Rome paper calls for probe into Lockheed CIA payoffs
Rome daily newspaper aligns with the Italian Communist Party to demand an official investigation into reports that Lockheed Aircraft Corp paid Italian politicians and that the CIA interfered in politics. The request seeks a special session of Parliament's foreign relations commission to examine the affair.
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Rome
Italian Communist Party Today
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Central Intelligence Agency
The
Communist Party
Christian Democrats
Foreign Relations Commission
Lockheed
CIA
Guatemala Turns To Rebuilding After Earthquake
One week after the quake officials plan long term work on wheat harvest reconstruction of villages and highway clearance from Guatemala City to the coast. The toll remains 17 032 dead about 55 000 injured and over a sixth of the population homeless as emergency aid flows in. Corn harvest ended but wheat must be planted in two weeks workers are needed. The bread basket between Chilmaltenango and Lago de los Cisnes was hit hard and many farm workers were killed or injured. Survivors focus on rebuilding adobe homes.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Chilmaltenango
Lago de Los Cisnes
Swan Lake
Jackson Predicts Three Democrats for Nomination
Sen Henry Jackson predicting only he and two others remain for the Democratic presidential nomination after the New York primary on April 6. Speaking in Charlotte he declined to name the other contenders, saying money problems will eliminate the rest. He noted he has six paid staff in North Carolina to control costs during a Charlotte news conference lunch and TV taping.
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Washington State
Charlotte
Lems
Jackson
North Carolina
Kansas City May Lose Convention Over Hotel Space
Kansas City faces a potential loss of the Republican convention over hotel room shortages. Local officials say they may fall 10 percent short of the 16 000 rooms promised for the August event, prompting GOP officials to consider moving the convention to another city. Mayor Wheeler has summoned hotel officials to secure the needed accommodations and keep the convention in Kansas City.
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Washington
Kansas City
Miami Beach
GOP
Charles
Wheeler
Scranton Nominated as U.N. Ambassador Pick
The Los Angeles Times reports former Pennsylvania Governor William W. Scranton is President Ford’s preferred choice for ambassador to the United Nations. A Washington official said a top State Department official indicated Ford wants Scranton to take the post after Daniel Moynihan resigns at month’s end.
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Los Angeles
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Ford
United Nations
Los Angeles Times
Times
Washington
State Department
Scranton
Daniel P. Moynihan
Prisoner Running For Office in Concord
Carl Velleca, an armed robbery convict and inmate at the state prison near Concord, registered to vote and announced a bid for the Board of Selectmen after a one hour furlough. He hosted a meet the candidate night at the Concord Inn basement, drawing about 75 locals and 25 reporters, funded by his prison savings.
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Concord
Mass
Carl Velleca
Town Select Man
Velleca
Board of Selectmen
Concord Inn
Rain Chance Rises as Showers Loom This Week
A weather note warns rain chances grow from 10 percent today to 30 percent tonight and tomorrow after a mild day in the mid seventies. Tonight drops to around 45 degrees, with Thursday in the low sixties. North winds of 15 to 25 mph and a light scarf are advised tomorrow. Saturday remains fair with some clouds, lows in the 30s and highs near 60s.
Baby arrives as guest list shifts at shower
Mrs John Babe Jones planned a baby shower for Mrs Marion Cornwell, but Mo Cornwell delivered a baby boy at 8 32 yesterday morning. At the Aiken Youth Facility volunteers seek gardening supplies including hoes shovels seeds and fertilizer to help residents start a garden, via Capt Fred Carver at the Salvation Army.
