Bandits seize $3.6 million in Sierra Leone airport gem heist
Gunmen blinded guards with pepper spray and stole diamonds valued at 3.6 million dollars at Hastings Airport, Sierra Leone Selection Trust said. Two policemen were wounded as the bandits fled in a truck bound for Freetown. A London lawmaker proposed training soldiers to abduct or assassinate hostile heads of state in the House of Commons.
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Freetown
Sierra Leone
London
John Lee
House of Commons
Nixon Eyes Senate Help On Arms Talks
President Nixon told the Senate the administration seeks a consultative relationship with lawmakers as the U S and Soviet Union begin arms limitation talks in Helsinki. Foreign Relations Committee members had complained they were not briefed on the U S position before the talks.
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Senate
Washington
Helsinki
Finland
Congress
Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Niagara County urged to form single government plan
A Niagara County task force proposed replacing 21 local governments with one centralized unit. The Local Governments Improvements Commission says a single government would be stronger, simpler, more efficient, and lower-cost with centralized services. In Albany, State Comptroller Levitt nears the longest tenure, set to surpass Archibald McIntyre and Morse S. Tremaine record spans.
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Niagara County
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Local Governments Improvements Commission
Commission
Albany
Arthur Levitt
Archibald McIntyre
Morse S. Tremaine
Senate OKs Controls On Credit To Ease Housing Market
The Senate approved a bill 70 to 13 broadening presidential authority to seek voluntary credit controls, aimed at easing mortgage credit during tight money conditions. The measure, sent to the House, centers on restoring full federal power for voluntary controls, with an amendment to delete the provision defeated 49 to 30. Senators Bennett Percy Proxmire argued about policy signals and public opinion on wage and price controls.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wallace Bennett
Utah
Bennett
Charles Percy Rill
Birds Attack S Africa Mountaineer Near Summit
Frenzied birds swooped on Roy Allen as he crouched under a rock overhang about 300 feet from a mountain summit above his farm. The birds, swallows or swallow-like, dived for 15 minutes in a terrifying encounter, veering within a foot of him before they dispersed.
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Franschhoek
South Africa
Roy Allen
Allen
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