Fleeing Settlers Report Chaotic Conditions in Northern Angola
Fleeing Portuguese settlers arriving in Kinshasa report chaos and a mass exodus from the northwestern Angola frontier held by UNITA. Leaders urge the U S and partners to rush arms to UNITA as Cuban backed forces advance. Looting accompanies retreats as Carmona falls and supplies are left behind.
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Angola
Y. Times
Kinshasa
Zaire
National Front For the Liberation of
Jonas M Savimbi
United States
Britain
France
National Union For the Total Liberation of Angola
UNITA
Rubin Chitacumbi
Chitacumbi
Popular Movement For the Liberation of
Luanda
Huambo
Lobito
Benguela
Popular Movement
Portugal
National Front
Central Intelligence Agency
Carmona
Ambrizete
Three Arrested in Slaying of Television Performer
Atlanta police charged Roy Anthony Brown Michael Gantt and Willie Bell with murder and robbery in the slaying of James E Edmondson the Professor Backwards. The suspects were from northwest Atlanta near where Edmondson’s body was found. Additional charges including kidnapping and rape were pending.
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Atlanta
James E. Edmondson
Roy Anthony Brown
Michael Gantt
Willie Bell
Edmondson
Douglas Young
College Park
Bell
Brown
Marvin Parrott
Ripley's
Supreme Court strikes down campaign spending limits
The Supreme Court ruled that spending caps violate First Amendment free speech, while upholding presidential subsidies and some disclosure rules. It limited FEC enforcement and noted diverse opinions among justices on contributions and election financing. The decision follows a fast tracking of the case amid ongoing campaign implications.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Federal Election Commission
Warren E. Burger
William H. Rehnquist
Thurgood Marshall
John Paul Stevens
Virginia delegate backs pari mutuel plan with private tracks
Richmond Delegate Raymond Guest told the House there is strong backing for pari mutuel betting in Virginia and introduced a revised bill favoring private ownership of race tracks. Another pending version would have a state owned Virginia Racing Authority building tracks. He cited a formal study backing his approach and urged full consideration at a public hearing expected to discuss both ownership options.
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Richmond
Raymond R
Andy) Guest Jr
House of Delegates
Virginia
del. Guest
General Assembly
Virginia Racing Authority
Iask
Jets collide over Korea in midair training crash
Two U S Air Force F4D Phantom II fighters collided near Taejon 85 miles southeast of Seoul during a three plane training mission. A rescue team was sent as four crew members’ status remained unknown and no parachutes were sighted. The incident involved the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing based at Kunsan Air Base.
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Seoul
South Korea
Taejon
Air Force
8Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Kunsan Air Base
Washington
Pentagon
Ford Hails Victory Over CIA Secrets
President Ford wins House fighting over disclosure of secrets and visits CIA for George Bush swearing in as director. Hill debate centers on releasing the panel’s final report and protecting national security while Pike accuses a cover up and McClory defends a Ford secrecy pact.
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Washington
House Intelligence Committee
Ford
CIA
George Bush
Agency
Bush
Texas
U.S
Peking
Senate
William E. Colby
House
Intelligence Committee
Otis Pike
D-N.y
Intelligence Panel
Pike
Congress
Robert McClory
Illinois
McClory
committee-Ford
Angola
Iraq
Graham Martin
John B. Anderson
R-Ill
Kepone Poison Scare Hits Hopewell Plant Workers
House subcommittee hears that Life Science Products employees in Hopewell suffered blood poisoning and tremors dubbed the Kepone shakes before learning many may be permanently disabled and at risk of cancer. Dr. Robert Jackson cites 60 plus ex workers with symptoms. Kepone manufacturing ceased last July after illness reports. The panel probes why regulatory systems failed amid the disaster.
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Hopewell
Life Science Products Co
House
Robert Jackson
Life Science
State Health Department
Sid Houff
Medical College of Virginia
Houff
Subcommittee On
Man
Winchester Winter Collection Showcases City Fashion
A Star staffer captures vogue trends in Winchester with coats boots and accessories in the winter collection. Frederick County Recreation Director William Pike notes winter months are busy preparing for warm weather. ABC Report shows local alcohol consumption easing while state totals rise.
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Vogue
Winchester
Frederick County
William Pike
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Bell's Ladies
People’s Cleaners
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Sullivan
W.K. Perry
Perry
Henry A. Blackmun
Byron R. White
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By Ellen Layman
Star
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House Courts of Justice Committee
House Committee On Roads and Internal Navigation
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