Mexico breaks ties with Spain over executions
Mexico announces complete severance of relations with Spain in protest of the Franco regime’s execution of five terrorists. Iberia and Aeromexico flights halted, Spanish officials ordered to leave within 48 hours, and Mexican operations in Spain shut as President Echeverria seeks UN expulsion.
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Strikes put 250000 pupils out of school
Strikes by teachers spread across six states with 250000 pupils affected while 460 Ohio teachers threatened to strike over pay. In Brecksville, bus drivers and cafeteria workers won a 9 percent raise over two years. Williamsville teachers won 16 percent over two years. Boston Teachers Union faces daily 25000 fine.
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Robbery in Barcelona Blamed on Franco Era Repression
In Madrid three men and two women robbed the Spanish social security pay office in Barcelona of 600000 dollars. Two guards were wounded, one reportedly dying. Unofficial sources linked the holdup to FRAP, targeting authorities after recent executions. Demonstrations sparked across Western Europe and Spain faced diplomatic isolation as protests grew.
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Hearst rode cross country with SLA friends after kidnapping
Rolling Stone quotes Patricia Hearst saying she rode with Jack Scott across the United States four months after her Feb 4 1974 kidnapping. She declined Scott’s offer to drive her home, saying she wanted to go where her friends were headed, as Scott and Hearst traveled toward the East Coast to meet SLA members.
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Pennsylvania
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DeFreeze
Nancy Ling Perry
Willie Wolfe
California
Kathleen Soliah
Steve
Rains leave 10 dead and 6,000 homeless in Pa flood
Tropical Storm Eloise drenched the Northeast as floodwaters receded. At least 10 people died, six in Pennsylvania, with more than $100 million in damages and 6,000 homeless. Harrisburg National Guardsmen patrolled briefly as officials warned of water contamination and shellfishing concerns in Chesapeake Bay.
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Overwarning Seen Necessary In Hurricane Warnings
Dr. Neil Frank of the National Hurricane Center says about 75 percent of people under a hurricane warning are over warned yet the precaution remains essential. He spoke after visiting Keesler AFB and touring areas damaged by Hurricane Eloise, noting Gulf Coast residents accept over warning and swift action.
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Bomb plot targets Gulf Oil faces Pittsburgh fright
Federal and local authorities uncovered pipe bombs in underground storage tanks at three Pittsburgh gas stations as part of a multi million dollar extortion plot against Gulf Oil. Two men, Paul Douglass Methven and Larry Shaffer, were arrested amid threats demanding 6.5 million dollars.
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Gulf Oil Corp
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Miami forecaster lauds hurricane tracking limits after Eloise
A Miami based center chief said forecasting Eloise showed they did about as well as possible with 24 hour position errors around 100 miles and landfall 50 miles east of initial estimates. He assessed Mississippi Gulf Coast deluge after Camille as the nation's best prepared. He forecast gradual gains but no dramatic breakthroughs, noting ongoing uncertainties.
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Mississippi Gulf Coast
Sidewalk vendors battle for space at The Drag
Austin AP reports UT sidewalk sellers clash for choice spots near Guadalupe Street. Vendors hire guards, data shows daily income around 300 to 400 dollars, while a jewelry vendor recalls a violent incident. Vendors seek City Council action to curb unsavory activity and establish rules.
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Hormone therapy shows promise for chronic low mood in Worcester
Worcester researchers Drs. Donald Broverman and William Vogel report positive results using high dose sex hormones to treat chronic low mood. They extend prior female estrogen work to men with testosterone, noting hormonal resistance and MAO inhibition as mechanisms and emphasizing safety of natural animal-derived hormones over synthetic estrogens linked to clotting.
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Donald M. Broverman
William Vogel
Worcester State Hopital
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