British threaten invasion over Uganda lecturer execution
Uganda radios said two British warships with troops arrived at Mombasa to prepare for an invasion over the July 4 execution of Dennis Hills. Kenyan Vice President Moi denied Ugandan charges of planned action and Britain dismissed transport plane alerts. Diplomatic standoff continued as Amin pressed for clemency and Callaghan refused until Hills is spared.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Uganda
Mombasa
Daniel Arap Moi
London
Defense Ministry
Idi Amin
Dennis Hills
James Callaghan
Kampala
Callaghan
Amin
Hills
Kampala Radio
Chandos Blair
Britain
Blair
Queen Elizabeth
British Defense Department
Radio
Great Britain
Europe
Amoco refines record crude oil pace for summer supply
Amoco Oil Co reports a daily crude processing record of 1,133,000 barrels on June 16 and says it will meet normal summer gasoline demand. The June 1 gasoline inventory stood at 23.3 million barrels, about 2 million more than 1974 and aligned with expectations for steady summer supply. Peirson noted other refiners may be boosting runs too.
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Chicago
UPI
Amoco Oil Co
Walter R. Peirson
Amoco
Amoco Oil
Peirson
House break in at Arvin Battersby residence
Police report a break in at 31 Lynwood Dr. early today. Nothing missing though drawers were rummaged. The owner arrived about midnight and found entry via the back door. A separate loss of 65 dollars was reported by Dan Wohner of Motor Valet, allegedly dropped from a bank bag after it fell from a car on Armstrong St.
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Arvin Battersby
Lynwood Dr
Battersby
Morris
Robert Lynes
Lynes
Dan Wohner
Waupconsee Township
Wohner
Thomas Suddarth
Divorces Granted for Janet Fredrick and Mary Machak
Janis Fredrick 20 of 445 Mary St Coal City was granted a divorce from Ricky Fredrick 22 of Sheridan on mental cruelty grounds. Mary Machak 20 of 1370 Park Blvd was granted a divorce from Joseph Machak 20 with address unknown on grounds of mental cruelty.
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Janis Fredrick
Mary St
Coal City
Ricky Fredrick
Sheridan
Mary Machak
Park Blvd
Joseph Machak
Lightning Hits Mobile Home in Newark No Damage Reported
Morris Fire Department responded to the Howard Heater residence in rural Newark at 6 28 a m when lightning struck a mobile home. Chief Sherman Hexdall said there was no fire or damage and firefighters remained on scene about 20 minutes.
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Morris Fire Department
Howard Heater
Newark
Morris
Sherman Hexdall
Post-Dispatch seeks access to FBI files
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch filed FOIA suit in U S District Court to obtain FBI files on its Washington bureau and Richard Dudman. The case echoes last year’s disclosure of subpoenas for long distance records tied to the Pentagon Papers.
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ST. Louis
UPI
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Richard Dudman
FBI
Dudman
Pentagon
Edward H. Levi
Clarence M. Kelley
Kelley
Levi
Post-Dispatch
U.S. District Court
Justice Department
Man Is Ticketed For Driving With Suspended License
Robert Carver, 22, of 210% Liberty Street, was ticketed by Morris Police for driving after his license was suspended. Cited at 12:05 a.m. by Officer Dean Sager in the 800 block of Liberty Street. Released on recognizance bond.
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Robert Carver
Liberty St
Morris Police
Morris
Dean Sager
Witness recounts assault by Ashford and knee injury
Odom testified that Ash ford kicked him in the knee at the Grundy County sheriff s office. He showed two red lines on his face and bruises. Bond for Ashford, held in the Will County Jail, was continued at ten thousand dollars.
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Odom
Ashford
Grundy County
Livestock prices ease on heavier cattle and hogs in Joliet
In Joliet Florida market notes cattle sold 50 to 1.00 lower on heavier choice and prime steers while heifers fell 50. Cattle receipts 3,500, hogs 1,400 with steady demand. No. 1-2 hogs 200-230 pounds brought 58.50 to 59.00, larger hogs 54.00 to 56.50 in mixed weights. Thursday receipts: 25 cattle, 1,000 hogs.
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Joliet, Fl
UPI
Rescue plan fails as gunboat halts ransom pickup
UPI reports a Tanzania hostage rescue near Lake Tanganyika collapsed minutes from success when a Zaire patrol boat shelled a fishing vessel attempting to collect three American and Dutch hostages held by Marxist guerrillas. Barbara Smuts was released weeks earlier. Carrie Hunter Kenneth Smith and Emilie Bergman remain. The lakefront incident followed months of secrecy and stalled negotiations.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
UPI
Kigoma
Zaire
Lake Tanganyika
Tan
Ex mental patient abducts judge in cross state incident
Kenneth Huff, 40, a former McPherson Kansas employee, abducted McPherson County Judge H Dean Cotton after forcing him to ride in a pickup. Cotton, later found unharmed at his home, was believed freed near Galva Kansas. Huff was arrested near Dewar Oklahoma as he slept, after conflicting statements about Cotton's fate.
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Okmulgee
Okla
UPI
Kansas
Oklahoma
Kenneth Huff
McPherson
Kan
Dewar
Oklo
H. Dean
Ellis Musselwhite
Huff
Cotton
Galva
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