Cyprus cease-fire declared as government flees capital
Turkish forces closed the last gap in their advance and seized one third of Cyprus while both sides announced a cease-fire at dusk. President Clerides fled Nicosia as Turkish planes and mortars pounded the outskirts. Turkish forces moved toward Lefka and Famagusta as government offices stood abandoned.
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Associated Press
Cyprus
Glafcos Clerides
Nicosia
Ankara
Bulent Ecevit
Famagusta
Morphiou
Lefka
Fush
Limas
Notable USPS figures drawn with a critical eye
The Postal Service released a critical look at famous past employees, from Benjamin Franklin’s nepotism to William Faulkner’s discarded mail. Lincoln, Truman, and others are cited for various posts and missteps, framed as a historical “lowdown” rather than a damning list.
Vinyl chloride ban hits spray paints and aerosols
The Consumer Product Safety Commission bans vinyl chloride in aerosol paints and related products. Banned items include paints, finishes, coatings, removers, adhesives, and solvents. Manufacturers and retailers must post affected products. consumers may return them for refunds. The move follows health concerns linked to liver cancer and prior bans by EPA and FDA on related products.
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Washington
UPI
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Solons furious over dirty tricks in Record
Rep Earl Landgrebe hoax speech in the Congressional Record urges Ford to nominate Nixon as vice president then resign after confirmation. The episode triggers anger from Landgrebe and Speaker Albert as readers note such records often contain speeches not delivered on the floor.
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Solons
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Congress
Earl Landgrche
R-Ind
Congressional Record
Ford
Nixon
House
Senate
Landgrebe
Flouse
Carl Albert
Ford weighs wage price freeze after meeting with Fitzsimmons
President Ford met with Teamsters leader Frank Fitzsimmons seeking a nationwide price and wage freeze to shock the public into reality. Fitzsimmons urged sweeping controls while Ford hinted at a new program from his advisers and avoided committing to mandatory restraints.
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FORD
Teamsters
Frank Fitzsimmons
Washington
UPI
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Congress
Fitzsimmons
Oval Office
White House
Besn
Rest home fire kills six in Brookhaven area
Six patients died when fire destroyed Moore's Rest Home east of Brookhaven Mississippi. A nurse's aide Chris Darnley rescued several patients and another nurse's aide helped evacuate others. Eight residents were unhurt or under observation. King’s Daughters Hospital treated the injured.
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Brookhaven
Miss
Moore’s Rest Home
Chris Darnley
King's Daughters Hospital
Carntey
Darnley
J. C. Smith
Manley A. Burgher
Adolph Beavers Jr
Katie Currie
Willie Waldrop
Tulia Welch
Nannie Lewis
Squeezes by tower bars leads to fatal fall
SAN ANTONIO AP A 20 year old Airman J C Ronnie Scott of Dyess base Abilene squeezed through six inch bars on the HemisFair Tower observation deck and fell 640 feet to his death. His parents and a 19 year old estranged wife survive. Police said he was seen using a pay phone Thursday night before the jump. A guard said he grabbed at him but could not stop the fall. A television newsman had received a call promising a good news story by jumping.
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Harry S. Truman
Grandview
Postal
San Antonio, Tex
HemisFair
J.C. Ronnie Scott
Dyess
Air Force Base
Abilene
Tex
Arlold Scott
Ronnie
Scott
Ford orders aides to hold Nixon tapes
Washington United Press International reports President Ford ordered all Nixon tapes and documents held in the White House custody pending review by prosecutors. White House secretary TerHorst said the move follows counsel guidance with Leon Jaworski's office, preserving potential personal property claims of Nixon as per lawyers St Clair and Kuzhardt.
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Fitzsimmons
General Motors
Ford
Washington
UPI
Ward
Nixon
White House
Special
Watergate Prosecutors Office
Jerry terHorst
Philip Buehen
Leon Jaworski
Terhorst
Buchen
Watergate
James D. St. Clair
J. Fred Kuzhardt
Woman uses shack heat lion off boy
A crude item notes a woman using a shack heater to scare a boy, reported on page IL.8 with line references. The brief entry appears in the classifieds and features minimal detail and no further context.
Nurse's aide shoots man during alleged attempt near Long Beach
A 24-year-old Compton man, Joseph L. Alexander, was shot in the right arm by a nurse's aide on Wardlow Road near the west bound Long Beach freeway overpass after allegedly attempting a robbery. Alexander was booked for investigation of attempted robbery at County USC Medical Center jail ward. The nurse's aide, 24, told officers she was accosted, drew her revolver, and fired once after Alexander grabbed her shoulder.
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Compton
Wardlow Road
Long Beach
Joseph L. Alexander
S. Exmoor Ave
Usc Medical Center
Robert W Schroeder
Robert R. Birdsall
Alexander
Alxander Belo
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New Salem
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