Bride swallowed by sudden opening in Alexandria street
A 20 year old bride Mrs Mirfat Ahmed Shihata and her husband Anwar Said were walking in Alexandria when the ground opened and swallowed her. The husband was hospitalized in shock after the event. Rescue workers dug 10 yards without locating her. she had been married four months.
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Middle East
Cairo
Mirfat Ahmed Shihata
Anwar Said
Alexandria
Mary V. Downey
CIA
John Downey
New Britain
Mother of kidnapped Modesto baby clings to hope in Granada Hills
A 22 year old Modesto mother and her husband face a two month old kidnapping case as investigators say more than 2000 leads were checked with 500 still unresolved. Mrs Lauver believes the child was sold to a gang for adoption while detectives pursue potential suspects.
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Modesto
Sont
San Fernando Valley
Granada Hills
Pye
Frances May Lauver
Tommy Michael’ Lauver JR
Girl abductee in crash listed in critical condition
Ellen Slater 18, Riverside supermarket executive’s daughter kidnapped on Feb 9 and held three days in Burbank, is in a coma after a Baja California car crash. Chula Vista Hospital officials said her injuries likely won’t affect the kidnapping case against three suspects.
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Ellen Stater
Riverside
Burbank
San Diego
Baja California
Chula Vista Hospital
Ronald Smith
Connally weighs party switch as Watergate fallout tempers move
John B. Connally nearly left the Democratic Party to join the Republicans last week but balked amid furor over White House involvement in the Watergate break in. The former Texas governor, unsure about a 1976 presidential bid, was reportedly deterred by the GOP raid on Democratic HQ.
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New York
John B. Connally
White House
Texas
Watergate
Washington
Connally
Nixon
Democrats For Nixon
GOP
Immunity Granted Hunt in Watergate Bugging Probe
Ex Nixon aide E Howard Hunt won total immunity from further prosecution to compel grand jury testimony on the Watergate bugging affair. Judge Sirica ruled after Hunt invoked the Fifth Amendment repeatedly during grand jury appearances, risking contempt if he refuses to cooperate. The action came as James McCord Jr. faced separate testimony and as G Gordon Liddy also pursues questioning amid looming senate committee hearings.
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Grand Jury
Watergate
James W. McCord Jr
Special
Senate Committee
Democratic National
Sirica
McCord
Watergate Seven
Sitica
G. Gordon Liddy
Nixon
Senate
Samuel Cash
Fred Thompson
Howard H. Baker Jr
Ryeon
Link bandit suspect to LPT photo
Long Beach police arrested Thomas Graham Parks and Barbara K Sorenson on robbery charges after photos from a Bank of America robbery matched mug shots. Parks, a federal parolee, was tied to the March 28 Bank of America theft while Sorenson faced charges in the March 22 Boulevard Cleaners robbery. Both arrests occurred around 5 p m in Long Beach. Tulane coach quits.
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Lakewood
Long Beach
Bank of America
Bill MacLyman
Thomas Graham Parks
Canehill Ave
Barbara K. Sorenson
Lakewood Boulevard
Parks
Viking Way
Press-Telegram
Sorenson Swoman
Boulevard Cleaners
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