American evacuation urged as heavy fighting grips Nicaraguan towns
Reports say evacuees flee rebel pockets while intense clashes erupt around Masaya Penas Aco Jinotepe and nearby towns. Residents describe a chaotic scene with automatic fire and explosions. one survivor recalls a city in madhouse like panic. No injuries reported, fire lines kept civilians pinned for hours. The State Department aims for a ceasefire and political concessions amid the turmoil.
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Brate Department
Actes
Nicaragua
Mitchell loses first round in freedom bid
Former Attorney General John N Mitchell loses a bid for immediate release from a federal prison camp. Judge Frank M Johnson Jr denies a hearing on his challenge to the Parole Commission and upholds a January parole date after a five month medical furlough. Mitchell’s case references two other Nixon aides and ongoing appeals over credit for furlough and due process claims.
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Montgomery
Aca
John N. Michell
U.S
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Mitchell
U.S. Parole Commission
Atlanta
Watergate
Commission
Johnson
Whigh
Nixon
John Erlichman
H.R. Haldeman
Wichita fires police over strike activity
Labor strife in Wichita Kansas led to the firing of about 126 police officers who joined a strike petition while 34 others also signed. Police Chief Richard LaMunyon vowed not to rehire the officers as Sedgwick County Judge Calvert allowed city to resume processing terminations. In Manchester New Hampshire firefighters ended a 14 day strike and began relief work for National Guardsmen after accepting a wage and hour proposal with federal mediation.
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Associated Press
Wichita
Kan
Manchester
N.H
Richard LaMunyon
Art Vesch
Sedgwick County
David Calvert
Calvert
New Hampshire
National Guardsmen
Superior Court
Escapees free hostages in Arkansas after prison break
An elderly Arkansas couple, held by four Tennessee escapees from a Dickson prison break, were released near Covington, Kentucky. Ronald Lyons and Larry Chism fled after hijacking a pickup and a car, with Lyons wounded. Floyd Brewer and George Bonds were captured in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. The Kings returned home as officials pursued leads.
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Mountain Home
Ark
Arkansas
Tennessee
FBI
J Vebe Tee Beak
Covington
Charles Harper
Ronald Lyons
Dickson
Tenn
Kentucky
John Kenney
Little Rock
Lyons
Unism
Brewer
Bonds
Chism
Kings
Calico Rock
North
Leon City Under Fire as Nicaragua Troops Move In
Refugees describe chaos as national guard and reinforcements bombards Leon with planes helicopters and rockets to uproot insurgents who have held the city for days. Civilians flee to checkpoints as looting and hunger spread while a tank-led advance begins a house by house push toward the besieged garrison.
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Leon
Nicaragua
National Guard
Juan Alvarez
Ministry of Public Works
Managua
Striking teachers defy courts amid broad school strikes
Across the nation teachers remain jailed or under court orders as protests widen. In Bridgeport and several California and Michigan districts talks falter, with thousands of students affected. Jail fines mount for strikers and unions while negotiations resume as student attendance dips.
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Banewee Ae
Cleveland
Seattle
Tacoma
Everett
Wash
San Francisco
Michigan
Bridgeport
Jefferson Union High School
CIA torture vault revealed at assassination hearings
CIA officials testified before the House Assassinations Committee that Yuri Nosenko was kept in a bare concrete vault and subjected to harsh isolation and mental harassment for nearly three years to extract information about Oswald. Critics called the method an abomination and a violation of human rights, while one spokesman noted the aim was to confirm or refute KGB ties.
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Washington
CIA
Lee Harvey Oswald
Central Intelligence Agency
House
Yuri Nosenko
Tiue Peer Cha
John Simond Hart
Harold Sawyer
Reich
Nosenko
Hart
Agency
Oswald
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Soviet Union
CLA
Looney bin
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Harry A. Hanna
Potomac Valley
American Theater Organ Society
Lee Erwin
Arthur Godfrey
Moon River
National Television
Sherlock JR
Buster Keaton
Featurin
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Weinberg Center For the Performing Ants
Tiveli Theatre
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