Six arrested as FBI raids target Bay Area terrorist cells
FBI and police swooped on a Richmond home at dawn seizing 130 to 150 pounds of explosives and weapons. Agents describe a major breakthrough against the New World Liberation Front and Emiliano Zapata Unit, with ties to the Berkeley New Dawn Collective and recent Marin County arrests.
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Charles Bates
FBI
New World Liberation Front
Emiliano Zapata
San Francisco Bay Area
Bates
NWLF
Hearst
Hearst Castle
San Simeon
San Francisco
Miss Hearst
Richmond
Bay
New Dawn
Berkeley
James Kilgore
AFL-CIO Urges More Government Spending to Create Jobs
The AFL-CIO warned the economy remains weak despite some gains after the deepest recession in 40 years. It urged greater government spending to generate income and jobs rather than the administration’s cautious approach in 1975.
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Eget
Afl-Cio
Pe Ee
Reater
Drought May Bring Crop Losses and Higher Prices nationwide
Walter Orr Roberts warned at the AAAS meeting that the Midwest drought could cut U S grain crops by about 8 percent with 50 percent losses on marginal lands and 15 to 20 percent reduced grain exports. He urged grain export limits or a two price structure to aid starving nations. The drought spans from the Texas Panhandle to South Dakota and could last three more years, risking a new dust bowl era and potential global famine.
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Boston
Midwest
Walter Orr Roberts
American Association For the Advancement of Science
U.S
Roberts
Texas Panhandle
South Dakota
Rocky Mountains
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
United States
Soviet Union
India
U S and Brazil vow ally status and major power partnership
Kissinger and Brazilian Foreign Minister da Silveira inaugurate a 10 point accord to elevate Brazil to major power and ally status with biannual consultations. Working groups will target U S Brazil trade disputes special duties energy development and technological aid while noting unresolved differences and cautious optimism.
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Brasilia
Brazil
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
Antonio Francisco Azevedo da Silveira
Japan
Arab League blacklist hits ships transiting Suez Canal
Arab League Boycott officials in Port Said blacklist ships that call at Israel ports under last year’s disengagement. The Yellowstone, an American bulk carrier, was barred after stopping at Haifa in January and was not serviced in Egyptian ports, though pilots guided it through the canal as the waterway remains international. An Arab Boycott official inspected the Yellowstone logbook at Port Said.
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Cairo
Arab League
Suez Canal
Israel
Tel Aviv
Yellowstone
Haifa
Port Said
Women gain edge in marriage market by mid-1980s
Census projections show by 1985 there will be 26 men for every 25 women of marrying age, reversing today’s surplus of eligible women. Experts trace shifts to baby-boom births 1957–61 and older male mortality, with women entering marriage age earlier.
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Washington
Paul Glick
Census Bureau
America
Weather outlook amid clouds and cool temperatures
Mostly cloudy and cooler today with highs in the upper 30s. Tonight will be cloudy and cold with lows in the mid-20s. Tomorrow's forecast is sunny with highs in the upper 30s. Precipitation chance is 30 percent today and 20 percent tonight.
New Social Services Center Opens On South Main Street
A new social services center opens Monday on South Main Street to help people access needed services. The program director says the goal is to get people to the services they need and notes local coverage by Karen Garloch on page 31.
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S. Main Street
Karen Garloch
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