Demirel hints at re opening Turkish bases
Turkish Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel met with President Ford in Helsinki and suggested bases in Turkey might reopen after being halted. Ford pledged to remove roadblocks to stronger ties as Kissinger eyed a full solution beyond a stopgap. Brezhnev talks and Vladivostok treaty fallout framed Ford’s day.
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Helsinki
Finland
Suleyman Demirel
Ford
U.S
Demirel
Turkey
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Vladivostok
Brezhnev
Ussr
Pacific
Taiwan Jetliner Crash In Rain Kills 29 Aboard
An aircraft carrying 75 people crashed in a heavy rainstorm near Taipei. Officials say the pilot failed on the first landing attempt and the second try ended in disaster, with 29 fatalities and many injured.
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Taipei, Taiwan
Taiwan
Far Eastern Air Transport
Taipei
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Air Force Hospital
Tsiang Chochin
Hualien
Cigarette ban plan hits snag in Congress
Government urges a ban on cigarettes with high tar and nicotine. Representative Walter B. Jones resists, arguing the move intrudes on personal choice. The HEW report cites ongoing health concerns amid political opposition.
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Washington
Caspar W. Weinberger
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
House Tobacco
Weinberger
Congress
Oil price controls end plan killed by House vote
Washington AP reports the House rejected Ford's phased decontrol 228 to 189 forcing an abrupt Aug 31 end to oil price controls. FEA expects a 4 to 6 cent rise in petroleum prices over 6 to 9 months and free pricing for old oil above $11 a barrel. Senate moves to tax windfall profits and return funds to consumers.
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Washington
U.S
Congress
House
Ford
Federal
Frank G. Zarb
FEA
White House
Senate
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Middletown Area Weather Forecast Tonight Through Monday
Showers possible in Middletown tonight with low 60s to upper 60s and highs near 90. Yesterday's high reached 93 with a 67 overnight low. Extended outlook calls for fair skies Saturday through Monday.
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Middletown
Nurse stabbed and left to die in San Antonio ravine
Peggy Moran a 27 year old nurse died in a San Antonio hospital after being stabbed 10 times and dumped nude in a sun drenched ravine. Police identified Donald G Franklin 23 as a suspect in the abduction and rape cases.
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San Antonio
Donald G. Franklin
$4.6 Billion Suit Alleges Eastern Negligence in June Crash
In Brooklyn federal court attorney F. Lee Bailey files a $4.6 billion class action against Eastern Airlines alleging negligence in the June 24 crash that killed 114. The suit consolidates claims from survivor Arthur Marchesi and relatives of victims, with potential inclusion of the federal government as co defendant over alleged Kennedy Airport flight control failures.
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New York
F. Lee Bailey
Eastern Airlines
Arthur Marchesi
Syosset
N.Y
Damges
William Norman
New Orleans
Kennedy
Five Die After Ambush On Northern Ireland Road
Gunmen ambushed a minibus carrying musicians on a country road near Newry Northern Ireland. Police said five men were killed by gunfire and an explosion, with officers finding five bodies in the road. Some victims were in the band. others possibly terrorists caught in the blast. The cause of the blast was unclear.
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Newry
Northern Ireland
Here
Florida Tornadoes Hit Panhandle Area Early Today
A series of tornadoes swept Escambia County north of Pensacola causing several home fires and damage to houses and mobile homes, with no injuries reported. A heavy rain tropical low lurks inland, expected to reach Mississippi with minor floods and at least one death. Destin received 14 inches of rain since Monday.
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Associated Press
Florida Panhandle
Escambia County
Pensacola
Mississippi
Destin
VA approves transplant for dying minister
The Veterans Administration, after initially denying payment, will cover a bone marrow transplant for Rev. Darrell Morgan of Lynnwood near Seattle. Morgan faced death within a month from lymphoma and needed $25,000. VA cited humanitarian grounds and lack of alternatives.
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Seattle
Veteran Administration
Darrell Morgan
Chapel of Peace Community Church
Lynnwood
Mr. Morgan
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
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Oma
HEW
Walter B. Jones
D-N.c
House Agriculture Tobacco Subcommittee
Audie Murphy Veterans Administration Hospital
U.S. District Court
Brooklyn
Bailey
Aaron Broder
Marchesi
July 25
Eastern
Kennedy Airport
Ann Toback
Oceanside, N.Y
Florida
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