Baghdad Imposes Indefinite Curfew Amid Unrest
Iraq's socialist government orders an indefinite curfew in and around Baghdad and closes the capital's airport to all traffic. Interior Minister Saadoun Gheidan warns that violations incur military law as authorities seek to quell a wave of brutal murders. Reports from Beirut indicate internal trouble and warnings of suspicious activity amid alleged plots by Western imperialists and Iraqi counter revolutionaries.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Iraq
Baghdad
Radio Baghdad
Saadoun Gheidan
Baath Socialist Party
Panel recessed Agnew sets strategy block the grand jury
The Nixon campaign donors list becomes public under a 1972 disclosure law. The judge ordered a 60 day wait ending today, releasing names of contributors to the Nixon campaign after a prior partial settlement. Major donors included W Clement Stone and Richard Mellon Scaife.
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Agnew
Common Cause
U.S. Dist
Joseph C. Waddy
Nixon Fund
W. Clement Stone
Chicago Insurance
Richard Mellon Scaife
Pittsburgh
Nixon Committee
Blast at ITT Office Building In Midtown Manhattan
A powerful explosion damaged ITT offices on the ninth floor of the ITT American Building at 437 Madison Ave New York. No injuries or fire reported. A separate incident occurred near ITT Standard S A in Rome with minor damage after an unknown group breached a fence. Police are reviewing the threats and evaluating total damage.
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New York
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Manhattan
ITT American
Madison Ave
Rome
ITT Standard S.A
The
New York Post
ITT
Agnew Lawyers Seek injunction in grand jury probe
Lawyers for Vice President Spiro Agnew push a temporary injunction to bar further grand jury evidence in the Maryland political corruption inquiry. Agnew plans a Palm Springs trip with a Los Angeles speech as grand jury hearings proceed in Baltimore.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Maryland
Palm Springs
Calif
Frank Sinatra
Los Angeles
Federal Grand Jury
Federal
Baltimore
United States
Judah Best
Carl Albert
House of Representatives
Albert
House
Rain Forecast Hits Ohio With Warm Temps Ahead
Rain is forecast in Ohio tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures pair a low in the 60s tonight with a high near 80 tomorrow. Middletown’s official high yesterday reached 83 while this morning’s low stood at 68.
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Ohio
Middletown
Boiler blast injures fifteen at Lorain Tower Supply
A boiler exploded at the Lorain Tower Supply Co injuring 15 workers. Alan Kuak, 32, of Lorain, was in critical condition with burns and abrasions over 80 percent of his body after admission to St. Joseph Hospital ICU. Nine others released. five examined for burns.
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Lorain, Ohio
Lorain
Alan Kuak
Bomb Explodes Outside Federal Building in San Francisco
An early morning blast outside a federal office in San Francisco damaged a basement storage room and sent flames two stories high. Police dismantled another device and reported hearing two explosions though only one blast occurred. No injuries were reported amid the Civic Center fire.
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San Francisco
James Mahoney
Civic Center
Senate OKs 23 Percent Cut in U S Land Troops Abroad
The Senate approved a 23 percent reduction in U S land based troops overseas amid warnings it could weaken bargaining with the Soviet Union. The 48 to 36 vote targets 40 000 troops by June 30 1975 and 70 000 by Dec 31 1975 from 487 000 in 34 countries, while sea based forces are exempt.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Train of Jews Seized Near Vienna by Arab Terrorists
Arabs armed with submachine guns seized a train carrying Soviet Jews near Marchegg on the Austrian Czech border. One railroad worker was killed and another wounded as firing began. Two Arabs reportedly forced four hostages into a car and fled south.
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Vienna
Marchegg
Airliner with 11 aboard disappears in Ark storm
Texas International Flight 655, a Convair jet, vanishes after leaving El Dorado at 8 20 p m amid thunderstorms and high winds. Ground and air searches find no trace along a 75 mile Texarkana bound route. Three passengers identified as Red River Army Depot officers. crew and five others unnamed.
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EL Dorado, Ark
Texas International
Red River Army
Texarkana
Tex
Civil Air Patrol
el Dorado
Bob Brewer
Red River Army Depot
Mili
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