Prison uprising at Trenton State Prison ends at dawn
A dawn end to a 10 hour maximum security uprising in Trenton State Prison's eighth tier left one inmate dead and several injured. Authorities called the event an attempted breakout while recovering weapons and evacuating more than 100 inmates. Guard injuries were minor, with two officers shot and another burned by a pipe bomb. all conditions were listed as guarded or fair.
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N.J
Trenton State Prison
Mitch Leon
State Department of
Robert Mulcahy
Department
Eighth Tier
John Clark
Newark
John Douglas
Leon
Joseph Macaluso
Robert Simmons
Macaluso
St. Francis Hospital
Simmons
Leonard Camiso
Baby kidney transplant links Portsmouth and Brooklyn
Ports mouth Naval Hospital reported that a 3 day old baby girl donated her kidneys for a transplant in New York to a 3 month old boy named Alexander Kelly in Brooklyn. The donor was brain dead Friday and the kidneys were shipped via Navy planes with Bethesda MD doctors assisting. The recipient weighs 6 pounds 2 ounces and is in satisfactory condition after surgery performed by Dr Samuel L Kountz.
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Portsmouth Naval Hospital
New York
Navy
Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn
Naval Hospital
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Samuel L. Kountz
Kountz
Alexander Kelly
W. M. Bason
Angolan weapons aid underpriced by U.S. draft report
A House intelligence committee draft says the United States undervalued large quantities of weapons sent to anti Soviet factions in Angola. The report claims accounting allowed transfers far beyond the $25 million Angolan operation price, citing examples of a $5 .45 pistol and a $7.50 .30 carbine. One source notes a legal transfer provision may explain the method.
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Washington
House Intelligence Committee
U.S
Angola
CIA
Congress Set To Cut Angola Aid And Reveal Spy Deeds
Washington AP report shows Congress pushing to halt U.S. aid to Angola and disclose more past intelligence misdeeds despite President Ford's criticism. Sen Dick Clark and House leaders push bans and a House panel plans to study a draft report detailing three covert operations.
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Congress
U.S
Angola
Ford
State of the Union
Dick Clark
Diowa
Senate
Hearst Attorneys Claim New Evidence Win Hearing
Hearst attorneys cite newly discovered evidence in a bid to block further psychiatrist examination of Patricia Hearst. U.S. District Judge Oliver Carter granted a hearing after sealed motions were filed. defense lawyer Al Johnson said evidence involved Dr. Harry Kozol of Boston.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
U.S. District Court
Oliver J. Carter
al Johnson
Harry Kozol
Boston
Long distance rate hike approved by FCC for AT&T
The FCC voted seven to zero to allow AT&T to raise long distance rates, lifting its return on investments from 8.74 to 9.5 percent and adding about 225 million dollars annually for the Bell System. The exact impact on users will be known after the FCC releases the decision text and a filing schedule.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Bell System
FCC
At&t
Prices Cited for Pistol and Carbine Raise Suspicion
National report notes that quoted prices for a pistol and a carbine appear well below one third of expected values, described as grounds for suspicion amid ongoing scrutiny of the sales. The piece highlights potential illicit pricing in an otherwise routine inquiry.
Ford opens campaign battle for GOP nomination
President Ford outlines a campaign to curb federal spending and push a new tax cut while criticizing Ronald Reagan’s budget cuts. Ford defends social programs and warns against dumping welfare on states, framing a 5 percent spending rise as his limit. Democratic rivals accuse him of not boosting economy enough.
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Washington
Ford
Ronald Reagan
State of the Union
Reagan
White House
Chicago
FDA to ban Red Dye No 2 across foods drugs and cosmetics
The FDA will ban Red Dye No 2 within days citing cancer risk from studies in rats though no current products pose a public health hazard. Commissioner Alexander M Schmidt said recalls are not required and manufacturers may switch to other dyes risking changes in product color and consumer appeal.
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Washington
The
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Alexander M. Schmidt
Jerome Kinnison
Warner-Jenkinson Manufacturing Co
7-Up Corp
Schmidt
Carter leads in Iowa test as caucuses wrap
Former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter says he is tremendously encouraged by Iowa Democrats backing him in the first presidential contest for grassroots support. With 82 percent of precincts counted, Carter held 27.7 percent of delegates toward March 6 county conventions, while Birch Bayh had 13.3 percent and Fred Harris 10.1 percent.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Morris Udall
Arizona
Sargent Shriver
Usery Named Labor Secretary Nominee in Ford Administration
White House sources say W. J. Usery Jr., 52, will be Ford’s labor secretary once Senate confirms. He has waited three years for the post and was invited to the State of the Union, with a formal nomination expected today after Ford offered the job in a private meeting last Friday. Dunlop resigned effective Feb. 1 following Ford veto of the common site picketing bill.
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Ford
W.J. Usery Jr
White House
Usery
House of Representatives
Senate
John T. Dunlop
Mother and daughter shot in Radford dispute
In Radford Virginia a 28 year old woman Shirley Porter and her mother Sue Graham Linkous were wounded in a marital dispute at the mother's apartment. Police say William Howard Porter of Baltimore Maryland was arrested nearby and charged with malicious wounding in both shootings.
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Radford
Sue Graham Linkous
Radford Community Hospital
Shirley Porter
William Howard Porter
Baltimore
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