Corruption in Handling U S Grain Unfolds in New Orleans
Federal agents probe corruption in grain handling, grading and weighing impacting U S standards. Seven privately employed inspectors licensed by the Agriculture Department have been indicted, five pleading guilty, with investigations expanding to local officials of major international grain companies and allegations of bribery for ship fitness and misgraded corn.
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New Orleans
United States
Department of Agriculture
Middle West
Houston
Washington
U.S
Moscow
Agriculture Department
CIA plot links Mafia to Castro assassination plan
Rockefeller commission reviews documents suggesting the CIA contracted with Giancana and Roselli in 1961 to kill Fidel Castro. Federal records allegedly confirm CIA contact with Chicago racketeers as part of an assassination effort.
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Washington
Rockefeller Commission
Central Intelligence Agency
Fidel Castro
Department of Justice
Commission
Justice Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
C.I.A
Sam Giancana
Chicago
John Roselli
Soldier of Fortune
Castro
John C. Kenney
Department
Kenney
David W. Belin
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Jack Anderson
Robert Maheu
F.B.I
Las Vegas
Howard Hughes
Giancana
Roselli
Anderson
C.sa
Merchants Warned On Bogus $20 Bills
Local merchants told to beware of counterfeit twenties after a Farmers & Merchants National Bank deposit yielded a fake $20 bill. Police note the same serial and a spate of similar cases, while Secret Service reports a Roanoke ring with large seizures. Authorities seek possible connections and advise logging serials.
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David Newlin
Winchester
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Burtons Clothing
Charles Roberson
F&m Bank
Roanoke
Secret Service
Virginia
Associated Press
Kenith Giannoules
Richmond
Warren Rudolph
Savannakhet falls to Pathet Lao amid Laos upheaval
Pathet Lao troops seized Savannakhet as rightists yielded power and observers fear a full Pathet Lao victory in Laos. A dozen Americans and six other foreigners were held in loose arrest after students sacked the Agency for International Development compound. The Mayaguez rescue and Cambodian vessel dispute added to regional tensions, with U.S. aid totaling 32.5 million this year and possible policy changes awaited from Bangkok and Washington.
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Pathet Lao
Laos
Savannakhet
Pakse
Mekong
Sanford Stone
U.S
Vientiane
Stone
Bangkok
Washington
Thailand
Mayaguez
Sattahip
Gulf of Thailand
Charles T. Miller
Agency For International Development
Cambodia
Ford Praises the South Amid Primary Pressure
President Ford, speaking in Charlotte during a bicentennial event, praised the South for rapid income growth and education gains while facing Republican primary challenges from Ronald Reagan. The trip intertwined with politics as Ford defended Southern progress and Reagan’s strong regional support.
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Washington
Ford
South
California
Ronald Reagan
Charlotte
N.C
United States
West
Florida
Reagan
Department of Health , Education and Welfare
Caspar Weinberger
White House
Britain
Mecklenburg County
Lexington
Concord
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
U.S
Southeast Asia
No civilian government yet in Saigon after seizure
Three weeks after Communist forces seized Saigon with little bloodshed there is still no civilian government. Banks remain closed, international flights halted, and communications cut. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops control key sites while a military management committee promises to restore normal life amid unease and fear of reprompted control.
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Saigon
Hong Kong
Hanoi
Paris
North Vietnam
North
South Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut
Viet Cong
Tran van Tra
Duong van Minh
FMC Layoffs Drive Four Percent Share Of Warren County Jobless
FMC Corp front Royal plant layoffs reduce 4 percent of Warren County 25 percent unemployment. Plant manager Albert G. Ruff Jr. says 1,635 employed now, down from 2,289 last May and 2,181 in May 1973, with 54 percent residents of Warren County.
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Susan Burke
Front Royal
FMC Corp
Warren County
Albert G. Ruff Jr
FMC
Ruff
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New York Times News Service
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Smith
Milk Commission
Lulu Williams
del. Alson H. Smith
State
Dalat
WEC
Bill Mezger
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