Portugal Strike Call Is Defied
In Lisbon a 30 minute general strike called by Intersindical drew limited participation as much of the capital’s transit and hotels operated. TAP halted flights while taxi drivers blocked Avenida da Liberdade. In Porto and Almada leaders urged solidarity as clashes occurred and violence wounded several.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Central Trade Federation
Intersindical
TAP
Avenida da Liberdad
Socialist Party
Communist Party
Alvaro Cunhal
Crystal Palace
Porto
Moscow
Soviet Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Pravda
Chile
Kremlin
CIA
Salvador Allende
Vasco Goncalves
Almada
Ponte de Lima
Antonio Lima
Lima
ANI
Goncalves
Wounded American Pilot Faces Possible Border Violation Charge
Wounded helicopter pilot Barry Meeker of Hartford Connecticut faces possible charges for illegal border crossing and air space violations after flying three East German refugees from Czechoslovakia to West Germany under fire. German authorities identify a stateless man Thaddeus K from Marburg as part of the party. Meeker says he acted to help friends of friends flee. gunfire forced an emergency takeoff.
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Traunstein
West Germany
Czechoslovakia
Barry Meeker
Hartford
Meeker
Special Forces
Thaddeus K
Marburg
Munich
Snipers Fire at Police Station in San Francisco Strike
Snipers fired shots at a San Francisco police station as a police strike over pay intensified less than 12 hours after officers abandoned picket lines. Three suspects were arrested after strikers aided police, while a motorist injured two other officers in a preceding incident amid officials pledging to prevent lawlessness.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Police Officers Association
Ford Warns Soviet Union at Legion Rally in Minneapolis
President Ford told the American Legion convention that detente is not a license to fish in troubled waters and warned of possible $2 to $3 billion in extra strategic weapons spending if SALT II fails. He cited Portugal as a test of Soviet intent, praised Brezhnev as constructive, and urged unity on national security while opposing reckless moves to curb intelligence operations. He spoke after meetings with officials and planned further appearances in Pekin and Peoria, Illinois.
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Minneapolis
Ford
Soviet Union
American Legion
United States
Portugal
Legion
Legion Group
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Legionaires
America
Congress
Old John Kerr School restoration eyed by Winchester council
Winchester City Council discusses a $600000 plan led by the Winchester Host Lions Club to restore the Old John Kerr School as a self supporting community center. The project would create a city museum on the first floor and rent spaces to nonprofit groups, with a nonprofit corporation owning the building and Lions Club guiding the board.
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John Kerr School
Winchester
Lions Club
David C. Jenkins Jr
Clarke-Frederick-Winchester Bicentennial Commission
Jenkins
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Winchester Host Lions
Grain States React to Boycott by Labor Unions
AFL-CIO leader George Meany announces a boycott on U.S. grain shipments to the Soviet Union until the Ford administration protects consumers from higher prices and expands American seamen jobs. Governors and farm groups criticize the move as dangerous to Western wheat producers and seek government action.
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U.S
Soviet Union
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Ford Administration
Great Lakes
Gulf
East Coast
Meany
Washington
International Longshoremen’s Association
Robert F. Bennett
Kansas
Midwest
Bennett
Ford
Kansas Farm Bureau
John Junior Armstrong
Armstrong
East
Gulf Coasts
Prices fall for potatoes as groceries rise across market
Star Market notes lower potato prices while most other food prices climb. Page 6 details from Star Staffer Jessica Sullivan with focus on daily shopping trends and cost shifts for consumers.
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Market Basket
Jessica Sullivan
Sence Nce
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Iowa
Robert Ray
Chris Maier
Eagle Grove
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Pekin
Peoria
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South Dakota
Nebraska
Missouri
Fran Coombs
Commission
Associated Press
Houston
Russia
Winchester Planning Commission
Star
Fran
Coombs
Area News
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