Scotland Yard hunts Bermuda governor murder
Bermuda for Scotland Yard detectives join the inquiry into the slaying of Governor Sir Richard Sharples and his aide Capt. Hugh Sayers outside Government House. authorities say several suspects questioned, no arrests yet. a state of emergency grants police power to prevent suspects leaving the island.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Scotland Yard
Richard Sharples
Hugh Sayers
Government House
Sharples
Horsa
Sir Edward Richards
Bill Wright
Basil Hadrell
Britain
George Duckett
Hugh Salyers
Governor’s House
Gaullists Retain Control of French National Assembly
PARIS AP French voters kept the Gaullists in charge of the National Assembly for another five years while denting the governing coalition's majority. With 486 of 490 districts reported, the Gaullists held 274 seats, the Communist Socialists 181, the Reform Movement 28, and other left splinters the rest. The result underscored leftist momentum and a shift from the 1968 landslide.
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Paris
Gaullists
National Assembly
Gaullist Coalition
Communist-Socialist Alliance
Reform Movement
Union For the Defense of the Republic
Gaullist
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Jacques Duhamel
Democratic Center Party
Maurice Schumann
Armentieres
Rene Pleven
Bordeaux
Jacques Chabar-Delmas
Messmer
Giscard d
Peronist Candidate Wins In Argentine Election
Juan Peron's candidate Hector Campora led in the first round with 48.7 percent of votes, facing Ricardo Balbin in a runoff within a month. Campora, 63, a dentist turned politician, led a broad Peronist coalition as the country votes also chose a new Congress amid military rule ending after seven years.
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Peronist
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Peron
Hector J. Campora
Ricardo Balbin
Radical Civic Union
Campora
Balbin
Artudo Ilia
Peron
Madrid
Navy Recruits Face Odds for Effectiveness Test
The Navy now uses Odds For Effectiveness OFE tables to screen hopefuls. A passing score of at least 69 out of 100 relies on school background, mental tests, and police record. The program aims to raise the quality of men entering the service.
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Washington
Navy
Rogers Forecasts U S Aid for North Vietnam and Southeast Asia
Secretary of State William P. Rogers on CBS Face the Nation said Congress will approve aid to rebuild North Vietnam and other Southeast Asian nations within about 60 days. He backed continuing most favored nation status for the Soviet Union and urged execution for Palestinian terrorists who killed two American diplomats in the Sudan. The Navy reports a program to weed out troublemakers has extended indefinitely, with an Odds For Effectiveness scoring system used to assess recruit potential, weighing education, conduct, tests, and arrests.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
Congress
North Vietnam
Rogers
CBS
Soviet Union
United States
Sudan
Navy
OFE
Byrd Urges Review of U S Cuban Policy
Sen Robert Byrd of West Virginia called in the Senate for a review of U S policy toward Cuba citing changed conditions since diplomatic ties were severed in 1961. He linked moves with China and the Soviet Union to shifts in the international scene and noted many Latin American nations kept or reestablished ties, raising U S isolation risks in the hemisphere.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
China
Soviet Union
U.S
Cuba
Byrd
Senate
Western Hemisphere
Police Ask Wiretap Charges Be Dropped
Harrisburg AP three state troopers ask the U S Third Circuit to halt a court martial over illegal wiretap charges contending impartiality. Judge Herman denied a permanent injunction but postponed the trial to March 19. The troopers, suspended, plan appeals with attorney John Youngman Jr. opposing officials led by Is rael Packer and Lawrence Silver. Wiretapping is illegal in Pennsylvania except under federal court orders.
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Harrisburg
U.S. Dist
R. Dixon Herman
U.S. 3Rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Herman
Cpl
Curtis Guyette
Guyette
Youngman
Commonwealth
Israel Packer
Lawrence Silver
Pennsylvania
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Pierre Messmer
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Alejandro Lanusse
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Steven M. Luchansky
Metro Kardash
Dupont
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