Japanese Red Army frees hostages then heads to Libya
Five terrorists release 15 captives including U S Consul Robert Stebbins and a Swedish diplomat at Kuala Lumpur airport before flying toward Tripoli via Colombo. Hostages report calm treatment, with valuables taken and returned. the group plans onward to Libya.
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Malaysia
Red Army
U.S
Robert Stebbins
Libya
Colombo
Sri Lanka
Ceylon
Tripoli
Stebbins
Odessa Lloyd
Hemet
Calif
Fredrik Bergenstrahle
Tee Wah Kwung
Gerald Lancaster
Houston
Tex
George Burton
San Francisco
Japan
Food and fuel push wholesale prices higher in July
The Labor Department reported a 1.2 percent rise in the wholesale price index in July led by food and farm products. The gain signals renewed inflation pressure despite officials calling the surge temporary.
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Washington
Labor Department
Brazil
Alan Greenspan
Council of Economic Advisers
Hoffa's Son Demands O'Brien Lie Detector Test
Jimmy Hoffa's son James P Hoffa says Charles O'Brien Hoffa's foster son may know what happened to ex Teamsters president Hoffa and demands he take a polygraph. O'Brien met with the FBI for hours and says he has no knowledge of Hoffa's whereabouts.
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O'Brien
Detroit
Charles
Chuckie
O’brien
Hoffa
Teamsters
James P. Hoffa
FBI
Associated Press
O’ Hoffa
James Burdick
Anthony Giacalone
Giacalone
Southfield
Anthony
Tony Pro” Provenzano
Leonard Schultz
Memphis
Leonard Boudin
New York
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Poll Sees Wallace Humphrey Duel Narrow If Kennedy Sits Out
Gallup reports a near dead heat between George Wallace and Hubert Humphrey for the Democratic nominating vote when Edward Kennedy is excluded. Wallace 23 percent to Humphrey 20 percent among 712 Democrats in a nationwide survey conducted July 18–21 across 300 locations.
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Princeton
N.J
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George Wallace
Sen
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Wallace
Humphrey
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Henry Jackson
Edmund Muskie
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Massachussetts
Jackson
Muskie
McGovern
Birch Bayh
Lloyd Bentsen
Jimmy Carter
Frank Church
Fred Harris
Terry Sanforg
Milton Shapp
Sargent Shrive
Morris Udall
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Ford Signs Seven Year Extension of Voting Rights Act
President Ford declared voting a precious right as he signed a seven year extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in Washington. The measure extends protections against discrimination in voting and solidifies federal oversight for seven more years.
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Ford
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Senator Baker Denies Possession of Classified Documents
Senator Howard H. Baker Jr. denies having classified Senate Select Intelligence Committee papers during a Northwest Washington burglary. Police found the home broken into with a safe opened but nothing stolen. FBI briefly involved, later withdrew.
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William Traffee
Washington Star
Washington
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Senate Select Intelligence Committee
Northwest
Baker
Huntsville
Tenn
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Intelligence Committee
Tennessee
Intelligence
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Spencer Davis
United States
Davis
Finalist insight in Miss Virginia American Teenage Pageant
Profile features Miss Nancy Newcome discussing life as a pageant finalist with Star Staffer Liz Kern and previews the upcoming finals of the Miss Virginia American Teenage Pageant. Star Staffer Doug O Connell also talks with Clarke County dairy farmer Edward B. Lee Sr., who spent 36...
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Star
Liz Kern
Doug O'Connell
Edward B. Lee Sr
Clarke County
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