Negotiations Stall as Nine Lorton Guards Held
Armed inmates at Lorton Reformatory negotiate for better conditions after seizing nine guards. They obtained a pledge from Roy Gerard that no participants would be transferred, while one escapee was found shot dead in a getaway car as discussions continued with DC penal officials and prison leaders.
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Lorton Reformatory
Roy Gerard
Tom Reed
Gerard
Reed
District of Columbia
Virginia
Washington, D.C
Bureau of Prisons
Thomas Reed
District of Columbia Corrections
Delbert Jackson
Disease Threatens Cyclone Survivors
Darwin hospital reports more children admitted for illness from polluted water than injuries after the Christmas Day cyclone. A mass evacuation and immunization drive against cholera and tetanus are underway for the 40,000 residents left without safe water, sewerage, or power. Officials estimate 10,000 to be evacuated as survivors recount harrowing escapes, fatalities near 40, and widespread homelessness. Looters are warned against.
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Darwin Hospital
Christmas Quiet in Winchester Brings Peaceful Holiday
Unseasonably warm Christmas Day yielded a quiet scene in area communities. Police described the day as the quietest Christmas ever, with residents gathering for personal celebrations and church services. Postal workers handled about 4.11 million pieces of mail, reflecting a calmer holiday period.
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Area Five
Winchester
Bing Crosby
White House security to be reviewed after Christmas intruder
Washington officials say security measures will be examined after a self styled messiah breached White House gates on Christmas morning for hours. Marshall H Fields 25 of Silver Spring Md was mistaken as armed but had no explosives and was taken to a mental hospital.
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William E. Simon
Ford
Colorado
Secret Service
Marshall H. Fields
Silver Spring
Fields
State Department
Washington Area
Earl Drescher
Executive Protective Service
Drescher
Howard University
Sahabzada Yaqub Kahn
Pakistan
United States
Marshall L. Fields
U.S. Agency For International Development
Christian World Back at Work Amid Christmas Aftermath
The world returns to work after Christmas with violence avoided in Northern Ireland and the Holy Land. A cyclone devastates Darwin Australia leaving more than 44 dead and thousands displaced. Pope Paul VI marks the Holy Year as Mecca observes the Feast of the Sacrifice.
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Pee
Bir
Jerusalem
Jacksonville
Fla
Israel
Lebanon
Mecca
Paul VI
St. Peter’s Square
Timor Sea
Chairman Mao Is 81 Today
In Tokyo AP reports Chairman Mao Tse tung is 81 yet remains the dominant figure in Communist China. No official celebrations occurred as Peking Radio and the controlled press ignored the anniversary and birthdays are treated as private affairs.
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Tokyo
Mao Tse Tung
China
Peking Radio
Top News Stories Of 1974
The Watergate scandal tops AP editors list for 1974 with Nixon’s resignation and Ford’s inauguration. Other leading items include Ford’s Nixon pardon, the Democratic November sweep, and Rockefeller’s vice presidential nomination. The year also features inflation, energy costs, Hearst’s kidnapping, Cyprus events, and Kissinger’s diplomacy.
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Ford
Associated Press
Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
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