Arson Suspected in Spokane Area Fire Wave
Arson is suspected after twelve fires erupted in Spokane and suburbs, with at least ten blamed on arsonists. A three story apartment building was destroyed, leaving about 60 people homeless. Fires hit Villa Nova Apartments Worth ride Building Automotive Warehouse Distributary Inc Gung Ho Restaurant and several vehicles and a wooden shed over a 64 hour period. Seven blocks were damaged.
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Spokane, Wash
Spokane
I Ls
Villa Nova
Automotive Warehouse Distributary Inc
Gung Ho
Ford proposes third party transcript of tapes
Vice President Gerald K. Ford suggested an independent third party might listen to the Watergate tapes and produce an unbiased transcript. He said he would not take on the job himself but that an outside listener could uncover discrepancies between White House transcripts and those prepared by the House Judiciary Committee, which is pursuing impeachment hearings against President Nixon.
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Monteren
Cail
Gerald K. Fort
Ford
White House
House Judiciary Committee
Preston Nixon
Radical claim links two deaths to black revolutionaries
Police said a note near the Jacksonville teen’s body and five tape recordings claimed responsibility for the stabbing death of a New Jersey police officer’s son found last Sunday. Detectives cautioned against linking the two killings and considered drugs a possible factor in both cases.
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Jacksonville
Fig
Matt Touchton
Aeuiar
Priday
Jerse
Stephen Lamont Roberts
Touchton
Union backs Nixon fund in major contribution
The National Citizens Committee for Fairness to the Presidency received its largest donation, $25,000 from the Teamsters Union, announced by Rabbi Baruch Korff. A Teamsters spokesman could not confirm the gift, and Frank Fitzsimmons was unavailable for comment. In Louisville, Presbyterians move toward healing North South rift as Southern and union bodies discuss reunion plans.
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Washington
National Citizens Committee For Fairness
Teamsters Union
Rabbi Baruch Korff
Kroff
Teamsters
Nixon
Frank Fitzsimmons
Louisville
Tha
He Presbyterian
Dbta
Secret N pact denied by State Department officials
Washington reports say Secretary Kissinger faced secretly arranged nuclear talks with the Soviet leaders in 1972. State Department spokesman Robert Anderson called the allegations without merit, insisting there were no secret agreements. Senator Jackson had supported the charges as reliable.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
State Department
Robert Anderson
Department
Congress
Sen
Renty M. Jackson
D-Wash
Inflation policy clash cited by price controller
Congress and the administration clash over inflation policy says Dunlop the government price controller. He criticizes inconsistent actions as Congress seeks restraint while considering price supports and quotas for the beet industry to hold meat prices. He notes Americans are unwilling to buy large beef quantities at current prices.
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Washington
John T. Dunigo
Congress
Dunlop
Nurses Strike Hits San Francisco Hospitals
The nation’s top labor mediator brought 4,000 registered nurses and 42 hospitals and clinics together after two weeks of strike action. William Ussery of the Federal Mediation Service flew in from Seattle as hospitals warned of a crisis amid potential ER and ICU coverage loss.
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San Francisco
William Ussery
Federal Mediation Service
Seana
U S nurse freed by Eritrean guerrillas after 4 weeks
Deborah Dortzbach a 24 year old missionary nurse from Freehold New Jersey was released after four weeks in Eritrean guerrilla captivity. She walks into Massawa and is flown to Asmara where she reunites with her husband Karl. Authorities say the ransom was dropped and medical supplies were sent to counter cholera in Eritrea.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Deborah Dortzbach
Vreehald
Nod
Massawwa
Here
Dortebach
Sionary Hospital
Ghinds
Asinaya
Anna Stickwerda
Ms. Dortebach
William W. Mull
Freehold
Mull
Debbie
Teliable 'Suuieen
Eritrea
Minister patents drink cooler for rapid chilling
Rev Sem Willis, pastor of Epworth Methodist Church in Louisville, says he patented a cooling unit that chills a 12 ounce soft drink to 50 degrees or less as it is produced. He credits visions and collaboration with Glenn Linnert and Dr Tom Mullins. The device fits under the can and uses a gas flow to chill quickly, with plans to market at 35 to 49 cents per can.
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Louisville, Ky
Sem Willis
Davies
Mrr
Willis
Epwertly Methodist Church
Indiana
Glenn Linnert
New Albany
Ind
Tom Mullins
University of Louisville
Willissi
Louisville
Dali Ford
Jake
Britain plans atomic blast in Nevada
LONDON AP Prime Minister Harald Wilson faces a Labor revolt over a report Britain plans a nuclear test in the Nevada underground ranges. Tribune group members challenge Defense Secretary Mason to deny the Daily Express story while Pincher says it is speculative. British scientists were in Nevada but declined further comment. Sidney Bidwell warns of upheaval if true.
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London
Harald Wilson
Labor Party
Britain
Nevada
The
Tribune Prane
Roy Mason
Daily Express
Express
Chapman
Pincher
Defense Ministry
Washington
Migmig Energy Commission
Hughes ties donation to Hughes’ Dunes bid probe report
A Senate Watergate committee report finds ties between Howard Hughes campaign contributions and his Las Vegas hotel bid. It cites Attorney General Mitchell approving the Dunes purchase while signaling impropriety in the process and questions about Justice Department practices. The probe notes cash payments to Bebe Rebozo and details Hughes Nevada operations, urging further scrutiny.
