Kidnapped whisky heir Bronfman safe at mother's home
Samuel Bronfman II is in safe seclusion as authorities reject a rival claim that two more suspects eluded capture. Dominic Byrne and Melvin Lynch face extortion and mail fraud charges after two men allegedly forced Byrne to drive for the ransom plot. FBI says no further arrests expected following disclosure of $2.3 million recovered.
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Bronfman
Mel Patrick Lynch
FBI
New York
Samuel Bronfman II
Samuel Bronfman 2d
Dominic Byrne
Melvin Patrick Lynch
Byrne
J. Wallace LaPrade
Ford to tour six cities in four states with shale mine stop
President Ford launches a two day trek to six cities in four states beginning with an early stop at an experimental oil shale mine in Rifle Colorado. He will deliver seven speeches highlighting shale oil as a path to greater domestic energy and reduced foreign oil dependence with stops in Colorado and Iowa followed by a night in Minneapolis and a Tuesday visit to Illinois.
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Vail, Colo
Ford
Rifle, Colo
Colorado
Iowa
Minneapolis
Illinois
Rifle Mine
United States
Yields lowered harvest delayed by rains in Texas
Weather slowed Texas harvesting with rains delaying sorghum and hay and hampering rice. Cotton faces possible yield and grade losses in Rio Grande Valley and Coastal Bend while bollworms bite South Plains and Rolling Plains. Livestock in good condition though parasites rise.
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College Station
Tex
South Central
Texas
John Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Rio Grande Valley
Coastal Bend
Hutchison
South Plains
Rolling Plains
Panhandle
North Central
East Texas
Upper Gulf Coastal
West
West Central
Gulf Coast
South
Central
Blacklands
Scott Harrisburg Harassment Case Highlights FBI Tactics
Attorneys for sports critic Jack Scott and Micki Scott allege massive FBI harassment as agents search for fugitive Patricia Hearst. They say surveillance intensified this year forcing the couple to hide from Feb 27 to Apr 10, with papers filed ahead of a court hearing in Bridgeport. A parallel note from Bridgeport mentions a halfway house using dogs to aid alcoholics, speaking on emotional needs and canine companionship.
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Harrisburg
Jack Scott
Micki
FBI
Patricia Hearst
Scotts
Bridgeport
Soviet S19 ICBM Suffers Two Flight Failures
AP reports two consecutive failures of the Soviet S19 intercontinental ballistic missile during training launches in June and July. The faults occurred in the second stage after a prior streak of 25 successful tests. The SS19, with an estimated range of 6,300 miles, is viewed by U.S. experts as the most successful of four new Soviet ICBMs.
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W. Shington
Russia
U.S
Bomb damages Algerian Embassy in Rome and bomb found on doorstep
A bomb shattered a window at the Algerian Embassy in Rome and damaged a car outside. Police found a message in a telephone booth signed Opposition Algerienne claiming protest against the Algerian government. In London explosives experts defused a small bomb at the embassy doorway. A caller to AP said the device was the first in a series to topple Boumediene and win free elections.
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Rome
Algerienne
London
Scotland Yard
Associated Press
Houari Boumediene
Polar ice blocks Alaska oil fleet in stalled flotilla
A 10 mile Antarctic like armada of 23 tugs and 47 barges carrying 184 crewmen and 140000 tons of oil field cargo is held by undisturbed ice off Ley Cape after the fleet retreated from Wainwright toward Prudhoe Bay. Sealift officials remain confident thaw winds will free the ice and push the convoy into the North Slope fields as in prior summers.
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Icy Cape
Alaska
North Slope
Washington
Puget Sound
Prudhoe Bay
Prudhoe
Sealift
Southwest Texas State grads five from Port Lavaca
Five Port Lavaca students were among nearly 800 degree recipients at Southwest Texas State University's summer commencement held Saturday at Evans Field. Lt. Governor Bill Hobby gave the address. Recipients included Ronnie E. Tanner Master of Arts in History. Jeffry Lawrence Associate in Applied Science. Robert E. George Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Nita Shaver Bachelor of Science in Education Speech. Sandra Gail Nite Bachelor of Science.
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San Marcos
Port Lavaca
Southwest Texas State University
Evans Field
Bill Hobby
Ralph R. Tanner
Lawrence
Jack Lawrence
George
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