Petit Eyes Niagara Falls Highwire Walk Dream
Philippe Petit the French aerialist who crossed a wire between the World Trade Center towers says he plans to visit Niagara Falls to gauge equipment and talks with U.S. and Canadian officials about a falls walk. He called it a lifelong dream and hopes to perform exactly over the falls if permitted. He previously drew crowds with a WTC stunt and faced trespassing charges before a judge ordered a children’s performance in Central Park.
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N.Y
Philippe Petit
Work Trade Center
New York City
Petit
United States
Canada
World Trade Center
Central Park
Blondin
Niagara River
Falls
King of the road Parker named Hoboes king in Britt Iowa
Slow Motion Shorty Parker was elected to succeed Steam Train Maury Graham as King of the Hoboes by the 1974 Hoha Convention in Britt Iowa. He was also elected a queen Long Looker Mic Senfeld. Shorty says he is from Rochelle Illinois and Mic is from Rockwell City Iowa.
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Shorty’ Parker
Maury" Graham
Hoha
Britt
Iowa
Mic” Senfeld
Shorty
Rochelle, Iil
Mie
Rockwell City
EAB
Philippine First Lady to visit Peking in unofficial trip
Philippine First Lady Imelda R. Marcos travels to Peking on an unofficial visit, signaling potential diplomatic ties with China. Her trip follows President Marcos’s plan to recognize both China and the Soviet bloc, amid Taiwan tensions and earlier Moscow relations.
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Manila
Imelda R. Marcos
Marcos
China
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Moscow
Soviet Union
Philippine
Philippines
Chiang Kai Shek
Republic of China
Taiwan
Europe
Ford's old house lures no buyers
In Grand Rapids Michigan the former Jerry Ford home at 49 Union Street sits empty and derelict with broken windows shattered bottles and overgrown weeds. The Veterans Administration owns it after a defaulted mortgage and has received only a token offer. Neighbors recall Ford family ties and question future restoration while locals debate value and safety.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Jerry Ford
Veterans Administration
Ford
Union Street
John Bierce
Westdale Co
Gray House
Sylvia English
Fthel Henderson
Rosie Sylvester
Gerald R. Ford Sr
Jerry
South Thigh
East Grand Trapids
Miss English
Ford Sr
Kin robbed in visit to grave
In Culver City the mother and sister of an El Monte police officer robbed of 190 dollars while visiting the gravesite of Manuel Areea. They reported a man going through their purses as they returned to their car. the suspect fled. Areea, 31, died after a gunfire mishap involving a ricochet. Paris report notes minister Christian Fouthel, 63, died in Geneva.
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VPD
el Monte
Trinidad Arces
Gloria Sarver
Manuel Areea
Areea
Baldwin Park
Paris
Christian Fouthel
Charles de Gaulle
Geneva
Ford son urges Nixon to admit guilt in Watergate
Michael Ford, the president's eldest son, calls for a confession or admission of any guilt in the Watergate affair. The 24 year old Gordon-Cornwell Seminary student says Nixon could be vindicated by full disclosure, and hopes truth guides the nation. He notes his father’s sadness over Nixon’s case and suggests all involved should face complete evidence.
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Mass
UPI
Michael Ford
Ford
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Gordon-Cornwell Theological Seminary
WEEL
Boston
Ford's Photographer Washington's New White House Photographer
President Ford's new official photographer David Hume Kennerly took more than a dozen pictures on his first full day but cannot say his salary yet. The 27 year old, a Polite r Prize winner, left Time Magazine to join Ford after developing a rapport from prior assignments. Ford once surprised Kennerly on his birthday with a case of Rocky Mountain beer, his favorite.
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Washington
Ford
David Hume Kennerly
Kennerly
Maren
Rocky Mountain
Four Escapees From Lewisburg Prison Flee in Garbage Truck
Roadblocks set up across a wooded mountain area near Lewisburg Pennsylvania as authorities search for four convicts who escaped from the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary by hijacking a garbage truck. Richard B. McCoy Jr. leads the group, with accomplices Joseph W. Havel Larry Bagley and Melvin Walker. The escapees, believed armed, were last seen about 20 miles from the prison.
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Lewisburg, Pa
UPI
Lewisburg Federal Prison
William ©. Bones
Richard BR. McCoy SI
Provo
Utah
Joseph W. Havel
Philadelphia
Larry Bagley
Des Moines
Towa
Melvin D. Walker
Morley
McCoy
United Airlines
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Woman picked to replace Morse in run for Senate
In Oregon Democrat selection Betty Roberts, a Portland attorney, chosen to succeed the late Wayne Morse as nominee for U.S. Senate. Roberts will face Republican Bob Packwood for the seat once Morse’s May primary nomination ended with his July 22 death at 73. If she wins, she becomes Oregon’s second female U.S. senator after Maurine Neuberger. Also reported Miami mayor Charles Fall dies at 56 in Miami Beach after a heart attack.
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Baker, Ore
UPI
Wayne Morse
U.S
Oregon
Betty Roberts
Portland
Bob ‘Ackwood
Morse
Democratic Central Committee
Packworth
Sen. Roberts
Maurine Neuberger
Senate
Miami
Charles F. Fall
Miami Beach
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