Nixon avows he is innocent
A hijacked Arab jet carrying 119 passengers landed at Lod, Israeli forces freed all aboard with no shots fired. The hijacker, a 25 year old in a green suit, was seized and later questioned, while Lebanese sources claimed an Israeli operation to capture Palestinians.
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Israel
Tel Aviv
UPI
Middle East Airways
Lod International
New York
Pales
Cyprus
Armed Forces
David Flazar
Tod
Beirut
Israel defies UN censure on hunt for guerrilla leaders
In Jerusalem Israel rejected a United Nations Security Council censure, vowing to pursue Palestinian guerrilla leaders beyond international law. Lt. Gen. David Elasar said terrorists cannot be reached within international law, while a Lebanese airliner interception last Friday was cited as proof of ongoing operations. The Security Council condemned the action unanimously, but Israel's UN ambassador condemned the text as one-sided.
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Jerusalem
al-Israe
U.N. Security Council
Israel
David Elsgar
United States
Security Council
United Nations
Yosef Tekoah
Middle East
Action Line helps readers cut through red tape
The notice invites readers to write ACTION LINE Box 230 Long Beach California 90844 or call 432 3451 between 9am and 5pm Monday through Friday to get assistance and answers. It warns not to send original documents and notes questions chosen for public interest.
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Long Beach
Calif
Why meat prices have risen and who profits
A reader asks why meal prices climbed so sharply and ACTION LINE explains that meat price hikes largely boost profits for the meat supply chain. An economist notes higher profits for farmers processors and merchandisers while demand outstrips supply, with livestock feed firms also earning large gains.
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Action Line
D. O
Long Beach
Pri Ily
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Arab attack claims third American dies at Athens airport
Athens police said 16 year old Lara Haack of Milwaukee died from grenade fragment injuries after the August 11 attack at Athens airport. The U S embassy said her body will be shipped home. Two other Americans Albert Kerson and Jeanie Salanti and an Asian were killed. 5a other people wounded as two Arab terrorists fired at travelers seeking flights to New York and other destinations.
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Athens
API
Milwaukee
Lara Haack
U.S
Albert Kerson
Union
N.J
Jeanie Salanti
Highland Park
New York
Long Beach Police face missing children linked to mass murders
The Long Beach Police Department details cases of missing and runaway children in connection with the Houston mass murders. The note appears in a newspaper’s feature sections, spanning several pages and columns.
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Long Beach
Houston
Tax cut plan advances in California legislature
Sacramento reports a bipartisan tax relief package moving to the Senate and Assembly. It cuts the state sales tax by one cent per dollar for six months and would issue onetime rebates averaging 40 percent of income tax bills next spring. It would eliminate state income tax for married couples earning 8000 or less and single filers earning 4000 or less.
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Sacramento
Senate
Assembly
California
Moretti
Reagan
Nixon Watergate speech draws diverse listening groups
The Knox dairy farm family in Weare NH watched the Watergate address with neighbors and locals across income and politics. A 55 year old neighbor wandered in, while a 43 year old father, a 61 year old mother, and a 22 year old son with his fiancée observed quietly. The report, filed from multiple cities, notes Americans from bars to mansions tuned in as the president spoke on television.
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Jeffrey C. Alderman
Associated Press
Knox Dairy Farm
Weare
Watergate
Leslie Knox
Barbara
Jean
Paul
Marda Griswold
Martha
Nixon
Joe Tybor
Chicago
William DiMascio
Harrisburg
John Broder
Miami
Alexander G. Higgins
Concord
Terry Kirkpatrick
New Orleans
Ann Blackman
Washington
Mark Kautz
San Francisco
Nixon bets on public opinion as juries loom
Washington reports a hung jury feeling as President Nixon gambles on court of public opinion after appearing before the public Wednesday night.
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Washington
Nixon
Court of Public Opinion
Torrance Policemen Shot as Gunman Falls to Partner Fire
A 28 year old rifleman wounded veteran Torrance officer Fred Jackman 41 then shot at his partner Larry Davis 22 who fired six shots killing the gunman Lewis E. Frazier of Wichita Kan in a northwest Torrance residential area at Amie Avenue and Redondo Beach Boulevard. Jackman was in fair condition at Memorial Hospital Gardena with a shattered shoulder and hand injury. The scene ended with the gunman pronounced dead at the scene. The incident occurred after responding to a man with a gun call at 2 17 a.m.
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Torrance
Fred Jackman
Jackman
Memorial Hospital
Gardena
Paul Nowarke
Larry Davis
Amie Ave
Nowatke
Nagis
Nixon Defends Innocence as Watergate Tapes Debate Continues
President Nixon urged the nation to let courts decide guilt or innocence in Watergate, accepting responsibility for aides actions while denying involvement. He defended not turning over presidential tapes to investigators, criticized Senate disclosure gaps, and urged Americans to move beyond Watergate to tackle urgent national and world challenges. Goldwater, Bush, and Strauss offered mixed reactions, stressing credibility and the need to move past the obsession.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate Committee
Senate Watergate Committee
America
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
George Bush
Republican National Committee
Robert Strauss
Democratic National Committee
Weather Outlook For L B Area And Regions
Night and morning fog and low clouds then sunny in the L B area with a low around 64 and a high near 79. Mountains stay mostly fair with possible afternoon thunder showers in southern districts and a high near 84. Deserts show mostly fair conditions with afternoon thunder storms and gusty winds in northern sectors, low about 72.
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