Commencement talk shifts to business role models
Wilton E. Scott of Tenneco uses a Racine speech to urge graduates to take pride in American free enterprise and restore business to public esteem. President Ford recalls historical moments at Penn. Frank Huxtable notes a new occupational titles directory by the Labor Department. A traveling sign in Clovis advertises coffee pricing. A Western-style shootout note ends with a reload count.
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Racine
Wis
Wilton E. Scott
Tenneco, Inc
Tenneco
Labor Department
Manpower Administration
Canyon Tornado Ravages Canyon and Lake Meredith Homes
A small Lake Meredith twister damaged lakeside homes with roofs blown off and a mobile home crushed at Canyon Canyon airport hanger and vehicles suffered major damage as high winds swept the Panhandle. No injuries reported. Debris scattered while power lines were repaired and shelter sought.
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Panhandle
Canyon
Lake Meredith
Lake Meredith Harbor
M. A. Shelton
Jackson
Henry Fletcher
Lloyd Veazey
Amarillo
Fletcher
Berget
Lake Harbor
Southwestern Public Service Co
Randall County
Curtis Garrett
Juanneil
Gerald
al Stewart
Harold Hooks
Soares Leads Socialist March Over Government Tension
Tens of thousands of Socialists march in Lisbon in support of Mario Soares who threatens to quit the government over a drift toward Communist rule. Premier Vasco Goncalves, allied with the radical army faction, plans to meet President Ford at the Brussels summit. Soares demands the republic newspaper Republica be returned to Socialists after a Communist seizure.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Mario Soares
Vasco Goncalves
Ford
Brussels
Soares
Republica
Albert asks Ford to delay oil tariff increase
House Speaker Carl Albert said he asked President Ford to defer another one dollar per barrel oil tariff rise. White House spokesman Ben Nessen said Ford may act before next Wednesday but is leaning toward starting a program to end dependence on foreign oil, given no action by Congress on energy legislation since January 21.
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Washington
Carl Albert
Ford
Congress
White House
Ben Nessen
Senate Debates $30.3B Weapons Bill After South Vietnam Loss
The Senate opened debate on a $30.3 billion weapons bill as Sen. John Stennis warns against a military letdown following South Vietnam’s fall, while Sen. Alan Cranston argues excessive spending could drive the nation toward financial bankruptcy or a nuclear war.
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Washington
Senate
John Stennis
D-Miss
South Vietnam
Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Texas House Approves 11.9 Billion Two Year Budget
Texas lawmakers approve a near 11.9 billion two year general appropriations bill after a week of debate. They also pass a cash requirement for wiretappers and adopt a mail voting re-registration plan by replacing a party affiliation clause. A conference committee will reconcile about 700 million in differences with the Senate.
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Austin
Tex
House
House- Senate
Schlesinger Attacks Allies' Military Cuts
Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger blasted NATO allies for cutting military spending as the Soviet Union grows its defense budget. He warned the United States has begun deploying two more combat brigades and noted Warsaw Pact buildup, amid disputes over inflation-adjusted spending and European commitments during a tense NATO meeting in Brussels.
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Brussels
Belgium
James R. Schlesinger
America
North Atlantic
Soviet Union
NATO
Schlesinger
United States
Europe
U.S
Jose Baptists Pinheiro de Azevedo
Georg Leber
West Germany
Southeast Asia
Leber
East
Sir Peter Hill-Norton
Mideast
Hill-Norton
Lebanese security forces form buffer zone in Beirut clashes
Armored Lebanese police and security units establish a buffer between right wing militiamen and Palestinian guerrillas in Dekwaneh Tal Zaatar as a three day battle kills at least 20 and wounds over 80. Gunfire subsides as the new police force takes positions amid a blackout in the suburb.
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Beirut
Beirut Radio
Dekwaneh- Tal Zaatar
Lebanon
Weather Outlook With Slight Storm Chance Today
Partly cloudy and warm today with a 30 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms. Tonight remains mild with a 20 percent rain probability. Saturday becomes fair with highs around 70s and mild to warm conditions. Winds from the southwest at 12 to 22 mph. Low temperatures in the low 50s.
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