Suspect in jail fire amid Sanford tragedy identified
In Seminole County Jail a blaze killed 11 people including 16 year old Ray McCall and one guard. A 34 others were hospitalized as smoke and blocked exits hindered rescues. McCall had protested a court continuance five minutes before the fire.
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Sanford
Fla
Seminole County
Sanford County
George Proudfoot
Ray McCall
Proudfoot
McCall
Anape
George Harriett
Harriett
Robert Moore
Duane Harrell
Hostages, three lifers push demands at B C Penitentiary
Three life-term inmates hold 15 hostages in a 15 by 15 vault at the British Columbia Penitentiary with a demand for passage to a foreign country. They threaten to kill if not met while officials await federal review and foreign government acceptance.
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New Westminster
B.C
British Columbia
Jim Spears
Vancouver
Williams
B.J. Bultitude
Dragan Cernetic
Canada
Ottawa
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Fraser River
Aly
Communist Party In
Gary Bannerman
CKNW
Bannerman
Andy Bruce
Prince Albert, Sask
Claire Wilson
Douglas Lucas
Winnipeg
Cernetic
Bruce Innes
Thailand lines up China ties while arming up
In Bangkok the cabinet backs new defense purchases from the United States to modernize the 200000 strong armed forces as U S troops prepare to leave next year. The Defense Ministry urged stronger forces before a U S drawdown.
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Bangkok
Thailand
U.S
Asia
China
United States
Defense Ministry
CIA reforms call for joint Congress panel and internal watchdog
President Ford outlined Rockefeller Commission recommendations to curb CIA abuses including a congressional oversight panel similar to the Joint Atomic Energy Committee and a separate executive-branch watchdog. Some evidence on assassination plots would be released to the public, with others sent to the Justice Department and intelligence committees. Ford noted no cover up and discussed broader diplomacy and military posture.
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Congressional Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
Rockefeller Commission
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Executive Branch
Ford
Commission
CIA
Justice Department
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Kennedy
White House
Fidel Castro
Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Frank Chure
Senate Intelligence Committee
Senate Committee
Robert A. Maheu
Howard Hughes
Maheu
Castro
House Intelligence Committee
Lucien N. Nedzi
D-Mich
Nedzi
White House Rose Garden
Ford highlights on CIA report and 1976 bid
President Ford previews the Rockfeller Commission report on CIA activities to the Justice Department for possible prosecution and cites hopes for improved credibility. He discusses unemployment trends, Middle East policy, his 1976 candidacy, and ongoing Europe and security talks, including SALT and Korea troop levels.
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Vietnam
United States
U.S
Middle East
Yitzhak Rabin
South Korea
Washington
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Ford
Helsinki
Finland
Congress
CIA
Rockfeller Commission
Central Intelligence Agency
Justice Department
Israel
Europe
Leonid Brezhnev
Korea
Old YMCA Building on W 6th to Be Demolished
The YMCA building at W. 6th and Poplar will be demolished and the lot cleared under a $5,000 contract with John Toews Demolition Co. City manager Jay Newton reports the work order will trigger a 120 working day completion window, with work possibly starting next week.
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Old ‘“‘Ymca
W. 6Th and Poplar
John
Fair parade date set for Town and Country Fair
The Town and Country Fair parade is scheduled for 6 30 p m on August 11 with the theme New Frontiers to mark the bicentennial. Floats enter via extension office or chamber, or by writing Box 504 Newton. The parade runs from 9th and Main to Main to 1st then west to the fairgrounds with prizes for winning floats. Fred Gonzales chairs the project.
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Harvey County Extension Office
Newton Chamber of Commerce
Harvey Town
Ist
Fairgrounds
Fred Gonzales
Governors press Congress for share of gas tax revenues
Governors from 27 states urged Congress to let states take a percentage of new gas tax revenues, with a proposed amendment allowing pre-emption of one cent of a three cent rise and 20 percent of future increases. The measure avoids taking a stand on the gas tax or energy tariff plans and faces Republican opposition.
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New Orleans
Congress
House
Ford
George Wallace
Wallace
Howver
May Construction Permits Near Half‑Million
May permits reached about 498 thousand dollars per city building inspector Bernie Wondra. Nine new homes valued at 347,960 are planned, compared with two homes totaling 73,500 in 1974. Through May 24, 1975, 107 permits cost 1,967,089. 1974 had 146 permits totaling 1,491,628.
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Bernie Wondra
Israel Girds For Sinai Talks Amid Settlement Push
Israel moves from demanding a nonbelligerency pledge as a precondition for an interim Sinai settlement with Egypt. Prime Minister Rabin heads to Washington for talks with President Ford, Kissinger, and key congressional committees to gauge U.S. support and press for renewed Geneva talks and future borders on Syria and Jordan fronts.
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Washington
Israel
Egypt
Yitzhak Rabin
Ford
Sinai
Rabin
Middle East
Epec
Anwar Sadat
Salzburg
Austria
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Congress
Kissinger
Geneva
Sadat
White House
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House International Affairs Committee
New court fight looms over school financing
In El Dorado Kansas Judge Page Benson ruled he lacks jurisdiction over the Kansas school finance law after 1975 legislative changes. The ruling moots the Feb 25 injunction and opens the case to a new action likely to be appealed to the Kansas Supreme Court by school districts attorney T Richard Liebert.
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EL Dorado
Kan
Butler County
Page Benson
Benson
Asst. Atty
Ronald Hoffman
T. Richard Liebert
Coffeyville
Kansas Supreme Court
Liebert
Weather Data South Central Partly Cloudy Tonight and Wednesday
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with a low in the 50s and a high in the 70s. Northerly winds 5 to 15 mph tonight. At Arpt KIRG the low 55 to 53 and humidity around 92 to 100 percent with a 30.03 inches barometer and light northeast winds.
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