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John Babe’ Jones
Marion
Cornwell
Aiken
Aiken Air Base
Fred Carver
Salvation Army
District Education Chief Sees HEW Request as Technical Challenge
Willis said HEW seeks detailed race based class and staff data for 1975 76 and questioned exact meanings of racially identifiable classes He noted a need to recruit minority personnel and proposed a black recruiter to the personnel department The board set a Feb 18 deadline for HEW data and reelected members were sworn in as planning for sex discrimination guidelines moves forward
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T.B. Willis
Willis
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Aiken County
Augustus T. Stephens Jr
Board of Education
Spratt Urges CAC Funds Be Released
J Lee Spratt director in the governor's office asks Sen Edward E Saleeby to release 28000 in Title XX money for Aiken County Community Action transportation. Saleeby chairs the Title XX advisory subcommittee which has shown concern over recent news.
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J. Lee Spratt
Division of Economic Opportunity
Governor's Office
Edward E. Saleeby
Aiken County
Saleeby
Coordination Discussion Highlights Planning Districts Role
CAC officials and staff reporters describe an open exchange on how regional planning districts relate to local community action agencies during the South Carolina Association of Community Action Agencies monthly meeting. James L. Hammond Jr. of LSRPDC urged candid input, inviting concerns about planning districts and community action agencies.
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South Carolina Association of Community Action Agencies
James L. Hammond Jr
Lower Savannah
Hammond
Council of Government
MPLA Seizes Benguela and Lobito Ports in Angola Advance
MPLA forces capture Benguela and Lobito on the Atlantic coast as they press toward Sad Bandeira. Cuban and MPLA units reportedly face South African troops defending southern Angola near the Cunene Dam. UNITA resistance collapses with key towns Huambo and Silva Porto fall to MPLA advances.
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Associated Press
MPLA
Angola
Jane Begerd
London Financial Times
Luanda
Mpla Popular Movement
Benguela
Lobito
Financial Times
Miss Bergerol
Sa da Bandeira
South-West Africa
Namibia
Sa da Bandiera
Cunene
Huambo
Zambia
Zaire
UNITA
Silva Porto
Lusa
Teixeira de Sousa
Grant Announces For Reelection As Aiken Sheriff
Aiken County Sheriff Paul D. Grant returned to work after four months of illness and announced his bid for a fourth term. He said a doctor cleared him to run and he has resumed light activity, praising staff who ran the department in his absence led by Virgil Wilkins at chief of staff services.
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Aiken County
Paul D. Grant
Grant
Virgil Wilkins
Sheriff's Department
Aiken City
Hospital Move Delayed Due to Equipment Delays
Aiken County Hospital relocation to Aiken Community Hospital was cancelled due to delays in equipment deliveries. Hospital Administrator J. Sam Nesbit Jr. said the move is off for right now and a new date will be set once shipments arrive, with a definite date to be announced tomorrow.
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Aiken County Hospital
Aiken Community Hospital
J. Sam Nesbit Jr
Nesbit
Buckeye Chemicals breaks ground for new plant in Aiken county
Ground breaking ceremonies mark the start of Buckeye Chemicals Industries Inc plant on a 143 acre site near Oakwood Fire Tower. Suitt Construction of Greenville builds the $1 million facility with 50 jobs at start and 15,000 square feet under one roof. John Sonneborn heads plant operations and L M Armour of Buckeye Abrasives attends with local officials including Aiken Mayor Weeks and Southern Railway representatives.
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Eric Higgs
Buckeye Chemicals Industries, Inc
Greenville
Oakwood
Buckeye Chemicals
John Sonneborn
Aiken
L.M. Armour
Buckeye
Abrasives
Barberton
Ohio
Buckeye Abrasives
Southern Railway
Technical Education Center System
Sonneborn
South Carolina
Stathy J. Verenes
Woody Brooks
Governor's Office of
H. Odell Weeks
Roland H Windham
Donnie J. Williams
Aiken County
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Lynn T. Hilley
Carl J. Shealy
Albert J. Maddox
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Christopher Wall
Camden
Chris Jr
Children’s Hospital
Philadelphia
Spratt
CAC
By Lin Smithwick
National Union
Nicholas Ashford
Times of London
Johannesburg
Fnlational Front
di Amin
Uganda
Organization of African Unity
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