American pilot faces border charges for fleeing with refugees
Barry Meeker a 33 year old Hartford Connecticut native and Vietnam veteran is under investigation for illegal border crossing from West Germany into Austria and other charges after flying three East German refugees out of Czechoslovakia under fire. He said friendship motivated the perilous mission and that the wounded girl and two men were brought to Traunstein hospital.
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West Germany
Czechoslovakia
Barry Meeker
Hartford
Meeker
Special Forces
Thaddeus K
Marburg
Europe
Foreign Ministry
Ottawa City Commission Agenda For 5 P M Wednesday
The Ottawa City Commission meets at City Hall to act on sewer system improvements including Princeton Street Main Sewer and Lift Station. It also considers rezoning land south of Gibson lot for a bowling alley, approves United Missouri Bank bid of 278,779.28 for general obligation bonds, handles a damage claim by George Small after a fallen limb, orders Extension No 1 to Lateral Sewer District No 155, and weighs curtailing parking meter operations on a trial basis.
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Princeton Street
Act On
Planning Commission
Gibson Parking Lot
United Missouri Bank
George Small
Ford warns on detente and SALT funding
President Ford told the American Legion in Minneapolis that detente is not a license to fish in troubled waters and urged approval of a SALT II pact by fall. He warned he may seek a $2.8 billion increase for the next two years if SALT III fails. The audience of about 7,500 applauded mainly for a strong defense stance amid anti-Communist sentiment.
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Minneapolis
Ford
Soviet Union
American Legionnaires
United States
Portugal
Pekin
Peoria
Legion
Convention Center
American Legion
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Secretary of Defense
Nationalizing US Oil Industry Moves Toward Venezuela Plan
Caracas AP distills a bill to nationalize the 2.5 million barrel per day US oil industry, sending it to President Perez for signature. Senate and House reconcile minor changes. foreign firms would be compensated in bonds over 10 years, with assets valued near 1.1 billion dollars.
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Venezuela
Carlos Andres Perez
Senate
Petroleos Venezolano
Petroven
Exxon
Royal Dutch Shell
Gulf
Texaco
Mobil
Sun Oil
Venezuelan
Longshoremen stage boycott of Soviet grain shipments
Longshoremen in Houston began refusing to load two Soviet freighters bound for the Soviet Union, sparking White House and AFL CIO reactions. President Ford said he was disturbed by the action while union leaders warned it could raise U.S. grain prices. Governor Bennett condemned the move as arrogant, and Kansas Farm Bureau eyed possible legal action against AFL CIO and the International Longshoremen's Association.
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Associated Press
U.S
Soviet Union
Port Houston
Ford
Willie Wells
International Longshoremen’s Association
Houston
International
Wells
Russia
Minneapolis
Great Lakes
Gulf
East Coast
Meany
Washington
Afl-Cio
Ford Administration
Robert F. Bennett
Kansas
Midwest
Bennett
U. S
Kansas Farm Bureau
John Junior Armstrong
AFL Cio
International Longshoremen's Association
Armstrong
Hope For Building Industry Hope For Building Industry
Washington AP reports the U S home building industry may have hit its slowest year since WWII but signs point to a bottoming out. Commerce Dept shows July housing starts at 1.238 million units annual rate, up 14 percent from June yet still 5 percent below last year and 34 percent behind 1973 overall.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Weather Forecast Warm Nights With Scattered Thunder Showers
Generally partly cloudy with widely scattered mainly late afternoon and nighttime thunder showers through Wednesday. Continued hot days and a warm night. High Wednesday mid 90s to around 100, low nights upper 70s to near 80. Winds southerly diminishing tonight. Precipitation probability 20 percent tonight.
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Hickory
Ottawa City Commission
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Ioeey
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Gulf Coasts
Hope For Building Industry
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