FBI Director Testifies At Indian Movement Trial
FBI Director Clarence Kelley testified in Cedar Rapids at the murder trial of two American Indian Movement members charged with killing FBI agents on Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975. Kelley said COINTELPRO was discontinued and no replacement program exists. He described COINTELPRO as aimed at preventing violence in extremist and New Left groups. The defendants Robert Robideau and Darelle Butler face charges for the ambush near Oglala, South Dakota.
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Federal District Court
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Iowa
Darelle Butler
Robert Robideau
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South Dakota
Marlon Brando
Oglala
S.D
Portland
Ore
Rogue River
Jack Coler
Ronald Williams
Volkswagen delays New Stanton plant decision in Pa
Volkswagen postponed choosing New Stanton Pennsylvania for its first U S assembly plant due to unfinished state financing. Gov Shapp must personally intervene delaying a preliminary agreement into August. Brook Park Ohio remains as a backup site with 5000 jobs at peak 800 cars daily in 1983 amid a $200 million state package.
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Wolfsburg
West Germany
Volkswagen
New Stanton
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
Shapp
Toni Schmuecker
U.S
United States
Morning Markets Dip as Dow Slips After Tuesday Fall
NEW YORK AP The stock market settled lower after Tuesday's drop with light trading. The noon Dow Jones industrial average fell 3.68 to 988.13, following an 8.03-point decline Tuesday as losers beat gainers about 3 to 2 on the NYSE. Analysts cited profit taking in basic industry stocks that had led the rally earlier in the year. Active issues Dow Chemical slipped to 45%4, Bethlehem Steel down 43%, U S Steel down 2 to 52% The NYSE composite index eased 0.05 to 55.27 while the American Stock Exchange value index fell 0.08 to 105.18. Volume on the Big Board reached 7.25 million shares in two hours.
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Bethlehem Steel
U.S. Steel
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American Stock Exchange
Power Grid Restored by FPC Ruling in Texas
The Federal Power Commission ordered reconnection of Texas Interconnected System restoring backup power links after May 4 breakup. The order allows the grid to reconnect without federal regulation, and Texas PUC earlier urged reconnection if FPC ruled. The split occurred when West Texas Utilities supplying towns across the Oklahoma line prompted Dallas and Houston utilities to withdraw.
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Federal Power Commission
Texas
al Erwin
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Oklahoma
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Houston Lighting & Power
West Texas
Central Power & Light
San Antonio
Austin
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Today In History July 7 1976 highlights and birthdays
On this day July 7 1846 the American flag rose at Monterey after the Mexican garrison surrendered and California annexation was proclaimed. Other notes include Toussaint L Ouverture declaring Haiti's independence in 1801 and Eisenhower signing the Alaska statehood bill in 1959. Ringo Starr is 36 and Pierre Cardin is 54.
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Calif
U. S
California
Toussaint L‘ouverture
Haiti
France
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Ford
Congress
Ringo Starr
Pierre Cardin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Adams
Abigail
Tornado Alert in Southeast Texas Near Port Arthur
A tornado warning was issued by the National Weather Service for Jefferson County after a funnel was sighted about 3 miles west of Port Arthur near a Gulf Oil refinery around 7 a.m. The tornado was moving north with no reported damage. Widespread damp, warm air covered most of the state with showers from San Antonio to Corpus Christi and Brownsville and clouds extending from the coast to the Hill Country.
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Texas
National Weather Service
Jefferson County
Port Arthur
Gulf Oil Corp
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Austin
Brownwood
Major trucking firm seeks ICC rule change on bulk shipments
Herman Bros Inc of Omaha asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to trim rules for transporting bulk commodities like gasoline and chemicals. A revised rule could let producers replace company trucking with private transport, potentially saving consumers up to 400 million dollars yearly. Oil and petrochemical firms often ship their own goods, but current ICC rules require use of a certified carrier on specific routes.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Herman Bros. Inc
Omaha
Neb
Oil and Petrochemical
ICC
Federal team to probe Alaska oil pipeline welding problem
President Ford ordered a high level fact finding team to Alaska to assess a welding problem delaying the Trans Alaska Pipeline System. The probe will determine if records from an Interior Department audit show 31 000 welds require x rays and which have been properly examined. The effort aims to assess potential completion delays toward the mid 1977 start date.
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Washington
Alaska
Ford
Interior Department
White House
Ron Nessen
Transportation
William Coleman
Interior
Thomas Kleppe
John Barnum
Nessen
Christians advance on north side of Beirut amid fighting
In Beirut, Christians push along the northern enclave edge driving back leftists and Palestinians who entered Christian territory two days earlier. Syrian artillery set the Sidon refinery ablaze by night, with hospital and security sources counting about 500 dead in two days, lifting Civil War toll toward 31,000.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tel Zaatar
Sidon
Tripoli
Benavides School Board Votes to Suspend Supt Lerma
About 300 protesters attended as the Benavides school board again voted to suspend superintendent E. C. Lerma. Deputies shielded directors during the session amid charges of repeated neglect of duties, insubordination, and failure to administer board policies. A prior 6-0 vote to dismiss was halted by a judge’s injunction for Open Meetings Law issues.
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Benavides
Lerma
District Court
Darrell Hester
F.H. Canales
Puzzle Answer Grid Summary
A cryptic style word puzzle excerpt listing numbered clues and partial hints across multiple lines. It references names, places, and terms such as Colorado Nevada city Yale man Pittsburgh and Sicilian city, with several two word or abbreviated hints. The exact solution set is not provided in the readable fragment.
Cryptoquote puzzle and a Marcel Proust quote
Daily cryptogram instructions explain a simple substitution cipher with one letter per real letter. The sample shows A representing L and X representing O. It features a cryptogram line and a quotation from Marcel Proust: Happiness is beneficial for the body but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
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Marcel Proust
Houston fire underlines fireworks ban impact
Houston AP reports fire department spokesman says illegal Fourth of July fireworks caused nine house fires during the holiday period the most since the city began enforcing its 1969 ban highlighting safety and enforcement concerns.
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Houston
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Popular Democratic Front For the Liberation of Palestine
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