Nebraska Primary Tests Ford Reagan Momentum Clash
Ford seeks a Nebraska win to slow Reagan and gain momentum before Michigan and Maryland contests. The Nebraska vote features 25 Republican delegates in a key test, with Carter and Church contending for 23 Democratic delegates. Ford trails 396-309 in delegates with 347 uncommitted as West Virginia and Connecticut also hold contests. Meany meets Carter after AFL CIO talks. Byrd favored for most Democratic delegates in West Virginia.
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Idaho
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Los Angeles
George Meany
Meany
Carter
West Texas State University regents renew Watkins contract
Boone Pickens testified at the WT Student Activities Center urging the board to consider the athletic program in renewing Dr. Lloyd I Watkins contract. He criticized the president's control over athletic decisions citing extensions for Jack Bullock and Keith Winter and praised athletic director Gene Mayfield for stabilizing the budget and fundraising efforts.
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Mesa Petroleum
Wtsu Board of Regents
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WTSU
Jack Bullock
Keith Winter
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Mayfield
Kennedy Assassination Leads Spur Warren Report Review
Senate intelligence committee chairman Frank Church says new leads may prompt a fresh look at the Warren Commission findings. A report is expected soon as staff pursue new information. Separately the FDA recalls about 100 cases of canned cherry peppers linked to botulism in seven illnesses. 1,700 cases distributed to wholesalers in 16 states.
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Frank Church
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Lincoln
Neb
Food and Drug Administration Today
FDA
Teamsters OK New National Trucking Contract
Teamsters President Frank Fitzsimmons announced overwhelming rank and file approval of the new national trucking contract. Wages rise by $165 an hour over three years. the vote was four to one in favor. The Labor Department certified the mail ballot results.
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Teamsters
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Labor Department
Winter wheat crop seen at 146 billion bushels in 1976
The Agriculture Department estimates this winter wheat harvest at 146 billion bushels, 12 percent below the 1975 peak. Despite the drop, the 1976 crop is expected to be the second largest on record and should help ease consumer food prices and support exports into much of next year.
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Great Plains
Agriculture Department
Russians accuse U.S. of terrorizing Soviet envoys in New York
In a United Nations Security Council session Ambassador Jacob Malik charged US official circles with condoning and encouraging terrorist acts against Soviet diplomats. He waved a telegram he said threatened his life and cited alleged threats by "fascist Zionist mafias" involving murder explosions hijackings and kidnappings.
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Soviet Union
United States
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Malik
Council
Weather and diplomatic clash referenced in remarks
Fair through tonight and sunny warm tomorrow with highs in the low 80s and near 80 for tomorrow. Winds southeast at 10 to 15 mph. Malik accuses U S officials and Jewish Defense League figures of inciting terrorist acts and calls Russia threats gangsterism while Bennett defends diplomats and criticizes the charges. The exchange occurs amid a debate on Israeli policy in occupied Arab territories.
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W. Tapley Bennett
Malik
New York
Bennett
U.N
William W. Scranton
Rabbi Meir Kahane
Radical Jewish Defense League
JDL
Athletic Budget Drive Exceeds $125,000 Goal
West Texas State University regents accepted more than 176000 dollars raised to offset a 125000 deficit in the athletic budget. The Buffalo Club led gifts including a 125000 check and 51301 in certificates. Funds came from alumni groups and university auxiliaries as Winter coordinated the drive begun last December. In other business the board renewed President Watkins contract and authorized an architect for a president s residence under 100000.
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West Texas State University
Stanley Davis
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Watkins
Gail Shannon
College of
Ray Loses Bid To Change Plea In King’s Slaying
The 6th U S Circuit Court of Appeals rejected James Earl Ray’s bid to overturn his 1969 guilty plea for the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. The court found his claim of expected case reopening implausible and upheld Judge Robert B McRae’s February 1975 ruling. Ray remains in a 99 year prison term.
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James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Robert Livingston
U.S Supreme Court
U.S
Robert B McRae
Memphis, Tenn
James H. Lesar
King
Memphis
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