China Premier Chou En-lai signals possible retirement
Hong Kong reports Premier Chou En-lai, aged 75, saying he is old and not very well and may step aside after 25 years at the summit. He has missed recent state functions, fueling debate whether withdrawal is voluntary or forced amid aging leadership and power struggles surrounding Confucius, Lin Piao, and policy shifts toward the United States.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Chou En-lai
China
United States
FBI optimistic on Patty Hearst recovery effort
FBI agent in charge Charles Bates said the bureau still believes Patty Hearst can be recovered alive and that time is on their side. He noted 150 agents work the case, acknowledged use of bloodhounds, and cited a found blindfold linked to the SLA kidnapping. General Pax threats and hoax notes were mentioned.
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San Diego
UPI
FBI
Patricia Hearst
Charles W. Bates
Patty Hearst
Bates
Miss Hearst
San Francisco
Randolph A. Hearst
Berkeley
University of California
Hearst
Symbionase Liberation Army
General Pax
SLA
KSTN
Stockton
Sacramento Bee
Zebra killings case returns to closed grand jury session
San Francisco AP The grand jury weighing charges against JC Simon 29 Larry C Green 22 and Mantel Moore 29 in the Zebra killings met again amid 50 pickets denouncing Mayor Alioto. Hearings resumed in City Hall with heavy security as the jurors examined evidence in the murders and shootings linked to the Zebra attacks.
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San Francisco
Joseph L. Aliote
Mantel Moore
Proposal from plane and ditto acceptance in Lexington
George Grey, 26, hired a plane to propose to Mary Toole, 19, with a 175-foot banner over her home. Mary accepted with another plane banner reading Yes I’ll marry you, George. They set their wedding for September 1975.
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Lexington
Mass
UPI
George Grey
Mary Toole
Mary
George
National Aerial Inc
North
Reading
Senate votes to keep 55 mph cap on highways
The Senate rejected a proposal to raise speed limits from 55 to 60 mph, voting 451-29. Backers cited fuel savings and safety as reasons to maintain the lower limit, while opponents warned against forgetting the energy crisis lessons.
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Senate
Washington
America
Trade tension delays U S and Soviet fishing meeting at sea
In Seattle Coast Guard says 12 Americans including fisheries officials and fish company reps cannot dock at Astoria with the Soviet trawler Poyset. The observers, invited last November to study catch figures and gear conflicts, will instead meet aboard the trawler outside U S boundaries to discuss 24 hour high seas observation and project activities by the Soviet fleet in the Northwest.
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Seattle
OPD
Astoria
Ore
Coast Guard
U.S
Northwest
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