Peace Corps volunteers freed after Uganda incident
112 Peace Corps volunteers were transferred under guard to a Lake Victoria hotel after a chaotic border incident at Kampala. Their YC10 jet had been ordered down by Amin as it crossed into Uganda while border tensions and suspicions ran high. They later flew to Nairobi with British and American staff aboard as Peace Corps activities in Uganda ended amid anti-Western sentiment and civil disorder.
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Lake Victoria
Zaire
Congo
Patebbe
Amin
Albert Bongo
Gabon
Radio
Uganda
Rwanda
Burundi
Peace Corps
East African Airways
Nairobi
Kenya
Plane Crashes Off Santa Barbara With Five Aboard
Coast Guard launches air and sea search for a Piper plane that went down about one mile off Goleta Point during radar approach to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport. Pilot identified as H R Jones of Port Washington New York. passengers and destination unknown. Engine cut out heard near midnight followed by splash. search by helicopter, Anacapa, Philips California, and Pacific Ranger.
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Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Channel
Santa Barbara Municipal
Coast Guard
Larry Manley
Goleta Point
H.R. Jones
Port Washington
N.Y
Manley
University of California At Santa Barbara
Philips California
Pacific Ranger
Mexico flood kills 30 persons near Lake Chapala
Rescue workers search for bodies after a wall of water swamped three fishing towns on Lake Chapala. At least 30 killed, 17 children, 27 injured. Towns Geotlan San Pedro Itzicun Mazcalá were flooded. 3,000 adobe homes wiped out. roads blocked. boats used for rescue.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Lake
Chapala
Chapata
Qeotlan
San Pedro Itzican
Mazcala
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GAO critique of 1972 Russia wheat sale subsidy
The 1972 Russian wheat sale was the largest private grain export to Russia evaluated under a subsidy program. GAO questions kept low target prices and high subsidies, noting timing gaps in crop data to farmers and urging joint government business collaboration to improve foreign agricultural information sharing and ground rules for exports.
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Russia
U.S
Agriculture Department
Department
GAO
GAQ
Congress
San Pedro boys rescued from shale on Mt Pinos slope
Roman and two San Pedro youths, Steven and Robert Craig, with a friend John Kane, were trapped in loose shale on the north side of San Emidio Mountain near Cloudburst Canyon. Ground crews and sheriff deputies aided, then a China Lake helicopter airlifted them to safety after daylight.
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Prazier Park
UPI
Roman
Nolita
Mt. Pinos
Bill Craig
San Pedro
Steven
Robert
John Kane
San Emidio Mountain
Cloudburst Canyon
Craig
Kern County Sheriff's Deputies
Forest Service
Kern
China Lake Naval Weap
Girl, dog, Marine found safe in desert search
A 7 year old girl, Debbie Wilson of Joshua Tree, and her dog were found safe after nearly 24 hours wandering in Mojave Desert. A 100 member rescue party using helicopters and planes located her about one mile from Mid-Ibish campground, 68 miles southeast of Baker. Marine David Fetzer, stationed at San Diego Recruit Depot, was also rescued Sunday in Anza Borrego after hiking with three companions. they became lost during a five mile stretch and walked to a store to summon help.
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Raker
Likle
Debbie Wilson
Joshua
Tree
Debbie
Mojave Desert
Aniles
Baker
David Fetzer
Anza Borrego
San Diego County
Sven
Felzer
San Diego
Nixon refuses to appear as Watergate hearings loom
Senate Watergate panel debates Nixon papers and subpoenas as three networks pledge live coverage. Some members urge release of public records while Nixon insists on refusal. Supporters say the committee can work with or without him and probes to public records stance.
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ABC
Atty
John N. Mitchell
NBC
CBS
Nixon
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Sens
Edward J. Gulley
Ria
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Tye
Talmadge
Senate
GOP Eyes Assembly Seat Victory in Stockton Special
Republicans hope to win a Stockton area Assembly seat Tuesday in a special election. Doug Carter, 29, challenges Democrat Carmen Perino, San Joaquin County supervisor, to fill the vacancy left by Robert T. Monagan who joined the Nixon administration. Democratic registration in the district favors Democrats by roughly 56 to 88 percent.
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Stockton
Doug Carter
Carmen Perino
San Joaquin
Carter
Robert T. Monagan
Nixon visits Missouri for FBI director oath taking
President Nixon flew from the White House to Kansas City for the swearing in of Clarence M. Kelley as FBI director in the Federal Office Building. Missouri Governor Bond and U.S. District Judge Becker attended as Kelley took the oath. Nixon planned a brief public appearance before returning to Washington as the Watergate committee resumes hearings after the holiday break.
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Nixon
San Clemente White House
Kansas City
Clarence M. Kelley
FBI
Federal Office
Kelley
Pekin, Jr
A Memorial
Congressional Research Center
Everett M. Dirksen
Missouri
Christopher 5. Bond
William H. Becker
U.S. District Court In
Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Nip fire at lion country near Lion Country Safari
A large brush fire in Grange County burned about 80 acres in a remote area west of Lion Country Safari. The blaze began around 3 pm in cattle-grazing fields near UC Irvine and was contained by 7 pm with Costa Mesa police helicopter locating hot spots. Orange County Fire Department units and bulldozers aided under Chief Jim Radiey. no injuries or structure damage reported.
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Grange County
Lion Country Safari
University of California At
Ryine
Costa Mesa
Orange County Fire Department
Brin
Jim Radiey
Poll finds 71 percent say Nixon involved in Watergate
Gallup poll taken June 22 to 25 shows 71 percent of Americans believe President Nixon had involvement with Watergate or the cover up, while 18 percent think he should be removed from office. The survey also notes 98 percent aware of the scandal and details split on who knew what.
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Princeton
Nixon
Gallup
John W. Dean
Billionaire Simon's Safe Rifled in Los Angeles Heist
Burglars used crowbars and acetylene torches to breach Norton Simon's Wilshire Boulevard office on the 12th floor. They carried the three-font safe to the basement then dumped it in an unused office, escaping with about 76,000 in U S securities and 20,100 in foreign currency. Police reported the theft Saturday night but not until Sunday afternoon due to a reporting delay between company officers and security.
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Los Angeles
Norton Simon
Wilshire Boulevard
Company
Robert McFarland
Hey
Norton
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Ens Center
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