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Washington
Ong Ot Lo
Howard Muphes
Nixom
N. Mitchell
Hughes
Vegas
Senate Watergate
Flughes
Dunes
Mitchell
Repocl
and Justice
Las Vegas
Nixon
Bebe Rebozo
ING
Rommandee Ges
Rame
Justice Department
Stardust Hotel
Landmark
Vuntey
Richard Danner
Rebozo
Robert Mahe
Nevada
Mahieu
Hughes-owned
Frontier Hotel of
John Mitchell
Jostler Department
Maheu
Woman Confesses to Murder in Shelby Home Shooting
Linda Kay Tapie walked into Shelby police at 3 p.m. Saturday and admitted shooting her husband James Berry Engle with a .22 caliber pistol at their home on 306 Wingate Court. Officers charged her with murder after finding Engle dead. the couple had argued about 2:10 p.m. Saturday. Mrs Engle remained in Cleveland County jail without bond.
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Engle
Cleveland County
Pentagon balked on aid for Israel in 1973 war
Barry Kalb biography of Henry Kissinger reports Defense Secretary James Schlesinger and deputy W. Harm Clements Jr resisted sending planes and tanks to Israel early in the 1973 conflict. The book claims only after Nixon's direct orders did the Pentagon begin supplying arms to enable a counterattack, based on interviews and records.
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Washington
Jones Schlesinger
Israel
Middle East
Henry Kissinger
Pentagon
Cop
Wile Harm P. Clements Jr
Texas
U.S
Kissinger
CBS
Marvin
Bernard Kalb
New York Times
Little Brown
Nixon
Kalbs
Deaths and Funerals in North Carolina Listings
Haskel Berry of Clover South Carolina died unexpectedly at 45. Survived by widow Mozelle Berry and multiple relatives. Funeral 4 pm Tuesday Pleasant Grove Baptist Clover. Also listed are several other local obituaries with service details, survivors, and funeral arrangements across Gaston and surrounding counties.
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Maskel Berry
Otis Wilson
Oly Wilson
N. Pryor SL
Gaston Material Hospital
Greater Mt. Zion
Helen Kimble
Queens
N.Y
Ruby Ratchford
Belly Wilson
Brooklyn
John Hope Wilson
Gastonia
Costner Funeral Home
Ola Mae Morgan
Spindale
Rutherfordtin
Melvin McCraw
Holly Springs Baptist Church
Crowe
Ritherfordton
Jesse David Goodlett
Kings Mountain
Midview Baptist Church
Anni E. Goodlett
Gervace . Goodlett
Jesse L. Goodlett
Boyce
T Haley
Greenville
D.C
Lee
Jeff Goodlett
Grady Costier
Judloy Murry
A. G. Adams
Mountain Rest
Silk Funeral
Willye Salome Summerrow
Willys Salome Summerow
Reece Road
Charlotte
Stanley
Henry Michael
Sarah Richards Summerrow
Thomas Edward Summerrow Jr
Summerrow
Charlotte Ailusa Club
United Daughters of the Confederacy
First United Methodist Church
Christ Lutheran Church
Lawrence
Barden
United Methodist Church of
Stewart Dellinger
W. C. Shook
Ralph Handsel
Jack @. Moore
Ble
Kirksey
Joe Graham Rutledge Sr
McLean and Son Funeral Home
Ollis Bell Muskedly
Ollie Bell Muskelly
N. Caldwell St
Friendship Baptist Church
T. M. Walker
Bessemer City
Martin's
Pureral Hore
Margle
M. Jones
Clarence Walker
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Chicago
Lee Kudrow
American Association For the Study
Kudvan
California
Union
Gortzbach
Denver
Cela
Deborat
Europe
Britten
Asmara
Massawe
Soni
Society of International Missions
Ghinda Hospital
John W.rogers
William Cayce
Molla Patela
Che James
Don Wederfort Rogers
Cayce
Terneco Oil Co
Houston
Tex
Patela
Ministry of Mines
James
Walkerton
Ont
Wedeefort
Calgar
Alta
Lillian Jefferson
N. Morris St
Tos. Jefferson
Gaston Life Saving Crew
City Parce
Gary Queen
Jerry Marr
Marr
Jefferson
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Gazette Phota
Tim Cox
Sidney Bidwel
Tribune Group
Aid
Mamie Nell Bostic
Fifth Ave
C. Jr. Mostic
Ward Funeral Home
Cliff Hay Wood
Lincolnton
Chet Haywood Black
R-1
Margiv Luis Black
Hom
Ray Black
Rel
Gerster
James W. Black
Fil
Crouse
Clifford’ Black
Miss
Barbara Jane
Black
Clarespont
Mia
Sue Turpin
Crab Orchard
Woodrow Black
Doe Black
Maiden
Russell Black
Richmond
Willie Canipe
A-1
Fannie Brooks
Houlder City
Dennice Wright
San Diego
Cal
Kalie Lutz
Newton
Leonard's Fork Baptist Church
Wiliam Justice
Warnle
Kennethr. Murphy Crouse
Kenneth J. Murphy
Gaston County
Kenneth & Murphy
Willie Tucker Freeman
Forest City
N. C
Micheal Murphy
Kenneth Murphy
Tabatha, Murphy
Gladice Murphy
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