Salvador Allende
Patrice Lumumba
Colby Says U S Paramilitary Actions In Angola
CIA Director William Colby told the House intelligence committee that U S operations in Angola are not like Vietnam and do not violate the War Powers Act. He indicated active paramilitary activity in Angola amid ongoing Angolan strife.
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CIA
William E. Colby
United States
Angola
U.S
Vietnam
Colby
House __ intelligence committee
Henry A. Kissinger
Zaire
Soviet Union
Hoffa Body Digging Hints Surface at 60 Acre Dump
Federal investigators have new leads from an informant about Hoffa's body at Brother Moscato's Dump in Jersey City. No digging yet as authorities study testimony, while local officials offer equipment and caution on methane gas risks at the long-closed landfill.
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Jersey City
N.J
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
U.S
Hoffa
Moscato
Pulaski Skyway
Hudson County
William Spedding
Public Works
Spedding
Sree
Jimmy Hoffa
Richard Jenny
Hammer Ordered to Stand Trial in Campaign Charge
Armand Hammer billionaire oilman and head of Occidental Petroleum must face trial on charges of violating federal campaign contribution laws. Judge William B. Jones Jr. overruled defense objections after Hammer recanted the guilty plea in a letter to the Los Angeles probation office regarding $54,000 in 1972 Nixon reelection contributions.
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Washington
Armand Hammer
Hammer
Occidental Petroleum Co
Richard M Nixon
U.S
William B. Jones Jr
Los Angeles
Labor Loses Australian Elections Landslide Victory
Australia’s conservative coalition appeared to win a landslide in national elections with Labor suffering a major defeat. Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was dismissed by Governor General Sir John Kerr, a controversial move that sparked national turmoil.
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Sydney
Australia
Labor Party
Bob Hawke
Labor
Gough Whitlam
John Kerr
Senate chairman proposes path to tax cut impasse
Senate Finance Committee leader Sen. Russell Long proposes a nonbinding spending commitment equal to the 17 billion tax cut in exchange for Ford dropping a 395 billion spending ceiling. White House reaction is unclear. A veto fight looms if Congress does not extend the cuts, risking higher withholding taxes for Americans on Jan. 1.
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Senate Finance Committee
Ford
Congress
Senate
Russell B. Long
Dla
White House
Long
Sun Belt growth driven by jobs and climate appeal
Migration to the South and West accelerates as industries relocate, wages stay lower, and living costs shrink. A Census Bureau study shows Arizona and Florida as fast growers, with the West and South leading regional population gains in the 1970s into mid‑1975.
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Arizona
Florida
West
South
Northeast
North Central States
Sun Belt
Middletown Weather Forecast And Recent Rainfall
Cloudy skies in Middletown tonight with lows in the low 50s. Showers likely Sunday with highs in the low 60s. Yesterday's high reached 45 and rose to 46 this morning amid 14 inches of rain recorded.
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Middletown
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