Portugal’s AFM Retains Power Amid Plan for Dictator Ally
Portugal’s military rulers outline a plan preserving armed forces control while promising elections. The AFM would approve presidential candidates and hold veto power over defense and economy, with a council of state acting as an upper house. Aimed to safeguard a program to nationalize strategic industries and curb large conglomerates, the plan delays a full civilian return.
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Portugal
Etnem
Miltar Wdurec
Armed Forces Movement
AFM
Pemer
Antunes de
Council of State
Armed Forces
Lig Estates
Ethiopian government launches major assault around Amara
Ethiopian troops artillery and warplanes strike rebel strongholds around Amara as fighting racks up near Asmara. Reports say shells threaten U S communications, supplies to Asmara shrink, and about 200000 residents endure a stifling siege while Eritrean guerrillas press a surrounding campaign.
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Addis Ababa
Asmara
Zacega
U.S
Kagne
United States faces choice on Ethiopian weapon aid
The United States weighs whether to supply $20 million to $30 million worth of ammunition to Ethiopia's government in its civil war against secessionists. Arab allies back Eritrean rebels, complicating Kissinger's decision after talks with Sadat and King Faisal.
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Asmara
Addis Ababa
Kagne
Eritrean Liberation Front
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Eritrea
ELF
Popular Liberation Front
Washington
United States
Ford Administration
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
State Department
Dean warns Mitchell could face death in prison
Former White House counsel John Dean III warns that if John Mitchell is jailed for Watergate convictions prison could be deadly for him. He spoke at Millersville State College saying many inmates blame Mitchell and others, and a prison death is a distinct possibility. Dean also noted Haldeman Ehrlichman and Mardian may avoid prison while acknowledging their influence remains.
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Millersville
White House
John Dean III
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Dean
Millersville Site College
HR Haldeman
John
Iranian investment in Pan Am airline not assured
Treasury official Gerald Parsky said Iran has not finalized plans to invest in Pan Am. Iran may seek a real return and would not rush a deal, despite tentative State Department approval. Possible Iran Pan Am stake could reach 13 percent with about 230 million dollars, plus hotel interests.
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Sabe
Treasury Department
Ford Admmtratin
Atal Treauty
Gerald Persky
Af Inter
Firvday Parsky
Iran
Patan
Parsky
United States
State Department
Pan Amrican
Ardeshir Zahedi
Pewsmen
Pan Am
Intercontinental Hotels
Ford Administration
Ehrlichman seeks Indian work after Watergate setback
Former White House aide Ehrlichman lost bid to avoid jail and proposed taking a government post to aid impoverished Indians in New Mexico. The plan drew support from lawyers and allies, with talk of his serving at a subsistence level for years to assist land and water issues for the Pueblo councils and Alaska natives.
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Paige
Manary
Blue Lake
White House
Ver Ehrlichman
Barbara Kilberg
Sax Ehrlichman
Leonard Garment
Ehrichman
Ducus Wit
Ukem
Ekkichonan
Wwe
Herman Ageys
Fight Northers Pueblos
Fight Northers Pueblos Fhrrichman
Kilberg
Pueblo Council
Moust Vernon
Allege
Washington
Nixon to attend social event at Annenberg estate
One day after four aides were sentenced in the Watergate case, Richard Nixon plans a private social appearance with Pat Nixon at Walter Annenberg's guarded desert estate in Palm Springs. Doctors had earlier said Nixon could not travel due to phlebitis and surgery.
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Palm Springs
Cal
Huchard M Nixon
Nixon
Pat
Walter Annenberg
U.S
Great Britain
Sixon
San Clemente
John N. Mitchell
HR. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Robert C Mardian
Ehrlichman
Leon Jaworski
Rebel forces capture Cambodian refugee camp
Rebel forces raided and burned a refugee camp 6 miles northwest of Phnom Penh killing 20 civilians. The camp in Kompong Chhnang province housed 900 homes and was built under a USAID contract. Insurgents also fired on Phnom Penh airport and a Tonle Sap River port, wounding five civilians.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Kompong Chhnang
U.S. Agency For International Development
Tonle Sap
Battambang
Ford defends 92.8 billion defense budget as bare minimum
President Ford, speaking to the Reserve Officers Association, framed the 92.8 billion dollar defense request as a bare-bones minimum to secure the nation in an insecure world. He argued the spending power of the budget remains well below peak Vietnam War levels and pledged not to sacrifice military strength.
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Washington
Ford
Reserve Officers Association of the United States
Police sniper fatally shoots robber during Las Vegas standoff
In Las Vegas a robber hostage situation ended when a police sniper killed the gunman after six hours of negotiations. The hostage, teller Anita Jetland, escaped unharmed as FBI agents and officers recovered the $100,000 demanded. The suspect, James S. Dutton Jr., 20, of Santa Barbara, California, had a prior arrest history and possible psychiatric hospitalization.
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Nev
Savings and Loan
Las Vegas Strip
FBI
Home Savings and Loan Association
James S. Dutton Jr
Santa Barbara
Calif
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