Rikers Island inmates seize officers in major jail disturbance
About 600 inmates armed with homemade weapons took five correction officers hostage in two cellblocks at Rikers Island. Some 450 armed guards stood by as officials negotiated eight demands for better conditions with inmate representatives. Police mobilized helicopters, boats, and tear gas while Mayor Beame and Judge Lasker monitored the situation.
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New York
Rikers Island
Island Prison
East River
Benjamin Malcolm
Malcolm
Birnbaum
Bert Wilson
WOR Radio
Wilson
Abraham D. Beame
City Hall
US District Court
Morris E. Lasker
Island
Beirut clashes renew civil war as bullets rain
In renewed fighting across Beirut, Moslem and Christian militiamen exchange mortars rockets and guns. Police report over 80 killed and 150 wounded since the ceasefire collapsed. Security forces shelter in city stations as fighting spreads to six suburbs. Premier Rashid Karami convenes emergency reconciliation talks with major factions.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Martyrs’ Square
Middle East
Emier Rashid Karami
Bekaa Valley
Baalbek
Tripoli
Rightists shout support for Franco at funeral
More than 100000 rightists packed the plaza outside the Valley of the Fallen as Generalissimo Francisco Franco was buried. Crowds shouted Long live Franco while veterans and militants gave the fascist salute and sang the Falange anthem as King Juan Carlos I followed the coffin into the basilica.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Franco
Juan Carlos I
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Augusto Pinochet
Imelda Marcos
Hussein
Jordan
Prince Rainier
Monaco
National
Collision of JFK and Belknap Kills Four in Mediterranean
In rough seas near Sicily the US aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy and cruiser Belknap collided. Four Belknap crewmen were dead, four missing, sixteen injured. JFK suffered fires but remained mission capable. Navy orders investigation. Bordelon towed Belknap to Augusta Sicily.
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John F. Kennedy
Naples
Italy
Belknap
David Vollmer
Waupaca
Wis
Vollmer
6Th Fleet
Bordelon
Augusta
Sicily
Mediterranean
U.S
Fromme to tell judge if she will testify in own defense
Lynette Fromme faces the trial’s crucial week as she decides whether to testify against charges of attempting to kill President Ford. Her lawyer says he will rest the defense if she does not testify, while showing that Fromme’s intent remains the central issue in whether the pistol would have fired.
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Fromme
Sacramento
Calif
Lynette Fromme
Ford
U.S. District Court
Thomas J. MacBride
Miss Fromme
John Virga
Virga
State Capitol
Secret Service
Middletown Weather Looks Light Snow Tonight
Light snow is forecast for the Middletown area with lows in the mid 20s. Snow flurries and highs in the low 30s are expected Tuesday, followed by fair skies Wednesday and Thursday and a chance of showers Friday.
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Middletown
Ohio State studies prostitution to explore decriminalization
Ohio Attorney General William Brown approves a year long research project by Ohio State University officials and faculty across several colleges to gather data on prostitution in Ohio and to assess whether decriminalization is feasible. The study will include statistical data from police and prosecutors and attitudes from the public and potential employers. A decriminalization bill could be drafted if findings support regulation within local controls.
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Columbus, Ohio
William Brown
Ohio State University
Office of Women’s Studies
College of Law
Brown
Ohio
Asst
Nina Hatfield
Brittain
Linda Howard
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Camille Chamoun
Kamal Junblatt
Karami
Hamra
Ann Landers
Heloise
Area
RCO Cor Ee Oe
Eee Eueseee
Ohio State
Jan Brittain
Ms. Brittain
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