Northeast Texas town foils bank robbery and hostage plot
In Caddo Mills two men escaped with a hostage after robbing Caddo Mills State National Bank. About 25 townspeople pursued, halted the suspects eight miles away. The robbers, former Texas troopers George P. Marshall and Tommy Lee Deal, were captured and jailed on $100,000 bonds. Miss Sherri Johnson, 19, remained shaken but unharmed.
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Caddo Mills State National Bank
Sherri Johnson
Texas
George P. Marshall
Garland
Tommy Lee Deal
Houston
Hunt County
Greenville
Deal
Webster
Department of Public Safety
Marshall
Dallas County
Bobby Chapman
Chapman
Larry Bost
Bost
Miss Johnson
Gordon Anderson
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Excessive secrecy blamed for failure to predict 1973 Mideast fighting
Rep. Otis G. Pike chairing the House Intelligence Committee faulted U S intelligence secrecy for blocking advance warning before the 1973 Middle East war. He cited intercepted Egyptian communications and said four words from a secret report underscored U S intelligence failures. The panel outlined a compromise to publish material with 24 hour notice and vows to press subpoenas if needed.
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Mideast
Washington
Middle East
United States
House Intelligence Committee
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
U.S
Pike
Vietnam
White House
Ford
Beirut battle intensifies as Moslem Christian gunmen clash
In Beirut, Moslem and Christian gunmen fought street battles with machine guns bombs and grenades. Shelters closed hospitals faced supply shortfalls and police reported many dead and wounded as the government appealed for calm and national reconciliation.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U S
Rashid Karami
Jordan Rejects U.S. Limits on Hawk Missiles
Amman Jordan says it will not buy Hawk antiaircraft missiles from the United States over what it calls insulting use restrictions in President Ford's message to Congress. Prime Minister Zaid Rifai's office quotes a government decision to decline the contract under those conditions.
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Amman
Jordan
United States
Ford
Congress
Zaid Rifai
Eastern Shore patients tested for sleeping sickness
Three Eastern Shore residents at Memorial Hospital face testing for encephalitis after spinal fluid samples are sent to the Maryland state lab in Baltimore. A 22-year-old Talbot County man remains in fair condition in ICU, a 20 year old Caroline County woman and a 27 year old Caroline County man were admitted in the past week. State health officials caution against panic, noting no epidemic and that two confirmed cases in Prince Georges County are recovering.
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Louis Welty
Talbot
Dorchester
State Health Department
Baltimore
Maryland
St. Louis
Prince Georges County
Baltimore judge weighs reduce sentence for Dale Anderson
In Baltimore, the judge who gave former County Executive Dale Anderson a year in prison for political offenses agreed to consider a reduced sentence. The case centers on sentencing for political activity linked to his tenure.
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Baltimore
Dale Ander
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