Europe agrees on passport elections plan for 1978
Western European leaders backed a Common Market passport and direct elections to a European parliament in spring 1978. Britain and Denmark may keep appointing reps, while the rest vote by proportional representation. The nine members seek to align energy and trade talks with a Paris conference.
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Associated Press
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Britain
Denmark
European Economic Community
Bordeaux
Paris
Harold Wilson
EEC
France
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Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Ireland
Washington
Oil and Energy Commission
Wilson
Ford Meets Mao in Peking for Long Official Talk
President Ford and Chinese Chairman Mao Tse-tung held a 1 hour 50 minute session described as earnest and significant in a friendly atmosphere at Chungnanhai. The visit included other U S officials and a public audience as the White House released a communique summarizing constructive views on international issues.
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Gerald Ford
Peking
Mao
Chungnanhai Park
Forbidden City
Peoples Republic of China
John Roderick
Associated Press
Ford
People’s Republic of China
Richard M. Nixon
Betty Ford
Susan
Henry A Kissinger
George Bush
U.S
Brent Scowcroft
Joseph J. Sisco
Philip Habib
Winston Lord
State Department
Richard Solomon
National Security Council
Kissinger
Bush
Scowcroft
White House
Teng Hsiaoping
Li Hsien-nien
Chiao Kuan-hua
Huang Chen
Washington
Wang Hai-jung
Tang Wen-sheng
Chang Han-chih
China
American News Corps
Susan Ford
Great Wall
Peking People's Daily
Former FBI informant testifies on Klan plots and King probe
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr. testified to the Senate that the FBI ordered him to sleep with Klansmen wives to gain information and that agents often did not act on warnings of violence. He recalled a 1961 Birmingham incident where officials stood by as attackers assaulted civil rights workers. The testimony comes amid broader questions about FBI wiretaps and tapes and a separate deposition about Nixon ordering secret files moved to the White House.
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David C. Martin Washington
FBI
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr
California
Senate Intelligence Committee
Rowe
James B. Adams
Adams
Justice Department
Department of Justice
Department
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Martin Luther King Byrd
King
Birmingham
Ala
Viola Liuzzo
Selma
Robert C. Mardian
Ehrlichman
Mardian
J. Edgar Hoover
House
Hoover
Helen Gandy
Miss Gandy
House Subcommittee
Government Operations Subcommittee
Train seized in Netherlands by armed hijackers
Beilen police report at least two gunmen seized a Groningen to Zwolle train with about 130 aboard. They bound dynamite outside, demanded flight to an unknown destination, released two women and a child, and surrounded the front coach. The incident involves South Moluccan extremists seeking independence for the Molucca Islands. rail links were blocked and police closed in.
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Beilen
The
Netherlands
Indonesia
Molucca Islands
Southeast Asia
Berlen
Amsterdam
Groningen
Zwolle
Holland
Cites
Australia
Juliana
Moynihan cites Soviet moves as aim to colonize Africa
UN Ambassador Moynihan says recent Soviet actions in Angola show intent to colonialize Africa. New Mexico Finance Director Montoya plans to hire a management consultant to study the Health and Social Services Department and its current administrators. Pittsburgh public schools furlough over 700 nonstriking workers amid looming strike. King Juan Carlos wins first clash with right wing as Council nominates Fernandez Miranda for Cortes presidency. Kennecott Copper weighs appeal or shutdown after adverse court ruling affecting McGill smelting operation.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Vincent Montoya
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