Hearst Testifies of Fear and Abusive CIA Overtones in 1974 Bank Robbery
Patricia Hearst tells jurors she was overwhelmed by revolutionary rhetoric and endured rape and abuse while forced to participate in the Hibernia Bank robbery on April 15, 1974. She described being kept blindfolded in a cell-like closet and pressured by SLA leaders to stay alive.
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Wire Services
San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
Hibernia Bank
SLA
Donald “Cinque” DeFreeze
DeFreeze
FBI
Willie Wolfe
U.S. Dist
Oliver Carter
Tom Matthews
Anthony Shepard
Shepard
Los Angeles
William Harris
Matthews
Harris
Emily
Vorster warns of external Angola threats to South Africa
South Africa faces potential external armed threats as the MPLA consolidates power in Angola. Prime Minister Vorster states the country is strong enough to withstand hostilities while Cuba and the Soviet Union back the MPLA. Britain France Denmark Italy holland join in recognizing the MPLA government amid calls for Cuban and SA troop withdrawal. The opposition questions black support for resisting aggression.
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Johannesburg
John Vorster
Rand Daily Mail
Britain
Italy
Holland
Denmark
France
Popular Movement
Angola
MPLA
London
People’s Republic” of
Soviet Union
Soviet Denounces Radiation Bombardment Claim in Moscow
The Soviet Union called charges of radiation bombardment at the U.S. embassy in Moscow an invention with a foul smell. The TASS agency dismissed the story as trumped up, while U.S. diplomats warned that espionage devices were aimed at the nine story building and some staff could face health risks.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
U.S
Pay dispute shuts 450 garment shops in tri state
About 30,000 ILGWU workers were laid off as two management groups clash over wage increases under the new contract. The Popular Price Dress Contractors Association says 450 of 500 shops in New York New Jersey and Connecticut were closed yesterday.
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New York
UPI
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Popular Price Dress Contractors Association
New Jersey
Connecticut
IRA threats target British ministers in London call
London police report telephone threats claiming to act for the Irish Republican Army targeted two ministers. Robert Mellish, government floor leader, and Home Secretary Roy Jenkins were named as threatened in separate calls received yesterday.
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London
UPI
Irish Republican Army
Robert Mellish
Roy Jenkins
GM adds 60,000 cars to spring output in revamp
General Motors will raise spring production by 60,000 cars while cutting back on slow selling subcompacts. The move, part of the fourth upward revision of the 1976 model year, will idle 1,050 workers as output shifts to mid sized full size and luxury models.
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Detroit
UPI
General Motors Corp
Liberal scholars press for mandatory sentences and end to parole
The Committee for the Study of Incarceration urged mandatory prison terms for violent offenders and limited parole. It proposes jail as punishment for deserving offenders while reserving longer terms for only the most vicious criminals, with a preferred court-set sentencing range and optional administrative panel.
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Washington
Committee For the Study of
Levi
Ford outlines plans to tighten intelligence oversight
Ford proposes a Committee on Foreign Intelligence led by Bush, an Oversight Board headed by Robert D Murphy, and an Operations Advisory Group to replace the Forty Committee. He would require warrants for national security wiretaps and mail openings and make leaking classified info a crime. Reaction mixed in Congress with calls for hearings and concerns over executive secrecy.
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Robert D. Murphy
Forty Committee
Ford
Congress
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
House Intelligence Committee
U.S
Builders clash with slope rules as hillside homes spark dispute
A mountain development sparks tension over slope ordinances as Brav defends rock-based homes and regulatory compliance while officials report a surge in major permit requests. Beirut seeks 1.5 billion dollars in loans to rebuild a war-torn economy.
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Brav
Claybaugh
Beirut, Lebanon
Lebanon
United States
Europe
Adel Osseiran
Kissinger Tour Moves On To Peru For Latin Visit
Secretary Kissinger flies to Peru as the second leg of a six nation Latin American tour. He says talks with Venezuelan leaders were productive and again warns Cuba against military intervention in Angola. In Lima he will meet Peru's military leaders led by President Morales Bermudez amid ongoing U S-Peru tensions over investment and OAS influence.
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Peru
Lima
Kissinger
Francisco Morales Bermudez
United States
Organization of American States
Washington
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Charles Goodell
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New World Foundation
Atty
Edward H. Levi
Bush
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Senate Intelligence Committee
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