English Plane Forced Down and Sudan Coup Ties
Libyan fighters forced a British airliner with 107 passengers to land in Benghazi and seize Sudanese leaders on board. Sudanese troops surrounded embassies in Khartoum after the incident. An Iraqi special airliner crashed in Saudi Arabia en route to Khartoum, killing several officials.
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UPI
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Benghazi
Sudan
Khartoum
Saudi Arabi
British Overseas Airways
Babakr al Nour Osman
New Revolutionary Command Council
Farouk Hamadallah
London
Nour
Revolutionary Command Council
Hamadallah
Egypt
Syria
Arab Federation
Jaafar Numeiry
Baghdad
Iraq
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Voice
Jdedah
Saudi Arabia
Red Sea
Jeddah
Mohammed Suleiman
Baath (Renaissance) Party
Salah Saleh
Hammoudi el Izzawi
Foreign Ministry
BOAC
Rail unions and lines inch toward settlement as strikes loom
United Transportation Union and the Chicago and North Western Railway reach an independent settlement covering wages and work rules. UTU President Luna vows no concessions on work rules, while government action looms if deliveries suffer. Transportation Secretary Volpe warns of possible congressional settlement.
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Washington
UPI
United Transportation Union
UTU
Southern
Union Pacific
Chicago & North Western Railway
C&nw
Southern Railway
W. Graham Claytor Jr
Claytor
Union
Engineers Union
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Stapleton
Nebraska
Lockheed Victory Sparks Filibuster Threat Over 250 Million Loan
In Washington Lockheed Aircraft Corp wins House and Senate support for a government guaranteed loan to avert bankruptcy. Sen Proxmire vows a filibuster as pressure mounts from the White House and Lockheed. House Banking Committee also passes a companion bill.
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Lockheed
Proxmire
Washington
UPI
Capitol
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
House
Senate
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Congress
House Banking Committee
Lockheed Board
Daniel J. Haughton
Alabama
Spiro T. Agnew
White House
J. William Fulbright
Henry M. Durham
Marietta
Durham
Joint Economic Committee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Banking Committee
Sleeping Sickness Plagues Texas Horses and Humans
Health officials report 1136 Texas horses killed and 1469 sick by Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis. Seventeen lab confirmed human cases, eighty percent horse fatality. Officials convened in Austin to map a new strategy as Texas and Louisiana coast areas are sprayed with malathion to curb the mosquito-borne disease.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Texas
Agriculture Department
Houston
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Austin
Lousiana
Air Force
Appalachian Development Bill Clears Senate With Broad Support
The Senate approved a bill to boost the Appalachian Regional Development program by 40 million dollars for airport safety in West Virginia and extend the public works and Economic Development Act for two more years. Senator Jennings Randolph praised the swift action and confidence in the program.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
West Virginia
Youth Accused In Mass Murder In Sheboygan
A 19-year-old Sheboygan resident was charged with five counts of first degree murder in the slayings of his mother, the mother of his girlfriend, and the girlfriend’s three younger brothers. The weapon was a 22 caliber rifle. the suspect Douglas George Dean remained hospitalized.
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Sheboygan, Wis
UPI
Sheboygan
Lance Jones
Douglas George Dean
Sheboygan County
Qualifications of Stripper's Hearing Witnesses Questioned
In West Virginia the H. L. Kennedy Co seeks surface mining rights on a 42 acre Laurel Run site near Cooper's Rock. Four witnesses testified over two days before the Reclamation Board of Review as Assistant AG Frank Ellison asked for advance disclosure of 20 witness names to pre check qualifications. Floyd Stiles, Preston County surveyor, testified about the topography map and possible land and forest impact, but was questioned for lack of specific expertise in geology and water and wildlife biology. Oliver Matthews, a Preston County sanitarian turned part time chemist, noted diversion ditches.
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Kingwood
UPI
Pittsburgh
West Virginia Reclamation Board of Review
H. L. Kennedy Co
Laurel Run
Cooper’s Rock State Park
Frank Ellison
Charles Wehner
Ellison
Floyd Stiles
Preston County
Kennedy
Weather Mostly Sunny Beckley and Vicinity
Mostly sunny this afternoon with a high near 80. Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with a low in the upper 50s and a Friday high near 80. Chance of precipitation 0 this afternoon 10 tonight and 20 Friday. Details on Page 11.
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Beckley
House Passes Bill to Expand Lawmaker Perks
The House voted 233 to 167 to empower the House Administration Committee to raise fringe benefits for members without prior notice or floor votes. Critics warn about secrecy while supporters say benefits would persist until a scandal prompts change, with possible trips home and staff or postage increases under review.
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Washington
UPI
House
House Administration Committee
Rep
H.R. Gross
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Ford
William L. Dickinson
Rala
Administration
Frank Thompson Jr
Dn.j
Appropriations Committee
Former diplomats testify on Chinese relations in World War II era
John Stewart Service and John Paton Davies testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about U S policy toward China in the late 1940s. The ex Foreign Service officers argued for friendly ties with Mao and Chou En-lai, arguing Chiang Kai-shek's regime was corrupt and out of touch.
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China
John Stewart Service
John Paton Davies
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Foreign Services
Service
Davies
Mao Tse-tung
Kromintanz
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Mao
Chou En-lai
United States
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