Italy Seeks Hanoi Expert for Detox Efforts in Seveso incident
Rome reports Italy inviting a Hanoi specialist to help treat residents exposed to the Seveso chemical cloud. Evacuation of nearly 1,000 people near the ICMESA plant north of Milan continued as tests found traces of dioxin in rabbit carcasses.
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UPD
Italy
Ton Thil Thut
Hanoi
Viet Dun Hosp
U.S
Mary’s Higher Institute of Health
Icmesa
Seveso
Milan
Leveson
James
Five Million Dollar Cash Ransom Plot in Chowchilla Kidnapping
UPI reports 750 pounds of greenbacks were to ransom 26 Chowchilla school children and their driver. The plan collapsed as victims escaped an underground prison after 16 hours. Suspects Fred Woods James Schoenfeld and Richard Schoenfeld face 43 charges. Bail is set at 1 million each.
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UPI
Chowchilla
Calif
Fred Newhall Woods
James Schoenfeld
Richard
Woods
California
ChowchiJla
Santa Cruz Mountains
Sacramento County
Ed Bates
Madera
Alameda County
FBI
Vancouver
Canada
Menlo Park
Moslem Leftists Accuse Syria of Violating Truce
In Beirut and Sidon regions fighting intensifies as leftists claim Syrian troops push east from Jezzin toward Rum. Libyan arms aid to Palestinians and leftist Lebanese fighters cited amid stalled Tal Zaatar evacuation talks under Christian siege. Damascus Radio reports Mahmoud Al Ayoubi's resignation.
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Lebanon
UPI
Sidon
Libya
Wostem
Nabaa
Tal Zaatar
Damascus Radio
Mahmoud al Ayoubi
Abdel Rahman Khleifawi
Khleifawi
Hate Assad
Ayoubi
Cal. Moammar
Khadafy
Dezzin
Jezzin
Rum
al Anwar
Street Fight Sends Two to Hospitals in Fort Walton Beach
Street fight on Dowdell Street in Fort Walton Beach Saturday evening left two men hospitalized. Fred Bradley, 44, of 40 Buchanan St., is in serious condition in West Florida Hospital Pensacola ICU with head and leg injuries. Johnny G. Simmons, 33, of 311 Elaine St., is listed in good condition at General Hospital of Fort Walton Beach. Police say pool cues were used in the roadway brawl.
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Fort Walton Beach
Fred Bradley
Buchanan St
West Florida
Pensacola
Bradley
General Hospital
Johnny G. Simmons
Elaine St
Amin hostile to 300 Britons still in Uganda
In Uganda, warnings from President Idi Amin and the arrest of two Britons sparked fears the nearly 300 Britons remaining there could be used as political pawns. Uganda’s defense minister and several officers were reportedly arrested to forestall a mutiny, while diplomacy continued between Uganda, Kenya, and the OAU.
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Kenya
UFD
Idi Amin
Uganda
Amin
Sunday Nation
William Eteki
Organization of African Unity
Kampala
Shikoku
Rusk Pressed Congress on Indochina War Nationalism
Senate records reveal Dean Rusk in 1950 called the Indochina War a nationalist dispute and a political problem more than military. He said Ho Chi Minh could win if France exited, and noted a U S preference for Bao Dai amid hopes France would withdraw peacefully. He warned the fighting might not be short but unlikely to last long.
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UPI
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Middle East
State Department
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Johnson
Witte
Kremlin
Bao Dai
Paris
Rus
Acheson Claims Red Spies Operated Mostly Through Minor Workers
Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson testified in 1949 that Soviet spying likely relied on low level workers such as stenographers janitors and charwomen rather than top officials. He defended his friendship with Alger Hiss while noting he would concede if proven wrong.
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UPD
Dean Acheson
Soviet Union
U.S
Alger Hiss
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy
R- Wis
Richard M. Nixon
R-Calif
State Department
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
House Un-American Activities Committee
Nixon Ordered Arms to Iran Prompting Out‑of‑Control Sales
Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported Nixon secretly directed U.S. arms to Iran starting in 1972. The program reportedly included 80 FIM jets, 37 Hawk batteries with 1,800 missiles, and six new destroyers, with sales tracking failing and a secret agent later linked to Iran. Secretary Kissinger to meet in Tehran amid debate over policy implications.
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UPI
Richard Nixon
Iran
Pentagon Contri
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
United States
U.S. Navy
Pentagon
Defense
James Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Richard Hollock
U.S
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Dminn
Foreign Relations Committee
Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger
Teheran
Chinese Urge Embassies Out After Earthquake Warning
Chinese officials urged embassies to evacuate nonessential personnel as a new earthquake warning spread. U.S. dependents booked on flights to Tokyo, with 11 more to depart in days. other missions prepared to relocate dependents within or outside China.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Peking
U.S
China
David Dean
Tokyo
Schweiker Backs Reagan as Virginia Delegates Rally Support
United Press International reports Ronald Reagan supporters in Virginia show loyalty to the Illinois candidate. Richard Schweiker defends liberal legislation and says he will back Reagan, while Ford’s activity appears limited ahead of the Kansas City convention. Virginia delegates tally shows 34 for Reagan, 12 for Ford, five uncommitted.
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United Press International
Ronald Reagan
Virginia
Kansas City
California
Schweicker
Richmond
Richard Schweiker
Humphrey-Hawkins
Ines
Reagan
UPI
Ford
Schweiker
John Sears
South African Black Leaders Urge Autonomy in Soweto Meeting
In Soweto, leaders after six weeks of riots urge parents to send children back to school as police report calm at the first mass rally approved by the government. Mayor Makhaya and Soweto leaders called for autonomy and maintained high cooperation from residents while reinforcing patrols.
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South Africa
UPI
Soweto
T.J. Makhaya
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