Swedish bank robbers linked to U S trip and prison escape
Police report a gang led by Hansson and Olofsson robbed a Goteborg bank of 4000 dollars after Olofsson joined from prison. Hansson, who had lived in the United States and Canada, was deported in 1972 and later returned to Sweden. His wife and child were in the United States, location unknown.
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Glofsson
Norderping
Stockholm
Hansson
United States
Sweden
Ameri
Canada
Olofsson
Goteborg
Air-conditioner at Harbor Division Police Station Troubles Again
The White Elephant, the basement air conditioner at Harbor Division Police Station, failed during hot weather. It quieted during an August 18 electrical storm and stayed off until repairs on Wednesday. It worked Thursday, then quit again after midnight, staying off until 2 am. It ran briefly, quit at 1 am, and remained off as of cooler weather.
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Harbor Division
London Stock Exchange Bomb Attack Shocks City
A letter bomb exploded on the London Stock Exchange on the 22nd floor injuring the secretary general George Brind and his secretary Joanna Knight. Scotland Yard links the wave of bombs to Northern Ireland terrorists, with Prime Minister Heath targets and multiple hoaxes across government offices and public spaces.
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London
London Stock Exchange
the Exchange
Scotland Yard
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
The
Stock Exchange
George W. R. Brind
Joanna Knight
Brind
Miss Knight
George Loveday
Stock Exchange Council
Mart
Leiter
Edward Heath
Creatives
No. 10
Downing St
Heath
Checquers
White House denies Agnew betrayal leaks probe widens
The attorney general ordered an extensive inquiry into leaks about the Agnew investigation and requested FBI personnel as needed. DOJ sources speculated leaks could originate from the White House or law enforcement. Agnew reacted with anger, criticizing the leaks at a news conference, while President Nixon denounced them at his San Clemente briefing.
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FBI
Pommerening
Justice Department
White House
Agnew
Time Magazine
Maryland
Nixon
San Clemente
Richardson
Rescue Efforts Continue At Lakeshore Mine Amid Hope
Spokesman reports rescuers plan to speed up after passing a large machine as air and water lines stay intact. Two men trapped in a long dead end section have about four days of air, with fire in the mine reduced and timbers shored. Authorities in Baltimore oversee investigation while Papago Reservation isolation continues and rumors persist.
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Army
Roland W. Allard
Madison
Ohio
Allard
Turnbull
Dim Hunter
Reseus
Storkmen
Hunter
Turnbow
Lakeshore
Papago Indian Reservation
Casa Grande
Skylab astronauts hook up sixpack gyros outside station
Two Skylab 2 astronauts Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma left the labora tory systern at 12 24 p m EDT 270 miles above the South Atlantic to install a new sixpack of gyroscopes. They attached a 23 foot cable at four points and reported successful connections while changing film in solar telescopes.
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Howard Benedict
Associated Press
Owen K. Garriott
Jack
R. Lousma
South Atlantic Ocean
Lousma
Garriott
Bruce McCandless
Beaulini
Death penalty backers win key California victory
In Sacramento the Assembly Criminal Justice Committee approved an amended bill restoring the death penalty, despite Democratic hesitance. The measure replaces death with life without parole in early drafts, with plans to restore capital punishment on the Assembly floor. Supporters frame the action as a necessary deterrent, while opponents call it a setback for California.
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Sacramento
Assembly Criminal Justice Committee
Assembly
California
Ray Seeley
H Riverside
Sen
Deukmejsen
Robert Beverly
Manhattan Beach
Fornia
U.S. Supreme Courts
Henry Waxman
Los Angeles
Alan Sieroty
D-Naverly Hills
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Sete
London Exchange
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Gustav Mah-ler
Euston
Waterloo
Belfast
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U.5
George Beall
Baltimore
Bom Schmidt
Que State Bureau
George Deukmejian
Il Long Beach
Deukmejian
Committee Democrats
Ken Meade
Oakland
Deukmojian
Nis Coir
Cos Cerritos Center
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