Arab terrorists face wrist slap and scarce prison time
A review of Arab government responses shows harsh condemnations of terrorism against others, but few terrorists are imprisoned. The piece notes international reactions, U.N. efforts, and ongoing legal fund appeals for former President Nixon, alongside various global incidents in Phnom Penh, Saudia Arabia, and the United States.
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Shirley Christian
Associated Press
Muammar Khadafy
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Legal Defense Fund
Baruch Korff
President Nixon Justice Fund
Nixon
U.N
United Nations. N.Y
United States
United Nations
U.S
France
Orly
Texas loses chairmanships as Poage and Patman are removed
Washington report notes Rep. W R Poage loses Agriculture Committee chairmanship and Rep. Wright Patman drops Banking and Currency post amid reform winds. Texans gain influence through other chairmen but worry about access for cattle and farm groups. observers say Oklahoma and Texas delegation holds several key posts and Poage may focus more on state issues.
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Washington
House-Senate
W.R. Poage
Texas
Poage
Agriculture Committee
Congress
Wright Patman
Banking and Currency Committee
Tex
Elmer W. Henderson
House
Jack Brooks
George H. Mahon
Appropriations
Ray Roberts
Veterans Affairs Committee
Olin E
Feed grain planting up cotton acreage down
Washington AP reports USDA survey shows 1975 feed grains rising to 122 million acres led by sorghum and barley while corn and oats fall. Soybeans up to 57.1 million acres as cotton plantings drop 32 percent to 9.5 million. Upland cotton falls across Texas Oklahoma delta Southeast and western states.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Don Paarlberg
USDA
Paarlberg
Texas
Oklahoma
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Heart attacks decline after long rise in whites
MARCO ISLAND, Fila. AP reports a 30 year rise in heart attack deaths among white men showing a decline now. Dr. Jeremiah Stamler of Northwestern University cites lifestyle changes and better treatment as factors, noting women and non white men also saw increases. Between 1940 and 1958 deaths rose 30 percent in white men 35 to 64, then tapered off to about 463 per 100,000 in the following decade.
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Marco Island
Fila
Jeremiah Stamler
Northwestern University
Stam
U.S. trade with Soviet Union seen stable after pact collapse
U S officials say there will be no dramatic drop in American Soviet commerce despite the col lapse of the 1972 trade accord. They doubt expansion beyond the 1974 level of about 900 million, noting past spikes from the agreement and the recent Moscow cancellation over emigration guarantees and credits.
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Washington
U.S
Ford
State Department
Moscow
Congress
FBI Director Bound by Law On FBI Files Destruction
FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley says he cannot purge or destroy derogatory or unproven allegations about members of Congress. He notes no plan to seek or oppose changes, stressing compliance with law and possible archival approvals. National Archivist James B. Rhoads requires written approval to destroy records, and a House subcommittee will review FBI practices starting Jan 30.
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Congress
Washington
FBI
Clarence M. Kelley
Kelley
James B. Rhoads
Rhoads
James E. O'Neill
National Archives
House Judiciary
Escaped convict captured after four children held hostage
Donald Wayne Cline, 22, who escaped from a penitentiary last October and took four children hostage with a $10,000 ransom, was captured without a fight in London Ontario. Police surrounded the house after he released the children and fled toward Thamesford and Toronto before returning toward London. The captor, known as Uncle Wayne to the hostages, surrendered as officers closed in.
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Ont
Donald Wayne Cline
Cline
George
Donna Field
Thamesford
Mrs. Field
Gail Guest
Robert
Toronto
Red
Wayne
Donald
Kim
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National Association of Home Builders
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