FBI admits 92 burglaries against Socialist Workers Party in 1960s
Newly released FBI documents show 92 post midnight raids on SWP offices and a youth affiliate in the early 1960s, with additional burglaries at homes in Hamden Connecticut and Los Angeles. Documents detail 8,700 pages of party files photographed and a $27 million lawsuit over alleged political harassment.
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Washington
FBI
Socialist Workers Party
SWP
Hamden
Conn
Los Angeles
Young Socialist Alliance
Te Bs
Ume
Political Rights Defense Fund
Associated Press
Clarence M. Kelley
James P. Cannon
Connecticut
Dan and
Elisa Morgan
Teacher flees Argentina jail
Isabel Peron era tortures described by Miss Antina Talamante 27 of Gilroy California who says she was blindfolded beaten and electro shocked for two days after arrest at a Azul barbecue on Nov 11 1974. Convicted of conducting subversive activities she faced a three year term in a dirty Azul prison.
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New York
Isabel Peron
Antina Talamante
Gilroy
Calif
University of California
Santa Cruz
Argentina
Kennedy Airport
Azul
Moslem troops take over Beirut hotels amid war toll rise
Moslem forces overran the unfinished Hilton and two neighboring hotels in Beirut, gaining control of the downtown hotel area. Officials put the civil war death toll at about 13,500 in 11 months as Christian militiamen fell back toward the port area. Christian gunmen traded fire with rivals, and Moslem shelling reached Zaghar ta, isolating its hometown.
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Beirut, Lebanon
Hilton
Beirut
Ashrafiya
Suleiman Franjieh
Zagharta
Anwar Sadat
Cairo
Lebanon
Cyprus
Pierre Gemayel
Montana campaign finance law defended amid criticism
Montana officials debate a new campaign finance law requiring candidates to hire CPA and lawyer scrutiny. John Hanson defends the measure while clarifying filing duties for candidates and committees. The law outlines penalties, enforcement by county attorneys, and provisions for special elections if violations occur.
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Helena
Montana
John Hanson
W. How
Hanson
Mansfield doubts Kissinger Cuba threat as rhetoric
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said Kissinger's threats against Cuba are empty rhetoric with no congressional backing or consultation. He questioned a possible Cuba blockade if Africa involvement expands and noted Kissinger's intellect but declined further judgment.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Cuba
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
D-Mont
CBS
Congress
Africa
United States
Kissinger
TV characters shown reduce stress for kids at dentist
Dr. Larry L. Wenham of the University of Connecticut reports a study where 2 to 5 year olds watched Sesame Street Mr. Rogers or Electric Company during dental visits. The shows lowered heart rates compared with a non watching control group though hours of broadcast limit use and tapes may be requested from producers for future use.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Big Bird
Kermit the Frog
Mr. Rogers
Larry L. Wenham
University of Connecticut
School of Dental Medicine
Ernment
Wenham
Hearst feud with SLA members details from Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone portrays Patricia Hearst ending ties with William and Emily Harris before her arrest and planning an East Coast flight with Steven Soliah to Oregon and Boston as community organizers. The piece ties the rift to Wolfe's death and Hearst testimony on Wolfe’s rape claim.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
S Liberation Army
William
Emily Harris
East Coast
Rolling Stone
Miss Hearst
Steven Soliah
Oregon
Boston
David Weir
Howard Kohn
Harrises
Soliah
Weir
Kohn
Radical Underground
SLA
Sacramento
Harris
Adolf
William Wolfe
Los Angeles
Wolfe
Wendy Yoshimura
Mindanao miners rescued after 24 day cave in
Two men were pulled from the Lepanto Mine in Surigao del Norte after 24 days trapped by a cave in. Manuel Chatto, 22, and Geronimo Acot, 28, were rescued and taken to a local hospital. The incident began March 4 and three other trapped miners died earlier.
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Manila
the Philippines
Mindanao
Philippine
Surigao del Norte
Manuel Chatto
Lepanto
Geronimo Acot
Chatto
Philippines
Salk urges immediate national flu vaccination drive
Dr. Jonas Salk warns of a predicted deadly influenza outbreak next autumn and calls for an immediate nationwide vaccination program. He argues delaying until September would be too late and urges preparations to protect the U S population against the swine flu strain. The virus spreads quickly with a short incubation period of 12 to 24 hours.
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San Diego
Jonas Salk
Salk
Salk Institute For Non Studies
Bent Ford
U.S
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Peron
Unifax
Kelley
U.S. News & World Report
Senate Intelligence Committee
USA
Arlington Heights
Teamsters
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Trucking Employers, Inc
McIntyre
Detroit
Standard State Bureau
Sheridan
Jewel Williams Platner
Madison County
Sheridan Hospital
Bert Jackson
Emma Pomrenko
Virginia City
Benjamin
Robert Craver
Nevada City Cemetery
Platner
Fish Point
Bay City
Mich
Mike
Magazine
Patty
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