Brazil Faces Coffee Frost Loss and Market Shake
Brazil faces a devastating frost that defoliated millions of coffee trees across Parana and three other states. Officials fear 70 percent of the 1976 harvest is lost, raising global prices and threatening Brazil’s share of world exports.
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Jonathan Freedman
Associated Press
Londrina
Brazil
Parana
Rio de Janeiro
Marcos Schaulff
Brazilian Coffee Institute
U.S. Commerce Department
New York
London
Terrorists Seize Embassy Building in Kuala Lumpur
In Kuala Lumpur a group of four to six terrorists seized the American International Assurance building, took hostages including a U.S. consul and a Swedish diplomat, and demanded seven Japanese prisoners be released. Malaysia coordinated talks with the terrorists aided by U.S. and Japanese officials as police surrounded the scene.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Japan
U.S
Robert Stebbins
American International Assurance
Tokyo
Takeo Miki
United States
Ford
Japan Air Lines
Red Army
V. Manickavasa
Kunstler jailed in North Carolina contempt case
Activist lawyer William Kunstler was jailed briefly in Wake County after being denied permission to join the defense team for Joann Little a 21 year old black woman accused of killing a white jailer Judge Hamilton Hobgood ordered Kunstler held for two hours and banned from the trial area He protested the court s conduct. Maj Gen George S Patton III assumed command of the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood Texas linking to his father s World War II leadership in North Africa.
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Raleigh, N.C
William Kunstler
Cormtempt
Joan Little
Hamilton Hobgood
Kuntsler
Miss Little
Hobgood
Kunstler
North Carolina
Wake County
FT. Hood, Tex
George S. Patton III
2Nd Armored Division
North Africa
George Patton Jr
West Point
This Day In History Highlights From August Fourth
On August 4, 1914 Britain declared war on Germany marking the start of World War I. Other events include the 1790 formation of a U.S. naval force later known as the Coast Guard, 1805 peace with Tripoli, 1892 Lizzie Borden’s arrest, 1916 U S purchase of the Danish Virgin Islands, 1955 fliers freed from China, 1962 Kennedy honoring Frances Kelsey over Thalidomide, 1962, and notes on Ghana, Hurricane Celia, and Portugal Guinea.
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Associated Press
Brittan
Germany
U.S
Coast Guard
United States
Tripoli
Lizzie Borden
Fall River
Mass
Danish Virgin Islands
U.S. Air Force
Hong Kong
China
John F. Kennedy
Frances Kelsey
Weather outlook for Texas through Tuesday
Snyder area reports highs 85 to 88 and lows 65 to 75. Northwest and Southwest Texas stay mostly fair with little change. North Central and Northeast Texas see mostly fair in west, possible showers in east. South Central and Southeast Texas warm and humid with showers and thundershowers. Texas coast winds 6 to 16 knots, seas two to four feet.
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Snyder
Texas
North Central
Gulf of Mexico
Ford Pledges Tito Personal Attention On Arms Request
Belgrade Yugoslavia AP Ford told President Tito he would give his very personal attention to Yugoslavia seeking permission to buy second line American arms and spare parts. The two leaders discussed bilateral economic and military relations during talks in Belgrade and Ford pledged close attention to the matters due to their significance.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Ford
Tito
U.S
Middle East
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
Soviet Union
Hoffa disappearance probed as FBI takes lead in Detroit
FBI says no firm clues in Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance explored under new inquiries. Agents will question people who can shed light on his vanishing after he planned to meet three men including a Detroit Mafia figure and a former Teamsters official.
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Detroit
Teamsters
Jimmy Hoffa
FBI
Jay E. Bailey
Bureau
Hoffa
Detroit News
Teamsters Union
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Chicago Sun-Times
Bailey
Insurance Industry Pushes One Year Homeowners Rates
The Texas Insurance Advisory Association urged the State Insurance Board to approve a 13.8 percent rise for one year homeowner policies to negate the advantage of three year policies. They cited double digit inflation and severe weather losses in 1973–74 and proposed higher increases for extended coverage and regional categories.
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Austin
State Insurance Board
Houston
Galveston
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Amarillo
Texas Insurance Advisory Association
Association
Texas
Seacoast
Central Inland
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
el Paso
North-Northwest
Lubbock
Clayton Defends Impeach Session
Speaker Bill Clayton defended the impeachment proceeding against Duval County District Court Judge C P Carrillo as not a waste of taxpayers money while urging the House to uphold constitutional duties. He warned time will judge the actions as history records them and noted the case is the third impeachment in a Texas state official in a century. Rep DeWitt Hale said he would discuss motions and Rep Frank Maloney would address the impeachment articles.
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Clayton
Joe Salem
D-Corpus
Texas
DeWitt Hale
Corpus Christi
Frank Maloney
Dallas
Hale
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Gerald Ford
Sinaia
Romania
Bucharest
Nicolae Ceausescu
Rorists
Robert S. Dillon
Michiaki Suma
Gen. Patton III
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
H. A. Smith Sr
Smith
Twenty-eighth Street
Snyder Nursing Home
R. Virgil Mott
Bethel Baptist Church
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Cameron
Mr. Smith
Lena Dora Weathers
H. A. Smith Jr
Johnnie Ezell
Alfred Smith
Waco
Allen Smith
The
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Masonic Lodge No
Dzemal Bijedic
Park of Friendship
Jack Ford
David Kissinger
Federal Executive Council
Yugo
City Hall
Washington
Mildenhall Air Force Base
England
Snyder Community Antenna Television
SCAT
KSNY
Civil Defense
Police, Fire and Civil Defense
Salem
House
Carrillo
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