West Virginia Edges SMU 28-22 With Fumble Defense
West Virginia held off SMU 28-22 as WVU forced four SMU fumbles including a third quarter recovery at their eight line and two Paul Jordan interceptions. WVU totaled 461 yards to SMU 430, rushing 408 yards on 66 attempts while SMU gained 276 on 58.
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Benefield
Johns
Pealty
Mustangs
Steve Dunlap
WVU
SMU
Marshall
Chuck Braswell
Paul Jordan
Dave Hill
Louis Blanton
Jim Wright
Russell Johnson
West Virginia
Mountaineers
Ford greets 150000 as he leads Mountain State Parade
President Ford greeted a cheering throng of about 150000 people in Elkins West Virginia during the Mountain State Forest Festival Parade. He rode in a bubble top limousine, stepped onto the pavement to shake hands three times, and acknowledged the crowd with a broad smile. He arrived by helicopter from Washington, traveling without his wife.
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Elkins
W. Va
UPI
Ford
Mountain State Forest
American Legion
West Virginia Highlanders
Elkins High School
Washington
West Virginia
Randolph County
Phillip Ware
Newark
N.J
San Francisco
Jennings Randolph
Dw.va
Emperor Hirohito Tours Woods Hole Oceanography
Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako visited Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute spending an hour with displays of rare specimens. Researchers described him as a “kid at Christmas” while he pressed a tight schedule, skipping refreshments to see more marine life and even noting a sign spelling error among demonstrators nearby.
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Woods Hole
Mass
UPI
Emperor Hirohito
Japan
Nagako
New York
Ford
Marie Abbott
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and Marine Biology Laboratory
Hirohito
M. Patricia Morse
Northeastern University
Ford greets West Virginians at parade after rally
President Ford drew more than 150000 cheering West Virginians in Elkins before exiting his bullet-roof bubble top limousine to shake hands and join an Appalachian festival parade.
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Elkins, W.va
Beirut Airport Attack Kills and Wounds Civilians and Police
Arab guerrillas attacked Beirut airport aiming to hijack a flight to Cairo protesting Egypt Israel ties. A Syrian guerrilla and a police sergeant died. several civilians and policemen were wounded. One Palestinian guerrilla was wounded and captured. an Egyptian and Lebanese involved were detained. Al Fatah cards were shown but denied by the group.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Cairo
Egypt
Israel
al Fatah
Palestine Liberation Organization
Zuhair Mohsin
Rashid Karami
Human species could survive nuclear fight
Washington report by a National Research Council panel says humanity would likely survive an all-out nuclear war between superpowers, though civilization and global order could be destroyed. The panel notes severe consequences for noncombatant nations and unpredictable economic, social, and political fallout with potential ecological backlash even for aggressors.
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Washington
UPI
National Research Council
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
National Academy of Sciences
NRC
Philip Handler
Fred C. Ikle
Arms Control Agency
Missing Persons Hunt After UFO Meeting Near Waldport
Sheriff's investigators in Newport seek 20 missing people who attended a Waldport meeting promoting life aboard a UFO. They were told to surrender possessions and even their children for transport to another planet, with rumors of future Colorado camps and possible reincarnation.
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Portland
Ore
UPI
Newport
California
Outer Space
Sutton
Colorado
Manson Family
Lincoln County
FBI probes Patty Hearst ties to Carmichael bank robbery
FBI investigators pursued whether Patricia Hearst was at the April 21 Carmichael California bank robbery scene where a bystander was killed during a $15,000 heist. The probe follows known connections between Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army fugitives hiding in Sacramento.
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San Francisco
UPI
FBI
Patricia Hearst
Carmichael
Calif
Miss Hearst
Sacramento
Symbionese Liberation Army
SLA
William
Emily Harris
Supreme Court Opens Term Amid Backlog and Racial Rights Debates
The court begins a new term after reviewing a backlog of over 850 cases including challenges to the 1974 campaign reform act and racial discrimination issues. Justices will announce which appeals to hear, with many petitions denied. Major cases cover public school integration, abortion, pregnancy as a disability, labor rights, and environmental questions.
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UPI
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Appeals Court
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